Neighborhood Notes From Walnut Prairie District
Ray Haddix improves slowly while Walter Brown visits Danville and Amel Haddix acts as a Marshall caller. Families gather in Marshall and Darwin for visits and meals. Kathryn Connelly returns home from Casey work. Red Cross sale on Main in Martinsville nets 2875 for hen and chicks plus a sweet potato crate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Prairie
Ray Haddix
Walter Brown
Danville
Amel Haddix
Marshall
Maude Paddock
Howard Norman
John Brown
Odile Ferris
John Davison
Charles
Jesse Haddix
Charles Haddix
Will Hartzler
Darwin
Roscoe Williams
Ernest Thompson
Hettie Prust
Joe McBride
Mae
Beulah Tharp
Wil Haddix
Kathryn Connelly
Casey
Chas
Baker
Walter Price
Cleone
Chas. Newlin
Newlin
Oilfield
Local Notes Highlight Visits and Social News
Mrs C B Lindley visits relatives in St Louis while Mr and Mrs John Thomas are seen in Marshall. Nellie Wiard of Sullivan Illinois visits relatives, and A C Brice of Columbus Ohio spends time with friends here. Elsina Layton returns from Terre Haute and Winsor. Hutsonville guests include Hurst and B Hurst. Mrs James Lindley hosts a dinner for Nellie Wiard. Stork brings a boy to Guy Hagar family. Post office moves to Nelson Clark building downtown. Annapolis residents visit family in town. Civil service exam hopefuls from York. Home Improvement pledges secured by Miss Messenger from Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C B Lindley
St Louis
John Thomas
Marshall
Nellie Wiard
Sullivan
A C Brice
Columbus
Jessie Rook
Grand Joes of the Eastern Star
Chicago
Pia
Norma Delors Parry
Elsina Layton
Terre Haute
Winsor
James Will Irwin
G Bayle
Hurst
B Hurst
Hutsonville
T W. Richards
Chas. Moore
Robinson
Mesdames MC Stanfield
Monroe Barrett
Marion Barrett
Annapolis
Martin Newlin
Bess Holaday
Mliss Theo Freeman
York
Mt. Carmel
Miss Messenger
Newton
Home Improvement Association
Home Bureau
Local notes from Cleone area show social visits and flu watch
The village page reports visits by Mrs. John Weisinger and James Tucker, farm activity, and harvest plans. People from Casey, Vandalia, Auburn, Johnson, South Bend and Decatur are mentioned with weekend gatherings. No flu cases yet but preparations continue as wheat seeding nears completion. Bertie Husted at Camp Custer is listed as very sick with influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Tucker
Vandalia
Jesse Stout
Samuel Sneed
Melrose
Lily Bair
Robert Stratton
Frank Lenox
Ed Watts
Casey
James Lowe
South Bend
Ind
John Stevens
John Beachout
Auburn
Jesse Thompson
Henry Blakeman
Landis Deahl
Johnson
Roy Hainley
Ina Fasig
Lew Sutton
Robinson
Robert McNary
Arthur Weissinger
D. Mays
Church of God
Pearl ‘Conrad
Decatur
C. E. Bair
Will Hess
John Montgomery
Ridge Farm
Frank Barfmess
Barry County
Cleone
Bertie Husted
Camp Custer
Local notes and community events from the Marshall area
The report details a Liberty Bond special train visit with a large crowd, fundraisers including a hen and chicks auction for the Red Cross, rail crossings with watchmen and raised pay, and obituaries and local notices. It references Roy Miller’s death, various visiting clergy, and other town items like mail changes and a parade of short community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Eaton
Terre ‘Haute
Mary E. Ishler
Hazel Dell
Cruzan
Red Cross
George Newman
Westfield Social Notes Halfweek Visitors
Thomas Woods of Missouri visited Westfield and old friends this week. L. Biggs of Muskogee Oklahoma attended the funeral of Thomas Gamble in Martinsville and is visiting Westfield. Mr. and Mrs Silas Button moved to Casey after selling their Westfield residence to W. W. Roberts. Rev. C. E. Pendry, Free Methodist pastor, now resides in the parsonage. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Stoker and children of Eldorado Kansas visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Woods
Missouri
L. Biggs
Muskogee
Oklo
Martinsville
Thomas Gamble
Westfield
Silas Button
W. W. Roberts
Casey
C. E. Pendry
Free Methodist Church
Daniel Stoker
Eldorado, Kas
Wm. Best
Local Notes From Banner Times Show Residents Movements
Otis Weaver visits sister Mrs Lester Gardner in Tulsa Oklahoma. Myrtle Mullen trains as a nurse at Ft Benjamin Harrison Indiana. Manuel Dixon sails to New Orleans then takes onboard the Breakwater as wireless operator. Dr and Mrs William Gale plan a New York residence after selling practice to Dr Lee. H G Adkinson son and wife travel to California for winter. Two ladies installed at
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner-Times
Otis Weaver
Tulsa
Oklo
Lester Gardner
Myrtle Mullen
Ft Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Manuel Dixon
New Orleans
Breakwater
Wm. Gale
New York
Lee
H. GB. Adkinsson
Revival converts mark Clarksville Baptist church closing
Charley Hutchings lost a good work horse Saturday. Attendees joined a baptism at Pleasant Hill Saturday afternoon. Allen Hutchings of Iowa visited last Thursday with his brother Chas. The revival meeting at Clarksville Baptist church closed with 12 converts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Hutchings
Pleasant Hill
Allen Hutchings
Iowa
Chas
Clarksville Baptist Church
No Shadow on Her Face in War's Grim Toll
The Atlantic Monthly piece recalls Scottish villages that fed Gordon Highlanders and the heavy cost of war. A widow and mothers mourn as the war office notes casualties, while women in canteens keep faith with no shadow on their faces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Scotland
Highland
Gordon Highlanders
War Office Department
Jimmie
America
A. Burnett-Smith
The
Atlantic Monthly
Rose climbs three stories on UW Denny Hall wall
On the University of Washington campus a coppery rose climbs three stories from ivy on Denny Hall. The rose likely sprouted years ago near the ground and now extends through ivy to sunlit windows near the public speaking and Spanish departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Washington
Denny Hall
Seattle Post-Intellgencer
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Marshall State Bank
Herbert Kelm
Francesco Hammond
West York
Chas. Gilbert
John Weisinger
York Street
Bellair Street
Will Blunk
Robert Cunningham
Bellair Crossing
Lewis Campbell
Will Wood
Roy Miller
Dolson
Marshall Herald
Martinsville Express
J. D. Nichols
Wm. Secrest
Capt. Crookshanks
Myrta Prewett
Lillie Conrad
Moonshine
Lara Evans
Tomi Doty
Seventh Street
J. M. Newman
Presbyterian Church
D. S. Lee
Cuma
U. S. Parcel
Joe Lee
Sallie McCann
E. L. Shinkle
Kimball Young
Castoria
Les
D. D. Dot
North Side Square
Marshall, Ilinois
South Dolson
Rose
the City Drug Store
Pathé Way
Bubeck & Gallagher, Marshall
Ana
Selby
Walkover & Douglas
Men’s & Boys
M. Grabenheimer
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