Community notes from Indianola area visit and family gatherings
Health is fairly good here. Tune Cunningham wife and daughter visited their kin on Gus of Indianola Sunday. Most orchards are shy of apples Morgan Sweet and family George McNulty and wife spent Sunday at Will Mallory's. Trixie Cunningham returned from Georgetown last week Clarence Gilbert of Marshall visiting at Chas Gilbert's Elzia Mallory and Earl Scott left for the north last Wednesday Elmer Buckle and family spent Sunday at Jack Sweet's.
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Tune Cunningham
Gus
Indianola
Morgan Sweet
George McNulty
Will Mallory
Trixie Cunningham
Georgetown
Clarence Gilbert
Marshall Is
Chas Gilbert
Elzia Mallory
Earl Scott
North
Elmer Buckle
Jack Sweet
Insurance Notice for Farm and City Property
Tornado and fire insurance offered on farm and city property by strong companies at low rates. Contact Cole and Cole for terms in Marshall Illinois.
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Cole & Cole
Marshall, Ill
Rain Needed Across The Region Readiness for Storms
Local notes show various residents visiting relatives in Terre Haute and West Union. References to Memorial services at Beulah chapel with Arthur Poorman the speaker. An ice cream supper at Beulah church is announced along with measles in Mildred English and other small town updates.
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Lena Gardner
Nannie Milam
West Union
Agnes Clinefelter
J. E. Clatfelter
Beulah Chapel
Arthur Poorman
Marshall
Naomi Craig
Raymond Williamson
Herman Gaby
Addison Gaby
Beulah Church
Sunday's Village Activities and Services Recap
The Olive Branch reports a Sunday with memorial services planned and a young people's meeting led by Mrs. Isaac Kessler. Attendees include Guy Kessler Mollie Waser and Miriam Crumlin with a duet by Mabel Kessler Edna Stricker. Local visits shown with multiple Martinsville trips and family news.
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Tha
Alice Green
John Bartrum
Hurst
Auburn
Hal Kessler
Young Peoples
Isaac Kessler
Guy Kessler
Mollie Waser
Miriam Crumlin
Mollie Wilson
Mabel Kessler
Edna Stricker
Local Visitors and Village Accidents Highlight Week
Homer knd Cooper and family from Parker visited, Homer Johnson drove to French Lick Springs for a ten day stay. Aunt Marindy Beachout suffered a badly mashed hand from a falling window last week. Fred James and wife traveled from Paris Texas to visit their parents. Mrs Nelson Shaffner died suddenly of heart failure last Wednesday and was interred near Cayuga. Several cars of cinders unloaded to protect siding have been burning for two weeks.
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Knd Cooper
Parker
Homer Johnson
French Lick Springs
Marindy Beachout
Fred James
Paris
Texas
Nelson Shaffner
Cayuga
Dolson Chapel Sermon Ahead As Baker Preaches
District Superintendent Baker will preach at Dolson Chapel Sunday. A Grandview buyer paid $8 per hundred for hogs delivered by Dave Montgomery Friday. Favorable weather boosted planting and corn work, with more to finish this week. rain is desired. A man in Manitow, Colo reports marriage, while Blue Grass Church of God converts were baptized Sunday. An auto collision near Auburn last week caused the horse to be killed. damage settled. Dave Montgomery and Emanuel Clapp, near Marshall, were in an accident when a harness failed. Clapp broke his leg and was cared for by local doctors.
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Baker
Dolson Chapel
Dave Montgomery
Grandview
Church of God Society
Blue Grass
Glen Ross
Auburn
Marshall
Emanuel Clapp
Frank Nicholson
Clapp
Marlow
Mitchell
South Dolson News Roundup of Local Visits and Illness
Mrs Forest Meloy and Mrs John Graham are sick. The Smith child from Terre Haute is very ill with spasms while Mrs Smith visits her sister Mrs Eunice Meloy. Clarksville Baptists plan children's services soon. Bert Clapp moves to Redman to work in a lumber yard. Clarence Goeckler and family of Marshall visit Robert Babcock. Mrs L S Hicks of Clarksville is in poor health. A Charleston doctor was called to see her. Goeckler’s sister Mrs Roy Smith of Indianapolis reports slow improvement from inflammatory rheumatism. Bruce Spires and family visit Wm Brooms at Spike Town. Dr C F Benner of Marshall was here on business.
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Forest Meloy
John Graham
Grace Smith
Terre Haute
Smith
Eunice Meloy
Baptist Society
Clarksville
Bert Clapp
Redman
Clapp
Clarence Goeckler
Marshall
Robert Babcock
L S. Hicks
Charleston
Chas. Goeckler
Roy Smith
Indianapolis
Bruce Spires
Wm. Brooms
Evansville Martinsville Chronicle brief notes and obituaries
Feeble condition resident Mrs. Robert Ulvey. Corn thriving. oats risky without rain. Mrs. Loncie Flenner operated on for chronic ailment. Sidewalk on north York street near finish. Thos Gamble visiting from Fayetteville plans Denver summer. School closing week programs and weather forecasts noted. Illness, deaths include Comrade G. W. Carper at 88 and Mathew Busby at 84 with funeral details. Baccalaureate by Rev. J. L. Ryan. memorial services in Baptist church with Martinsville Orchestra and veteran tribute.
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Robert Ulvey
North Side
Loncie Flenner
Deshi
North York Street
Thos, Gamble
Fayetteville
Carbondale
Chicago
SS Assa
Jerry Ishler
G. W. Carper
Clark County
Mr Carper
M. E. Church
Church of God
Our City
Mr Smith
Casey
C. Tishler
City Cemetery
J. L. Ryan
Greenup
Mathew Busby
S. A. Taggart
M. EB. Church
Mathew
Tharp
Stout
Ishler
Unfed Confederate Surrendered to Federal Guards at Station
In his reminiscences General Baail W. Duke recalls a postwar scene at a station where a gaunt ex Confederate man approached a group of well fed Yankee soldiers. The soldiers fed him generously with coffee hard tack and bacon, altering the observer’s feelings about the incident.
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Baail W. Duke
Jeb
Johnnie
Darwin Notes on Visits and Church Event
Mrs William Hartzler traveled to Indianapolis last week to visit her daughter Mrs Edna Horner. Maude Paddock of Walnut Prairie visited John Paddock’s family Sunday. A illustrated sermon on Tissot paintings the life of Christ will be held at Darwin church Thursday. Farmers complain of heavy breath and cloddy ground in overflowed bottoms.
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William Hartzler
Indianapolis
Edna Horner
Maude
Paddock
Walnut Prairie
John Paddock
Tissot
Christ
Darwin
Gallery Verdict Echoes Old Music Hall Etiquette
A London Express quip recalls a music hall owner who quieted a chorus of jeers with humor and humility. After a doleful ballad and a bout of audience “bird” calls, the proprietor admitted the gallery was right and bowed in apology.
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London Express
Life as a madhouse and pageant in Harper's Weekly
The excerpt portrays life as a mix of madhouse and pageant with dull stretches and sudden bursts of vivid color. It highlights unexpected encounters and vivid personalities breaking through monotony.
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Harper’s Weekly
Hats and the Sexes in Retail Bargains
A Louisville Courier-Journal quote contrasts gendered shopping and dress costs noting a woman can bargain better at a butcher counter while a man wears cheaper hats longer. a Chicago News item adds a child’s playful request about borrowing a long skirt from Aunt Clara.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
How to Tell When Women Are Shopping
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a jesting test for shopping behavior. It claims women buying will request cheaper options while those merely shopping may ask for more expensive items not in stock. The remark satirizes consumer choices and retail dynamics.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Phrase Fragments Hint at Airborne Temper Control
A clipped dialogue from a Baltimore American fragment suggests moral advantage in remaining calm while high above ground. The mock exchange asks how altitude prevents losing temper, implying a humorous or editorial tone about aviation.
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Baltimore
Settlement Work and Creditors Quip
A breezy town topic notes Muggins taking up settlement work and jokes that he usually settles debts at 50 cents on the dollar. The quote reflects local humor about personal accountability and thrift in finances.
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Muggins
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