West York area reports heavy rain and local visits
A list of residents and visitors across Dolson, Dolson Creek and nearby towns notes Mrs. Doc Cochran visiting Flat Rock, family visits to Birds and Terre Haute, a new house addition by Lawrence Newlin, and multiple Sunday trips. The week recounts a strong Saturday rain storm, farm activity, a local ball game won by West York 9 to 6, and community tremors from a fire replacement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Work
Doc Cochran
Flat Rock
Hiram Licklider
Chaney Life
Willard Spiver
Robinson
C. D. Burnson
Lawrenceville
D Harrington
Insurance on farm and city property offered
Cole and Cole of Marshall Nebraska invites clients to secure insurance on farm and city property with strong companies at lowest rates. Contact details provided for terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole & Cole
Marshall, NL
Rural notes and family headlines from the neighborhood
Frank Snyder erected a thirty foot silo and the Maus children returned to Indianapolis. The Romine orchard was sprayed last week and Will Brosman has the best field of corn in the area. Grandmother Cleaver visited Martinsville as Will Robertson and family returned from Missouri after ten days. Our township Sunday school convention will be held next Sunday at Auburn. Mr. Swinford and wife visited from Ashmore to spend time with relatives.
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Frank Snyder
Will Brosman
Maus
Indianapolis
Cleaver
Martinsville
Our
Auburn
Will Robertson
Missouri
Te. Mr. Swinford
Ashmore
Relatives and Guests Gather in Terre Haute Nearby
A fragmented notice lists visiting relatives and family gatherings in Terre Haute and locally. It notes Miss Anna Welsh, Vergil Shirley, Mrs Leo Dickerson, Mrs David Setzer, Frank Henderson, Ike Fletcher, Festus Wyrick, Ed Fairgrief, and others hosting or visiting families including the Shirely, Carpenter, and Hogue households. Florence Liggett and others returned home after a term at the Charleston state normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Batson
Anna Welsh
Terre Haute
Vergil Shirely
E. J Shirely
Leo Dickerson
David Setzer
Frank Henderson
Ike Fletcher
Livingston
Festus Wyrick
Marion Bartrum
Beulah Crumlin
Della Weaver
Clifford Carpenter
Herman Hogue
Weaver
Ed Fairgrief
Leroy Sears
God Delbert Shirely
E. J. Shirely
Nina Chaffee
Henry Shirely
Lulu Elliott
Chris Stoelting
W. F. Shirely
Familly
Ifeses Florence Liggett
Goldia ‘Lowe
Bertha Beltz
Lavinia Fink
Ier
State Normal
Charleston
Possum Ridge Social Notes Visit Mentions
Trixie Cunningham works in Martinsville Dora. Lowry visits her sister at Chrisman Beth. Reba Cunningham visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trixie Cunningham
Martinsville
Dora
Lowry
Slater
Chrisman
Beth
Reba Cunningham
Rainy spell slows local farming activities
A rainy Monday evening meets a busy social and agricultural scene in the Oak Grove area. Various residents visit relatives and attend farm work as Crumline's threshing machine completes grain threshing this week.
Community notes span Westfield to Cedar Falls events
Payton Murphy of Westfield was here on business Monday. The young ladies class No. 4 will host an ice cream supper at Clarks ville Baptist church Saturday night. Mrs. Elizabeth Boney died aged 88 near West Union. A wedding announced for Inez Leola Whitney and Allen Berkstresser in Aurelia Iowa with home at Cedar Falls. The electric light project progresses and voters eye the primary outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payton Murphy
Westfield
Robert Stricker
Dan Gilbert
West Union
Clarksville Baptist Church
Charley Fox
W. A. Fuson
Casey
J. Craig
Marshall
Milton Shawver
E. J Blankenbeker
Auburn
Carl Ballard
East Side
Sheri Davis
Sheriff
Ina Fasig
Fleger
Orlie Lowe
Brazil
Ind
Marvin Hull
Y. F. Hull
Chas. Brandenstine
Howard Craig
Caroline Cleaver
Homer
T P
Linus Jones
Charleston
H P Moulden
Jones
Earl Buckle
Cambridge Springs
Mdry
Arthur Devilin
Merom
Arthur
York Street
Millard Hedrick
L M. Whitney
Inez Leola
Allen P. Berkstresser
Aurelia
Iowa
Main St
Cedar Falls
Isaac Berkstresser
Church of God Here
Elizabeth Boney
Chas Cook
Old Home Place
Peter Randabarigh
William Boney
Illinois
Ohio
Rainy weekend visits noted in small town records
Benn recounts a pleasant spell of rain. Saiter spent Sunday with John Behner. Raymond Hawker spent Sunday at a location not fully readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benn. Saiter
John Behner
Raymond Hawker
Local notes include Terre Haute visit and family news
Mrs. W James went to Terre Haute Monday to make her home. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs Will Ogle is slowly improving. Mrs. Fannie Murphy visited in Mattoon at the home of her sister. Miles Murphy of Terre Haute with his wife came Saturday for a visit with relatives Miss Kate Orcutt at this place and Mr Monroe com Indiane were mar-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. James
Terre Haute
Will Ogle
Fannie Murphy
Mattoon
Miles Murphy
Kate Orcutt
Monroe
Marshall locals attend convention and family updates
Ried in Marshall on Saturday. Several residents attended the convention at the Baptist church in West Union on Sunday. Miss Agnes Pritchard returned to York from Terre Haute Saturday after visiting relatives for two weeks. Little Halline Murphy, daughter of Miles Murphy, underwent a surgical operation Saturday and is reported to be recovering well.
Sunday School Attendance and Family Visits Report
The brief notes Sunday school attendance stood at 74 with mentions of a good shower on Saturday. Several visits and stays are recorded as Stella Rockwell works at Wm Vanarsdalen's, and multiple family groups including Swope and Rockwell families spent Sunday at various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Rockwell
Wm. Vanarsdalen
Lester Swope
Edgar Dix
Glen Swope
Mabel Cooper
Leona Swope
Elvin Swope
Harlen Dix
Lawrence White
Dave Rockwell
John Rothrock
Mina Hamilton
Everett Swope
Tom Rothrock
Ernest Vanersdalen
Clinton Weber
Beulah and Beulah neighborhood church notes
Sunday preaching at Beulah church 10 30 am and Methodist church Sunday evening. Miss Ruby Winters of Martinsville visited last week with Miss Maude Lowe Vol Mount and family and Dr Burnsides and family motored to Robinson Sunday. Vol Mount bought a new Overland car with electric lights and starter. Redith Goodson of Garrett Ill spending week with Rachel Lee northeast of West Union. Mrs F M Beach of Terre Haute and Lydia Pritchard of Evansville Ind visiting Mrs William Marvin in Beulah area. Volney Mount spent Sunday at home then returned to Vincennes for weeks. York township S S convention had good attendance despite heat. Ice cream supper at Beulah postponed by rain and repeated Monday night with more showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah
Ruby Winters
Martinsville
Maude Lowe
William Marvin
Volney Mount
Vincennes
York Township
S. S
Local Life and Events Highlight York Community
York and vicinity enjoyed a good main Saturday with visiting family and a Sunday church gathering. Cyrus Monroe and Kate Orcutt wed in Marshall and will move into a cottage near the mill. A lightning strike damaged a barn shed Surrey but did not spread, as fire was contained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Wm. Marvin
Lydia Pritchard
Reese
George Pritchard
M. E
F. C. Read
Chicago
Cyrus Monroe
Fairbanks
Ind
Kate Orcutt
Marshall
Sunday School Convention at Auburn in 1920 schedule
Children Cry FOR FLETCHER S CASTORIA Sunday School Convention to be held at Auburn on Sunday Aug 2 at 9 30 am S S Session 10 30 Devotional Township Sect Words of welcome Township Pres Response Jerry Ishler Studies in Life of Christ L B Ander How the blackboard talks John Sweet Adult class movement Roy Cook Adjourn for dinner 1 30 pm Devotional Rev Lamb Teacher training S M Kelly Mission of the S S Jerry Ishler Why the graded lesson Rev Perrin Offering for county work Linking the S S to the home Rev E G Sandmeyer How study the Bible Rev I Lamb No saloon in 1920 S S Smith The children will entertain the convention with songs and recitations Sunday school workers come and help us Ray Burkybile Pres Miss Gertie Johnson Sec
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
S. S
Township
Jerry Ishler
L. B. Anderson
John Sweet
Roy Cook
Rev. Lamb
S. M. Kelly
Perrin
E. G. Sandmeyer
I.lamb
S. S. Smith
Ray Burkybile
Gertie Johnson
European War Expands as Austria Hungary Declares on Serbia
War alarms spread across Europe as Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. Russia Germany and possibly France and Great Britain may be drawn in. Wheat prices on the Chicago board of trade jumped nine cents per bushel amid the mounting crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Russia
Germany
France
Great Britain
Chicago Board of Trade
Not Our Connolly and a 51 Pound Catfish Catch
A fisherman named Connolly weighed a 51 pound catfish taken on a trotline Sunday evening. The piece references Clark County and local court notices from Marshall, Illinois, in 1934 involving non-resident defendants in a chancery case with a pending summons returnable November 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connelly
Mt. Carmel
State of
Clark County
Soko
Elmer Newlin
Anna Harris
George W. Newlin
Emily Lee
Bella Cartright
Charles Newlin
Riley Newlin
Anni Hammond
Stilwell
Jane Stilwell
Rachel Newlin
Rebecca Warner
George Newlin
Newton Newlin
Eliza Hodson
Hay
Price
Ohio Oil Company
William Willis
George Felver
Eliza‘ Hodson
Circuit Court
Holden
Marshall
Dill
Clinois
Jay Swern
Everett Connelly
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Dan Drake Tought
Joan Daniels
Mrs. Daniels
Sid Colwell
Ray Blair
Leslie Withrell
John Woods
C W Moore
Lewis
Palestine
Lere
Clem Beal
Alvina Layton
Eisner
John Donaldson
J. E. Warren
Ola
Mollie Lewis
Olive
Robert Ryerson
Magsie
Toledo
Carl
Wanda Holiday
West York
Walnut Prairie
Lillie Atkins
Layle Cunningham
Indianola
Bertha
Goldie Kannamacher
Nellie
Irene Gilbert
John Tapscott
Lillie
Oak Grove
Will Mallory’s
Morgan Sweet
Charles Gilbert
Wil Mallory
Dolson
Timothy
Janesville
James Harwood
Cleone
Martinsville Planet
James Bartmass
Shiloh
Rev Duncan
Newt Bean
Res G H. Rowe
Shoals
Dolson Chapel
Joseph L. Clappol
Texas City
Tex
Co. A. 6Th Infantry
Sperry Claypools
Irwin Rockwell
Charles Fitzgarrald
Mat Snyder
John Ross
Will Behner
Ernest Maurer
Baggs
John Sauter
Harry Whitson
Allen Wright
John Hawker
Carl Clemens
Tom Whitson
Frank Geisert
Fred Sauter
Ed Renner
Ed Geisert
Fishback
Annie Saiter
Charlotte Schad
Della Brown
West Terre Haute
Beulah Maurer
Hazel
Catherine Geiisert
Will Fraker
Lou Gulley
Fred Kallanza
Ralph Bartlett
Buel Landers
Oliver
Will Norton
Albert Sall
Sassafras
Plain View Farm
John Dawson
Greenmoss
Clarence Gilbert
Emily
M. M. Landers
Roh
English
Chas. Macke’s
South Dolson
Olive Branch
Eva Nave
Esther Chamness
Amy Swupe
Fletcher
Castoria
Sunday School Convention
Lill Ferguson-McKinney
Ed- V
2Price
Lamm & Co
Grabenheimer
Shaw
Heath & Milligan House
West Side
John Lowe
Marshall, Illinois
Merom Bluff
Chautauqua
J. L. Pleasant
Pres
J. J. Parker
Secyentre Merom
Indiana
Chancery
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