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Local notes of visits and travel around Vernon area
A long list of households reports visits, illnesses and travel by residents including James B Metzger, Fred Brown, Lea Denning, and many others. Also notes quotations on progress and social changes with a reflection on 1914 life and economic plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Metzger
Shobonier
John Thompson
Fred Brown
Peoria
Glenwood Brown
Lea Denning
Alston
Alvin Hathaway
L. A. Wilson
Centralia
Leo Kinney
Geneen
Kinney
Ada Dolly
Marian Hollenbeck
Los Angeles
Calif
Mollie Murfin
John Quayle
Nashville
John Miller
Josie Cox
Pearl Peddicord
Bloomington
Peddicord
Phillip Mead
A. J. Walker
Patoka
George Carmody
Decatur
Hazel Cox
W. L. Hathaway
William
Isabel[Pratt
Alice
Shirley
Floyd Arnold
Near Decatur
Teachers Institute
East St. Louis
Harold Thomas
Vandalia
Fred Lawrence
John Gehrkin
Fred Smith
George Lange
Woodriver
John Godel
Ellsworth Gehrkin