Martinsville Community Notes and Memorial Services
Martinsville sees decoration services at Olive Branch and city cemetery led by Rev Jesse Stout. Remodelling of the Church of God parsonage into a bungalow, Main Street widening work and curbing progress. Deaths include the young son of Mrs. Clarence Burgy and Mrs. Kate Wright of West Union. Local visits from Terre Haute residents and a large Legion led memorial service with Martinsville Band. Road work aims to Miles corner by Saturday.
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Charles Row
Terre Haute Wisitea
Martinsville
cSaveral
Olive ‘Branch
Church of God
Thomas Snavely
Terre Haute
John Elliott
Baker
Main Street
Phillippi
Clarence Uirgy
East Main Street
Jesse Stout
Kate Wright
Joseph Wright
West Union
Brick Church
Miles Corner
Sunday Visitation and Birthday Celebration Noted
Spiketown Edna Lovell visited Sunday with Norton. Mr and Mrs Silas Litteral visited over Sunday with Mr and Mrs Wm Washburn. Mr and Mrs Jess and Cecile Bays visited last week with relatives in Terre Haute. A birthday surprise dinner was given at Harry Stepp's home for his 23rd birthday with 63 relatives and friends present. A children's day program is set for Sunday night June 5 at 7 30.
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Edna Lovell
Norton
Silas Litteral
Wm Washburn
Jess
Cecile Bays
Terre Haute
Harry Stepp
Westfield Guests and Local Events Highlight Weekend
Westfield hosts C E Pollard and M N Nelson of Champaign plus other families over Sunday. George Collins visits Charleston with Park Irwin. J H Pendell from Greencastle stays with his parents. Harry McGee family return to Logan Utah after visit. H B Lourtillot recovering after Charleston operation. John Watson visits Bethany. Alumni stage Patty Makes Things Hum raising funds at the high school. Nina Kincheloe and Wesley Hogue wed in Westfield Baptist parlor with Mae Loser and Howard Kuykendall as attendants.
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M. N. Nelson
Champaign
C. E. Bigelow
Faerie Collihan
Jewett
Herbert Walker
George Collins
Charleston
Park Irwin
J. H. Pendell
Greencastle
Ind
James Pendell
Harry McGee
Logan
Utah
H. B. Lourtillot
John Watson
Bethany
Patty
Nina Kincheloe
Westfield
Wesley Hogue
Kansas
The
Baptist Church
Mae Loser
Howard Kuykendall
West York Eld. O Neal Preaches at Church of Christ
West York Eld. O Neal preached at the Church of Christ on Sunday morning. He dedicated the church twenty six years ago this June. Decoration day was observed with visits to cemeteries and graveside flowers. Clem Beals and wife visited Mrs. Beals mother Mrs. Elvina Layton, and Layton accompanied them home. R L Bell and wife visited relatives here. Mrs. H O Newlin and Mrs. Ike Seymour attended the funeral of Mrs. Rodgers at Hutsonville. Charles Buckner grows weaker awaiting his son Jesse from Portersville. Mrs. Clara McCrory died after a lingering illness. funeral at Mt Olive church with burial in Bailiff Cemetery. Mrs. Lewis Life, visiting her sister Mrs. Wm York near Trimble, returned home. Viola Smith and son Percy of Chicago visited Lawrenceville relatives.
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Eld. O'Neal
Shelburn
Christ
Clem Beals
Terre Haute
H. O. Newlin
Ike Seymour
Rodgers
Hutsonville
Charles Buckner
Jesse
Portersville
Clara McCrory
Mt. Olive Church
Lewis Life
Wm. York
Trimble
Viola Smith
Percy
Chicago
Lawrenceville
Hutsonville Area Family Visits and Commencement Guests
Ed Boyd and daughter from Hutsonville area visited Mrs. Boyd's parents Mr and Alias D Ryerson on Sunday. Graduates at Hutsonville high school commencement Friday included Marguerite Cullop and Zola Nidey. George Bistion of Palestine visited his sister. Priscilla Mount and G F Smith with son Harry visited Mrs Viola Smith over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Boyd
Hutsonville
G. F. Smith
Harry
Local residents visit York and area families
Sunday visits fill York with guests from Terre Haute Paris Greenup Brazil and Hutsonville. Several families share meals and social time as decorations speakers and local residents attend events. Regular weekend travels include Mrs Barker and Mrs Murphy families and relatives from Marshall Bone steel Eisner Kisner and Whittman in the region.
Misread Signals Lead to Marriage Proposal Instead of Theater
A fragment from the Boston Transcript shows a dialogue where one person accuses Jack of deception as expectations of a theater outing turn into a marriage proposal. The exchange highlights disappointment and an unexpected romantic turn.
Casey Township News and Memorial Day Observances
Casey town notes report many visits from relatives and friends, a retail merchants association organized, a Casey band set for outdoor concerts, a high school class graduation, a fatal auto crash, Memorial Day ceremonies, and plans for a Fourth of July celebration with local clubs, churches, and veterans groups active in community events. The piece also lists local residents traveling, visiting, and hosting gatherings, with several church and school-related activities.
Pleasant Grove and nearby notes on local life
South Dolson Mrs Mike Reeley improves. Lawrence Stepp of Marshall visited on business. Frank Baker Spiketown and George Claypool shearing sheep last week. Miss Elva Morgan and Cecil Babcock visited Miss Anna Kuln. Kuln's school at Pleasant Grove Friday afternoon. Rev W A Wieght attended fifth Sunday at Palestine. Mr and Mrs Oda Marrs and J W Graham hosted a surprise dinner for Mrs Isaac Marrs for her 64th birthday. Wieland family near Warrington visited Mike Reeley. Relatives learned from Forest and Hutchinson Meloy of Hutchinson Kansas they enjoyed the river banks Sunday. Corn looks fine wheat dying from dry weather. Earl Morgan went north of Paris Monday to work. Thomas Graham cleaning Clarksville cemetery. Mrs A P Clapp entertained Sunday school class at her home. Attendees included Misses Dorothy and Elenor Washburn Jessie Grace Lucy Buser Mable Hornbrook Bertha Hogue Elva Morgan Lucy Johnson Cecil Babcock Aletha Stricker Rosa Clapp Clara Fox Nelle Murphy Bertha and Trene Combs. Absent: Geneva Palmer Lilly Johnson Mrs Jessie Fox Gertrude Thomas Mrs Pearl Marra. Other guests: Mary Schwartz Leslie Clapp Forest Fox Don Hunter Mr and Mrs Clinton Clapp and Chrystal of Terre Haute Mr and Mrs Claude Huggins and sons David and Charles Edward Pauline Huggins Robert Rogers Newel Huggins.
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Mike Reeley
Lawrence Stepp
Marshall
Frank Baker
Spiketown
George Claypool
Elva Morgan
Cecil Babcock
Anna
Kuln
Pleasant Grove
W. A. Wiegaht
Palestine
Oda Marrs
J. W. Graham
Isaac Marrs
Wm. Wieland
Warrington
Forest Meloy
Hutchinson
Kansas
Earl ‘Morgan
Paris
Thomas
Graham
Clarksville
A. P. Clapp
Dorothy
Elenor
Washburn
Jessie
Grace
Lucy
Buser
Mable
Hornbrook
Bertha Hogue
Elva
Morgan
Lucy Johnson
Cecil
Fox
Gertrude "Thomas
Local Residents and Renovations Highlight Past Weekend
Dolson Mark Combs owns a new buggy. Raymond and Nancy Claypool visited home folks. Catlin Chapman reported a valuable horse died last week. Robert Findley and wife visited Elijah Claypool. Salem church interior and exterior repainting completed with new paper. Silas Murphy and family visited Casey with Clinton Clapp and Terre Haute kin.
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Mark Combs
Raymond
Nancy
Claypool
Catlin
Chapman
Robert Findley
Marshall
Elijah Claypool
Salem
Silas Murphy
Diana Murphy
Casey
Clinton Clapp
Terre Haute
U. P. Clapp
Local Family Notes Amid School Visit and Sunday Calls
In scattered lines a family visit pattern emerges with Glen and Frank Nay visiting, Mrs Bueschmeyer and Pearl Hutchings hosting, Jess Meloy and Emily Meloy dropping by, and Joe Fitzgerald’s store mentioned as a work site. Relative visits tie to safety weeks and community ties through residents Oakfield.
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Glen
Frank Nay
Kansas
Bueschmeyer
Pearl Hutchings
Joe, Fitzgerald
Oliaeld
Jess Meloy
Emily’ Meloy
Asoseplusgerald
Family and Brossman
Hutchings
Choctaw Funeral Rites Noted at Hatton Church
A community obituary fragment recalls George Shotts Joseph Williams and family members in Avon and Hatton. Mentions Mrs Henry Bohn Hazel Helan Estel Leoni and Hattie Blizzard with daughters visiting Friday afternoons.
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Vattendéa
George
Shotts
Joseph
Williams
Avon
Frank
Hollenbeck
Suniday
Wilma
Smyrna Province in Asia Minor praised for climate rivers and port
National Geographic Society Bulletin highlights Smyrna as a favored Asia Minor province with Meander river, fertile soils, and a port city unmatched in the region. It notes Smyrna’s fruits especially figs and grapes, and recalls poets praising the city’s beauty and its enduring name since antiquity. It mentions a legendary Amazon linked to the name.
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Asia’ Minor
Turkey
Smyrna
Europe
National Geographic Society ‘Bulletin
Prospecting in Madagascar for Radium Riches Promises Fortune
Secretary LaCroix of the French Academy of Sciences reports Madagascar hosts betaphité with brownish black color and variable radium content. He notes prospects could yield 200 francs per ton with one milligram per ton possible, and some deposits as high as 15 000 francs per ton. Prospective miners are urged to budget for camera plates and gear, even a gold leaf electroscope if possible.
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Cripple’ Creek
Alaska
Madagascar
LaCroix
Academy of Sciencé
M. LaCroix
Memoir Excerpt Reveals Tsar’s Frugality in Clothes
Patching the Gzar's trousers recounts Count Witte describing Alexander II’s thrift. The emperor insisted on wearing worn garments and boots, with a palace tailor mending them rather than replacing them, a detail observed during a railway trip.
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Count ‘Witte
Alexander T
Alexander
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