Moonshine Threshing and Local Visits Reported
Farmers in the Martinsville area threshing last week with Gower Bros and John Geffs groups. Social notes list Geo Ridgeway, Harrison Blankenbeker, Jasper Davis, Sam Payne, and others visiting or hosting at various homes and churches. An Old Soldiers' Reunion is planned at Zoars church on Sept 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Ridgeway
Martinsville
Gower Bros
Harrison Blankenbeker
John Geffs
Frank
Jasper Davis
Bert McFarland
S. Fulton O1 Co
Sam Payne
Tilden Crouch
John Bennett
Jess Thompson
Geo. Soward
Edith
Olds Soldiers
Zoars Church
Nort Gray
Kansas
Wm McDaniel
T. V. Nidey
Bennett Chapel
Tharp
Tom Hart
Round Prairie School
Jasper County
Wm Spenney
R Smith
Coles County
T Ishler
Sullivan County
Indiana
Texas
H B Curtis
79Th Ist Infantry
Ridgefarm
John Rothrock
Sea voyage tales and seasickness in Washington dinner remarks
An incomplete account recounts Senator Depew joking about sea voyages at a Washington dinner. He quips that seasickness spoils the joys of travel and notes an ambassador’s tale of a father and a voyage that brought him here to fulfill official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Depew
Washington
Senator Depew
Dolson and Martinville Notes From Local Towns
Long village column reports on Dolson and Martinville communities with weather, fairs, fairs, school hires, farm activities, cattle movement, local marriages, births, and road funding votes. Mentions Dolson chapel ice cream social, bridge loan election, and lingering diphtheria scare.
Fragmented quotes on suburbia and action in life
A garbled OCR fragment blends ideas about cheapness in suburbs, admiration from distance, and the role of fiction in happiness. It includes scattered phrases from Life and Diderot, plus a distorted note about diseases of the eye and human body organs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disracl Lacy
Discount fabric and clothing sale items listed
A vintage price list shows discounts on textiles and garments. Items include 10 yards of bleached muslin 79 cents, 10 yards calico 45 cents, women's silk waists 1.98, hosiery 50 cents, lace curtains 45 cents, large bed sheets 7 1 2 cents, and various dress goods and wraps at reduced rates. Men's and boys clothing noted at half price.
Pleasant Hill News Snippet With Rain and Visits
Local notes from Pleasant Hill mention a Monday rain, school in session, and visits. John Weaver plans to move to Arkansas while Ethel Weaver works for Mrs. Cora Stoelting. Families and friends gathered, with church tent meeting at Marshall and social dinners on Sunday.
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Lell Redman
Kansas
Jain
Truman Ross
Geo Claypool
Joe Fitzjarrold
Mrssallie Fitzjarrold
Shilo
Charles Goeckler
Roy Miller
Baptist Ministerial Association
Clarksville Baptist Church
Dave Montgomery
Marshall
Maude Peck
Commissioners of Highways
John Elmore
Ed Behner
Sile Weber
Terre Haute
J W Graham
Pleasant Hill
John Weaver
Arkansas
Ethel Weaver
Cora Stoelting
Will Elliott
Jake Elliott
Florence Wyrick
John Page
Dennison
Anna Snedeker
Fawley’s
John Miller
Wif
Grant Miller
Levi Miller
Nellie
Anna
Frank Welsh
Beverett
Maude-Murphy
Allie
Harry Matthews
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Main St
Ham Clapp
Paris
Dolson Chapel
Coles Creek
Walker Ford
Will Davis
Hutchings
Russell
Norborne
Ray Swisher
Myrtle Reedy
Green Moss
Harry Findley
Clarksville
Edna Schickadonz
Germany
Clinton Clapp
East Liberty
Claude Newman
West Liberty
Pearl Gilbert
Bartmess
Pearl Babcock
Blue Grass
Reedy
Clapp
Newman
Mr Babcock
This
Dolson
Emery Davis
Orange Township
Hurley Johnson
Pleasant Grove
O Graham
Douglas Township
Serry Ishler
Frank Guess
Geo. Meehling and
John Cole
Clark County
John Andrews
Ruth Norman
Brookfield
Blakeman
Chidren
J BP Byram
Alex Beasley
Richland County
Church of God
C T Ishler
The
Warren Morgan
Bride
Casey
Tamgart
Darinda Ryan
Homer F. Blankenbeker
Ada K. Norman
A H Norman
E. Houck
Ip Town
Diderot
John Claypool & Son
Elgin Movement
Rogers’ Bros
Sears
J. A. Morton, Jeweler
the Herald
Eet
Cole & Cole
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