Local notes mark visits illnesses and social events
Wednesdas Otto Cornwell suffers rheumatism while Mrs Norman Hunter's funeral is at Wesley Chapel. Arthur Snavely and wife visit relatives. Fred English and F G Hasten motor to Terre Haute. Cheney family and neighbors attend socials and church Eldership in Lanark. Drafts from the township leave for Camp Taylor. Several illnesses and school absence noted. Married Kenneth Fleet Summers to Martha Mildred Collier on Sept 15 at the First ME church Brazil Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martutssaie
Otto Cornwell
Arthur Snavely
Fred English
F G Hasten
Terre Haute
Norman Hunter
Wesley Chapel
Lindsey
George Baker
Chester Hix
Lanark
Churches of God
PF Dodd
Dansville
Arlie
Grandma Huckaba
J N Philipp
Orange Township
Marshall
Inlaw
Rondel Bartlett
Draper
David Grubb
Wenesday
Camp Taylor
Clarence Scott
Prot Scott
Gard
Wm _ Collier
Denny Craig
Wim Gard
William Collier
Prairieton
Francis
Brazil
Ind
Kenneth
Local Notes From Rolla and Terre Haute and Area
Rolla resident Rolla Burger returned home from Wyoming. Mrs Maud McDonald spent Friday in Terre Haute. D C Cleaver has been under medical care this week. Terre Haute residents bought apples from Romine orchard. Mrs Binning's house burned recently. Don Romine, now in France, reports all is well. Hurley Murphy of Auburn uses crutches after a recent runaway incident. Nick Hurst's car tank fire caused severe scorching while refueling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolla Burger
Wyoming
Maud McDonald
Terre Haute
D. C
Cleaver
Romine
Binning
Don Romine
France
Hurley Murphy
Auburn
Nick Hurst
Sunday Visitor Notes and Local Visits
Sunday evening preaching planned. Francis Jones and wife visiting relatives. Ming Ratwona Bailey spent Sunday with Naorsi Bohn. Miss Agnes Bailey visiting friends in Robinson. Helen Blafe spent Sunday with Bramsa Gard. Bert Waite and family with locals. Mise Mac Tharp left Monday for Curiman to work. Large crowd attended congestion area. Edith Murphy of Weasfield spent Sunday with nearby friends and is progressing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Jones
Ming Ratwona Bailey
Naorsi Bohn
Agnes Bailey
Robinson
Helen Blafe
Bramsa Gard
Bert Waite
Faimily
Hare
Mise Mac Tharp
Curiaman
Lazi
Mies Edith Murphy
Weasfield
Sunday Visits and Dry Weather News From Green Moss
Community notes describe Sunday visits by Miss Della Weaver and others, along with updates on malarial fever improvement and travel plans. The region faces continued drought hindering fall seeding though corn looks better, and livestock trade includes calves selling around ten cents per pound while prices for stock cattle rise. Rev W H Stephens to deliver first sermon since conference at Green Moss next Sunday morning. Mike Schwartz sale proceeds and move to Charleston noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Turner
Martinsville
W HI Stephens
Green Moss
Alpha Claypool
John W .B. Hutchings
John
Russell
Paris
Felton Miller
Mike Schwartz
Ladies of the Methodist Society
Charleston
Local notes and visits fill Casey area functions
Health generally good. Residents report visitors from Paris Ypres and Anderson while others travel to Melrose and Orange. Gas line work, a Wilder Brigade reunion at Casey, and a church pastor’s first sermon mark local activity in a lively week.
Community Notes From Freeman County Region
Miss Josephine Beckley visited Waverly Kansas last week. Mrs L J Hayes and son J L traveled to Chickasha Oklahoma to visit Mr and Mrs W E Ernst and family. MoS Kimball moved to Holland Mid to work as sugar boiler for Holland St Louis Sugar Co. Nina Bernice Wilhoit and Helen Williams will study at the state university in Champaign this year. Wheat sowing enjoys fine weather. Local folks attended the Robinson fair. Mrs Melton of Crawford County and her daughter visited Allen Bonesteel's family Sunday. Some boys left Wednesday for a training camp in Louisville Kentucky. Freeman's Grove hosts an old time reunion October 5 and 6 with speakers and events. May Murphy of Terre Haute and Nellie Stimson of Indianapolis visited Sunday. Rev W H Stephens preached here Saturday night and was reappointed to the circuit for another year seeking a successful term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Dan Cline
Anderson
Frank Hastings
Melrose
J E. Cooper
Orange
Leo Fasig
George Soward
Johnson
Guy Mauck
the Planet
John Andrews
Kansas
Ill
Will Flenner
Terre Haute
James Tucker
Paris
Harvey
M E
T P Cleaver
Springfield
James Stevens
St. Elmo
Chas Oberlin
Marstinsville
Main
York Streets
York Street
George Paxton
Mason, NI
Paxton
Illinois Church of God
Josephine Beckley
Waverly
Kans
L. J Hayes
J L
W E Ernst
Chickasha
Okla
Mos Kimball
Holland Midh
Holland St. Louis Sugar Co
Robinson
Melton
Crawford County
Allen
Nellie Stimson
Indianapolis
W. H. Stephens
Local Notes From The Banner Times
Mrs. Harry Huston left Tuesday on a trip to Los Angeles California. Miss Mary Sanford departed Friday for Valparaiso Indiana to attend school this year. J R Stanton departed for Kansas on Monday to work in the oil field. Mrs A C Robey and children departed Tuesday for a new home in Indianapolis. The Baptist church society purchased the Alex Williams property north of the church for a parsonage. The infant son of Mr and Mrs Olio Phillips died at their Danville home Saturday morning and body forwarded to Casey Sundar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner Times
Harry Huston
Los Angeles
Cal
Mary Sanford
Valparaiso
Ind
J. R. Stanton
Kansas
A. C. Robey
Indianapolis
Baptist Church Society
Alex Willams
Olio Phillips
Danville
Casey Sundar
Couple Injured in Car Crash En Route to Springfield Fair
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Chambers from west of town were driving to the state fair at Springfield when a tire blew near Arcola. The car overturned injuring both. Mrs. Chambers suffered a fractured collar bone and head injuries while Mr. Chambers sustained multiple rib fractures and other minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Chambers
Town
Springfield
Ford Motor Car
Arcola
Too Much in Health Culture Quote by Oscar Schleif
A fragmentary quotation from Oscar Schleif appears in Health Culture criticizing excess in modern life. The lines dwell on excessive behavior across habits such as drinking and thinking, ending with a stark self-reflection about thinking too much.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Schleif
Scrapling a Bat and the Bushel Weights Tale
A curiosities page notes superstition in bat care with shellac myths and why players scrape bats. It then lists New York bushel standards by item with precise weights for many fruits grains seeds and fibers and fractional parts.
Order of the Thistle An Ancient Scotch Knightly Order
The Order of the Thistle traces origins to a legendary vision in 787 AD and to a 1637 revival by James II. It was revived again by Queen Anne on December 31 1708, and in 1827 decree limited membership to the sovereign and sixteen knights with royal admittance for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Thiathe
Order of the Thistle
Achatus
Hungus
Athelstan
England
James II
Two Views of a Marriage Case Brought by Broker
A prospective groom visits his future bride with a marriage broker. In the parlor he notices a glass closet of china and a handsome afghan set. He wonders if the items were borrowed to feign wealth, while the agent rebukes him and questions the idea.
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United States
Marshall State Bank
The
Bank of the People
Hayes T
Peeabe
Henry Hut
Homer
Armstrong
Della Weaver
Martle Black
R Miller
Plessie Irwin
Flora Eliott
Arthur Welsh
Lourmville
Wiles Blach
Aiert Cusick
Myrtle Black
Zintka Bartrant
Chicago
James Misner
Sears
Bernard
Wil Shirely
Will White
Terre Hlante
Dolson
Bair
Wilder Brigade
Casey
Our City
Sandoe
Lieut
Howell
Westfield
Nina
Bernice Wilhoit
Helen Williams
Champaign
State University
Doll’s Grocery
Doll
North Side Square
Marshall, Illinois
Popular Science Monthly
Oil and Shell
New York
Sea Island
Cole Bros
Columbia Grafonola
Columbia
H.M. Dewey & Co
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