Marshall District Notes and Local Family Visits
Ray Huston spent Friday here with relatives Mrs Cordelia Gibson of Marshall spent Sunday at Mr Hodsons. A C Grisham and family spent Sunday at Omar McDaniels at Oliver. Miss Anna Scott, of this district, has been employed to teach here the coming year. All crops are suffering for want of rain. Lieut Hubert English of Boston will arrive in Marshall this week to spend a few days with relatives. Green Moss cemetery was cleaned up Friday. One worker at the Kanna-Pincher saw mill was severely hurt last week. Wheat harvest began on the sand last week and is pretty good. Sunday was the hottest day of the summer. Ralph Life, of Camp Fremont, Cal, was home on furlough last week. Mr and Mrs Ellis Baker are the proud parents of a baby girl. Mrs Amanda Hammond of Martinsville visited Mrs Elvina Layton and went to Robinson Thursday. Ralph Lindley attended the state University last year and will spend the summer on chautauqua work.
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Ray Huston
Cordelia Gibson of
Marshall
Hodson
A C Grisham
Omar McDaniels
Oliver
M. M Landers
Hubert English
Boston
Ogtethorp
Wil Enelish Odo Wite
Chester
Francs
Rae Fawley
Ed Beachout
Daisy
Homer
Calvin Bardin
Elisha
Terre Haute
Green Moss
Robert Craig
Jesse Craig
Mount Pleasant
Sophia Montgomery
John L. Hurst
Charleston
Ella Schwartz
Emanuel Hurst
Charles Burmsides
Kanna- Pincher
Bers Bi Dolson
Orst Reztatra
Jung Siz
Ralph Maiwart
Nati Wildarveld
Roscoe Mardin
Florce Marrs
Mercury
Bennie Bruner
Essie
Edna Combs
Fred Layton
Elvina Layton Ralph Life
Fremont
Cal
James Lindley
Bess Eldaday
Sem Buckner
Danville
Monroe Barrett
M. C. Stanfield
David Barrett
Annapolis
Martin Newlin
Local Briefs Highlight Drought Weather and Town Visitors
Saturday visitors Austin Sweet and L. T Lowry were in town along with Sam Neidigh from Johnson township and Jerry Claypool with J. W. B. Hutchings from Dolson. The day’s heat reached 95 to 102 with a hot wind that dried the area and worsened the drought. Mrs. Bert Cook, recent operation patient, shows improvement and local residents anticipate rain within days as forecast by John P. Heath.
Week-end clover crop visit and local notices
Auburn and vicinity hosts a large weekend gathering as clover crops recover after a decade. Residents Pearl Conrad and Chas. Bair return from Kansas overland trip pleased with no accidents. Local men pursue training and work, with details on travels, family visits, and a Muscle Shoals plant project.
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Auburn
Timothy
Pearl Conrad
Chas
Bair
Kansas
Fred Williams
Our City
Oscar Sandy
Westfield
Valparaiso
Ind
Arney Fasig
Anna
O. B. Fasig
Pasig
B. R. Blankenbeker
Will McNary
Isaac Ishler
J M. Wilkin
J. P Byram
L. T. Lowry
S J Deahl
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Clark County
P W
George Huffman
Herbert Deahl
Ed Bair
C C Sharp
Charles Milburn
Harry Smith
Elmer Anderson
Ray Whitson
C Spires
Local Social Notes Include Weddings and Deaths
Dr McKibben of Little Rock visits daughter in law Mrs Nora McKibben. Mrs Jacob Cribelar dies at 76. Al Stohr family moves to Casey. Leona Clem Bonnie Ruffner and Mrs Slusser attend Champaign graduation. David Claypool brings Fred Claypool home ill from Alabama munitions plant. Jack McCambridge and wife visit in Flamboldt on way to Akron. Gladys Miller and J Paul LeMay wed at groom’s parents home. Leona Phillips to Sergio Slusser marry in New York City May 31. Philips daughter prominent in social church circles. Slusser son of Mr and Mrs W O Slusser.
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Banner-Times
McKibben
Little Rock
Ark
Nora McKibben
Jacob Cribelar
al Stohr
Terre Haute
Casey
Leona Clem
Bonnie Ruffner
W C. Slusser
Champaign
East Washington Street
Albert H. Flagge
Leona Phillips
Sergio C. Slusser
Turk Avenue
New York City
J B Philips
Sergi Slusser
W O. Slusser
Severe hail storms devastate crops and injuries report
One of the worst hail storms in memory hit Monday with heavy damage to growing vegetation especially corn. Rev. W. L. Cunningham of the M. I. church fell from a cherry tree Friday, fracturing a rib and dislocating a vertebra. Monday night a man and two women stole J. D. Lloyd's car from in front of the Strand Theatre and were seen driving away west.
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W. L. Cunningham
M. I. Church
J. D. Lloyd
Strand Theatre
Electric shock and street collision in Westfield
From The Review: Joe Strader brushed a high tension line while pulling tubing from a 30 foot pole, suffering a severe burn and bruises after falling to the roof and ground. City Marshal Collins was knocked unconscious by a Miss Lana Tichenor driven car on State street but sustained no serious injuries. Mrs. E. M. Beckett leaves for Douglas Kansas with husband. Moodman Lodge of the city.
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Joe Strader
City
State Street
Collins
Lana Tichenor
Ashmore meeting and local notices from 1918
Ten new members were initiated at Ashmore on Monday night. Etta Morgan received a new organ. Local farmers are putting up hay. Grandma Alfred stays with son Alonzo. Charley Wieland attended business in Terre Haute. Mrs Kate Hornbrook visited relatives in Terre Haute. Clarence Marrs and Terre Haute family visited here. Edith Murphy teaches at Pleasant Grove next year. Children’s services at Clarksville Baptist Church Sunday at 8:30 PM. Adminstratrix notices estate of William H Lowe of Clark County Illinois. Laura Histohtheon appointed admix and Everett Connelly attorney. Debts due to estate and claims process slated for August term.
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Etta Morgan
Alfred
Alonzo
Charley Wieland
Terre Haute
Kate Hornbrook
Clarence Marrs
Edith Murphy
Pleasant Grove
Clarksville ‘Baptist Church
William H. Lowe
Clark
Illinois
Clark County
Marshall
A. D
Obituary of Mrs. Roxy Alice Milligan of Indianapolis
Mrs. Roxy Alice Milligan died June 8 1918 in Indianapolis after birth January 12 1866 in Sullivan County Indiana. She married David G. Milligan in 1884 and leaves daughters Harriet Cecil and the deceased Luula May and her husband and parents Mr and Mrs William Payne near Marshall. Surviving also are brothers Weaver Joe and George and sisters Eva Armstrong and Nina Simmons of Terre Haute. Funeral at her Indianapolis home followed by burial in Auburn with a service by Rev C W Hamand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxy Alice Milligan
David G. Milligan
Sullivan Co
Ind
Indianapolis
Milligan
Uula
May
Harriet Cecil
William Payne
Marshall
Weaver
Joe
George
Eva Armstrong
Fragmented line hints at universal freedom
Brief fragment references born free and different, suggesting a philosophical or rights theme without concrete details or names.
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Arlie Byrd
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John Kirby
Camp Taylor
West York
Cecil Bell
Paris
Isaac Seymour
Relaves
Sullivan
Martinsville
Austin Sweet
L. T Lowry
Will Atkins
Will Medsker
Melrose
Sammy Lane
Shoals
Sam Neidigh
Johnson Township
Jerry Claypool
J. W. B. Hutchings
Bert Cook
Oscar Shawver
G. S. Kelly
Urish Bennett
John P. Heath
Jessa Porter
Champain
Aivs
W. T&t Johnson
Hutsonville
the Herald
Review
Paulins
Hanley-Ruddell Tent and Awning Co
9Th St
Bell
Uneral
Chas. Brandenstein
Hartford
EN Seeds
D. D. Dot
North Side Square
Marshall, Illinois
Ashmore
William
EH. Lowe
Laura Histohtheon
Admix
Everett ‘Connelly
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