Corn planting hindered by heavy rains in Choctaw region
Local residents report very little corn planted due to relentless rains. Several families, including Wilna Cline, Perry Freeman, Williams of Ohio, and the Carpenters, spent Sundays with relatives. Various visits are noted among Ed Burger, Bennie Carpenter, and others in nearby townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilna Cline
Miller
Perry Freeman
Allright Valley
Williams
Wm Cline
Ohio
David Shotts
Ed Burger
Clarence Williams
Marshall
Bennie Carpenter
William Carpenter
Thomas Carpenter Russell
Ralph Schloisser
Metcal
Memorial services and legion activities in West Union
Mrs Benjamin Gould of Chicago visited Randolph Ferris and family and returned home last Thursday. The American Legion will lead memorial services at Brick Cemetery Sunday the 30th at 2 30 p m with W W Arnold of Robinson speaking in uniform. Rev Dobey preached at the Friends church last Sunday. G A R members presented their flag to the American Legion to be moved to their hall. L E Tolbert and wife and Joe Williamson visited relatives in Freelandville Indiana Sunday. Clifford Crumlin of Terre Haute spent Sunday with his family. Lorrene Martin of Clinton visited her aunt and family. Prue and others noted travel and local greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Gould
Chicago
Randolph Ferris
American, Legion
Brick Cemetery
W. Arnold
Robinson
Legion
Dobey
Friends Church
G A. R
American Legion
Tolbert
Joe Williamson
Freelandsville
Ind
Clifford Crumlin
Terre Haute
Martin Fof
Clinton
Moke
Maurer
Prue Ama
Ohio chapel Sunday visits among local families
Sunday gatherings filled with relatives and friends visiting across Mar shall and surrounding areas. Families including Merooa Craig, Mr and Mrs Will Bartlett, Walter White, and the Davison, Crag, White, and Medsker households shared meals and companionship.
York Mir Mary Murphy Visits On Terrestrial Trip
Mary Murphy of York Mir visits Marshall with KE Johnson and Chas Fowler in Terre Haute. Families including the Cr ooks and Mattesons host relatives while others travel from Flat Rock Orange and Indianapolis for gatherings. Judge O C Smith of Benton will deliver a memorial address at the M E church Sunday at 2 pm with services planned Saturday night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Matteson
Fred Blair
West York
Benton, Hil
M.E
M E
Local Notes Include Cemetery Dues and Social News
A Clarksville cemetery trustees levy 50 cents per lot for mowing and cleaning. Bud Kidwell stays with sister in Brazil while Clara Hughes plans visits to California. Mrs. Elizabeth Stinson and others travel from here to Coffeyville and Los Angeles. Mabel Thatcher and Joseph Hogue wed in Vermilion last week and will reside in Marshall. Several locals ill or visiting, with community events and baptist memorial service announced for May 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud Kidwell
Brazil
Eizabeth Stinson
Clara Hughes and Sons
Cofeyville
Kas
Los Angeles
Cal
Clay Hornbrook
Clarksville Cemetery
Casady
Paris Hospital
Paris
Clarksville Baptist Society
Mabel Thatcher
Joseph Hogue
Marshall
Jacob Mountjoy
West York preacher and Decoration Day notice
Rev H B Shoaff preached at the ME church Sunday morning. Judge O C Smith of Benton will speak at York on Decoration Day Sunday afternoon at 2 00 pm. Mary Mason of Indianapolis visits her father James Mason. Many locals attend church and school events as Decoration Day is observed at all three cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H B Shoaff
O .C. Smith
Benton
York
Judge Smith
West York
Mary Mason
Indianapolis
James Mason
H QO Newlin
Terre Haute
Amanda Landless
PriscMa Mount
C Lewis
Peat Beams
Reaph
Meroe
Photius Wheeler
Mro
Jo Thorp
Prdiana
Vrooard
Burell
West Union
James Lindley
Aeon Cullop
Huntsy
Helen Lindley
V G@ Goff
Robinson
Martin Newlin
Malcom Knight
Herschell Hagar
David Weir
Darien
Allen Hicks
H O Newlin
Hutsonville
Henry Draper
Local Families Share Weekend Visits Across Towns
Nellie Davison attends business college in Terre Haute and spent the weekend at home. Orville Schlosser of Terre Haute visits his grandparents Mr and Mrs Reno Schlosser. Harmon Kraemer and family join Mr and Mrs Ivan Kraemer near West Union. Parker Davison and family with Frank Morgan and family visit John Drummond and family. Bert Morgan and Ray Drummond of Dolson Prairie stay with John Drummond. Hurley Wright of Marshal visits Jacob Maurer family. Parker Davison and family visit John Davison near Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Davison
Business
Terre Haute
Orville Schlosser
Reno Schlosser
Harmon Kraemer
Ivan Kraemer
Near West Union
Parker Davison
Awi
Frank Morgan
Farelly
Liver Morgan
Virgil
Beaula Daggroo
MartinsvilleResidents Attend Auburn Sunday School Meet
Clarence Alrey Dolson of Martinsville was tired Saturday. Several locals attended the Sunday school convention at Auburn on Sunday. Joseph Claypool with his wife and baby from Casey spent Sunday at Marlin Claypool's. Mrs Ballard and Mrs Wilcoxson of Martinsville had dinner with Mrs Tatte on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Alrey
Martinsville
Auburn
Joseph Claypool
Casey
Marlin Claypool
Ballard
Wilcoxson
Taté
Spiketown Residents Visit Nearby Families
Lyman Shank and daughter Es ther joined by Mrs. Jake Clouse and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mathews spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Maurer. Other visits included Mrs. Clara Tumney with Frank Hoenig, Lizzie Norton with Fanny Norton, Belle Cecile Irwin and Bessie Stepp near Kickapoo, Jasper Brumer of Missouri visiting daughter Gertrude Lovell, Helen Fredenberger with grandmother Mrs. Miller, and Ruth Washburn visiting Terre Haute for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Shank
Esther
Jake Clouse
Bert Mathews
Wilbur Maurer
Clara Tumney
Frank Hoenig
Lizzie Norton
Fanny Norton
Belle
Cecile Irwin
Bessie Stepp
Kickapoo
Jasper Brumer
Missouri
Gertrude Lovell
Helen Fredenberger
Miller
Ruth Washburn
Terre Haute
Local Social Roundup And Weekend Visitors
Casey Warner and Chas Stoltz visited family in Indianapolis on Friday. Tulsa’s J E Brooks and Mrs Sarah Ward joined relatives in Illinois and Indiana for visits. Friends from St Louis and Chicago spent time with local households as townsfolk attended a ball game against VMI Terre Haute and enjoyed the Starnes Stock Co. and a diamond Ting contest winner Eula Foreman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner BE. Stoltz
Indianapolis
Chas. B. Stoltz
J. E. Brooks
Tulsa
Okla
James Brooks
Robert G. Holmes
Cheyenne Wyo
Lena Welsh
Madeline Welsh
Raymond Welsh
Kent Morgan
Ind
Joe B. Moore
Sarah E. Ward
Bridgeport
Ill
Ernest Welsh
Joseph Yager
New Berlin N. Y
Idilian Moore
St. Louis
Grange Nother
Sarah E. Warder
Monay
Chicago
Fred Burk
Terre Haute
Otis Elliott
Jessie Cosart
May
Cowden
al McMillan
James O Fuqua
Catharine Sturdevant
J. P Emrich
West Palm Beach
Fla
Hatfield
St Louis
J B Moore
H O Horton
Newark
Ohio
W P Fancher
VMI
Casey
Ben C. Waterman
Starnes Stock Co
Casey Eula Foreman
Owk Embroidery Club
Ruth Bell
South Central Ave
Iona Hatfield
Indianaple
H. G. Grim
M .L. Moore
G. C. Weaver
Next meeting set for June 7 with Flossie Lee
Silas YM Kelly died Friday night after years of illness at his home on E Alabama Ave. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 pm at home conducted by Rev G A Mathis. Interment in Casey cemetery. Survived by widow and four children Mrs A Higbey West Palm Beach Fla Mrs FE E Claxton Tallahassee Fla Mr L B Kelly Birmingham Ala and James C Kelly of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giosis
Flossie ‘Lee
Silas YM Kelly
E. Alabama Ave
G A. Mathis
Southern Methodist Church
Casey Cemetery
A. Higbey
West Palm Beach
Fla
FE E. Claxton
Tallahassee
L. B. Kelly
Birmingham
Ala
James C. Kelly
City
Martinsville Social United in Local Notes and Obituary
Martinsville brief includes neighbors visiting and relocating Otis Lamdin’s Findlay Ohio posting praise for the city. Obituary notes recount the death of Thomas Wilcoxen and funeral details at Ridgelawn cemetery. Community members Ernest Rush Garver deal with property trades. Memorial day program planned at Bethel with Rev. Crisman.
Greenup Man Elwood Lewis Visits Moon Household
Elwood Lewis of Greenup was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Moon on Monday. The social visit reflected local ties and hospitality in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Lewis
Greenup
William Moon
Notice to Coal Consumers Warns of Worst Coal Shortage Season
The coal situation is the worst ever known and urges early storage to meet fall and winter demand. Williams the Coal Man says orders are booked regular and filled as fast as possible at the season's low price, first come first served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
The Culvers of Ancient Syria
An old English traveler John Ma deville described the myth of pigeons as messengers in Syria. The tale says war messengers used a dove to carry messages when sending humans was unsafe. The book predates printing and was hand produced.
Life Insurance Plans in the Wild West Scene
A playful yet sharp exchange imagines a life insurance pitch amid frontier tensions. An agent vows to shadow a wary arrival, bait with a talk of policies, and test his nerve with a cadenced mock threat, framed as a humorous Western banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life Insurance
Wild West
Ife Insurance
Lights and Lesser Lights across the Ocean
The Boston Post notes the first glimpse of America from Thatcher's light off Cape Ann. It recalls ancient lighthouses, mentioning Ptolemy Soter’s Pharos near Alexandria as a distant beacon. The piece links navigation, history, and enduring coastal guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
America
Thatcher
Cape Ann
Tosephus
Ptolemy Soter
Island of
Pharos
Alexandria
Egypt
Boston Post
Best Medicine Is Oxygen From Infinite Wisdom
A quippy line from Dr. Lawrason Brown in Rules for Recovery from Pulmonary Tuberculosis touts oxygen as the best medicine. Two miles of oxygen thrice daily is claimed to be cheap, pleasant, and suitable for all ages, curing cold feet and feeble lungs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrason Brown
Repose of the Ocean Scientific Findings
The article explains that waves and large ocean billows rest not on rough beds but on cushions of still water. It states that deep sea floors are protected from currents by the solid earth ribs beneath, revealed by scientific investigations.
The Old Cry and Suspicion on the Street
A Detroit Free Press remark notes the common habit of accusing others of crookedness. An overheard street car conversation mocks perpetual suspicion within human nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Cassock Garment Once Worn by Gentlemen in History
Report discusses the cassock or soutane as a common garment for gentlemen until recent times, noting it was not always black. A portrait of Dante is cited showing him in an instep length cassock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dante
Divinity in Friendship Inspires Simple Companionship
The speaker reflects that true friendship rests on being there for a friend rather than wealth or gifts. Happiness in loving a friend should suffice as the reward, epitomizing a divine view of friendship and devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Thoreau
Lottery Temptation in Central and South America
In Central and South America lotteries fund public needs and occasionally subscribers are found moving north of the Rio Grande, as postal authorities reveal. The piece notes lotteries are common funding methods and hints at cross border emigration connected to gambling proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central and
South America
Rilo Grande
Also Mentioned on This Page
DR. CG. D. Mitchell
Mitchell Bldg
Wabash
Illinois Limestone Company
Kirchner & Williams
Illinois
Grimmer Land Company
Marinette
Wisconsin
Patty
C. R. Johnson
Marshall, Hlinois
Dallas
Nowa
Maude Blizzard
Clara Norton
Vern Creamer
Terretlaute
Jeff Brewster
Wesley Dickerson
Edward Wallace
Ohio Chapel
Sunlas
Od Rey
Qrvaile Medsker
Mildred
Merooa
Purl Craig
Mar
Shaal
Will Bartlett
Will White
Walter
Connor Weere Davison
Ida Crag
Alma
Grace White
Dessie Edef Marshall
Alexander
Farily
Hugh White
Potters Hall
Chine
T Wo Brown
Robert White
Ugh
Wayne Medsker
Arbuckle
Fternoon
Katy
le Craig
Ras Kdavison
Harry Hartlett
Sulidas
J A Davison
Ras Tharp
Emmett Tharp
South Dolson
Will Hendrix
John Beeeseiger
Auburnn
Eph Hawkins
Dolson
Spiketown
Rey Fred Cooper
J. T. Turner
South York Street
George Lamdin
Otis
Findlay
Ohio Oil Co
Lawrence Hurst
Yale
Albert Cooper
Orange
Bethel
C. W. Crisman
George Davis
John Garver
Frances Rush
Smoke Trail
Rush
Garver
North York Street
Joshua Smith
Sallie Roak
Vic Fisher
W. H Cooke
Horton
Kansas
Hubert Hutchings
J W.B Hutchings
Thomas Wilcoxen
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Frank Lenox
H R. Willams
Jerry Ishler
Auburn Township
Rawleigh’s Dip & Distant
Rawleigh
Ty-Rawleigh
Lawrence Stepp
Marshall, Ilinois
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