Local Notes From McKeen Area Roamers
Ben Forsythe of Walnut Prairie visited McKeen Sunday. Pat Douglas and wife headed to Santa Anna California Monday. Floyd Snedeker couple toured Terre Haute Monday. Clayton Higginbotham and William Kirby worked on roads Monday. Farmers urged to use tools and push crop efforts. Ed Flowers assisting Carter Lee store during Mrs. Lee illness. Mrs. Lant Crawford of Dennison Ohio and brother plan two week Formosa Kansas visit starting Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Forsythe
Walnut Prairie
McKeen
Pat Douglas
Santa Anna
California
Floyd Snedeker
Terre Haute
Clayton Higginbotham
William Kirby
Ed Flowers
Carter Lee
Lee
Misner Improvement and Rural News From Cottonwood
Wm Misner shows marked improvement while local residents report illnesses travels and farm work. The community notes smallpox exposure, oil activity, a 97 year old death, and plans for spring tasks amid winter conditions.
Items at Dennison Chronicle Local News and Visits
Miss Edna Volkers is sick and several residents visit sick friends. A pie supper for the band is planned at Volker hall on March 28. A new eight piece string band is formed under Frank McFarland. A revival at the M E church yields nine conversions and five join the church. Various social visits occur with families in Terre Haute Farrington West Terre Haute and near Dennison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Volkers
Viola
Nettie Taylor
Jennie Kuykendall
Bertha Lee
Carter Lee
McKeen
Bessie Weaver
Jumper
Terre Haute
Will Kirby
Frank Augustus
Kansas
Dennison
Susie Johns
Near Farrington
M. E. Church South
Jas. Doolittle
Thomas Woolf
H. Scofield
Will Blackburn
West Terre Haute
Jerome Nickles
E. C Volker
Frank McFarland
Alice Sears
Hurley Sears
California
M E
O H Sweitzer
Sweitzer
Insurance and local notices from Marshall area
Tornado and fire insurance offered by Cole and Cole Marshall Illinois. Mrs G C Freeman improving. Mrs Godfrey Spittler recovering. Mrs George Spittler visited Sarah Nicol Sunday. George Blizzard visiting father A R Blizzard. Arthur Carpenter's sale reported as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Freeman
Godfrey Spittler
Geo. Spittler
Sarah Nicol
George Blizzard
A. R. Blizzard
Arthur Carpenter
Local residents share visits and health notes
Hall transfers with Beltz staff by Harry Wesser. Lizzie Hall with Mrs Alfred Seidel. Katy Harmon visited Belle and Lena Sweitzer, Minnie Rassner, Aunt Mary Beltz. Jennie Beltz with Ida Schaffer. Robert Sweitzer in poor health. Will Raisner family visitors. Johnnie Raisner ill with pneumonia and whooping cough. Charley Thompson family moving into Will Davidson's house. Edward Tingley and family with Harve Sweitzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Hall
Alfred Seidel
Katy Harmon
Belle Sweitzer
Lena Sweitzer
Minnie Rassner
Jennie Beltz
Ida Schaffer
Robert Sweitzer
Mary Beltz
Will Raisner
Marshall
Johnnie Raisner
Charley Thompson
Will Davidson
Edward Tingley
Ernest and
Raymond
Clarence Tingley
Harve Sweitzer
Weaver family and friends gather in Sunday visits
Sunday visits feature Ida and Edith Weaver with relatives, Several families including Sweitzers and Elliotts travel to nearby homes. The Epworth League forms with officers led by President Harry Matthew and several vice presidents, secretary Edith Weaver, and treasurer Mrs. Gwin Rutledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Weaver
Edith Weaver
Mary Weaver
Oliver Sweitzer
Terre Haute
W. P. Elliott
Flora
Ayan
J H. Elliott
Famly
Marion Bertram
Mrs. Robinson
Dunlap
Catherine
Mildred Wyrick
Cora Wyrick
Grant Crumlin
Chas. Sweitzer
George Sweitzer
Sweitzer
Ruth Weaver
Mayme Fairgrief
Guy Denny
Russell Weaver
John
Lula Eliott
David Setzer
Charley Stoelting
Jesse Lowe
Goldia
Levi Dickerson
Epworth League
Harry Matthew
Lulu, Elliott
Hazel Fairgrief
Gwin Rutledge
Ruth Setzer
McKeen Weather Notes and Local Travels
Weather resembles spring as of 4 am. Mrs Bertha Lee shows improvement. Osborn was in Marshall on Monday. Cecil Lee visited his mother over the weekend. Russell took a trip to Terre Haute on Sunday. Otis Adams conducted business on McKeen Saturday. Miss Blanche Williams was in Terre Haute Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Lee
Osborn
Marshall Monay
Cecil Lee
Chas. Russell
Terre Haute
Otis Adams
McKeen
Blanche Williams
Local Notables and Residents Report Illness and Visits
James Hart and Mrs Ed Heart are sick. Lena Cooper 3 also ill. Abner Maring improving. Vern Davis seen in Casey Monday. Roy Galey works for Roe Fred. Lewis Spaugh in Martinsville. Ccle Bennett visited Marshall last week. Bert Dugan returned from Centralia. Frank Dehl and wife in Casey Rey Steele in Martinsville Wednesday. Lorenzo Bennett hauled in town Friday. Carl Shaffner bought items in vicinity last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hart
Lena
Cooper
Abner
Maring
Vern Davis
Casey
Roy Galey
Roe Fredek
Lewis Spaugh
Martinsville
Ccle Bennett
Marshall
Bert Dugan
Centralia
Frank Dehl
Rey Steele
Lorenzo Bennett
Local Visits Reported Across Several Towns
A series of brief social notes records visits and meetings: Miss Bertha Spaugh visited Lewis Spaugh on Thursday. Tilden Crouch and son John in Martinsville Monday. Wm Smith and R B Doran in Martinsville Friday. Ott Calvert and Ova Chapman in Casey Saturday. Pete Lingafelter and son visiting relatives near Centralia. Merwin Chapman of Porterville in the vicinity Saturday. Frank and George Geffs spent Sunday with Miss Lena McNarlan. Botternutt church members cut wood Monday. Jesse Blankenbeker and Grant Weir left for Sullivan Indiana to work in the oil field. Mrs Crandall and Ada with Mrs Nora Crandall visited Riley Lingafelter Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Misner
Bessie Chapman
Jesse Thompson
Casey
Roy Dehl
Pansy Green
Lena Thompson
Lester Shanks
Lloyd Lingafelter
Jas Smith
Homer Shanks
Hazel Dell
Lillian Green
Grace Baxter
Wm. McDaniel
Joe Williams
John Geffs
Moriah
Henry Hedges
Noble
Clinton
Alta Richards
North
Jake Seaton
Hunt City
James Neibarger
Ransom Deverick
John Chapman
Willow Creek
Harrison Stevens
Tinsel Cooley
Robinson
Olive Branch
Landis Deh
Cottonwood
Bellair
Wm. Keith
Neadmore
Chas. Thompson
Cumberland County
Ella Thompson
Mow
Melrose
Sarah Newlin
Melvin Bennett
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Geo. Tyhurst
Charles Tyhurst
Frank Adams
G. W. Hogue
Deverick Bros
Moonshine
Bertha Spaugh
Lewis Spaugh
Tilden Crouch
John
Martinsville
Wm. Smith
R. B. Doran
Ott Calvert
Ova Chapman
Pete Lingafelter
Centralia
Merwin Chapman
Porterville
Frank
George Geffs
Lena McNarlan
Botternutt Church
Jesse Blankenbeker
Grant Weir
Sullivan
Ind
Crandall
Ada
Nora Crandall
Riley Lingafelter
Sunday Visits Reported Across Local Families
Multiple local residents spent Sunday with relatives and friends including Mina Hamilton with Amy Swope and Leo Umstott with Jake Umstott. Rev Chamness preached a farewell sermon while No. 6 school prepares to start in April with teacher Esther Chamness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina Hamilton
Amy Swope
Clinton Weber
Tom Rothrock
Freda Bryan
Blanch Nettleton
Eva Nave
Martinsville
Chamness
Leo Umstott
Jake Umstott
Keith
Mort Mills
Walker Elliott
Everett Swope
Thomas
Lizzie Layton
John Weber
Emma Vanersdalen
Martinsville Springs
Esther Chamness
Orvil Rockwell
Irvin White
Elden Graham
Martinsville News Blitz of Local Events and Obits
Sunday sunshine brought out almost all life as deputies and residents moved about. Reports include moves by M J Flenner to Bechtold block, Roebuck and McKeen shifting to Casey, and Florida trip for Bert McNary and William Houck. Funeral notices for Rev B F Kettring and Henry Ryan mark district losses. Local church services and a two-ticket political slate are noted with community schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Waterford
Sheriff Forbeck
M. J. Flenner
Bechtold Block
South York
Roebuck & McKeen
Casey
Bert McNary
William Houck
Florida
Church of God
Fred Warner
Parker
Neal Barklow
Melrose
Mattoon
Mattoon Hospital
Wiley Phillippe
Orange
Marshall
Minn
Miss Wiserman
India
George Spraker
John Kettring
Rev
B. F. Kettring
East St. Louis
U. B. Church
Terre Haute
Henry Ryan
M. E
Rupp
Ryan
Thorp
Geo. Greenwell
John Watson
Church of God Bethel
C. T. Ishiler
Sup
Fred Williams
T. Clerk
Jacop Martz
Chas Fasig
Jne Watters
C. Highways
Benj. J. Blankenbeker
J. P. Democratic
J. W. Ennis
A. Linn
S. A. Taggart
Homer Snyder
T. J. Watson
Martinsville Township
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ROYAL
Len Kirby
Ben Duran
Truman Ross
Charles Fitzgarrald
Martha Cartright
Glen Ross
Ralph
Miss Opal Davis
Roe
Ella Schwartz
George Claypool
D. Perrye
Estanca
New Mexico
Perry
Jackson Hutchens
Charles Hutchens
George
Julia Chaney
Dolson
Mable Page
Myrtle Lackey
J. A. Page
Alf Joy
Wm Nickles
C S Nickles
EH Swinford
J Turner
Lydia Summers
Herman Doolittle
Ethel Snedeker
Flo-ra Davis
Frank Johnson
Metcalf
Leland Sharp
Fritz Sharp
S . Freeman
L. D Coombs
Clayton Spittler
Wm. Spittler
Nelle Kile
West York
Mabel Wright
Gertrude cShlosser
Nelle Nicol
Edith
Myrtle Kile
Chas. Ejidle
John Shotts
Philip Spittler
Lola Freeman
Bernice Spittler
Will Craig
Cole & Cole
Marshall, Il
Aluright
Methodist Church
W. Ralston
Woo
E&ch
Red River
Ferry's
Manitowoc & Mandeville
King’s
Black & Hutchinson
Agency For
Lamm & Price Tailors
Norfolk
Ferguson McKinney
M. Grabenheimer
Ohio
Burbank
Sunkist
Enterprise
Reputation
Magnolia
Goekler Farmer’ S
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