Local Notes From Semmes and Nearby Towns
Ashley Holaday of Terre Haute visited family here Sunday. Mrs Thomas Athey went to Charleston to visit relatives. Mrs Allen Hicks and daughter visited Melrose relatives. Mr and Mrs Miller of Enfield visiting their son and wife. The stork brought a baby girl to Dan Drake’s family Saturday. West York is noted as a patriotic town. No automobiles observed Sunday. Mrs C W Moore visited relatives in Robinson then returned home. There was no upper grade school Tuesday. Mr Prevo went to Robinson on business. Miss Bess Holaday visited sister Mrs R C Hardin and family in Robinson. Roy Cullop welcomed home by his parents Adam and Mrs Cullop. Funeral of Mrs Whittaker Crumlin from West Union affected services. W R Miller and Cyrus Lindley improved after injuries. Mrs Ashley Holaday and children visiting Kinmundy returned home. George Cline family from Walnut Prairie visited. Mrs Emmett Welsh and Gertrude Welch stayed with Martin Newlin. Mrs John Clough of Terre Haute returned home after visiting her mother. Farmers threshing clover seed, filling silos, baling straw. wheat sowing underway. Weather praised as unusually fine for October. Margaret Whittaker, wife of Grant Whittaker, died in Terre Haute Hospital at 50. survived by husband, two daughters Tory and Anna, son Samuel, and three brothers. Funeral at Bailiff church, Eld W R Williams officiating. burial in nearby cemetery. flowers noted. Edward Layton injured in a barn accident near Prairie. broken hip. under care of Dr Hysmith and progressing well.
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Ashley Holaday
Terre Haute
Thomas Athey
Charleston
Allen Hicks
Melrose
Miller
Enfield
W. H. Piety
West Union
Martin Newlin
Stork
Dan Drake
West York
C. W. Moore
Robinson
Prevo
Bess Holaday
R. C. Hardin
Adam Cullop
Roy Cullop
Whittaker
Crumlin
Mygnon Sims
Opal Stanfield
W. R. Miller
Cyrus Lindley
Kinmundy
George Cline
Esther
Walnut Prairie
Emmett Welsh
Gertrude
North Terre Haute
John Clough
Cassie Whittaker
Margaret Whittaker
Grant Whittaker
Tory
Anna
Samuel
Eld. W. RK. Willams
Lena
Ind
Wes Ishler
Indiana Pipe Line Co
Will Bloodworth
Great Lakes
Cary Winterrond
John Jaco
North
Washington Street
D B Alrey
Seaton
George Daugherty
Wes Ballard
Harry Cooper
Wilber Hammond
Roy Whitson
Will Whitson
Blue Grass
Geo. Lever
Brazil
John Doran
Norteast
Kettling Cemetery
Cottonwood
Melrose Township
Sam Sneed
John Sneed
Chas Cornwell
Will Medsker
Robert Kelly
E. E. Tyhurst
Camp ‘Grant
France
Will Tyhurst
John Tyhurst
Board of Health
Local Notes On Families And Community Events
Jack Barker and wife visited relatives here on Sunday. Mrs E Ketchum spent the weekend with friends in Indiana. Aliss Ethel Dudley of Robinson visited relatives here last week. A weekly prayers meeting is held Sunday night at the M E B church. Several boys have received their questionnaires. Manford Osborn of Indiana and his wife with their young son spent Sunday here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Barker
E. Ketchum
Indiana
Aliss Ethel Dudley
Robinson
M. EB
Manford Osborn
Stnday
Martinsville Notes and Local Happenings
Martinsville report lists visitors from Orange Anderson Terre Haute and Great Lakes, plus locals taking trips and business moves. flu precautions aggressive as carriers report illness. a funeral in Kettling cemetery for Geo Lever’s son from Brazil. wheat and rye seeding favorable with 20 percent more sown. Liberty Loan drive in Melrose raised 1700. Lt Tyhurst home on furlough after wartime service. city urged to keep sidewalks clean amid filth from expectoration.
Notices urge sanitation and duty of citizens
The notice stresses timely enforcement of sanitary goals for the city. It notes civic duty to keep conditions clean and suggests now is a good time to start.
Local Notes On Visits Illnesses Travel And Letters
English and wife spent Sunday at Carl Clements Oak Grove. Joe Hodson and wife of Kokomo Ind visiting relatives here. Dorothy and Mary Reynolds suffered influenza last week. Ben Fawley and Francis Alvey recovering from influenza. Mrs M M Landers in poor health. Romaine Hudderson visiting foster parents. Uncle Lou Drake attended funerals in Oliver. Lessie Hudson returned from a month with Mrs Frank Austin. Ed M English says son Donald critically ill in Edgewood Md. Metta English spends Friday night at Plainview Farm and plans visit near Newark Ohio. Jesse Platz writes from France about scenery and old stone buildings and a church linked to Paul. He notes ancient bridge, oxen, scythe harvest, and the rustic French ways. He is learning French to get by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will English
Carl Clements
Oak Grove
Joe Hodson
Kokomo
Ind
Dorothy
Mary Reynolds
Ben Fawley
Francis Alvey
M. M. Landers
Romaine Hudderson
John Alvey
Lou Drake
Oliver
Daily
Lee
Lessie Hudson
Frank Austin
West Terre Haute
Ed M English
Edgewood
Donald
Metta English
Plainview Farm
Newark
Jesse Platz
France
Paul
Caesar
Uncle Sam
Local notes from South Dolson district crowd and deaths
Chas Hutchings builds a new kitchen while Silas Murphy shows influenza recovery. influenza cases rise in Pleasant Grove. several locals travel for camps and care. Jasper Larue dies at 70. Paris Illinois and Geneva Illinois residents affected by influenza. multiple family losses and moves noted.
Spanish influenza victim buried in Kentucky
At Camp Taylor Kentucky a 24 year old man who died of Spanish influenza is buried after his remains arrived at Casey on Monday. The funeral was held at Walnut chapel on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Taylor
Casey
Walnut Chapel
Local Farm Sales and Town News From Salisbury Area
Harvey Bennett buys the Marion Dallas farm east of Salisbury while M White sells north of town to Charles Hawkins of Ashmore. M S Kimball departs for Holland Michigan to work as sugar boiler with Holl and St Louis Sugar Co. Westfield township reaches its Fourth Liberty Loan quota of 850. Deaths include Mrs Zerilda Taflinger of Westfield and Oscar B Kincheloe northeast of Westfield after a barn accident that caused paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Review
Harvey Bennett
Marion Dallas
Salisbury
M White
Charles Hawkins
Ashmore
M. S. Kimball
Holland, Mich
Holland-St Louis Sugar Co
Westfield Township
Liberty
Zerilda Taflinger
Westfield
Richwoods Church
Oscar B. Kincheloe
Hat Cord Colors Signify Soldier Divisions
A guide explains hat cord colors to identify a soldier’s division at a glance. Light blue for Infantry, red for artillery, yellow for cavalry, buff for quartermaster, orange and white for signal corps, red and white for engineers, red and black for ordnance, black and white for field clerks, maroon and white for medical corps, black and gold for officers, silver and black for adjutant general’s clerk, green for Instructor home guards, and green and white for home guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Quartermaster's Corps
Signal Corps
Engineers’ Corps
Ordnance
Medical Corps
Adjutant General's Clerk
Home Guards
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Edward Layton
Hysmith
York
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Millard Payne
Hamp Cooper
Orange
Isaiah McCullough
Anderson Township
Leo Fasig
Ed McNary
Anna Greenwell
Lincoln Church
Rupp
Henry
Frank
John Hainley
South Dolson
Chas Hutchings
Silas Murphy
Mr Conner
Salem Church
Dayton Arbogast
Pleasant Grove
Charley Weland
R. E Babcock
Clarence Fox
Clarksville
Ralph Morgan
Roy Fox
Banner Times
Forest Pertsho
I. W. Bernie
Edward Taylor
Ottawa
Eas
Jacob Miller
St. Cloud
Fla
Jasper Larue
Douglas Metcalf
Matilda Miller
Indianapolis
Emma Hancock
Geneva
Til
Martha Brown
Raleigh
Camp Grant
Fred Cormican
Frank Cormican
Clark
Crawford
Jasper Counties
Jersey
Trimble Bros
I. L. Henderson
Trimble, Il
D. D. Dotli.l
North Side Square
Marshall, Illinois
T. W. Shipe
Lockard Building
the Herald
Ferguson-McKnney
M. Grabenheimer
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