Local Residents Visit and Events Noted in Nearby Area
Stet gt Oats are being cut with mowing machines in the vicinity. Miss Marguerite and Alice English visited Ruth Yeley Sunday. Pearl Trayvioli spent Sunday with Ruth Garver. Helen McFarland visiting cousins Agnes and Grace Campbell this week. Mr and Mrs Nelson Campbell spent Sunday with Frank Tobias family. Fairy and Bessie Garver visiting sister Essie Sharp in southern state. Mabel Garver visiting Terre Haute. Many attended the Marshall trial Friday between Lyburn Snedeker and Jerome Hedges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite
Alice English
Ruthl Yeley
Pearl Trayvioli
Ruth Garver
Helen McFarland
Agnes
Grace Campbell
Nelson Campbll
Frank Tobias
Fairy
Bessie Garver
Essie Sharp
Social notes from South Dolson area and surrounding towns
Ed Tingley of Wabash was here on business Saturday. Lewista Fox spent Sunday with home folks. Wes Milhouse and family visited with Wm. Martin at Hume Saturday and Sunday. A large crowd attended the basket meeting at Bell Ridge Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Geckler stayed with son Clarence at Marshall. Miss Bessie Thomas, nurse at Terre Haute, spent Sunday with home folks. Lu Smitley and wife went to Dudley for sister in law Mrs Ed Shonk’s illness. Mrs. Sam Reely on sick list. Frank Melvin sold property in Clarksville to Wm Nicholson. When in town, drive your car to Read’s garage for a check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Tingley
Wabash
Lewista Fox
Wes Milhouse Hd
Wm. Martin
Hume
Bell Ridge
Chas. Geckler
Clarence
Marshall
Bessie Thomas
Terre Haute
Lu Smitley
Dudley
Ed Shonk
Sam Reely
Wetlin
Homer
Mina Chaffee
Chicago
Herman Hogue
W.P. Elliott
Chauncey
Verna Page
West Terre Haute
Ben Setzer
Local Socials Note Spotted in Spiketown Area
Sunday social rounds show Miss Cedi Irwin and Violet Smit ley with Miss Daisy Irwin. Perryville guests Merv and Mrs. Smitley visit Mrs. Frank Gardner. Nellie Hoenig with grandmother. Lawrenceville pair visit Allen Irwin. Lote Downs with her parents. Clarine Irwin with Myrtle Irwin. Ruth Vaugh with Clarine Irwin. Emma Vaughn with home folks. Lucy Lovell with Miss Rebecca o Haeniz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedi Irwin
Violet Smitley
Daisy Irwin
Merv
Ernest Smitley
Perryville
Frank Gardner
Nellie Hoenig
Chassador
Lawrenceville
Allen Irwin
Lote Downs
Clarine Irwin
Myrtle Irwin
Ruth Vaugh
Emma Vaughn
Lucy Lovell
Rebecca O Haeniz
Fletcher's Castoria Ad and Local Social Notes
Ice cream social planned for Saturday night July 19. Local residents and visitors are listed as spending Sundays with various families including the Stoelting, Wyrick, Welsh, Fraker, Setzer, and Elliott households. The column notes Mrs Mina Chaffee from Chicago visiting Homer area and returning home Saturday.
Storm damages trees near Harwood farm. corn outlook improves
During the electric storm last Wednesday two trees were struck by lightning within a few feet of the new barn on the Harwood farm where Fred Wood lives. The corn crop prospects have improved greatly since the rains, but oats will be light, with few bushels harvested compared to last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harwood Farm
Fred Wood
Local Visitors and Building Updates Speckle Martinsville News
Martinsville welcomed Ely Leffler of Indianapolis visiting grandson Fred Wood last week. Mike Schwartz plans a barn and house addition while Mrs. Emily Hazen’s new residence nears completion after a prior fire. Dave Montgomery bought a fine imported Clydesdale stallion from Edgar County. Mrs Maude Peck and children of Marshall visited relatives each Sunday. Will Davis and family traveled toward Kansas to visit brother Tom. Allen Hurst and family of Paris passed through to see sister Mary Fasly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsville
Dolson Chapel
Ely Leffler
Indianapolis
Fred Wood
Mike Schwartz
Emily Hazen
Dave Montgomery
Edgar County
Maude Peck
Marshall
Will Davis
Opal
Kansas
Tom
Allen Hurst
Paris
Mary Fasly
Chamness Grandmother Funeral Attended by Olives Branch relatives
Olive Branch residents Misses Flossa and Edith Chamness traveled to Indiana for their grandmother Chamness's funeral Sunday. Tom Rothrock hosted several of his young friends at his home. Pearl Chamness obituary appears in a different column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flossa
Edith Chamness
Indiana
Chamness
Tom Rothrock
Pearl Chamness
Wheat yields improve as locals report small town sights
Mrs. Doctor Doak visited on Wednesday. The Joe Wallace threshing machine was moved to Redman on Monday. Roy Romines handled business at Lake Maxinkuckee last week. Northern Indiana travelers suffered an axle break here Tuesday. An ice cream social is planned at the Baptist church next Saturday. Will Brosman and D C Cleaver hauled 17 009 feet of lumber to the fair grounds from tank farms north of Casey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Doak
Harry Beachout
Fasco
Washington
Joe Wallace
Redman
Roy Romines
Lake Maxinkuckee
Indiana
The
Baptist
West York Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Bertha Osborn of Trimble visits Mr and Mrs R J Bailiff in West York while Dallas Reynolds and wife from Lawrenceville visit West York relatives. Several locals travel to Chicago for an excursion and many remain tied to Terre Haute and Robinson for visits and business. Threshing ends soon in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Osborn
Trimblé
R. J. Bailiff
Dallas Reynolds
Lawrenceville
West York
Wilford Spivey
Terre Haute
John Segal
Segal
John Thomas
Paris Burch
Robinson
C. D. Harrington
Ela Hand
Wood Whitaker
Leander Guyer
Lewis Life
West Bridon Springs
Ind
Chicago
James Lindley
Grandma Farrell
Terre Haute Satuday
Ira Farrell
Social visits strand through Indiana families
Jennie Beltz spent Monday with Grandma Beltz and Minnie Raisner with Jennie Beltz, Jeanette Tingley, and Mary Beltz of Marshall. Herman Beltz and family spent Wednesday with A J Beltz. John Tingley of Terre Haute visited home folks Sunday. Addie Low and Eva Raisner guests. Glaude Beltz, recently in U S service, noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Beltz
Grandma Beltz
Minnie‘Raisner
Jeanette Tingley
Mary~Beltz
Marshall
Herman Beltz
West Union
A. J. Beltz
John Tingley
Terre Haute
Addie Low
Eva Raisner
Reka Hall
Indiana
Maggie
Low
Fred Raisner
Wm. Rassner
Frank Daniels
Edna Remlinger
John Fawver
Hatton
Dan ‘Sweltzer
Glaude Beltz
Uncle Sam
Surprise gathering honors a longtime friend
A group of about thirty friends gathered at his home on Wednesday to spend the evening with him. Ice cream, cake and lemonade were served during the informal celebration.
Martinsville Social Notes and Local Visits
Martinsville society page highlights visits by Miss Nellie Kitchens in Hatton Comrade James Tucker and wife in Vandalia and other relatives in Sidell Pastor Rev J E Sneed tours east including Gettysburg and Philadelphia drought and rains noted Charities and events at the Baptist ice social and a major fire scare at William Blank’s residence The fair management plans erection of county fair buildings Notaries public and local officials like Jerry Ishler featured as civic contacts Samuel Todd heads Cayuga oil ties Tulsa connections noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Kitchens
Hatton
James Tucker
Vandalia
Will Develin
Sidell
Ben Tarman
Chase Lindsay
Ratokay
Lindsey
The
Baptist Church
Wilhoit and Kelly Lawn
G. F. Hammond
Wil Craig
Portia Wingfield
Allen Wingfield
Kirksville
Samuel Crow
Chester
J. E. Sneed
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Jerry Ishlér
York Street
W. G. Delashmutt
William Blank
Samuel Todd
Cayuga
Todd
Tulsa
Okla
Ellen O Day Callahan dies at 70 in Marshall
Mrs Ellen O Day Callahan born 1843 in Bradford County Pa died at her home in Marshall June 29 1913 aged 70 years 1 month and 25 days. She moved to Terre Haute at age 10 and married Daniel Callahan in 1865 later living in Illinois. Survived by husband four sons Frank George Lewis Edward two daughters Clara McKelvey Mary and 18 grandchildren. Buried in Catholic Cemetery. member of St Marys church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen O’day Callahan
Bradford County
Marshall
Terre Haute
Daniel Callahan
Illinois
Frank George
Lewis
Martinsville
Edward
Clara McKelvey
Minnesota
Mary
John
Anna
St. Mary’s Church
Fate of Law In Doubt on Suffrage Question
Supreme Court action on constitutionality of the suffrage law is forecasted by similar ruling on the high school act of 1911. Both challenges argue the acts were improperly passed as separate measures rather than amendments to existing laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
The Best a Man Can Do in Guessing Ages
A fragmented line hints at judging a woman's age with uncertainty and a critique of guessing, capturing a dated conversational tone and incomplete quotation.
Nature marks a man's grave with growing poplar monument
In Brown County near Salt Creek Indiana a grave marks memory with a poplar tree sprouting from an old coffin. The sprout grew into a tall tree seven decades after Allcorn’s death, its spreading branches drawing many nearby walkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Brown Sauintyr
Indiana
Allcorn
Brown County
Salt Creek
England doctors claim thyroid treatment grows boys fast
A British Medical Association report from Liverpool describes a boy who, at eighteen, measured four feet eleven inches. After thyroid extract therapy, he grew seven inches in six months, enabling him to enter army exams and achieve a high ranking. The doctor suggested early use may yield further gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
British Medical Association
Liverpool
Whitechapel in earlier era a center for nobility and Jews
In this exhibit from the London Chronicle there is note of Whitechapel’s early status as a sort of nobility and gentry enclave. It cites 1720 as a time when prosperous Jews lived there and mentions a Spanish ambassador near a chapel called White due to its appearance. The piece also recalls Stowe’s boyhood milk trips to Goodman’s farm with generous measures in summer and winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitechapel
Strayne
White
Stowe
Goodman's
London Chronicle
Pears in the cupboard and a boy's lie
In a family tale a father confronts Willie about three pear cores found in his bedroom and an untasted pear in the cupboard. Willie defends himself with a witty line claiming the pear cores came from the one pear he did not touch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wille
Willie
Mr. Smith
William Sen
William Junior
A Billous Critle and the Stars in Philadelphia
A Washington Star tale recounts etcher John Sloan wandering with a friend in Philadelphia. Sloan notes nature looks hideous tonight yet his companion points to the stars as a counterpoint. Sloan reluctantly agrees the stars are fine but admits too many of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
John Sloan
Philadelphia
Sloan
Yen
All the Same Dumb Show Money Talk Question
In a brief exchange the characters wonder why money is needed to stage a show. One asks why money is required and the other notes money talks. The dialogue hints at social critique of funding and performance costs.
Right Sort Relates A Soft Job Request For Son
A fragment shows a speaker asking for a gentle employment for their son. The text mentions a “hw All Might” and suggests taking him in at a feather bed manufactory. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or places.
Did you ever go to bed and rest no more
A folksy lament echoes about fatigue and endless labor on night and day. The speaker imagines fainting into rest beneath a willer tree, finally declaring exhaustion and being done with work eternal and unending.
Hand resigns from Illinois Supreme Court due to stroke
Associate Justice John P. Hand of the Illinois supreme court has resigned because of illness after a stroke. The 62 year old Republican served 13 years on the court and his vacancy will be filled by a governor called special election in the Fourth judicial district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Hand
Illinois Supreme Court
Gov. Dunne
Fourth Judicial District
Judge Hand
Birthday Party Honors Miss Bessie Thomas at Union Hospital
Miss Bessie Thomas, worker at Union Hospital Terre Haute, was feted on her birthday with ice cream cake candy and nuts as about forty guests attended. Distanced guests included Mrs Emma Findley Danville Miss Mary Schwartz Ashmore Miss Jennie Bloodworth Martinsville and Orra Cunningham Kansas Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Thomas
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Emma Findley
Danville
Mary Schwartz
Ashmore
Jennie Bloodworth
Martinaville
Orra Cunningham
Kansas
Emanuel Moore
Roy Bandy
Grandview
Glenn Clapp
Loretta Turner
Ellen Applegate
Redmon
Clarksville
Ethel
Willie Perisho
Marshall
Charles Turner
Indianapolis
Cecile Turner
Gertie Thomas
Shad Thomas My
Clifford Turner
Mable
C. W. Turner
Clark Seeks Higher Pay for Chautauqua Lectures
Champ Clark speaker of the national House plans a series of chautauqua lectures, citing a $1000 per month salary as insufficient. The article notes his past stated motives and contrasts it with post-election party practices, accusing leaders from the secretary of state to constables of seeking more money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
National House
Democratic Party
Coal dealers invited for district school year contracts
Notice to coal dealers sealed proposals will be received by the board of Marshall Township High School for coal to be delivered for the years 1913 and 1914. Contract to be let Monday July 28, 1913. Rt AC Mitchell chairman Com. Many a girl might be proud of her ankles if it wasn't for her feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Dealera
Marshall Township High School
Rt AC Mitchell
How Cairo Got on the Map July 7 1863
Fifty years ago today Cairo gained the nation’s attention when news of Vicksburg’s surrender reached Washington from Cairo via the steamship W F Wilson. Admiral Porter’s dispatch announced the capture on July 4, prompting Secretary Gideon Welles and Secretary of War Edwin Stanton to notify loyal state governors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Vicksburg
Chicago
Grant
Washington
Gideon Welles
Admiral Porter
Navy Department
Es. M
Stanton
Changes In Road Law Shifts Treasurer Role to Supervisor
The new road law in townships makes the supervisor ex officio treasurer of the road and bridge fund and sets fees. It ends the prior system where the highway commissioners elected a treasurer and split a 2 percent commission plus meeting fees. Voters may reduce the number of road commissioners to one if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Highway Commissioners
Also Mentioned on This Page
Asbury
Dolson
Frank Melvin
Wm.’ Nicholson
Spiketown
Fletcher
Verlin Washburn
Colorado
Charley Stoelt-ing
Robert Wyrick
Olson
Old Whitechapel
Blundell Grocery
Ross Lanning
West Side Hardware
Clark
R. R
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