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Local notes reflect community life and concerns in Brodhead
A Bethesda of community updates from Brodhead and Mt Vernon cover visits, illnesses, marriages, and deaths. Residents including Mrs Sylvan Bortles and Miss Kit Harris are noted, along with civic pleas for concrete sidewalks and board of trustees actions. Local businesses, churches, schools, and families are referenced in a snapshot of town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan Bortles
Francis
Mt. Vernon
Copper Creek
PD Isy Hunt
Crab Orchard
Kit Harris
Brodhead Graded School
Clyde Watson
Fred Durham
Lillle Mildred Sutton
J. M. Owens
Dave Koverts
Maywood
George
Durham
Mt Vernon
J. F. Watson
Rustin Sparks Durham
Fred Owens
J. Carter
Wilmore
Brack Durham
Opp Taylor
Maretburg
James Cash
Ottawa
Chas. S. Lyons
Junction City
W. F Rogers
Christian Church
Brodhead
Havig
Crab Archard
Vernon
Board of Trustees
Kentok
Masonic Lodge
Royal Arch
Western Star Chapter
Odd Fellow Lodge
Macabee
Eld Brodhead
J. G. Frick
Chas. Chandler
London
Dyag
Chas. Sewder
Indianapoliis, Ltd
Prorida
Daniel R. Sewder
C. A. Wheeldon
David M
Leonard Preston
Cincinnati