Melrose Notes on Harvests Visits and Local Life
Melrose area reports apple picking, cane hauling, and orchard work. Visitors include Mrs Wm Miers from York and relatives. Miss Florence Edna Baker returning from France for health. Frost damages fodder. corn largely uninjured. Pie supper nets about $30. library funding eyed. Prairie chickens scarce. hunting party from Marshall. revival services at Five Points. Cold snap hits Oct 5 with seven below freezing. buggy spill on a ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P . Dodd
Wm. Miers
York
J. R. Trump
Robinson
Arthur
P. C. Haston
J H Leasure
Henry Hill
Annapolis
Florence Edna Baker
Red Cross
France
Macklin
Martinsville
Ova Stanfield
Clough
Newman
Emil Romine
Terre Haute
Marshall
Mr Hall
Five Points Church
John Beachout
Greenup
Harry Husted
Evansville
Ind
Phil Weir
Milo Combs Silo Erected Last Week
Prairie region notes record a new silo built by Milo Combs last week. Local social items list visits by Ernie Ross and family, Aunt Akasha Ennis of Martinsville visiting Mrs Sophia Montgomery, and Jdaredson Pinnell of Kansas buying cattle and hogs. Reverend Huggins resigns from Clarkaville Baptist Society and moves to Marshall. Prices for livestock are noted, with Beep lent at 19 dollars per head and Georgs Casypool selling a flock at 20 dollars each. Corn condition describes drought impact and frost damage delaying fodder cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Ross
Dudley
Akasha Ennis
Martinsville
Sophia Montgomery
Jdaredson Pinnell
Kansas
Mike Schwartz
Charles‘toon
John JL. Hurst
Huggins
Clarkaville
Martinsville News Highlights and Local Submissions
Local notes from Martinsville cover residents visiting Casey and Terre Haute, cattle market days, church sermons, and community concerns. Announcements include Willis Chapel homecoming, legal strain on roller skating on sidewalks, military training notes, and obituary items for Mrs. Mary Hester Codd.
Family Roots Mark Early Settlers of Cayuga
In Ville Indiana on March 2 1862 a woman joined the old Church of God Bethel in Martinsville at 17 then aligned with a Presbyterian church after moving to Cayuga She married S K Todd on June 28 1874 in Casey NL They helped found Cayuga and built the local mill with Eli McDaniel Two children John D Todd and Ida Todd Dwester became well known in Martinsville and the surrounding community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli McDaniel
John D Todd
Ida Todd
Reunion Draws Crowds Despite Late Season Cold
The weekend reunion drew people from Miss Ida Davison Ada Davison and many others. Visitors included Curtis Shotwell in Terre Haute and Dr Chester McCord in Paris. Local families Lydia Craig Bartlett Hunt and McCord relatives attended, with prominent praise for a successful gathering amid cool weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Davison
Ada Davison
Curtis Shotwell
Terre Haute
Ed Medsker
Theodore Medsker
F. M. Thompson
Parl Craig
Alexander Craig
Flossie Martin
West Union
Bert Bartlett
Sarah
Frank Hunt
Leah Shaffner
Melrose
Anna Bartlett
Shotwell
Will White
Lu Alexander
Earl Arbuckle
Chrisman
Lizzie McCord
Chester McCord
Paris
Fitzgerald
Grove
M. P
Nettie Gridth
Missouri
Robert Lake
Willis McDonald
Howard Jackson
Local Notes and Notices from The Banner Times
Mrs Wilson of Decatur visits Mrs M L Cook and Mrs W S Peters. Samuel K Greenleaf and wife from Omaha were here Sunday and Monday visiting Mr and Mrs Henry Tyler. Mr and Mrs H Montgomery summoned to Neoga by the sudden death of Mrs Montgomerys mother. Mrs Lena Clements of Eldorado Kansas visits Mrs Herbert Davis. Ralph Hays, earlier in the navy, now in aviation department, visited relatives. QO. B Williams, longtime Vandalia railway employee, placed on the retired list with a pension. Lloyd W Kellough and Miss Bertha Bledsoe wed at Marshall on Sept 19 and depart for Bakersfield Calif to reside. Casey township highway board sets half mile concrete road contract for J W Etchison from Central avenue south to cross road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay — Casey
Banner Times
Ralph Hays
Navy
Aviation Department
QO. B. Willams
Vandalia Railway
Marshall
Lloyd W. Kellough
Bertha Bledsos
Bakersfield
Calif
Board of Highway Commissioners
Casey Township
J. W. Etchison
Central Avenue
Cross Road
Card of Thanks and Court Notices Mentioned
Card of Thanks from the family of George Taubeneck thanks neighbors and friends for kindness during bereavement and sickness. J. W. Hignal expresses gratitude for kindness shown by neighbors. New cases in circuit court include Henry Nedman et al versus Mandayille Callader et al partition and Lydia J Lee et al versus Elion P Radmon et al partition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Taubeneck
iHenry Nedman
Mandayille Callader
Lydia J.lee
Elion P. Radmon
Is Singing a Lost Art in Modern Times
A reflection from the Indianapolis News questions the decline of communal singing. It contrasts past communal labor songs of sailors and peasants with today’s era of machinery, paid singers, and silent audiences in churches and theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rames
Husbalman
Andrew Lang
Indianapolia News
Bad Posture Habits Threaten Health and Deformities
Physicians warn that habitual poor postures such as stooped shoulders and protruding abdomen stem from slight deformities. Robust individuals resist, but less robust children and overworked adults must fight bad posture, which can lead to chronic disease later in life.
Rarest Platinum Coin Issues and Counterfeit History
The Russian government issued platinum coins in 1828 to 1815 in 8, 0, and 12 rubles as a unique circulation use. Other nations produced platinum medals or commemoratives not for circulation. Modern counterfeiting briefly gilded platinum coins when platinum price fell to about half of gold.
Nervous System Centers in Brain Versus Worms
The text contrasts the brain-centered nervous system of humans and higher animals with the distributed nerve tissues in worms and lower creatures. It notes that brain injury can cause death or loss of faculties in humans, while worms may be severed without total loss due to diffuse nervous systems.
One may be reasonably certain of friends dislike him scolding
A terse remark notes that friends may approve of his qualities yet dislike hearing him scold, implying a social friction between admiration and criticism in his relationships.
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Marshall State Bank
The
Bank of the People
Homer
Arthur Ax
Dolson
Milo Combs
Maggie Tyler
Casey
John Fain
Joseph Hardway
South York Street
Chas Rowe
John Willison and Son
Clinton
Willis Chapel
Rogers
Elmer Kitchen
Bridgeport
Leo Fasig
J Ishler
Pearl Conrad
Decatur
Crisman
Church of God
Frank Ishler
Molle Ishler
T P Cleaver
Clark County
M. J. Stapp
Warren
At. Stapp
Wayne
Mary Hester ‘Codd
Samuel K. Todd
Cayuga
George
Jane Updegraff
Shelby
Ohio Chapel
Grace
Alma White
W. A. Shotwell
Bloomington
J. W. Hignal
Doll’s Grocery
D. D- Dolall
North Side Square
Marshall, Illinois
Black & Hutchinson
Exclusive Grocers
Brunswick
H. M. Dewey & CO
New Pathe
the Herald
Herald
Terre Haute Daily Star
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