Weekend Activity Shaping Martinsville Notes
A busy Saturday in Martinsville with visitors from Orange Casey and West Union. Egg market up to 40 cents, corn at six dollars per bushel cracked hominy, and a sale of farm property in Auburn Township. A church meeting and planned telegraph pole removal on Main Street are mentioned along with a minor automobile collision on the square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Easter
Orange
Sisco Hammond
Casey
Mr Allam
North York Street
David Cline
Lewis Spaugh
John Fessenbeck
Milo
Camp Taylor
W A Byram
Dogalensport
Ind
Gus Calvin
West Union
Carsow
J W Allam
Harry Conrad
Findley
Carson Johnson
Auburn Township
M. EB
Doles
Main Street
Albert Hopkins
Lawretes
Local notes on visits and family gatherings
Airs Alvey spent Sunday with Mise Mary Ramsey. Some of our boys have gone to the Prairie to husk corn. Robest Hodson visited West Terra Hane Saturday. H O C Gyisham and family Sundayed at Reri Lyca iy of Clarksville. Mel Fawley and family Sassafras Sunday at Carl Clements and family Oat Grove. Grandma Huey visiting Mrs Pat Macden Ernst. Chas W Ham made calls in this vicinity last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvey
Mise Mary Ramsey
Robest Hodson
Vinegar and jelly production fuel 50 cent shipments
The text notes 50 cent per 100 buys for vinegar and jelly manufacture, with shipments east. It also mentions a Washington National Tribune forecast of a major open battle next April and Sammies in cement, plus a road accident south of town where a wagon hit Lon Miller’s son, who survives.
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Washington National Tribune
Lon Miller
Local News Briefs From Melrose And Surrounding Areas
Mrs E Ketchum visited relatives in Melrose. Frank Hastings of Melrose visited relatives here. Mrs H Wilson of Dolson spent Sunday with relatives here. Miles Murphy Will Pulleyblank and Charles Warner went north to husk corn. Martinsville residents visited for hickory nuts and pecans. Pearl Fowler returned to the Great Lakes training camp after 25 days leave. Byron Hastings of Terre Haute spent Sunday with John Fowler and family. A supper for the school library raised 30 dollars. Mrs Allie Madison had a fall through a cellar door causing bruises.
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Allie Madison
Casey Residents Move and Community Pumping Station Update
Mrs Ben Packer and two children left Thursday for a new home in Paola. By Thursday morning about 400 women registered in Casey prétests. Mrs lL Moore and daughter Galil left Wednesday for Waynesburg Pa to reside. Otto and Tom Easton of Weldon Iowa and Mrs Wm Dowds of Champaign were here Tuesday for the death of their father John Easton. Cole Briscoe of Castle Rock and Chase Briscoe went to Westfield Monday night. Work on the new city pumping station nears completion. the engine will ship Nov 15 and operation is hoped by Dec 1.
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Ben Packer
Paola
Casey
Ll. I Moore
Galil
Waynesburg
Otto
Tom Easton
Weldon
Iowa
Wm Dowds
Champaign
John Easton Cole Briscoe
Castle Rock
Cole
Monay
Chase Briscoe
Westfield
New City
M. T. H. S. Notes Teachers Attend Institute Next Week
Enrollment reaches 212 now 100 more than five years ago with a goal of 312 in five years. Teachers head to Champaign for a Teachers Institute, half day Thursday and no school Friday. High school girls pledge for women registration. Helen Porter visits requesting trench torches for the Hell Cross. Torches are made from newspapers soaked in paraffin with low cost. girls show keen interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Teachers’ Institute
Helen Porter
Circuit Court Opens with Foreman Lee to Lead Grand Jury
The November term of the circuit court opened Monday with Judge Joe Brewer presiding. Preliminary work consumed the day as the grand jury, led by foreman Elder Lee, began duties and rumors of forthcoming revelations circulate.
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Joe Brewer
Elder Lee
Troops to Be Moved From Camp Taylor to Camp Pike
Press dispatches report ten southern Illinois counties including Clark County troops at Camp Taylor Louisville Kentucky will be moved this week to Camp Pike Little Rock Arkansas. Soldiers are reluctant to leave Camp Taylor after forming strong ties there.
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Ilinois
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Clark County
30000 Men Rush Work On U S Ships
About 30,000 workers at 40 shipyards along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts rush to complete 250 hulls for the initial unit of the United States wooden fleet. First hulls likely launched late this month as new yards rise to meet the Shipping Board goal. Four hundred million feet of southern pine will be needed in the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf
Atlantic
Uncle Sam
W. J. Haynen
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Mr. Haynen
Marrying Parson Samuel White Retires From Rockville Ministry
Rev Samuel White known as Rockville's Marrying Parson leaves the town ministry after decades of service. He and his wife move to Poolesville to live with their daughter and son in law. White long tied to Rockville for about sixty years, marrying more than two thousand couples mainly from the District of Columbia and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FR. White
Rockville
Samuel Xi White
Pooleevilla
Mire
Thomas RFUL _ Dr. White
Heilvedl
District of Columbia
Virginia
Fortune Won by Forsaking Needs
The saying notes a fortune earned through deprivation of basic needs reflects on sacrifice and prudence. It implies value in restraint and the cost of accumulating wealth without essential comforts.
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