West York Experiences Blessing Rain and Community Gatherings
West York residents report much needed rain while church services were held at both churches on Sunday. Community members like Paul Bradbury and family visited Will Selgel, and various locals travelled to visit relatives in Terre Haute and nearby towns. Church events included a large basket dinner at Christ Church, and field High School plans a lecture series for Westfield next season.
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West York
Paul Bradbury
Will Selgel’s
Martin Newlin
Terre Haute
B. Lindley
George Winters
Wanda Harden
Flat Rock
Mary Brown
Trimble
T J Athey
Carter
Walnut Prairie
Tornado and Fire Insurance Offered by Cole and Cole
Insurance on farm and city property in strong companies at low rates. Write or call Cole & Cole, Marshall, Il for terms. Arthur Wright spent the weekend with home folks. A P Fawley bought a new cream separator. Edith English of Danville visiting relatives. Allen Wright and wife Sunday at H C Grisham's. Miss Ethel English vacationing with parents. Winslow Hodson of West Terre Haute weekend at home. Fawley painting his house. Miss Vangie Chenoweth to teach here next year. Reno Wright visited Paris with sister Phoebe in hospital. Harlan English of Redman visiting grandparents Ed M English and wife. Commencement exercises at Marshall grade schools attended by many. Several progressive farmer women hatched over 500 chicks. incubators largely responsible.
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Cole & Cole
Marshall, Il
Arthur Wright
A. P. Fawley
Edith English
Danville
Allen Wright
H. C Grisham
Ethel English
Winslow Hodson
West Terre Haute
A. P Fawley
Vangie Chenoweth
Reno Wright
Paris
Phoebe
Harlan English
Redman
Ed M. English
Marshall
Will McKelvey
Harry Redman
Nan Sanders
Terre Haute
Martinsville
Claude Taggart
Jack Kohli
Poplar Bluff
Wabash
J. A. Parker
D. L
B. W. Johnson
van Wert
Ohio
Nell Waller
Scott, O
O. O. Tracy
Parker
Tracy
Waller
J. B. Pendleton
Orange
Myrtle
Ind
Danville College
Crawford County
Our Cay
Mr. Ross
Banner Times
Chas. Newberry
Fort Scott
Kan
Neeley
Casey
Faye Morgan
Toledo
Olney
Jesse Burke
W. Smith
Stamford
Texas
C. A. Smith
Carrie Welsh
Grand Rapids
Mich
Sherman
J. F. Baughman
Minnie Herzog
Smithboro
Josiah Beasley
H. C. Montgomery
Ashmore
W. F. Sandy
Co. H. 21St Ill
George Ingle
Yale
School Directors Resignations Mark Local Changes
Two directors resigned as updates noted. Dave Glenn arrived from Green up last Thursday. Muriel Smith of Bond county visits her brother nearby. Carroll Brydon chosen treasurer for the fair board. Rev Mr Smith gave the Decoration Day memorial at Auburn. Siding extension of eight hundred feet and tower relocation planned. Ray Gallatin and family of Martinsville visited friends. William Mays returned home in Indianapolis after months with grandparents.
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Dave Glenn
Greenup
Muriel Smith
Bond County
County Fair Board
Carroll Brydon
Mr. Smith
Auburn
Ray Gallatin
Martinsville
William Mays
Indianapolis
Westfield Man Attends State D A R Encampment
A H W Garver traveled to Decatur on Tuesday for the State Encampment of the D A R. H G Tobey of Davenport Iowa spent a few days visiting his mother Mrs Josephine Tobey in Westfield as the 1917 Senior Class of the Westfield district continues activities.
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A. H W. Garver
Decatur
D. A
Martinsville News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Rain Revival
Residents report improved crops after late rains and forecast success for Decoration Day. Local trips include Frank Hastings of Melrose and Jack Kohli of Poplar Bluff visiting Marshall, while Miss Myrtle Pendleton heads to Danville College. Memorial services drew a large crowd as Rev. Ross delivered a strong sermon.
Veterans honored in Livingston as town aids soldiers
A local community program featured songs by young men and Miss Waller of Scott Ohio. Veterans were given a cordial reception with several soldiers present including Dr. J. Wilkin B. B. Tarman J. P. Byram Isaac Ishler Jacob Reasor Joshua Smith Elisha Hart Mr. Rowe and Jerry Ishler. The old guard unavailable and many townsfolk attended church and cemetery work was praised. Hailstorm damaged roofs of several homes and businesses.
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Miss Waller
Scott
Ohio
Dr. J. Wilkin
B. B. Tarman
J. P. Byram
Isaac Ishler
Jacob Reasor
Joshua Smith
Elisha Hart
Mr. Rowe
Jerry Ishler
Oddities of Taxation in England
The piece notes humorous taxes and evasions in England, including riding a cow to market to dodge duties and using a wife and dog to pull a cart. It mentions chimney taxes ending many fireplaces and window taxes making houses look boarded up and dull.
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England
A Cobblers Dozen Legend From Italy
The London Mail notes a tradition in Italy naming thirteen as a cobbler's dozen. A former law is said to have required twelve nails around a boot heel with a thirteenth driven in center for luck.
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Italy
London Mail
Questioning insult and odd greeting in old courier
Fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a studied insult and an unusual reply. A girlie exchange is followed by a remark about a card reading Streets to the sweet and a package of lemon drops is sent.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
The Back Yonder Club and Sunday Dinner Question
A Richmond Times- Dispatch item laments changing family meals asking what happened to the family that once ate Sunday dinner cooked on Saturday and wonders about a sawbuck with a satiric tone amid civic chatter. A note mentions polluted drinking water causing many deaths.
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Richmond Times- Dispatch
Endearingly Long Engagement Through Miss Adams Story
A Chicago Tribune anecdote traces Miss Abigail Adams, a descendant of the Adams family, who remained engaged for thirty years to a lover who cared for his widowed mother. The mother outlived the son, leaving Miss Adams an old, lonely lodger reflecting on pride and lost home.
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Boston
Back Bay
House of Wells
Miss Adams
Adams
Mfe
Abigail Adams
Chicago Tribune
Father’s Peril from a Colonial Diary Fragment
Excerpt dated February 10 1628 recounts a famine in a New World colony. Father hunts for meat but a lurking Native shoots an arrow near him. With one shot left he considers saving his family and decides to shoot the turkey, a line that ends abruptly in a fragment.
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Father
Savage
Walter G. Doty
Cincinnati Enquirer
Illinois leprosarium added to state facilities
The state board of administration expands to twenty two institutions adding the Illinois leprosarium. Although near Water town hospital it remains a separate facility for housing any lepers found in Illinois. Secretary Drake says there are at least 100 lepers roaming the state.
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State Board of Administration
Illinois Leprosarium
Watertown Hospital
Illinois
State Board of Health
Drake
The Warmth of Thrift in Aba Martin's Era
Aba Martin remarks that warmth comes with furs for the girls but emphasizes economizing when money allows. He notes the chilly season and the need to balance comfort with spending.
James J. Hill Dies at Home in St Paul
The Empire Builder James J. Hill, a pivotal railroad figure, died Monday at his St Paul home. Born near Guelph Ontario in 1833 to poor Scotch Irish parents, he opened vast northwestern development and modernized railway methods, amassing a large fortune.
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James J. Hill
St. Paul
Guelph
Ontario
Great Northwestern
Hughes Family Rally Behind Justice Hughes at 54
The Hughes family notes Justice Charles Evan Hughes is 54 and shows early gray. He and Antoinette Carter have been married 28 years and share a son Charles Jr. and three daughters Helen Catherine Elizabeth.
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Charles Evan Hughes
Antoinette Carter
Charles Jr
Helen
Catherine
Eizabeth
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