Casey county items report accidents and community notices
Local column covers a lightning strike damaging tanks on the Zim Brant farm south of Casey, a store purchase move by Henry J. Corden, and a near-drowning incident of a seven year old girl in a wash tub. It notes enforcement of electricity meter ordinances, a Decoration Day address promised by Hon. H. R. Nichols, and various relocations and personal notices.
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Casey
Seneff
Eee
Canton
Anes
Neu eXebrsa
Colorado
Seton, Snyder
New Mexico
McFarland
Zim Brant
Moriah
Henry J. Corden
John Clark
Banner Times
H. R. Nichols
Sedan Key
Kansas
Nichols
Martinsville
W. J. Starks
Af. A. Tipsword
Enid
Okla
G. C "Hh
James Houser
Oklahoma City
Depot Break‑In Nets 52 Pennies Found
The C H and D depot was broken into last night and 52 pennies were taken. J B Bennett returns from New Mexico for health. President B Daugherty travels to Dayton Ohio for United Brotherhood of Church board meeting then to Canton for General Conference. Commencement exercises begin Saturday evening with Pillatethean and Collemtarian Societies.
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J. B. Bennett
New Mexico
B . Daugherty
Board of Education
United Brothern Church
Dayton
Ohio
Canton
Edobn A. Sandy
Pillatethean and
Colementian
Hailstorm Hits Clarksville Area. School Appointments Noted
The Clarksville region experienced a Saturday hailstorm with strong winds and rain. John Grayham’s residence suffered minor damage from lightning. Local preacher spoke on water baptism at Clarksville Baptist church. Virgil Hurst, Glen Clapp, and Clinton Clapp named for winter or term school teaching posts. Civil service exam results announced for Art Hutchings, Virgil Hurst, and Harve Winterrowd with high marks. An ad for Foley’s Urine Laxative appears from a local drug store as spring health reminder.
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John Grayham
Clarksville Baptist Church
Virgil Hurst
Clarksville
Glen Clapp
East Liberty
Clinton Clapp
Germany
Art Hutchings
Harve Winterrowd
Martinsville
Oilfield social notes from Casey and nearby towns
Levi Inman and others visited Casey while L L Rogers spent Friday in Westfield. Dr Hinkley, Tom McCambridge, and D D Beasley attended events in Casey and Westfield. Roy Price and Roy Newlin traveled between Cleone and Bethel. Mrs. Ed Gregg and Mrs. Wm Schnider were noted as ill and attending a funeral respectively. Several attended a Sunday school convention at Lindsay Chapel. weather and storm damage referenced with scattered remarks.
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Ed Gregg
Aick
Luther Pratt
Casey
Tom McCambridge
Roy Price
Cleone
Roy Newlin
Bethel
D. D. Beasley
Gon Glen
Westfield
J. S. Phillips
Ray
Lindsay Chapel
Will Edwards
Wm. Schnider
Kell
Briscoe
Cherries Short Half Crop With Hail Hits Area
Saturday hail damaged cherry crops. WU Berkley visits Marshall on Tuesday. sparrows raid young pea vines. B F Cleaver in Terre Haute. Isaiah Buckle and son attend Bar num and Bailey show. butter factory shutdown noted. John Brosman ships cream to Terre Haute. Weller Flenner’s illness may send him to Oklahoma this fall. Rev Culp baptizes three after service at Axford. Leroy Romines replaces old stoves with modern heating plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Cleaver
Terre Haute
Isaiah Buckle
Barnum & Bailey
Martinsville
John Brosman
Terre Haute- Weller
Flenner
Rev Culp
Axford
Leroy Romines
Oldest manmarried at 120 proves youth at eighty
James Wright of Spurlock Ky. shows how to stay young claiming he feels like a sixteen year old after Electric Bitters. He had kidney trouble for thirty years and says the first bottle proved a great cure. A godsend to the weak and rundown. 50 cents at Robt Prewett's.
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Wm. Parr
England
James Wright
Spurlock
Prewett
Moonshine and Sunday Meetings Update in Local Area
A note filled with brief rural items reports drillings at Nel son Auld and Misner farm on Sunday. Local attendees include John Geffs and wife at Bellair, with Rev. Bailiff delivering sermons at Butternutt. Paint at Mount Olive church, car cattle purchase in St. Louis, and Foley's Kidney Remedy advertised by Keifer’s drug store.
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Misner Chapel
Pure of! Co
L M Sidey
Carper
John Geffs
Bellair
T. C. Bailiff
Butternutt
Mount Olive
Sam Dehli
Sam Dehl
Martinsville
Deliah Green
Marion
Pansy Green
Chas. Cooper
John Chapman
St. Louis
A. J. McCash
Church of Christ
Local Social and Church Notes from Auburn Area
Mr and Mrs Rueben Tingley spent Sunday in Auburn Mrs Eliza Lowry visiting brother Austin Sweet for a few days Many attended the baptizing at Freedom Sunday Carrie Lowry and Fairy Cunningham shopping in Marshall Myrtle Cunningham and children visited her brother Ed Scott in Terre Haute Morgan Sweet Robert and Emma visited Barnum and Bailey in Terre Haute Rev Ira Murphy to hold services the fourth Sunday in May J A Sweet also coming out from Marshall
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Rueben Tingley
Auburn
Eliza Lowry
Austin Sweet
Freedom
Carrie Lowry
Fairy Cunningham
Marshall
Myrtle Cunningham
Ed Scott
Terre Haute
Morgan Sweet
Robert
Emma
Barnum ‘& Batfley
Terre “Haute
Ira Murphy
J. A. Sweet
Pleasant Grove Crop Notes and Illness Shade Local Day
fragmentary note from Pleasant Grove mentions Alfonso Murphy ill and corn planting plans spreading to Martinsville. unclear date details reflect a rural diary style brief with agricultural tasks and names.
Memorial sermon for May 30 at Friends church
Irene Murphy of York visits this week with others in the community. J. L. Wright, a respected resident two miles west, dies suddenly from an apparent laudanum overdose. A fire alarm at Thomas Highshoe’s residence causes a brief scare but is controlled due to calm winds.
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Tancy
Ivan Edwards
Maday
Irene Murphy
York
Geo. Barnes
Mise Pearl
Melrose
Willard Powers
Paris
Harry Prust
Ben Crow
Wes Mundy
Carrol Pratt
Barnum & Bailey
Terre Haute
Coleman
Friends Church
Helena
Carl Struckmyer
Lewis Tolbert
Geo. Evans
Cloverland
Ind
Henry Evans
James Nichols
J. L. Wright
Here
Thomas Highshoe
Dr King's New Life Pills Sold By Robi Prewett
An all round laxative tonic claims to tone regulate stomach liver kidneys purify blood and strengthen nerves. It cures constipation dyspepsia biliousness jaundice headaches chills and malaria. Price 25 cents at Robi Prewett's.
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Dr. King
Robi Prewett
Choctaw Spring Follows With News From Community
Spring has come to Choctaw as planting corn becomes the order of the day. Mrs. Geo McCollum shows slow improvement. Dan Wolf spent Sunday with his brother John. Mrs John Drummonds is reported no better. Miss Hattie Higginbotham visited home briefly. Tom Carpenter and wife visited his mother Mrs Phoebe Carpenter. Mrs Chas Williams and Mrs Percy Carpenter visited Mrs Enoch Wyrick. Maude Nellie and Allie Miter visited their grandmother Mrs Tom Walker. Bert Eckels and family and others shared dinner with James McCollum and family. Geo Downey and wife and two sons Frank and Jackson, and daughters Marie and Pearl, and Grandma Eckles joined Enoch Wyrick and wife for dinner Sunday.
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Geo. McCollum
Dan Wolf
John
John Drummonds
Hattie Higginbotham
Tom Carpenter
Phoebe Carpenter
Chas. Williams
Percy Carpenter
Enoch Wyrick
Maude
Nellie
Allie Miter
Tom Walker
Bert Hckels
Joseph McCollum
Hugh White
Scot Ogle
James McCollum
Geo. Downey
Frank
Jackson
Marie
Pearl
Grandma Eckles
Enoch Wytick
Summer Session At University Opens June 21
The 1909 University summer term runs nine weeks from June 21 to August 20, offering credit for a fourth of the regular year. Leading instructors and educators from other colleges will teach courses aimed at bachelor’s or master’s degrees and allow specialization. Some courses prepare students to teach at high schools and academies. Augusta Evans Wilson obituary notes her lasting literary impact and long career.
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University Corps of Teachers
Jaye
Augusta Evans Wilson
Mobile
Georgia
Augusta Evans
San Antonio
Inez
Vashti
Miss Evans
Tiberius
Devota
Teachers Fill Posts at Champaign High School
Wm. M. Fishback taught mathematics at Champaign High School and served part of last week in the absence of a teacher, as girls were listed to take the positions offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. M. Fishback
Champaign
Anecdote of Governor Ford and the temperance zeal
An anecdotal reminiscence portrays Governor Ford visiting a place with a Quaker physician and a temperance advocate. The tale mentions his roles, associations, and a balanced view of his public stance amid era debates about reform and governance.
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FordHox
Governiok
tEdiseiplt
Governon
Roeard Spase
Sores Ik Enallow Swearing Ct Ernst S Nites
Eucata
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