Local Notes of Farm Life and Community Briefs
Willie Fasig has the measles. Irwin Morgan lost a valuable horse Friday. The oats crop outlook is not flattering. Don Romine was home from Terre Haute to spend Sunday. Commissioner Hensley is having road work done. Some of the early corn will be planted over because of worms. Cleo Murphy and wife of Marshall vicinity visited relatives here Sunday. Farmers who failed to harrow as fast as they plowed face clod trouble. H. K. Newman completed ten years as operator here without public scrutiny. Cinders along the siding are burning again after last year’s blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Romine
Terre Haute
Hensley
Cleo Murphy
Marshall
H. K. Newman
Visitors and church services Dot Porterville area
Harry Stricklett visits Porterville. Christ Church hosts Sunday service. Glen Mount and family of Chicago visit relatives here. R C Bell and wife of Paris visit West York friends. Mrs Grace Gould of East Chicago visits. Miss Clara Mount spends week with Palestine relatives. George Bishop and family of Palestine visit sister Priscilla Mount. Lola Bell visits sisters in Champaign. Mrs Alvina Layton returns from Terre Haute. Mr and Mrs Cy Henderson return from Indianapolis after a month away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Stricklett
Porterville
Champaign
Alvina Layton
Terre Haute
Cy Henderson
Indianapolis
Tornado and Fire. Farm and City Insurance Offer
Local notices report storm damage and insurance needs from Cole and Cole of Marshall. A corn crop is forming amid cool dry weather. a light frost occurred on the nineteenth. Community updates include visits, medical recovery, a memorial sermon, and cemetery preparations for Decoration Day. Memorial services are planned at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole & Cole, Marshall
Mrs Dolly Owens Visits Then Returns to Chicago
Mrs Dolly Owens visiting locally returned Thursday to Chicago. Ora McHenry and Miss Mabel Kesler attended movies in Marshall Saturday. Several locals joined the Masonic Temple dedication in Terre Haute Saturday. Harvey Kesler and Estel Crumlin noted running wagons. Paul Burkholder and companions went to the movies in Marshall where Paul won a dessert dish set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly Owens
Chicago
Kir
Ora McHenry
Crawford
ifeKeen
Mabel Kesler
Marshall
Masonic Temple
Terre Haute
Hal Kesler
Harvey
Martinsville
Estel Crumlin
Mr. Chrisler
Paul Burkholder
Miriam Crunrin
Edna Stricker
Paul
Local visitors and events fill Martinsville week
Norman Hunter and George Fitch visited from Annapolis and Orange while Will Swope came from Orange for a business visit. Memorial Day services are planned at Church of God Bethel with Rev. Ross preaching. A two story residence on Randall street burned Saturday night, loss insured, residents away visiting Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Hunter
Annapolis
George Fitch
Orange
Will Swope
George Lindsey
Clinton
Wm. Beadle
Auburn
Nannie Robinson
Kentucky
Florida
Jesse Gallatin
Marshall
Shelby
Ray
LA. Foster
New Haven
Ill
State Board of Health
Otho Fasig
Champaign
O. E. Fasig
Chicago
Arthur Ishler
Terre Haute
Chas. Bair
Martinsville
Church of God Bethel
Ross
Jobin
Harry Rawlings
Brookfield
H. Norman
Woodland
Ore
Homer Blankenbaker
the Pines
Orange Township
George Pulver
Randall Street
Sons of Veterans
Everett Connelly
Obituary: Philip Shaffner of Hudson Iowa Dies at Home
Philip Shaffner a longtime Hudson resident died at his home around May 6 and was buried May 7. His father Abraham Shaffner settled near town in the 1840s on land later owned by Mrs. Hugh Morgan. He married Malinda Rupp daughter of Rev. Henry Rupp a minister in the area. Shaffner lived in Hudson about 40 years and remained an invalid late in life. He was well known in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Shaffner
Hudson
Iowa
Abraham Shaffner
M. Alrey
Hugh Morgan
Malinda Rupp
Henry Rupp
Church of God
Shaffner
Local Notes and Briefs from Clarksville Area
Emmett Meloy has measles. Oda Matts painted his house last week. C W Graham of Paris visited on business. Lyons Bros moved their saw mill to Nicholson log yard. Charley Claypool and family of Trio visited Robert Babcock. Peter Staub near Clarksville ill with tuberculosis. Ben Donahue and wife of Macon Georgia visited Lewis Smithey. Aunt Jane Clapp at Belle Fox home has been very sick two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett
Meloy
Oda Matts
C. W. Graham
Paris
Lyons Bros
Nicholson
Charley “Claypool
Robert Babcock
Peter Staub
Clarksville
Ben Donahue
Macon
Georgia
Lewis Smithey
Jane Clapp
Belle Fox
Casey Eighth Grade Commencement Slated at U B Church
Eighth grade commencement will be held in the U B church Thursday May 25 at 7 30 oclock. Rev A C Smith installed as regular pastor at Presbyterian church Wednesday evening. Virgil Rose injured in automobile accident returning from Terre Haute Saturday night, fracturing his collar bone and sustaining other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia Ferguson
William Amstott
Annapolis
The
Presbyterian Church
A. C. Smith
Virgil Rose
Terre Haute
Westfield News: Local Marriages and Notable Events
Dr. Ernest Johnson of Westfield wed Miss Evelina Heeb of Charleston in Charleston on May 14. Wm. F. Sandy, 75, died at his son-in-law and daughter’s Ashmore Township home. A. L. Pratt left for Ava to move a drilling rig near Cairo for a new well contract. A wagon wheel incident narrowly misses a Davis child. Beeman ends a successful year as school principal and will leave for another position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Johnson
Westfield
Evelina Heeb
Charleston
Wm. F. Sandy
L. E. Sallee
Ashmore Township
Sandy
A. L. Pratt
Ava
Cairo
Walter Davis
Beeman
Hutsonville News Briefs Include Local Baseball Win
Nathan Cox of Trimble underwent an appendectomy on Saturday in Hutsonville. The local ball team won their Sunday game at West York with a 3 to 6 score. Mrs. D. D. Bishop from Portland Oregon arrived for an extended visit. James Thompson’s car near Grand Prairie church caught fire and burned after an engine oil ignition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Cox
Trimble
West York
D. D. Bishop
Portland
Oregon
James Thompson
Grand Prairie Church
Colorado Letter Mirrors Harsh Desert West
A native son sends a concise note from Melrose and nearby areas describing spring winds that revive the land once part of the Great American Desert and threaten the terrain. The brief letter hints at unsettled conditions and the harsh, open landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melrose
Weather, farming notes, and plains life from S. A. Baker letter
A long letter describes harsh wind from the Dakotas, rising real estate, and good rains last fall. Fall grain looks fine with light spring rains. The writer praises sunlit days, calm nights, and sleeping like a babe, notes sod houses fading, Texas longhorns replaced by thoroughbreds, and Broncos shipped to Illinois as poor stock. Baker promises another letter after mirages and bronco busting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dougie Bulge
Colorado
Dakotas
Golden
Plains
Illinois
Texas
S. A. Baker
How the Pullman Car Originated
J L Barnes of Chanute Kansas recalls his 1857 trip as a conductor on the first Pullman car between Bloomington Illinois and Chicago on the Chicago and Alton line. He notes George M Pullman rode as a passenger the next morning doubting the venture's success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Barnes
Chanute
Kan
Bloomington
Chicago
Chicago & Alton
George M. Pullman
Barnes
Central City
Okla
George Pullman
Russell Gulch
Pullman
Outing Tragedy Drowns Two Terre Haute Teens
Miss Irene Wells and Garland Eaton, both of Terre Haute, drowned in the Eel River near Jasonville Sunday when a boat overturned as they posed for a photograph. Their deaths were announced by local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Wells
Garland Ea‘ton
Terre Haute
Eel River
Jasonville
Frank McKeen Dies After Auto Ride in Terre Haute
Frank McKeen, longtime president of the McKeen Bank and a leading figure in Terre Haute finance, died Saturday afternoon while riding in his car after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McKeen
The
McKeen Bank
Terre Haute
Oil Company begins Saline County drilling near Harrisburg
Oll Development In Saline The Ohio Oil Co will begin this week drilling a well near Harrisburg as leasing in the county increases. Two experimental wells are already under way in the county amid rising activity in local oil exploration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Oil Co
Harrisburg
Germanic scheme behind Irish Revolution ends in failure
Zapp argues the German plan for an Irish revolution was flawless on paper with coins stamps a president and cabinet but Birsky notes English troops and ships as missing links. The scheme succeeds in execution but fails to save the patient in the end, a deadly outcome for the Irish cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birsky
Zapp
Prof
von Spiggewehe
Department of History
University of Berlin
England
Verdun
Battle of the Marne
Five Ring Circus Ad Confusion Frays Spectator Trust
An old circus complaint notes ads in the ring were missing and now with five rings spectators cannot tell which ads are shown. The issue highlights advertising gaps and audience uncertainty in the show.
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Willie Fasig
Irwin Morgan
Dolbon
John Conover
Verge Gallatin
Dave Montgomery
Frank Hornbrook
Mr. Jones
Kansas
Dolson Chapel
John H. Coons
Albert Hammond
Wilson
Nelson Lindsey
Chrisler
English
State Line
Gertle Bartram
Harry
Luther Medley
South Dolson
Review
Frank ‘McKeen
Nashville Banner
U. S. Public Health Service
Bostonian
QUEEN
Clark County
Booth & Handy
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing
Kyanize
City Drug Store
Black & Hutchinson-Graters
Dev G
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