West York Community Notes and Visits
Local residents and visitors fill West York as relatives from Terre Haute Robinson Martinsville and Chicago stop by. A Tom Thumb wedding at the Sunday school entertains, a temperance lecture is held, chautauqua ads pass through town, and family birthdays and gatherings abound with extended kin from Hutsonville Orange Township and Indianapolis among those noted.
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West York
J. & Smith
Vern Wilson
Ridgefarm
Paul Ferell
Terre Haute
Glenn Mount
Chicago
Ellen Newlin
Robinson
Jobe Martin
Mattoon
John Stevens
Frank Buckner
Marshall
Ernest Prevo
Westork
Chester Carrell
Indianapolis
Broda Holidas
OW Moore
Warren Beal
Alvina Layton
Dana
Suir County
Thomas Metary
Form Stevens
Robert Athey
Nnapolis
Christian Church
A G Hart
S D Newlin
Hutsonville
Martin Newlin
Onee
Shelburn
Martinsville
Sue Cox
Francis Spraker
J W Woods
Ima Griffin
Lucetta Mills
Emma
Orange Township
Harper Reynolds
R C Bell
Mtarmel
Tornado and Fire Insurance Offered by Cole and Cole
Local ad notes tornado and fire insurance from strong companies at the lowest rates, inviting written or phone terms from Cole and Cole of Marshall Illinois. City and farm properties are covered with emphasis on affordable options.
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Cole & Cole
Marshall, Ill
Homecoming plans stir in Danville community
Letters from J G English and locals discuss potential August Homecoming dates in Marshall county. Readers urge a fixed yearly event with fund-raising ideas, church dinner plans, and inclusive activities for old residents. The column notes past Homecoming success and mentions related local visits and upcoming town events.
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Herald
the Herald
Marshall
Local Notes on Crops and Visitors in Homer Area
Chintz bugs seen but hay growing. Homer Johnson owns seven ricks of wheat. DC Cleer and wife spent Sunday at Merom. Baptist church to be repapered this week. Roy Romine a Terre Haute visitor Thursday. Wet weather slows cow pea crop. Parties from Brazil Indiana visited Sunday. auto trouble reported. Mr Darts of Endfield delivered two germans at Dethel on home mission.
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Morris Logue
Marshall
Edith Lindley
Floy Snyder
Chas Prevo
Terre Haute
W P Anderson
Indianapolis
Burnsides
Sullivan
Ind
Bertha
Hallie Drake
Paris
Loa Burnsides
Will Navis
Dolson Chapel
Jake Phillips
Near
Olney
Oscar Mack Reed
Martin Hutchings
Will Hoskins
Kate Murphy
Emanuel Clapps
Russell Hutchings
Oscar Phillip
Alta Mullins
Conlozae
Cametry
Pearl Garver
Auburn
Frank Hasting
Melrose
Casselman Harness House
Harry Jaco
John Jaco Henry Blakeman
Efe Millis
Orange Township
Auld
Champaign
Lizzie Hatfield
Homer Johnson
DC Cleer
Merom the Baptist Church
Roy Romine
Brazh
Len Mr Darts
Endfield
Dethel
Dr Kings New Life Pills Offer Easy Gentle Laxative
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a pleasant laxative to take at night with water. It promises a free easy morning bowel movement without nausea belching or gas and notes a 36 count package priced at 25 cents sold by all druggists.
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Dr. King
Visitation Notes and Local Trends In Hutsonville Area
Mrs F H Eaton from Memphis visited her mother Mrs Sarah Melvin Gleason Bishop of Pendleton Ore arrived for a two week stay. Wet weather rots potatoes but a one third harvest could boost local yield. Hutsonville township shows dogs outnumbering sheep by 29 head as sheep industry wanes. Allen Newlin and family depart for a western tour including California expositions and the National Park in Montana.
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the Herald
F H Eaton
Memphis
Tennessee
Sarah Melvin Gleason
Pendleton
Ore
Hutsonville
Allen Newlin
Madge
Carl
National Park
Montana
Kingsley Stammered and Eliot Found Dull in Memoir Vignette
The memoirist Mrs Walford recalls Victorian literary figures in London circles. Charles Kingsley stammered yet spoke slowly to hide the defect and Tom Brown Hughes is described as unremarkable in appearance. George Eliot appears blunt and unwelcoming at a 1876 Edinburgh gathering.
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George Eliot
Kingsley
Tom Brown Hughes
Watford
The
Westminster Gazette
Medal of Honor and Valor Insignia Origins
The Medal of Honor is a five pointed star with Minerva medallion and laurel wreath, bearing United States of America and Valor. Dating from the Civil War era, it is awarded sparingly and remains a highly prized military decoration.
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Congress
Minerva
United States of America
Thoughts and Encouragement in Job Pursuit
A fragmented dialogue discusses motivation and self belief in pursuing work. An applicant questions honesty to parents and a guard at a New York Times piece reflects on encouragement and romantic hesitation. The exchange contrasts eagerness with restraint as social expectations shape opportunities.
Unclear text fragment from Vig AD column
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a Martin at Vig AD and Miss Tawney Appe with a new green veil but no friend with an auto. details are incomplete.
Foster Martin July Clearance Sale Offer
Foster Martin advertises a July clearance with low prices on fabrics and garments. Items include 10c percales and ginghams, feather ticking, chambray shirting, silk tissues, voiles, crepes, batistes, lawns, and ladies wool skirts discounted to about 3.90 to 5.75.
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Foster Martin
Aytin
Puzzled Banking Board Appointment Confusion
Fragmented lines show a joke about appointing Wombat to a banking board and the paradox of his banking knowledge. The clipping also includes stray notes about names, a marriage mention, and a brief verse praising a Union soldier.
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Wombat
Kansas City Journal
Hard Language on Defense Moves and Mediation
A call to set military and naval affairs in order amid peril and mediation. Warns against hesitancy and overlong diplomacy proposing stronger defenses and larger armed forces. Refers to rapid action rather than theoretical talk in the face of threats.
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Bismarck
Rheatoric
Isa
Germany
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