Local Notes From Community Roundup
Polly Ladd is on the sick list and Miss Eliza Baker was in Martinsville Saturday evening. Wm Downey and son visited Casey last week. Dewey Connelly and Edgar Connelly called on Herbert Kelm Friday. Farmers sowing wheat. large acreage. Mr and Mrs Joshua Poffinbarger were Sunday guests of Mrs John Shawver. Perry Black needs help milking his cattle. Alva Uhey leaves Monday for Germantown Ohio to work in an airplane factory. Mrs Albert Cook north of town died Friday morning, leaving husband and six children. Concrete squad in Parker township building arches that look durable. Autos decorated with banners and national colors. Fourth Liberty Loan bonds pledged over 5500 locally and about 40000 in the township. Hutsonville township quota is 67400. Busy farmers may push meeting totals past the target by week end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Baker
Martinsville
Wm. Downey and Son
Casey
Dewey Connelly
Edgar Connelly
Herbert Kelm
Joshua Poffinbarger
John Shawver
Perry Black
Alva Uhey
Germantown
Ohio
Albert Cook
Parker Township
Hutsonville Township
Balir
D. Chapman
Orange
Lily Bair
Terre Haute
France
Paris
Fairgrounds
Farm Bureau
Vaughn Building
Walworth
Hix & Cunningham
Main Street
Chas. Hix
Arthur Dill
WH Blunk
Wil Diggs
John Biggs
John Evatt
Westfield
Thomas Caruthers
Sullivan, Ind
Banner Times
Lesle Law
Eldorado
Kas
James Brooks Stanley Young
Rose Polytechnic Institute
R G Holmes
Wyoming
Foreman
Chicago
Herbert Goble
B SB Wood
George Tarbell
Little Son
Detroit
A B Bean
Paul Armey
Lillian Dillworth
Yale
J R Emrich
C. B. Bigelow
Alva Biggs
Herbert Biggs
Harold Bright
Marshall
Bright
Clark County
B N Sypolt
U B
Benton Harbor
Mich
Richards Visit and Local Notes From Terre Haute Area
Mr and Mrs T W Richards visited in Terre Haute last week. Percy Smith of Chicago visited his parents here Friday and Saturday. Lawrence Newlin to Indianapolis with logs for a high price. Misses Erma and Dessie Hill of Trusseauville visited Mr and Mrs Martini Newlin. Vera Newlin and others attended events Tuesday night. Funeral services held for Thomas Gamble. several relatives attended from nearby towns. A large crowd at church events and a note on war news and local prices and business activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T W . Richards
Terre Haute
Percy Smith
Chicago
Lawrence Newhn
Indianapolis
Rma
Dessie Hill
Trusseauville
Martini Newennd
Vera Newlin
Harry Newlin
Cunningham
Fiatsenville
Harriet Lindley
Hutsonville Township
Elsie Holwick
Annapolis
James Lindley
Everett Reynolds
Bai Wf
Will Dickens
Ray
France
Fred Sims
Roscoe Wetherell
Malcolm Matteson
Eld O Neil
Shelburn
Ind
Thee Church of Christ
Martin Newlin
Lawrence Newlin
Will Afiller
Newlin
Hutsonville
BE. Newlin
P. G. Bradbury
Robinson
North Carolina
J. Abbott
Smith, Watson
Haskett
Arthur Everingham
Robinson Band
George Cline
Marshall
Hercel Cline
Rosa Bollinger
Meda Brown
Ames
Joe Haddix
Alice Ogle
Isaac Mattis
Nannie Irwin
Mabel Brown
Ben Forsythe
Laufman
Oliver
Edith Haddix
Calves Vaccinated After Blackley Cases Reported
Local residents note calf vaccinations follow several Blackley reports. Grandma Alfred shows improvement after illness. Rev J L Weeks from Terre Haute attended the Fifth Sunday School convention at Clarksville Baptist Church. Mrs Sam Edinger and her Oilfield family visited Wm Melton. Harry Findley finishes winter term at Green Moss. Chas Wieland, once of this place now Charleston, ill with influenza near Chicago training camp. Mrs Claud Allen of St Louis visits cousins John and Timothy Babcock. Ralph Morgan leaves Mozart school to join the State University Urbana student army training corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Alfred
J L. Weeks
Terre Haute
Clarksville Baptist Church
Sam Edinger
Oilfield
Wm. Melton
Harry Findley
Green Moss
Chas Wieland
Fred Wieland
Charleston
Chicago
Claud Allen
St Louis
John
Timothy Babcock
Ralph Morgan
Mozart
Army Training Corps
State University
Urbana
Westfield church visitor and local taxi line plans
Rev T M Carter former Westfield M E church pastor now army chaplain at New Haven Conn visited here Monday. D M Evinger arranges Westfield to Ashmore taxi line with four daily trips to meet Big Four trains and to carry express and light freight. A daughter was born to Lieut and Mrs M N Nelson Thursday at Mrs Nelson's parents home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Carter
Westfield M. E
New Haven
Conn
D. M. Evinger
Westfield
Ashmore
M. N. Nelson
Hame
MANY USES FOR SANDBAG
The sandbag serves as vital military equipment with official uses for fortifications while soldiers improvise many practical roles. They store rations tarp clothing mufflers and bedding and shield gear and provide warmth on foot and bed. Soldiers joke the war ends when Belgium and France are in sandbags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Man's Land
Tommy
Belgium
France
Birds Share House In Odd Nest Brawl At Altoona Reservoir
At the Altoona Pennsylvania reservoir caretaker EF M Cashman reports a rare conflict as a robin family and a bluebird family occupy the same birdbox. Robins arrived first and built on the porch while bluebirds nested inside, then both mothers laid eggs and tensions subsided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbins
EF. M Cashman
Altoona
Cashman
Papa
Mamma
Bluebird
Mr. Cashman
West Point Graduate Plans to Build Chinese Army
Ken Wang, the twelfth graduate of the 1919 class at West Point, announced he will return to China to help upbuild its new army. He was selected to study in America at the best military academy to contribute to military coherence in Chinese army affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Wang
West Point Academy
China
America
Worker wages vs munitions plant pushes help hour
A narrator laments unable to compete with a munitions factory over wages for a hired girl. The struggle highlights economic pressures on households during wartime hiring.
Heat Sufferer Describes Severe Sun Stroke Near Winter Coal
A heat sufferer recalls enduring intense heat and nearly suffering sun stroke while rushing about to prepare for next winter's coal. The excerpt captures distress and urgency during a hot period.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liberty
Liberty Bonds
The
Marshall State Bank
Cleone
Polly Ladd
West York
Walnut Prairie
Ray Haddix
Matt Snyder
Dolson
Edward Caruthers
Merom
Thomas Gamble
Church of God
George Paxton
Lola Ballard
Ida Carper
Ling Fasig
Mabel Dill
Our City
Hannah Gamble
West Main Street
J. O. Lehman
City Cemetery
Wilber Hainley
John Hainley
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Bethel Church
Jesse Stout
Barber
Kettling Cemetery
Wilber
Labits
UB Church
Bethel Sunday School
South Dolson
Review
D. D. Dol.il
North Side Square
Marshall, Illinois
Pathé
Pathé Library of Records
Pathé Way
Bubeck & Gallagher, Marshall
Hercules Boys
Adler
M. Grabenheimer
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