Local Notes Mention Visitors Deaths and Road Plans
Orange resident Cooper and Kansas visitors Davis and wife are listed among town residents. Funeral for Mrs Fasig in Martinsville with a large turnout. details of her life and Civil War era husband noted. City council appoints health board. state road work advances toward Auburn hill with improvements east of city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salbert
Cooper
Orange
Dan
Davis
Kansas
Chas. Fasig
St. Louis
Rachel Jones
Weir
Andrew Maurer
Wabash Township
Barney Collier
Carbondale
Jasper Alrey
Henry Reasor
James Edwards
Bellatra
Salem
William Blunk
Edwards
Bellair Crossing
John Fasig
Terre ‘Haute
Dan Fasig
Terre Haute
Will “Hess
South Side
Béssion
Board ‘of Health
Drs. W. ‘H. Doak
Lewis
Jerry Ish‘ler
Union
M. E
O. O. Tracy
Burger Place
Prairie
Auburn
Auburn Hill
Catherine
Katy
Christian Fasig
Lebanon County
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Mississippi
Cape Girardeau
Martinsville
Church of God
O. O. ‘Tracey
Kettling
Sunday Visitors Around Armstrong Area
Clyde Elliott and Laura Elliott visited home folks this Sunday. Many neighbors and relatives spent the day at various households including the Shirely, Cork, Weaver, and Welsh families with confirmations of visits to Livingston and Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong Clyde Elliott
Laura Elliott
Lillie Beltz
Will Cork
Geo. Cork
Henry Shirely
E. J. Shirely
Ogden Fraker
Howard Travioli
Flora Eliott
Plessie Irwin
Edith Burkholder
L. F. Weaver
Jim Weaver
Myrtle Black
Hazel Eliiott
Joe Crew
Hurley Welsh
Wm. Kuykendall
Cora Wyrick
Greeley Brown
Livingston
Florence Ligget
Ruth Weaver
Terre Haute
Ruth Elle
Floyd Weaver
Frank
Walter Welsh
N. T. Dunlap
Herman Saiter
Anna Welsh
Sophia
Florence Macke
Dollie Owens
Chicago
Tornado and Fire Insurance Rates Noted by Firms
Insurance firms in Marshall address farm and city coverage noting strong protections after a tornado and fire event. Companies urge readers to write or call for terms and quotes on farm and city insurance plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cola
Cele
Marshall
Dolson Notes and Local Happenings This Week
Frost and a touch of ice marked the start of the week as Lucan Bird and family visited Charles Welland. A pentecostal meeting was held at Jim Melton’s home, with ministers from the county attending a basket meeting on May 28 to 30 at the Clarksville Baptist church. Local updates include births, travels to Clarksville, and a busy schedule around church and community projects. Dave Montgomery and John Hurst Jr. traveled for a fine calf, Ernie Ross sold hogs, and Glen Ross visited home folks while pursuing a commercial course in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SOUTH
Pearley
Lafe Marrs
Clarksville
Dave Montgomery
John ‘Hurst Jr
Martinsville
Dave
Ernie Ross
Marshall
Glen Ross
Terre Haute
Busy Bee
Walla
Dolson Chapel
Forrest Meloy
Apple crop shows excellent yield despite health notes
The report notes an outstanding apple crop for fruit growers. Several local residents are mentioned with health issues including Frank Snyder and Mrs. Hurst. John Husted spent time in Advance and Terre Haute with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Ax
Frank Snyder
John Husted
Don Romine
Charles Hix
Terre Haute
Robert
Hurst
South ‘Side
Winter notes loss of prized Holstein cow
The note mentions Brossman losing one of his best Holstein cows named Bonnie Shaffner, with many friends pleased to see her at church Sunday. Mrs. D C Cleaver attended the Rebekah school of instruction in Casey Wednesday.
Moonshine and family visit note local residents
Many locals spent Sunday with Mrs Etta Shanks while others traveled from Casey Needmore and Yale. George Dyer of Denver visits his sister Mrs Crandall after 36 years. Several families gather at S Crandall home with a fire at Chas Misner’s last Thursday and most lower-floor contents saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Crandall
Casey
George Tyhurst
Frank Dehl
Nash
Etta Shanks
Robt
Doran
Needmore
Dugan
Donald Ping
Nord Postlewaite
Yale
Ova Chapman
George Dyer
Denver
Colo
Sylvester Crandall
Z. T. Lindsey
Lindsey
James Nelbarger
Riley Lingafelter
C. D. Crandall
S. Crandall
Chas. Misner
Notes from Terre Haute and Surrounding Communities
Estel Crumlin visited Terre Haute Thursday. Numerous local families hosted relatives Sunday and Friday including Kesslers Corks Bartrums and Angles with gatherings across Walnut Prairie Dennison Marshall and West Union. W. T. Brown lies critically ill and relatives gather at his bedside. many other social visits and a wedding of Jackson Barker and Clara Rowe in York. A feature on Oklahoma man with liquor abstinence contrasts local habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estel Crumlin
Terre Haute
Hal. Kessler
Andrew
Jake McHenry
Walnut Prairie
W. T. Brown
Jesse
Iowa
John
St. Louis
Will
Clinton
Russell
Ola Lamb
Missouri
Nora Crumb
Ind
York
Newman
James’ Barker
Annapolis
earthquakes and old Scotch words in a curious mix
A historic column blends tales of 18th century tremors in London with quack cures and quake gowns, then shifts to old East Aberdeenshire slang. It also cites Verdi gossip and a series of humorous exchanges about marriage and salary, from St Louis to Louisville and Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow Herald
Aberdeenshire
St. Louis
Pont
Dispatch
Adolph Saves Words and Wins Iron Cross in War Letters
A Baden peasant, off to Flanders, writes to his wife from the front. He describes receiving the Iron Cross, a hospital photo, and a simple account of how the award was conferred by the Major and pinned by the sergeant. He mentions warnings to discipline. his wife asks not to reveal the honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Baden
Flanders
Adolphe
Drst
Bertha
Adolph
Heidelberg
Iron Cross
Diver Seeks 200000 Gold From sixty Year Old Neva Wreck
Port Townsend diver C F Stagger has a War Department permit to salvage the Neva sloop of war wrecked off Cape Edgecombe near Sitka about sixty years ago carrying roughly 200000 in gold for government crews. The Russian government failed to recover the treasure. Staggers plans to start in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Townsend
Wash
C. F. Stagger
Marine
War Department
Cape Edgecombe I
Sitka
Alngka
Neva
Prisoners Get Married Before Returning to London
Four German prisoners of war escorted by armed guards left a Southend prison ship and wed girls they were engaged to before the war. A wedding luncheon followed, after which the brides were sent back to London while the grooms returned to the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Southend
Cuesta
Pricon
Men With Swelled Heads Have Room for More Brains
A compact quip notes that arrogance leaves space for new ideas and wiser thinking, using a paradox to suggest humility enhances intellect. The line plays on pride and receptiveness in a witty public remark.
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Dolson Wm. M. Clapp
Jesse Meloy
Cleo Marrs
Westfield
John. L. Hurst
Homer
Pete Bana
Alfred Stover
Rob English
H. C. Grisham
Jas
M. M. Landers
Otis ‘Landers
Pimento
Carl “Myers
Terre. Haute
Will English
Fairmount
Henry Starr
Oklahoma
Upper River
Para
Sea Island
River
Goodrich
Goodyear
Mobiloil
Flippard Motor Car “Co
South 6Th Street
Marshall, Ilinois
London Expresa
Verdi
Nicordis
Pialstaire
Boito
Varyly
Tye
Louisville
CourierJournal
Columbia
Black & Hutchinson
Texas
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