Crowd gathers as town reports fair weather and crops
Nechbormood News notes a large crowd on Saturday with good weather for farm work. Local business visitors include Mills, J W Boyer, Ed Medsker, and John Henley moving closer to town. Strawberries sell at 15 cents a quart while eggs and butter prices are listed. Civil War veterans attend Decoration Day planning with a Chicago speaker and Toledo judge. Community members travel to Terre Haute and Kokomo Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Mills
J. W Boyer
Ed Medsker
Son
Melrose
John Henley
Washington Street
Plenner
South York
North York Street
Cyrus McDaniel
Leo Fasig
Terre Haute
Measles Hit Grisham Family Near Arcola
ENCUIish Mecerret Grisham contracted measles last week while Mabel Brodler of near Arcola also appears in the brief, indicating a regional illness report among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecerret ‘Grisham
Mabel Brodler
Arcola
Local residents visit and travel notices in Colfax area
A stream of visitors and movements records from Colfax Indiana and surrounding towns. Residents such as Arden Huger Ter re Haute, Mrs Roy Barklow Olney vicinity, Miss Norma Bell Pinkneyville, and families including the Bells, Bruner, and Standfield share visits or relocations. Also noted are military moves, deaths, and school staff changes with Belle Ollie Lewis, Ollie Lewis cousins, and Free land enlistment at Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tod Atetig
Pete Haute
Babe
Olney
Allen Hicks
Norma Bell
Pinkneyville
Malcolm Bruner
Marshall
Bruner
Roy Dickerson
Babs
Walnut Prairie
Martin Newlin
Justin David
Palestine
Lewis
Oren Ruby
Lttle
Terre Haute
Guy Hager
J. R. Corder
Will Lewis
Mattoon
Ollie Lewis
Denno N. Standfield
R. W. Hill
Blanche
Annapolis
Cecil
Lowell Bell
The
State University
James Lindley
Helen
Frances
Bess Wolla
Vandalism in West Union Boarded by Cowardly Cars
Emma B Dolson of West Union complains of last Wednesday night graffiti on a business house and a residence. Yellow paint covered cement walks and weather boarding with insults like You are a slacker and You are a friend to the Kaiser. She notes the property owners are longtime Red Cross and Belgium Relief donors and criticizes Red Cross drive excesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Kaiser
Red Cross
Belgium
Suelt
Not a Slacker: West Union Red Cross Leader Defends Local Man
President of the West Union Illinois Red Cross Chapter defends L A Shawler against slacker accusations from May 22. He and his wife are praised for generous donations of money and work aiding the local Red Cross drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
West Union
Ill
L. A. Shawler
American Red Cross
W. Weir
Illness Claims Miss Olle Lewis at 26
Miss Olle Lewis daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Lewis died Thursday after a lingering illness at age 26. Survived by parents two sisters Elsie Miller and Mollie twin. burial at West York cemetery beside her brother Harry. Funeral held Saturday at the M E church with Rev Cumming officiating. Many local and distant friends attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Nowlin
Hutsonville
Olle Lewis
C C Lewis
Elsie Miller
Mollie
M. E. Church
Cumming
West York
Harry
Westfield News In Brief Key Local Names and Events
G S Aikman station agent left for Springfield to attend a hearing on junking the S and O line. He reappeared in Danville dazed from a nervous breakdown and was sent to an Indianapolis sanitarium. Mrs Maria Ann Turner 87 died at Camar granddaughter’s home. Funeral held Tuesday. Rev Bon Sybolt passed physical and awaits army chaplain duty. Taylor Kentucky June 1 Mrs Pollard and daughter Marie moved to Paris. Joseph F James 56 died at East street home. J E Hardesty now agent for S and O railroad at Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan A Adkins
Tom Riley
Marshall
Briscoe
Indianapolis
Clelle Kelly
Detroit
Carrell
Zona Wilson
St. Louis
Carrie Morgan
Carey S Welch
Grand Rapids
Mich
J. F Baughman
Vale Freeland
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
L. I Moore
Gail
Waynesburg
C R Sellers Carr Lee
Camp Dix
Chas Brewer
France
New York
Westfield
Review
G. S Aikman
Springfield
Danville
Maria Ann Turner
J H. Pence
Camar
B On Sybolt
U B
Taylor
E G Pollard
Marie
Paris
Joseph F James
East Street
J E Hardesty
S & O Railroad
Food Administration Urges Wheat and Sugar Rationing
Hoover calls for unified austerity to spare wheat for armies and allies while conserving sugar for war needs. He urges widespread canning, home preservation, and abstaining from wheat until the next harvest, noting laborers require more bread and urban households need prepared rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Red Men Plan Cemetery Decoration on Sunday
The Seminole Tribe of Red Men will decorate graves Sunday June 9. Members meet at the lodge room at 2 p m and march to the cemetery for exercises. Other fraternal orders are invited to join. Committees will decorate graves in other cemeteries the same day.
Local Stallion Farm Near Clarks ville Advertises Geraud
A fragment describes a farm located one mile south of Clarks ville home to an imported Percheron stallion named Geraud with registration number 69620 131587.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Geraud
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Martinsville
H. R. Willams
Peoria
GUP
San Reland Tazean
Leatin
Phat Theanton
Bethel Church
Crisman
Church of God
Lehman
M E. Church
Isaac Ishier
J P Byram
J M Wilkin
Jeremiah Ishier
Miin Street
Bos Scourr
Sons of Veterans
Main Street
C E. Everett
Chicago
Walter Brewer
Toledo
Ziesr
Seorce
Hodson
Romaine Hudderson
Kokoins Ind
Lou Drake
P Fawley
Rae Fawley
Harold English
English Will Fraker
Carl Clements
Oak Grove
Wright
Carl Myers
M M Landers
Walter H Platz
Camp Shelby
Miss
Walter
Allen Adiner
Colfax Ind
Casey
Banner Times
Emma B. Dolson
Clark Jewel Oil
Ss. S
Chas. Brandenstein
Hartford
Illinois
D. D. Doe
North Side Square
Marshall, Illinois
Hoover
F. S. Maxwell
Franklin Sylvester Maxwell
Franklin Co
Indiana
Anderson Township
Martha J Ludington
Laurel
Ind
Gertie
Charles and
Perry
Sullivan, Ind
Bella Matkin
Olive Towell
Martinsville Township
T. H
Joseph
Elizabeth Hunsinger
Baptist Church
Island Grove
Mt. Pleasant Christian Church
Rev
W. H. Stephens
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Bubeck & Gallagher: Furniture & Undertaking
Marshall, I
Claypool’s Stock Farm
Percheron Society of America
American Breeders’ Association of
Geo. Claypool
Koper
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