A Letter From New Mexico From Exipa to Elida
A correspondent writes from Elida New Mexico describing travel from Shobonier Illinois to Elida. He notes white burr oak and water oak timber ground acorns and a coastline of hills with distant mountain views Captan and white cap mountains. He praises crops including corn kafer corn cane Hungarian millet and watermelons and mentions John Whitaker as a famed watermelon grower with melons weighing up to sixty seven pounds. He observes easy relinquishment on claims and comments on wind health and limited medicine use.
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Exipa
N. Mex
Register
Shobonier
Elida
New Mexico
John Whitaker
Illinois
Captan
Whitaker
John Alert
Christmas Greetings and Local Visit Notes
CORRESPONDENTS report Merry Xmas and Happy New Year wishes. Willie Roberts visited in Centralia with his sister Mrs Schuchmann. John Anderson and wife with Orval Brown and Miss Lulu Albert attended church at Shobonier. Joe Wilson and family shopped in Vandalia. Nathan Roberts and wife spent Saturday with relatives east of Vernon. Frank Benefiel from near Vandalia visited with his sister Mrs Chress. Miss Hallie Roberts spent Sunday with friends on Mound Chapel. Children of William Roberts staying with grandparents at Brownstown spent last week with their father. Miss Nora Roberts visiting Miss Leathey Jarrett at Mound Chapel. Roads commissioner making road improvements. Bessie and Alice Reichert visited their sister Mrs Geo Christie. Miss Orphia Roberts spent Tuesday with her sister Mrs M Johnson. Clifford Wilson attended church.
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Register
Willie Roberts
Centralia
Schuchmann
John Anderson
Orval Brown
Lulu Albert
Shobonier
Joe Wilson
Vandalia
Nathan Roberts
Vernon
Hallie Roberts
Mound Chapel
Wm. Roberts
Brownstown
Nora Roberts
Leathey Jarrett
Bessie
Alice Reichert
Geo
Christie
Orphia Roberts
M. Johnson
Clifford Wilson
Misses Hallie and Nora Roberts Visit Patoka
On Sunday at Vernon, Hallie Roberts and Nora Roberts spent Thursday evening in Patoka. Elmer Roberts is hauling corn for Frank Hatch.
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Vernon
Misses Hallie
Nora Roberts
Patoka
Elmer Roberts
Frank Hatch
Christmas Tree Planned at Local School
Fine weather described as ideal for activities. A Christmas tree will be set up at the school as part of holiday preparations. Health in the vicinity is reported good at present. A protracted meeting is to begin soon at Fredonia. Cal Lynch, longtime westward traveler, is visiting the neighborhood this week.
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Fredonia
Cal Lynch
Wm. Steele
West of Fairman
Laura Talbert
Jas. Kretzer
Adolph
Harvey
Ill
Jett
W. Gray
W. H. Hines
Zion
C. E. McHaney
Hines
Local notes from Sho counter area include visits and births
Shobonter and Decatur visitors arrive for holidays while relatives gather at Green Chapel. Local residents travel to St Louis Bakersfield and Ashley for family matters. Births marriages and awards include a baby girl born to Upton, and Lorann Armstrong's marriage to Annie Hull with a jovial charivari. Revival and school closures noted along with Measles impact and local travel.
Independence Holiday Greeting Echoes Past Traditions
A cheerful note proclaims Christmas cheer in Independence with wishes of fine weather and broad goodwill. The message invokes a recurring seasonal greeting as residents prepare for celebrations.
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W. W. Davis
J. H. Davis
Emily Barrette
C. M. Ashton
Ass’t
Marion County Bank
B.F. Hostler
Chas. K. Blankinship
John Deere
Odin
Bran
Patoka Mill Co
Kansas
Frank Benefiel
Mrs. Chress
John Stickler
Decatur
Green Chapel
Man A. Dulgar
Bakersfield
Cal
Far West
A. M. Campbell
St. Louis
Art
Pollock
Southern Hotel
Rhoda Albert
W. D. Perry
A. M. Perry
S. E. Robinson
Ellery ¢ Collins
Sholonier Mfg. Co
Fein
Ashley, Mich
Stanley Dees
Oblong
Myrtle Emerson
Stringtown
Sholconier
al Leuisgnant
Center
George Sears
Roe Holt
Bon Ton
Albert Snyder
Eunice
Ernest Epps
A. L. Brown
The
Baptist Church
M. E
Heckethorn
Martin Krug
Miss Seminary
George W. Green
Lorann Armstrong
Ed Nattier
Babe
C. O. Livesay
Henry Wernsiman
Monroe Smith
C. W. Martin
Stive Bright
W. H Cooper
South Bound No
Southern Express
Northern Express
Clinton Accom
T. B. Walker
Ag’t
Unie
McCall’s Magazine
the Queen of Fashion
Magazin
Yates
Conte
Boo de 5
McCall
New York
J. W. Delassus
W. W. Murbin
I. C. Depot
Illinois Central
R. R
Omaha
Omatia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois Central Railroad
S.G. Hatch
Chicago
Hl. A. i
Hanson
Central Route
Birmingham
Columbus
Albany
Waycross
Central of Georgia Ry
Atlantic Coast Line
Jacksonville
Cirbondale
Florida
Cuba
Nassau
G. Hatch
A. H. Hanson
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