West York notes and regional visits in Indiana
Wallace Donaldson visits relatives in Paris. Hazel Butler of Terre Haute visits family here as Dr. Samuel Cullop handles business in Terre Haute. Village socials include a Sunday school picnic and river outings. Protracted meeting at Bailiff church draws interest. Rain delays threshing and schoolhouse work proceeds slowly. Families visit kin in Law and Windsor while Eildorado connections appear in social rounds.
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West York
Wallace Donaldson
Charles Buckner
Paris
Dellas Reynolds
Terre Haute
Hazel Butler
Samuel Cullop
Ea Mount
W E. Warren
Dorothy Lickister
Ber
Insurance on Farm and City Property
Cole and Cole advertise insurance on farm and city property in a single line notice urging readers to write or call for terms. Marshall area agency promotes the lowest rates from reputable agents for agricultural and urban risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole & Cole, Marshall
Local residents visit scattered relatives this Sunday
Carrie Griffith spent Sunday with Flora Plavis Wes Baker and family spent Saturday in Faris Grace Taylor is visiting her brother Joe of Bloomtown Mrs Wor Vickers spent Sunday at her parent Alf Joy and wife spent Sundays at the home of Tom Metalloch Claude Isham of West Terre Haute visited S Nickles Sunday Greeley Summers and wife spent Sunday with his mother here The Ladies Aid will give an ice cream supper here Saturday night John Worley and wife of Tuscola visited her sister Mrs Swinford over Sunday Mrs Alice Eldred of Collinsville spent Sunday with the family of J A Page Joe Augustus and wife of near Marshall spent Sunday here with JL F Weaver and wife Dade Summers and wife and their daughter of Terre Haute were the Sunday guests of relatives here.
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Wes Baker
Faris
Grace Taylor
Joe
Bloomtown
Vickers
Alf Joy
Tom
Alice Eldred
Collinsville
J. A Page
Joe Augustus
Near Marshall
JL. F Weaver
Dade Summers
Terre Haute
Local notes from Dar Jen and surrounding area
Philip Weir spent Sunday near Dar Jen. Thomas Husted reports a fine yield of cow peas. Cattle buyers were numerous last week. One farmer had eight men hoeing corn last Thursday. Miss Ethel Currey of Sullivan Ind visits relatives here. A green worm is harming timothy heads. Bill Nemine attended range practice in Effingham on Wednesday. Mrs Vona Lowry joined her husband who is critically ill. A band of gypsy traders passed through Tuesday with forty horses. P Q Heabout fell on Monday en route to Missouri, his mother now improving.
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Ethel Currey
Sullivan
Ind
Bill Nemine
Effingham
Vona Lowry
Sunday Visits Record By Local Families
Piera Elliott spent Sunday with Piessie Irwin. Clyde Elliott visited Sunday with salatives here. Oldta Lowe was the guest Sunday. Elitote Gym Welsh and wife spent Sunday. Cyrus Yeoley and family, Warry and Allie Maidew spent Sunday with Fiorvece Ligget. One Chaffee of Chisago is the.
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Piera Elliott
Piessie Irwin
Clyde Elliott
Oldta Lowe
Welsh
Wife
Cyrus Yeoley
Warry
Allie Maidew
Chisago
Martinsville notes and market watch from town
Martinsville reports visitors from Casey Dolson and Orange, hog and sheep market day, and local business notes. Trains delayed east due to a wreck. Fourth of July celebrations varied. Buick agency sold three cars. farm yields discussed. state road completion praised. salary grab politicized. prices for potatoes apples and beans show little change. Commuter traffic and old friends noted. Oregon bound merchant George Pultz visits. Snavely linked by family to local history.
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Lafe Custis
Reelsville
Ind
Lafe
Orange Township
Porter Buick Agency
Blankenbeker
Baker Hill
George Pultz
Martinsons
Oregon
Uslast
Har Beer
Comrade 8 Im
Local residents travel and work highlights in community
Mrs. John Gilbert is quite poorly. Blanche Goodwin visited. Scot Sunday, Dewey Craig of Metcalf is visiting friends here. Leroy Crumline plans threshing this week. Mont Taylor was home from Springfield over the fourth. Perry Jackson and family of Snider spent Sunday with H. G. Carpenter and family. Ada Burgett has been employed to teach seven months at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilbert
Blanche Goodwin
Alta Tapscot
Dewey Craig
Metcalf
Leroy Crumline
Mont Taylor
Springfield
Perryackson
Snider
H. G.carpenter
Ada Burgett
Oak Grove
Community Notes From Edgar County Bystanders
Roy Bennett an Edgar county insurance agent visited Thursday Frank Jones reports two cattle killed by lightning during the week Some corn fields grow weeds and grass Busy Bee Club met at Dave Montgomery home John Ross bought a new Buick delivered last Thursday Lesi Redman and wife from Rich Woods visited Sunday Will Davis brother in law Virgil Hurst family from Rabbit Ridge visited Sunday Clarks ville Baptist Society held an ice cream supper Saturday afternoon Relatives of Chris Steward learn of his death in Brainard Minnesota He lived here and in Paris before moving to Minnesota
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Busy Bee Club
Dave Montgomery
John Ross
Lesi Redman
Rich Woods
Sndauy
Will Davis
Clarksville Bridge
Virgil Hurst
Rabbit Ridge
John L. Hurst
Clarksville Baptist Society
Chris Steward
Brainard Minn
Mary Jane Armstrong
Joe
Mattie Welsh
Paris
Minnesota
Parish news and baseball reform talk across town
Edith Fox is home on vacation and several locals spent the fourth in Paris. Other updates include Julia Melton visiting Homer and Anna Melton visiting relatives. The note for baseball discusses dwindling crowds and the need for a strong winning club to sustain patronage as Japan’s actions in China draw critical public opinion both in the U S and in Britain.
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Japan
China
England
Curious tale of Napoleon tithe origin by Louis Napoleon
British historian Napoleon II Kinginke recounts a curious origin story for the Napoleon III tithe. He claims Louis Napoleon’s backers used a ministerial proclamation whose line read The people's cry will be Vivre Napoleon three exclamations were misread as three I's, causing the proclamation to be issued. The anecdote lacks confirmed evidence.
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Napoleon II
Kinginke
Napoleon III
Louis Napoleon
Louis
Chicago Name Origin From Indian Thunder Spirit
The Indianapolis News notes Chicago derives from the Indicrr word Chacagun meaning thunder and the name given by Indians to the Chicago River into Lake Michigan. An odd cultural note contrasts with a remark about silk shirts and striped awnings.
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Chicago
Gus
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Indianapally News
Paris as an Art Center and Louvre Treasures Display
Paris towers in art and culture with the Louvre at its heart. The city houses the Venus of Milo, Regent diamond, and Charlemagne relics while the Eiffel Tower showcases engineering splendor and capacity for crowds.
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Paris
Washington
Mexico City
Rio
Buenos Aires
Santiago
Palace of the Louvre
Art Museum
France
Louvre
Apollo
Bonaparte
Regent
Charlemagne
Venus
Melos
Opera
Place de la Concorde
Rome
Eiffel Tower
Grocers as Fighting Men Through English History
In England the grocers trade aided national defense. The Grocers' Company provided six Ty men in 1557 for resisting foreign threats and later supplied 600 men in 1683 against the Spanish Armada. Apprentices and journeymen were pressed, and Sir John Philpott funded a fleet to counter pirates in the North Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
John Philpott
North Sea
Landon Chron Tote
Fragments of a Frame House and Honest Judgment
A tersely observed line about staying grounded in truth and paying for judgment, noting how opinions drift but accountability remains valued. The piece reflects on integrity and the rewards of clear, steady reasoning.
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W F. Shirely
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Robert Wyrick
Orville Lowe
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Jesse Lowe
Frank Henderson
James Weaver
C Fishback
Dye Farm
Im McClure
Livingston
Dennison
Carrie Griffith
Flora Plavis
Homer
Philip Weir
Dar Jen
Thomas Husted
Missouri
Armstrong
Martinsville
Mr English of
Casey
Roy Miller
Dolson
Fred Bushmeier
Auburn
John WW Elliott
Orange
McCulloch
Anderson
James Boyer
Ed McNurlan
HP Moulden
Charlest
Lowry
Ames Porter Agency
Helle Liat
Washington, Pa
Roy Bennett
Edgar County
Frank Jones
South Dolson
Edith Fox
Tion
Harry Findley
Ohn Babcock
Elijah Claypool
Ernest Hughes
Clarksville Baptist Sunday School
Wm Wieland
Warrington
Charley Wieland
Anna Melton
Dan Stackhouse
Netta Bradford
Queensware
Doll Groceries and
Foster Martin
Pepperelle
All Pictorial Review and
Ladies’ Home Journal
Damacoaa
Black & Hutchinson
National Biscuit Co
Snyder’s
Poe Phe
the Herald
Moor
Quaker Steel
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E. Milhouse
South Side Square
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