Will Brosman Digs Cistern and Local Happenings
Will Brosman is digging a cistern. Five Points church is being repainted. Heavy rains damaged cow pea hay. Uncle Jake Fraker visited from Wabash. Stork announced births of Irwin Morgar and Ralph Jeffere. The Van Saturday carried forty cars of horses for the French army. Local militias, sales, and visits noted. Six hundred twelve voters registered last Tuesday with equal male and female counts. Community notices list visitors and social events across multiple small towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Brosman
Lester Voyes
Metcalfe
Snday
Five Points
Jake Fraker
Wabash
Irwin Morgar
Ralph Jeffere
Local Social Roundup Quietly Marks Weekend
Maye Spittler spent Sunday with Orpha Martin. Families and neighbors shared Sunday visits and Saturday husking plans. A church meeting at Mis mer Chapel continues while Rev Warsell led his first Zoar sermon. Rally Day drew a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stephens
Mismer Chapel
Rev. Warsell
Zoar
A. Kerram
Louis Spaugh
Alvie
Eliza Chapman
Dennis Chapman
Jasper Davis
Near Westfield
Wm. Davis
Insurance on Farm and City Property Ad
Cole and Cole of Marshall Illinois offer policies from strong companies with low rates. Call or write for terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole & Cole
Marshall, Ill
Sunday School Attendance and Local News Notes
Sunday school attendance 88. John Weber was in Martinsville Monday. Blanche Nettleton visited at John Weber's Sunday. Several boys from here have gone north to husk corn. Golda Ferrell has been visiting in Casey the past week. Leona Swope spent a few days in Martinsville last week. Lloyd Baker and wife are now living in their new house. A charivari was given Lloyd Baker and bride Friday night. Revival services are to begin at this place the first Sunday in November. Fairy Amstot who is attending school in Marshall was at home over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tapscott
Verge Hurst
Ann Platt
West Union
Matilda Hawkins
Dave Montgomery
J. W. B. Hutchings
Andy Conerton
W. B. Tapscott
Ben Lowry
Akasha Ennis
Martinsville
Sophia Montgomery
Homer Snyder
Ray Galletin
Frank Snyder
Homer
Mat Snyder
Cleo Marrs
North
Westfield
John Hurst
John Weber
Blanche Nettleton
Golda Ferrell
Casey
Leona Swope
Lloyd Baker
Bride
Joe Williams
Jas
Ramsey
Rex Ramsey
Kickapoo
Bradford
Thomas Hardin
Lewis Farm
Moriah
Bertha Hills
Melvin Bartholomew
Obie Bailey
Randall Bailey
Chester Bartholomew
Lawrence Fears
Chas. Cooper
Charleston
Orange
John Roberts
Decatur
Steve Custis
Tom
Milton Shawver
Leo Fasig
Samuel Sneed
Melrose Township
Robert Tucker
Goodland
Kan
James’ Tucker
Willis Chapel
Nealy Rogers
Rupp
C. T. Ishler
Martinsville Express
M. E
Jonny Cook
Tommy
Blue Grass
Agssn
Duncan & Bro
The
Local Social Visits and Travel Notes Glance
Fragments report several trips and visits: John Welsh and wife left Friday for Louisville Kentucky. Mayme Fairgrief returned home Saturday from Vermilion. Mack Liggett came home Wednesday from Minnesota. Nellie Beltz visited Lula Elliott. Pressie Iron visited Aletha Weaver. Jas Liggett and wife visited John Drake’s family Sunday. Ruey Irwin and Hazel Fairgrief visited Mrs Clifford Carpenter Sunday. Al Weaver and family and W H Elliott’s families were guests of Wes Weaver Sunday. Hazel Fairgrief returned to Kinsman Monday after a week with her parents. Charley Fairgrief and family plus Hazel and Flora Elliott were guests Sunday of Ed Fafregriet. Nellie Anna Welsh Mary Weaver and Walter Welsh invited the Murphy family on Dolson. Pee Roe Davis moved to Mrs Mary Ross farm. John Snyder of Martineville was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Welsh
Whre
Louisville
Mayme Fairgrief
Vermilion
Mack Liggett
Minnesota
Nellie Beltz
Lula Elliott
Pressie Iron
Aletha Weaver
Jas. Liggett
John Drake
Ruey Irwin
Hazel Fairgrief
Clifford Carpenter
al Weaver
W. H. Elliott
Wes Weaver
Kinsman
Charley Fairgrief
Hazel
Flora Elliott
Ed Fafregriet
Nellie
Anna Welsh
Mary Weaver
Walter
Welsh
Frank Murphy
Local Briefs and Social Happenings Highlight Week
Congressman O H air spoke Wuesday evening. Mrs Helen Rush of Hutsounville and her mother visited the area over Sunday. Mrs Anna Platt returned from Martinsville. Mrs Sophia Brocas, recovering from paralysis, now walks with help. Gladys Marvin hears her grandfather Dillman in Louisville is very ill after a stroke. Rev Timmons of Evanaville Ind has been appointed circuit pastor here and at nearby towns. Maggie Gideon married Paul Bradbury of West York. they left for Chicago and will reside in West York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman O'Hair
Helen Rush
Hutsounville
Charles Medsker
Anna Platt
Martinsville
Sophia Brocas
Gladys Marvin
Dillman
Louisville
Timmons
Evanaville
Ind
Darwin
Walnut Prairie
Plymouth
Beulah
Chas
Gideon
Maggie
Paul Bradbury
West York
Chicago
West York Community News Notes and Local Visits
West York reports Mrs. James Lindley critically ill while John Lindley travels to Terre Haute on business. Local visits include Guy F Smith of Eldorado to his parents, Lester Loren of Palestine, and Rex Ramsey working in Martinsville. A prayer meeting begins at the M E church and revival plans at Kickapoo are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West York
James Lindley
John Lindley
Terre Haute
Guy F. Smith
Eldorado
Lester Loren
Palestine
Dode Cochran
Fairbanas
Burt Winters
Mendon
Neb
T. J. Wheeler
Mart Newlin
West Union
Marion Marshall
Rush County
Indiana
M. E. Church
G. F. Smith
Dunn
Martinsville City Notes and Events Amid Hunt for Winter
Local news highlights town visitors and travels across Martinsville with mentions of Morris Bean from Dolson Chas Bair and wife in Terre Haute and J Fraker from Wabash. election day approaches and roads see rain aiding grass and wheat. Homecoming at Willis Chapel draws 200 300 attendees with sermons by Nealy Rogers Rupp and Ishler. Weather mild then snow then mud impacts the area as Thanksgiving plans unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hank
Morris Bean
Dolson
Chas, Bair
Terre Haute
John Elmore
Theodore Jones
Wm. Garver
J. Fraker
Wabash and Son
Auburn
Dorothy Freeman Visits Terre Haute For Brother Steve
Dorothy Freeman travels from Terre Haute Monday to see her brother Steve who stayed with his uncle Reece Pritchard. A large group of local youths gathered Saturday at Mr. and Mrs. John Rowe’s home to celebrate Miss Bessie Orcutt’s 19th birthday. A Halloween supper and entertainment is planned for October 31 at the E. O. S. hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Dorothy Freeman
Terre Haute
Steve
Reece Pritchard
John Rowe
Bessie Orcutt
Hallowe’en
Deaths at Soldiers' Home Burials Rise Since 1898
The Danville Commercial News notes that two thousand seven veterans are buried in the home cemetery over the last fifteen years since the National Home was founded in 1898, not counting bodies sent out of the city.
Rural Illinois illiteracy prompts call for better schools
A census report shows four times higher illiteracy in rural Illinois than in cities. Of 168,294 illiterates state wide, 653,007 live on farms with 29,067 men and 23,940 women unable to read or write. The piece links schooling needs to economic burden and notes a State Highway Department bid setting for bridge work with plan details available to bidders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
State Highway Bids for Clark County Bridge Project
Bids will be received by the State Highway Commission at the office of Zane Arbuckle in Marshall Illinois until 2:00 p m on Thursday November 5 1914 for a plain concrete abutment at the north end of the present steel bridge and two plain concrete piers at Dempster Ford Bridge over Big Creek Clark County Illinois Section 35 Wabash Township. Engineer estimated total concrete 177.0 cubic yards with piles and construction details. gravel may be obtained for 50 cents per cubic yard at the site. completion by December 14 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State’ Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Springfield
Ilinois
Zane -Arbuckle
Court House
Marshall
Ill
Dempster Ford
Big Creek
Wabash Town
Ship
Clark County
Illinois
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Don
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Stump
Charlotte Schad
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Will Saiter
Chas, Albright
Ernst
Harry Whitson
George Cork
Henry Kuhn
Baggs
Will Salter
Frank Gelsert
Alfred Junker
Blackhawk
Beulah Maurer
Ruth McDonald
Oak Grove
Rudolph Kuhn
Anna
Henry Ku
Possum Ridge
Maye Spittler
Orpha Martin
Amy Cline
Leonard Washburn
John Kannamacher
Jesse Atkins
Tyne Cunningham
Charlie Sweet
Morgan Sweet
Will Mallory
Jas. Thompson
Will Tapscott
Clarksville
Will Keith
Noah Déverick
Fairy Amstot
Armstrong
Pee Roe Davis
Mary Ross
John Snyder
Martineville
America
ISR
Bart & Exc ET
Dulancy Bank
Marshall, Ilinois
Highway Commission
John
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