Ennis Family and Friends Gather for Martinsville Reunion
The sixth annual Ennis reunion took place at the Martinsville fair grounds in September 1925 with many families present including J W Ennis, John Wallace, Patchett, Gallatin and Reynolds kin. A separate Mary Ann Hurst birthday gathering hosted by relatives featured baskets and a noon dinner. Dr J G Black and family visited Paris area relatives, while Reynolds clan held a fourth annual reunion at the Paris fair grounds with a large turnout and plan to return next year. Numerous local households hosted picnics and dinners at Blizzard's Ford and nearby homes, with attendees traveling from Casey, Newmann, Paris, Terre Haute, Findlay and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennis
Martinsville
J. W. Ennis
John
Betty ‘Vanhorn
John “Wallace
Reynolds
Paris Fair Grounds
Tom Davis
Kansas
Jno. S. Ashworth
Henry Reynolds
Dorothy
Mary
Loretta
Jno. Reynolds
Will Sharkey
Charlie English Jr
Marshall
C. Reynolds
Ed Zimmerly
Loni Reynolds
Nema
Lloyd
Bertha Forsythe
Carl Perisho
Berniace
Paris
Rae Fawley
Meda Joab
Perry Joab
Terre Haute
Classified column highlights local ads and notices
A mix of requests and offers from Terre Haute and Marshall areas includes Wanted: one county representative seeking personal interview at 1314 Liberty Ave Terre Haute Indiana. For sale items include mantel with mirror, base burner, ten-acre farmland near Marshall, used furniture and heaters, rent notices, and a lost pair of nose glasses between local landmarks. Also listings for loans on farm land, and various services such as scavenging and moving buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Payton
Liberty Ave
Terre Haute
Indiana
Social Roundup of Local Visits and Guests
Numerous residents and guests share weekend and weekday visits across towns. Notable travelers include Miss Kathryn Trotz heading to Charleston for teachers college, Mr and Mrs John Mitchell from Norfolk visiting near West Union, and families from Terre Haute Indianapolis and Joliet spending time with relatives in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Dulaney
John Mitchell
Norfolk
Frances and
Margaret Mitchell
Near West Union
John Prego
Dieuk
Mrs
Monroe
Mca
Tokn. Mitchell
West Union
Kathryn’ Trotz
Charleston
Teachers’ College
Local Residents and Visitors Share Weekend Travels
Miss Opal Elston of Chicago plans a visit with her Elston family. Miss Lucille Reynolds goes to Greencastle Indiana to enter DePauw University. Edith Cole hosts a bridge party for her daughter Mrs Ralph Gregory of Indianapolis. H R Snavely attended Sinclair Oil picnic at Casey Sunday. Jay Swern heads to Indianapolis and Ohio for ten days. Mrs T B Griffin visits daughter in Terre Haute. Frank Hoey family from Tulsa visiting Marshall friends. Homer Davison from Chicago spends weekend with grandmother Mrs America Quick. Vern Nightlinger family moves to Chicago. Harold Luse and family visit Flora relatives. Mrs Ralph Gregory and son visiting Indianapolis mother Edith Cole. Carson Purdum returns from Casper Wyoming. Heber Nash family visit Casey. Jessie German spends week in Streater with friends. John McCauley spends Sunday in St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Cole
Ralph Gregory
Indianapolis
Baptist Ren Coombs Pastor Leads Church Activities
The text lists Pastor Baptist Ren Coombs and notes weekly church events including Sunday school at 9 24 and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 with regular Sunday updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist
Ren Coombs
Church Schedule For Sunday Services And Activities
Christian Movery Papto invites attendance at the Bible school at 9 10 am next Sunday. Preaching at 10 45 am and 7 30 pm. Evening service honors women with ladies in charge of song service and a message on Womanly Greatness. Junior Endeavor at 3 pm, Senior Endeavor at 6 30 pm. Choir rehearsal Friday at 7 30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sundy
Christian Science Services at Pythian Temple
Christian Science services are held at the Pythian Temple with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and Sunday services at 11 o clock the subject being Substance. Wednesday evening testimonial meeting at 8 00 o clock. A reading room and circulating library offer Bible and authorized literature, open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 4 p m. The public is invited to attend and use the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Temple
Methodist Church Reports and Evening Sermon “The Books and the Book”
Pastor J. E. Evans urges all members to attend Sunday morning reports from church organizations on this year’s activities. The evening service theme is The Books and the Book, with Rey 2012 Opportunity to unite with the church. Epworth League plans a program Sunday evening, September 20, with offerings benefiting the League treasury.
Temperature of the Sea Variability Across Oceans
The article notes sea temperature variation with the warmest waters in the Pacific at about 19.10°C surface, compared with 17.08°C in the Indian Ocean and 18.01°C in the Atlantic, while the coldest readings occur off New Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
New Scotland
John Walker’s Friction Match Invention Emerges In 1827
English chemist John Walker created the test friction match in 1827, marking an early step in practical fire starting. The invention involved a percussive, friction-activated chemical surface on a stick, leading to later developments in match design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Walker
Weekly recorded land transfers listed with many small sums
Ida V. Keller transfers land to George Helman for 5000 dollars. Multiple deeds follow naming buyers, sellers, and parcels with prices from one dollar to fifteen hundred. The list includes transfers to Morrow, Lindley, Osborn, Barbee, Tingley, Gamble, Harner, McNary, Nicholson, Schwarz, Shadley and others across numerous sections. The column ends with a weathered aside noting earth crust strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida V. Keller
George Helman
Minnie Morrow
F. A. Morrow
Lot Casey
Samuel Lindley
W. G. Lindley
Will Osborn
J. L. Lucan
Marshall
Ohio Ol Co
Pitts
Clarence Barbee
L. B. Winter
M. F. Tingley
S.W. Weir
West Union
Hannah Gamble
Edward Bair
Martinsville
Frances E. Harner
William McNary
Fenton Hutchens
Ira E. Monk
Frank Shadley
Muriel Roberts
Casey
H. Hix
Golda Hix
Phebel L. Shields
Susanah Crozier
Walnut Prairie
Harvey Keller
W. L. Douglas
Community Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
A string of weekend and weekday social visits populate the Marshall area with family and friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Blockinger spent Sunday with son Roscoe and family. Mrs. Charles Ogle hosted Gladys for a visit. Families including Romoser, Lichtenberger, Bohn, and others shared time with relatives and neighbors across Marshall and nearby Martinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Cox
Charles
Orlin Crampton
Keith
Willow ‘Hill
A. R. Sisson
John Blockinger
Roscoe
Charles Ogle
Gladys
Tamsen Miller
Lizzie Jeffers
Martin Kildon
Golden Gate
P. E. Cornwell
Lester
Alma Romoser
Don Lichtenberger
Naomi Bohn
W United
Brad
Marshall
Housekeeping
Indianapolis
Darrel
Doyle Manhart
Clarence Collier
Charles Measure
Eileen
Olive Thompson
John Fessenbeck
Martinsville
Virgil Wallace
Eugene
Kenneth Barney
Gary
Indiana
Allen Wallace
James Gard
Eleanor
Champaign
Wm. Gard
Jeff Brewster
Sarah Hollenbeck
Dan Schafer
Randal Haddix
Wm. Manhart
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Mary Ann Hurst
J. G. Black
R. E Black
Chicago
D. T. Black
Charles Ferris
Ralph Prevo
M. W. N. O. Club
Blizzard’s Ford
Emery Bloodworth
Aaron Kile
Ernest Kile
Heber Nash
Newt Cork
Wm. Garwood
Chas. Kelly
Wm. Beuhler
Charlie T. Sweitzer
Allen Dean
Inez
Arthur Lowery
Bobbie
Alfred Seidel
Frank Seidel
Joy
Olive Maurer
Wm. Low
Dan Eckle
Orville Henderich
Able Honderich
Howard Harper
Vera
Everett Fredenberger
Henry Bierbaum
Ralph Prego
Tom Watson
Shelburn
Ind
Herbert Watson
Farmersburg
Clark Prevo
Eriths
Darwin
Duane Prust
St. Louis, Mo
Millard Hedrick
Will
J.’ H. McDaniel
J. M Huston
C. M. Huston
Kentucky
Jesse Lathrop
E. LeSeure
Jeannette
Danville
Leon Cox
Conrad Schull
Mt. Vernon
Ola
Martha Collier
Clarence “Collier
Clarence
Joseph .E. Pulley
Ralph Pulley
Wm. Engle
George Kelley
C. D. Mitchell
W.E. Taubgneck
California
Wil
Carroll Taubeneck
S. Ie Edmundson
E. D. Morton
Buba
Sue Turner
J. M. Turner
John Arbuckle
Fenton Batson
Dick White
South Bend
Mark Stewart
Timothy
Smith
Forrest E
Ash Street
Rice Davison
Pearl Hall
Big 4 Station
National Dixie Hotel
Main St. Renard
M. V. Coyle
Prank Malloy
Oak Street
Cicero Bussard
Estate
Florence
Bucks
Cole & Cole
Marshal
Illinois
Drain
Sam
P. Bean
Weoat
Square
Elm Street
Cal Crum
C. D. Larimore
Decatur
O. Williams
Richard Garmony
A. Phillips
Frances
Martha Williams
H. R. Snavely
Urbana
Wesley Foundation
Nick Wirth
Carmel
James Irwin
Gene
Ida “Wirth
Harry LeSeure
Brown Lee Logue
Jacksonville, Fla
Morris Logue
Ruth Downey
Gertrude Cruse
Edwin Clapper
Dorothy Davidson
O. H. Ross
Rockford
Ed Garwood
J. H. McDonnall
St. Berniece, Indiana
Will Mathews
Ben Medley
Robinson
Mae Dutton
Mary and
Fred Sweet
Russell Riley
L. T Leek
Lettie Smith
Tampa, Fla
Lewis Myles
Plameton
John Besec
Family
van Michigan Avenue
Mary Elkin
Kankakee
Florence Whitlock
Tuscola
Mr. Whitlock
Chas. A. Bruner
Worida
Arthur Poorman
Chicago Heights
Edgar Morton
Joliet
E. D. Moreton
Eula
Electa
Virginia Davis
T. E. “Davis
George German
Evagrette
Millie ‘Hayes
Sullivan, Indiana
Ben Ogle
United ‘Brethren Church
Rs.g. “J. Sisson
Willow ‘Hil
Bernard ‘Nay
Mary, English
Chas. T. English
Chas. B. McMorris
M. W. Davis
A. R. Hudson
Arcola
G. M. Davis
Oakland
NM. VW. Davis
LeRoy Miller
Virginian Booth
Washington, D. C
la Cole
Opal Elston
David Elston
Lucille Reynolds
Greencastle
DePauw University
Sinclair Oil Company
Jay Swern
Ohio
Mrs. T. B. Griffin
Mrs. E. O. Nay
Frank Hoey
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Homer Davison
America Quick
Vern Nightlinger
Harold Luse
Carl Shriver
Flora
Carson Purdum
Casper
Wyoming
Mrs. Heber Nash
Jessie German
Streater
John McCauley
St Louis
Missouri
Christian Movery, Papto
Christian Science
J. E. Evans
James G Moye
Vegstaties
D.d.doll & Son
Pythian Theatre
Luois Wilson
Noah Beery
Tom Moore
Pauline Starke
Jack London
Fox
Lois Wilson
Jack Holt
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