Local notes on harvest delays and community visits
Rain slows hay harvest as corn and vegetation look healthy for a strong crop. Foster Holt returns home after a leg injury, aided by his mother Martha. Several locals undertake repairs and hosting visits, with church revival closing soon amid modest attendance. Stringtown wedding rumors arise alongside a new Vernon residence project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Holt
Foster
Clinton
Martha Holt
Dick Murfin
J. A. Johnson
Clinton, IL
West Fairman Local Notes and Family Visit Tidbits
Plowing for wheat is the day’s focus with few farmers yet. William Parker and his children Earnest and Sopha visit Uncle William Steele. Mail carrier Mr. Harrison takes a vacation. News of weddings and local social visits fills the week. A German farmer asks for cash at the bank and receives cashier’s certificates as payment. a bank officer explains the cash ticket system to Hance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Parker
Master Earnest
Miss Sopha
Breeze
Ill
William Steele
Mr. Harrison
Hance
Shady Grove Picnic and Visits Mentioned in Community Notes
Mr and Mrs Martin Beckler and family spent Saturday at Keysport for a picnic and reported a good time. Several local residents attended a dance at Wm Hams Saturday night and various visits occurred among neighbors including Miss Lizzie Cole visiting Harley Cole, and families visiting from Pasadena California and Patoka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Beckler
Keysport
Decker
Cora Williams
Ford
Wm. Crowder
Pasadena
Cal
Land of Sunshine
Elza Sharp
Mike Beckler
Albert Leigh
Harley Cole
Patoka
John Roseman
Ben Decker
Lou Enland
Frank Thomason
White Haven Rain Lingers Amid Local Socials
In White Haven varied activity marked the week with visits to Vernon by Mrs. James Smith and Miss Lela, church attendance at Stringtown by Bert Simcox and wife, and Sundays spent with relatives including Frank Hatch and R N Norris. Several neighbors, including Mr. and Mrs. W Linton, Mrs. Fred Leininger, Miss Josie, Lois Carter, and Mrs. Bobbitt, tend to the ill, while others joined a Sunday school convention at Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eella Shuntz
Georgia McConnell
Vernon
Flora Albert
Sholconier
Bear Creek
K. T. Emerson
Ples Epps
Stringtown
Jim
Ethel Klinge
Bertha Holt
Levy Simcox
Mound Chapel
W. Linton
W. D. Wadeeas
James Smith
Lela
Bert Simcox
Barrette
Floyd Hatch
Frank Hatch
Newton Reichert
R.N. Norris
Chapel
Fred Leininger
Josie
George Leininger
Noah Carter
Lois
Bobbitt
Vandeventer
Belcher Myrtle Effie Belcher Dies at 25 in Patoka
Effie Myrtle Belcher daughter of Benjamin and Fanny Belcher was born June 1 1883 in St Louis Missouri and died July 26 1908 at 4 pm age 25. She joined the Christian church at Patoka Illinois at seventeen and lived a devout life. After short services by M Ashton her remains were laid to rest in Harris cemetery. A friend invites attendance at a Park band concert and merry go round ride Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Myrtle Belcher
Benjamin and
Fanny Belcher
St. Louis
Christian Church
Patoka
Ilinois
Myrtle
Heavenly Land
M. Ashton
Harris Cemetery
Chief Poisoner at National Museum Destruction of Money
A whimsical portrait reveals a government clerk dubbed chief poisoner at the National Museum. He prepares deadly yet preservative poisons for exhibits and conservation, while treasury officials destroy old currency in a cellar mascerator to create Washington souvenirs. An artist’s lifelike clay feast trick underscores museum pranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Uncle Sam
National Museum
United States
Treasury Department
Lilia
Abel Vo Foxe
Married at the Capital Miss Mathilde Hannegan Weds Capt. Goland Clarke
Miss Mathilde Hannegan and Capt. Goland Clarke of the Eighteenth Hussars were married at St Johns Church Washington by Rev Roland Cotton Smith. The couple will tour the world for 18 months after a Shoreham hotel wedding breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathilde Hannegan
Goland Clarke
Eighteenth
Hussars
St. John’s Church
Washington
Roland Cotton Smith
Shoreham Hotel
Clarke
Hannegan
London
E. H. Abbe
Capt. Clarke
Duncan Hannegan
Ladysmith
Spion Kop
Edward
Sellman Key Hannegan
Not Guilty Verdict Over Murder Charge Sparks Mockery
A woman stood accused of murder but the jury found her not guilty. The judge pressed for reasoning and the foreman replied by asking if they looked like twelve fools who cannot treat a lady.
Reunion Program Outlined With Four Day Schedule
A four day reunion program is announced with events titled Flag Day Commander’s Day Deep Water Way Day and Fraternal Day. Speakers include A P Hoffman F O Fannon Joseph Rosenbaum M D Foster S L Dwight C A Beckett Wm Lorimer C J Lindley H T Rainey C E Whelan M W A Frank B Dickson John J Brown Alonzo Wilson and John W Preihs Watch for new announcements in papers and bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secomp
Joseph Rosenbaum
Dept
Chicago
M. D. Foster
Olney
S. L. Dwight
Centralia
C. A. Beckett
Tumrp
Wm. Lorimer
C. J. Lindley
Greenville
H. T. Rainey
Carrolton
Time Card Schedules for South and North Bound Trains
The card lists South Bound services including No 101 Local Mail at 12 11 P M No 123 Southern Express 6 40 P M No 191 Local Freight 3 45 P M and North Bound No 124 Northern Express 9 48 A M No 106 Clinton Accommodation 5 00 P M No 192 Local Freight 7 40 A M daily except Sunday. T B Walker Ag t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Express
Northern Express
Clinton
T. B. Walker
Ag’t
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edw
Blankenship
Heckethorne
G. W. Willette
Family
James Klinge
Fredmer of
Albert Morey
Fred Klinge
Shobonier
Cliffe Moore
Lucy Klinge
G. W. Anderson
Gladys
Wm. Klinge
Mrs. Henry Brown
Vernon Sunday
West Fairman
Lizzie Adams
John Masons
Charles Hill
Walter Mason
Shady Grove
White Haven
Park
James Simcox& Son
Sive
A. P. Hoffman
Public Instruction of Illinois
F. O. Fannon
Christian Salem
R. A. Simcox
Smith
Oxfords
Cee
Thos. Shaw
Buss & Humes
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