West York Opens School With Notable Local Staff
West York started classes on September 6 with John Athey and Mrs. Ola Elliott as teachers while attending a teachers institute in Robinson. Many local residents visited family, attended events, or returned from out of town, including Mrs. Melcina Barlow and kin, Mary Helen Lindley of Chicago, and Saxe George Tuttle planning a move from Hutsonville. Emerson Rains leaves for Terre Haute to pursue business studies at Wabash College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Athey
Ola” Elliott
Robinson
George Hagar
Misa
Mary
Helen Lindley
Chicago
James Lindley
Adam, Cullop
Waukegan
Melcina Barlow
Edgar
Pearl
Martin Newlin
Jay Harrington
Cecil Bell
Paris
Ray Blain
John’ Price
Terre Haute
Reuben Walter
Saxe George ‘Tuttle
Ed Boyd
Hutsonville
Arden Rains
Harriet Prevo
Will Holalay
Herman Spraker
Florence
John Hampton
John
Charles Spraker
Malcolm Knight
Joe Sims
Milo Sims
Mary Mack
Emma
Maggie
Floyd
Lebron Sims
Alice Stanfield
Joe Barrett
Marion
L. Barrett
Annapolis
Walter O’neal
Carlyle
Ind
W. E. Ormiston
Kate Mason
Will
Sullivan
Emerson Rains
Wabash, Business College
West Union Notes Visitors and Relatives
Sept 7 1928 residents share visits across Fairfield Walnut Prairie Terre Haute and Martinsville as families recount travel. Roy McCrory plans north work and relocation for his family later this month. Meda Wallace visited family near Terre Haute. Agnes Klinefelter and daughter visited Emily Marvin. Emery Snyder visited son Frank Snyder and wife Sunday.
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H.C. Matteson
Fairfield
Walnut Prairie
Sam' Nichols
Matteson
James Mundy
Meda Wallace
Wilbur
Terre Haute
Roy McCrory
John Harmon
Roy
Agnes Klinefelter
Casey
Emily Marvin
Emery Snyder
Martinsville
Frank Snyder
Crumrine and Blair Families Visit Melrose Area
Mrs. Rilla Crumrine of Melrose visits sister Mrs. Hattie Blizzard for several days. George Graham and family spent Sunday with Jesse Evans. John Ledermann and family attended Holzworth reunion. Allen Crumrin, Mrs. Billa Crumrin, Bettie Crumrin, Arthur Scarlett, Frank Combes and Grace Blizzard, and Ray Davison with spouses joined Hattie Blizzard clan at Melrose and nearby. John Douglas and family from Taylorville spent over Sunday with Ed Buser and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rilla Crumrine
Melrose
Hattie Blizzard
George Graham
Jesse Evans
Baliff
John Ledermann
Holzworth
Hattie ‘Blizzard
Allen_ Crumrin
Billa Crumrin
Bettie Crumrin
Arthur Scarlett
Lafayette
Frank Combes
Grace Blizzard
West’ Union
Ray Davison
Paris
John Douglas
Taylorville
Ed Buser
Vanity and Its Allure in Human Desire
A compact reflection on vanity quoting Pascal about the heart of man and its cravings. It notes soldiers, camp-followers, cooks, and porters boasting of admiration and the paradox of those who scorn vanity yet crave literary praise.
Apple Pie Origins as Survival Art
Fragmented old text argues that apple pie emerged not as invention but as a natural outcome of evolution and survival. It suggests ancient peoples foraged for sustenance, with fire, cooking, and necessity driving early food practices.
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Itvls
Essay on Oxygen and Health Habits from a 19th Century Treatise
The text argues oxygen is essential to life and that excessive oxygen is unlikely in air. It warns that pure oxygen can ignite and that proper air dilution with nitrogen sustains health. It rebukes late rising and heavy dinners as poisonous, urges early rising, ample water, and avoiding nitrogen overload to regain vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunrise
Denote Dividend Day Initials in Stock Tables
The initials A J O J denote April July October and January in stock tables signaling quarterly interest or dividends payable in those months.
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West York
West Union Ton
Vanity Universal
LeSeure
Paris Union
Jersey
Herbert Henn
Mer
Buick
Buicks
Fisher
Minta
Edgar County
Illinois
F. O. B. Factory
Erskine
Studebaker
Beuchter Auto Company
Marshall, Ill
Fran
Ta” Ak
Cheet Motor Company
Cyay
O.K
O. K
Essex
Simpson-Chevrolet ‘Co
Fil
Aris
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