West Union notes and family visits in October
Ashley Holaday of Terre Haute visited family here Sunday. Mrs. Thomas Athey went to Charleston to visit relatives. Mrs Allen Hicks and daughter visited relatives in Melrose. Mr. and Mrs. Miller of Enfield visiting their son here. W H Piety of West Union visited Martin Newlin. Dan Drake welcomed a baby girl Saturday. No automobiles seen Sunday. Mrs C W Moore returned from Robinson. No school in the upper grade Tuesday. Prevo called to Robinson on business. Bess Holaday visited sister Mrs R C Hardin. Adam Cullop’s son Roy Cullop arrived safely overseas. Church services canceled for Mrs Whittaker funeral. Crumlin of West Union visited Mygnon Sims and Opal Stanfield. W R Miller and Cyrus Lindley were injured but improving. Ashley Holaday and children visited Kinmundy then returned home. George Cline family from Walnut Prairie visited. Mrs Emmett Welsh and daughter Gertrude of North Terre Haute weekended with Martin Newlin. Mrs John Clough of Terre Haute visited her mother and returned home. Farmers threshing clover seed, filling silos, baling straw. wheat sowing. October weather praised. Mrs Margaret 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. floral tributes noted. Edward Layton fractured hip after falling from scaffold while working on Prairie barn. improving after doctor’s care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Church News
Jack Barker and wife spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs. E. Ketchum spent the weekend with friends in Indiana. Aliss Ethel Dudley of Robinson visited relatives here last week. We now have prayers meeting every Sunday night at the M E church. Several of our boys have received their questionnaires. Manford Osborn of Indiana with his wife and little son spent Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Barker
E. Ketchum
Indiana
Aliss Ethel Dudley
Robinson
M. EB
Manford Osborn
Stnday
Martinsville Social Notes and Local Updates
Martinsville brief updates list visitors and residents with connections to Orange Anderson Terre Haute and Great Lakes. Local talk covers flu precautions, a funeral at John Doran’s home, wheat and rye seeding gains, a Liberty Loan push in Melrose’s Cottonwood district, and Lt. Tyhurst’s five day furlough and injury status. A call is made for cleaner streets and gutters amid health concerns.
Notices Urge Sanitation Duty Across City Limits
Citizens urged to enforce sanitary standards at all times. Mrs Anna Greenwell aged 66 died suddenly Monday noon. Funeral held at Lincoln church with burial in Rupp cemetery. She leaves a son and three brothers Henry Frank and John Hainley along with grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Greenwell
Lincoln Church
Rupp
Henry
Frank
John Hainley
Local Gossip and News From Oak Grove and Abroad
English and wife spent Sunday at Carl Clements’ Oak Grove. Joe Hodson and wife of Kokomo Indiana visit relatives here. Dorothy and Mary Reynolds had 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 of Mrs Daily and Dr Lee. Lessie Hudson returned from visit with Mrs Frank Austin. Ed M English notified his son Donald critically ill in Edgewood Maryland. Metta English to visit Newark Ohio. Jesse Platz letters from France describe wine hungry country with stone buildings and ancient churches. He notes outdated tech and cites Caesar era bridge. learning French to cope.
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 of Illness Deaths and Moves from South Dolson
Chas Hutchings builds a kitchen. Silas Murphy improves from illness. Rev Conner preaches at Salem church. Dayton Arbogast welcome baby girl born Oct 9. Half Pleasant Grove pupils ill with colds. Weland and Babcock build for Clarence Fox near Clarksville. Morgan and Fox leave for Chicago area influenza camp. Mrs Charley Fox learns of Emily Hall’s death in Paris from influenza. Forest Pertsho lose two week old son. I W Bernie operated on for appendicitis in Terre Haute. Edward Taylor family visit Ottawa Eas. Mrs Jacob Miller to St Cloud Fla for winter. Jasper Larue dies aged about 70. Metcalfs and Matilda Miller move to Indianapolis. Emma Hancock resigns from Geneva girls’ school cottage. Raleigh Brown dies at Camp Grant from influenza. Fred Cormican dies near Clark Crawford Jasper counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Terre Haute
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
Flu Losses Reported From Camp Taylor Remains
At Camp Taylor Kentucky, of Spanish influenza, aged about twenty four. The remains arrived at Casey Monday morning. The funeral was held at Walnut chapel Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Taylor
Casey
Walnut Chapel
Local Farm Transfers and Deaths in Westfield Region
Harvey Bennett buys the Marion Dallas farm one mile east of Salisbury. M White sells the farm north of town to Charles Hawkins of Ashmore. M S Kimball goes to Holland Michigan for a sugar boiler position with Holland St Louis Sugar Co. Westfield township exceeds the Fourth Liberty Loan quota with 850 dollars. Funeral services held for Mrs Zerilda Taflinger in Richwoods Church. Oscar B Kincheloe dies northeast of Westfield after a long illness from injuries when a post fell during barn construction.
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 Indicate Soldier Divisions
A travelogue style note explains hat cord colors used by U S Army units to identify divisions. Light blue marks Infantry, red for Artillery, yellow for Cavalry, buff for Quartermaster, orange and white for Signal, red and white for Engineers, red and black for Ordnance, black and white for Field Clerk, 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. The piece closes with a political aside about Bolsheviks and public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Quartermaster's Corps
Signal Corps
Engineers’ Corps
Ordnance
Medical Corps
Adjutant General's Clerk
Home Guards
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sahrim Cy
The
Marshall State Bank
Edward Layton
Hysmith
York
Martinsville
Millard Payne
Hamp Cooper
Orange
Isaiah McCullough
Anderson Township
Leo Fasig
Ed McNary
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
Will Tyhurst
John Tyhurst
Board of Health
South Dolson
Jersey
Trimble Bros
I. L. Henderson
Trimble, Il
D. D. Dotl.l
North Side Square
Marshall, Illinois
T. W. Shipe
Lockard Building
the Herald
Ferguson-McKnney
M. Grabenheimer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!