Locust Song and Rural Life Notes From West Side Farm
A village-column page recounts planting, replanting, and rains affecting corn. Wil McKee improvises on his farm while others replant and expect better stands. A dealer buys stock hogs for 750 a hundred and a white squirrel is seen near Perry Loughers place. Local school terms end, roads are graded, and a large ice cream supper raises 56. Residents travel to funerals, picnics, church events, and a Sunday school convention at Five Points church nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
West Side
Wil McKee
Will Brossman
Five Points
Mabel Bucker
Jeff
Howard Norman
Ira
Roy Romine
Kansas
John Ross
Coles
Lucy Lowry
Perry Loughers
Will Lowery
Charleston
Robert Statesman
J. W. B. Hutchings
Wm. F. Clapp
Brocton and
Newman
Ellen Smith
Joe Nicholson
West Liberty
Sophia Meloy
East Liberty
Sylvan Richey
Clarksville
Emery Davis
Green Moss
Frank Schwartz
Battmess
Hurley Johnson
Blue Grass
Elsie Hurst
Township
Miss Hurst
Auburn
Insurance on farm and city property at low rates
Cole and Cole of Marshall Illinois advertise insurance on farm and city property with strong companies and low rates, inviting written inquiries or phone calls for terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole & Cole
Marshall,il
Sunday Visits Draw Local Family Gatherings
Ernest Griffith from Effingham and Homer Herring from Effingham visited relatives Sunday. Ruby Volkers, Flora Davis, Wes Baker and families, Jane Weaver, Doolittle and Joy households, and others spent the day with in town kin including the Swinford, Nickles, Weaver, Scholfield, Larrison, and Vine families in Terre Haute and West Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Griffith
Effingham
Ruby
Anna Volkers
Flora Davis
Wes Baker
Paris
Jane Weaver
Jack Farris
Levi
Ellea Swinford
James Doolittle
Alf Joy
Walter Lackey
Henry Setzer
Ernest Doolittle
Mrs
Elmer Stoelting Leaves for California Visit
Elmer Stoelting departed on Saturday for California to visit Miss Florence Ligget. He is visiting friends in Hillsboro and saw Edith Burkholder, who took supper Saturday with Plessie Irwin. Myra Nhler is visiting her grandmother Mrs Li F Weaver.
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Elmer Stoelting
California
Florence
Ligget
Hillsboro
Edith Burkholder
Plessie Irwin
Myra Nhler
Li F. Weaver
Martinsville in a Saturday visit and town notes
Local residents and visitors from Orange Parker Marshall and Dolson stop by for business and social calls. Weather and market reports note warm 91 degree Sunday and produce prices. The Martinsville B and L Association election lists officers and directors. A near-fatal railroad crossing incident prompts reflection on election turnout and partisanship.
Funeral services held for Robert Bair in city cemetery
Robert Bair died after years of illness at 29 years. Funeral held Friday from his mother's West Main home with Rev. Jess Stout and Rev. Shouse officiating. He leaves his mother four brothers and many relatives. his father died 27 years ago.
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Robert Bair
Mra
Martha ‘Bair
West Main
Jess
Stout
Mr. Shouse
Robert
Our City
West York social notes include visits and church events
Elder O Neal from Shelburn visited here I Friday. Ella Hand visited Terre Haute last week. Sunday school plans children’s day exercises. O C Smith from Benton visited relatives here Wednesday. Mrs Mattie Donaldson spent three days in Hutsonville. M E church held a strawberry festival last Thursday. Grandma Farrell visited Terre Haute Monday. Rev Timmons assisted in M E church services Sunday and next Sunday night in the Methodist church. John Highsmith of Birds Station visited sister Mrs Cochran Friday. Lige Athey of Terre Haute visited daughter Mrs Will Lickliter. Mrs Clyde Beal of Terre Haute visited mother Mrs Elvina Layton. Mrs Lida Cochran of Chicago visited last week. Will Piety and Albert Wright of West Union visited Sunday. Marshall baseball team beat West York 6–3. Presiding elder held quarterly services Saturday. There was preaching on Mr and Mrs Brody Holiday drove to Bicknell Sunday to visit Dr Smith.
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Joe Swope
Orange
R. M. Perisho
Parker
McDaniel
O. O. Tracey
Melrose
J. W. Adams
Marshall
Ina
Mona Fasig
Terre Haute
John Baxter
Mr. Steel
Osby Logue
Toledo
Baptist Church
Main Street
Ruth Rawlings
Howard Norman
Sam Deahl
J. W. Elliott
George Baker
James Thompson
Mollie Daugherty
Gid Shawver
Jefferson County
Illinois
Mackinocan
W. Va
Ressiensa
Milo Hill
Robinson
Martinsille
Homer Snider
Chas. Snider
Arcola
Vina Wright
O. C. Stoddart
Indianapolis
W. O. Creaver
Kansas
Ill
John Andrews
Alphabet Hutchings
Dolson
Martinsville-B. & L. Association
G S. Kelly
E. N. McNary
E. W. Childe
O. EB. Fasig
G. S. Kelly
George Lindsay
Harry Newman
West York
O’neal
Shelburn
Ind
Ella Hand
O. C. Smith
Benton
Mattie Donaldson
Hutsonville
M. E. Church
Grandma Farrell
Mr. Timmons
M. E
John Highsmith
Birds Station
T. C. Cochran
Lige Athey
Will Lickliter
Clyde Beal
Elvina Layton
Lida Cochran
Chicago
Will Piety
Albert Wright
West Union
Mart
Brody Holiday
Bicknell, Ind
Dr. Smith
Local notes on crops guests and community life in York area
Ripe cherries and new potatoes arrive as wheat and oats look fine. Families visit relatives in Terre Haute and nearby towns. Miss Florence Macke to teach next year. Memorial services held in Marshall and Livingston. News of farming busy with corn and weed control. Residents include the Grishams, Hodsons, Shrader, and the Frakers. Robert Lake prepares to move to Colorado Springs. Had New Yorkers comment on Huerta becoming an adopted citizen.
Circus Notes from The War Doings Scraps
In a fragmented item a circus mention appears with odd phrasing about boy scouts and wartime doings. The readable bits suggest a column remarking on public events and skepticism toward expectations during wartime.
Tainted Politics and the Call for Honest Government
A critique of tainted politics argues campaigns are driven by personal gain and secret combinations far beyond mere rhetoric. It warns that self interest among politicians threatens industry, agriculture, and public welfare, urging wisdom courage and honesty in government and favoring farmer bankers and merchants in legislatures.
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Politi R
Arleeeeepecerey Spinesky
Sam
Watered securities threaten farming’s financial core
The piece argues that water in farm finance inflates costs for producers. It cites high interest on notes and real estate loans, estimates $200 million annually in usury, and warns that financial immorality harms agriculture. It emphasizes agriculture as the nation’s key enduring industry and calls for reform to protect farmers and prosperity.
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America
United States
Ita
Sre
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Ae Ay
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Meele Wyrick
Viney McKee
Willard Shirely
West ‘Terre Haute
E. J. Shirely
Cora Wyrick
Greeley Brown
Dennison
Armstrong
Martinsville
Sarah Doll
Sports
Plainview Farm
H. C. Grisham
Omer McDaniel
Noah Landers
Florence Macke
Grace Shrader
Mt. Carmel
M. Landers
Robert Hodson
George Hodson
Orange Township
Ed M. English
Carl Clements
Will Fraker
Oak Grove
Harry
Helen Fraker
M. M. Landers
Cochenower
York
Ralph Orcutt
Terre ‘Haute
Will
Gard
James Hanson
Charles
Hanson
Robert Lake
Colorado
Springs
Colo
Yade
Huerta
Watered Securities
Peter Radford
Macklyn Arbuckle
George _ Ade
Tove Bi
Geo. Barr McCutcheon
Moor
Quaker Steel
E. Millhouse
Heer
Enterprise
Wabash
Marshall Fillour
J. Marvin
Farmers
Milis
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