Local correspondence notes many town happenings and travels
Mrs Foltz is reported sick. William Steele visited Salem Friday. The Dagoes moved on. Wood and Chalfant leave Texas. J E Hill and wife toured Keysport. Alta Laubmayer heads to Carbondale for normal studies. Carrigan school pupils took exams. John Fulton and Lou Marshall plan South Dakota land claims. The leap year party at Chas Anderson’s drew many locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Ana
Texas
Emil Wood
Art. Chalfant
J. E. Hill
Keysport
Pete
Pidge
Johnnie Belcher
Mrs. Abels
Harry Merten
Conrad Laubmayer
John Kerwin
S. R. Carrigan
Edd Wood
Peter H. Bopp
Edd
Alta Laubmayer
Carbondale
Southern Illinois Normal
Carrigan School
Ben Fulton
Joe Kerwin
Kitty Kerwin
Nettie Wood
John Fulton
Lou Marshall
Horace Greeley
South Dakota
Salem notes and shuffles in a rural visit list
Oscar Caldwell visited Salem last Saturday while Tia Caldwell moved to Rebec ca Carter s farm early this week. Chas Finch and Rosh Cruse moved Willie Walton s household goods to Odin last Saturday. J W Young plans a sale next week. Frank Lucas reports his ill daughter is improving. Harry Jett and wife visited his parents in Salem last week. Miss Anna Ballance has returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Jones
Barthel Anderson
Henry Jones
Colorado
Robert Jennings
Odd Fellows
Robern
Belle Stephens
Indiana
Mrs. Sharp
Odin
Chas
Anderson
Edith
Ene Irvin
Lelah Irvin
Lola Hudspeth
Anna Ballance
Elsie Ballance
Delcie Armstrong
Sadie Mammen
Vandalia
Leslie Wasem
John Cook
Guy Montgomery
Ira Caldwell
Faint Caldwell
Lynn Purcell
John Livesay
Guy Fleming
Elmer Frizzell
Rufus Stephens
Barthol Anderson
Oscar Caldwell
Salem
Tia Caldwell
Rebecca Carter
Chas, Finch
Rosh Cruse
Willie Walton
J. W. Young
Frank Lucas
Harry Jett
Sandoval News Briefs Include Local Business and Projects
S B Hoover sold tools to Frank Kennedy and plans to depart for Hot Springs Ark. Electric line work under way with expected running order by July 1. Club to host a member social by invitation. Mr and Mrs H R Hall and granddaughter traveled to Thomasville Ga and southern points for weeks. Local coal mines running full time under Middleton Seidle and Mrs J M Brown improving after an accident. A glove factory is planned under banker T F Reinhardt. Hawley farm near Sandoval offers 60 acres wheat and 50 acres coal royalty for sale. details from D M Peters Sandoval Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Hoover
Frank Kennedy
Hot Springs
Ark
H. R. Hall
Thomasville
Middleton & Seidle
J. M. Brown
T. F. Reinhardt
Gothon
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Foltzville notices report visits and local chatter
In Foltz vicinity, residents share social calls, travel to Vandalia Centralia and Sandoval, medical trips, and upcoming weddings. Local folks commenting on illness, horses, and weather while noting snow depth and recent activities around Foltz, Belcher, Gerrish, and Cozad households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Foltz
Vandalia
Mr. Hathaway
Centralia
Sandoval
Leona Yardley
Myrtle Belcher
William Leacher
Fannie Belcher
Fairman
Local Notes from East of Fairman Community
Daily entries report health generally good with several sick lists and visits. Names include Fred Mundy and wife with Oze Hill family, Mrs. Foltz, Abraham Lee, Chas Bowen and Agnes with Clarence Bowen, Ed Henager, Maude Bowen, and Agnes, plus Pulver brothers visiting Sand. Ed Mertin digs potato patch likely to plant potatoes. Charley Goodwin married man, Mrs. Roy Pulver on sick list. Mrs. Bowen and daughter visited Clarence Bowen. Several visits to Fairman area and nearby farms noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mundy
Oze Hill
Ed Goodwin
Charley Goodwin
Foltz
Abraham Lee
Chas. Bowen
Agnes
Clarence Bowen
Ed Mertin
Pulver Brothers
Mr. Clater
MacGrumphy
Ed Henager
Fredonia School Apron Social and Election Sunday Notes
Rain and mud frame Fredonia news as last Saturday’s apron social at the school house brings 25 cent neck ties and matching aprons with prizes for best and poorest work. Election Sunday yields new officers W M Powell Superintendent and Chas Harriss assistant with Miss Myrtie Kre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
John Tolbert
Estel Carter
Harve Daniels
Henry Somerville
Henry
W. M. Powell
Chas, Harriss
Myrtie Kret
Weather and community notes from Stringtown Illinois 1908
The record covers improved weather yet nearly impassable roads. Edna Albert stays with cousin Ella Cole in Macon Illinois, while Wm Conners returns from California and Fred Johnson heads north for the season. Funeral for Mrs Milla Morey, 53, detailed with family lineage, Christian faith, and surviving relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Albert
Macon
Ill
Ella Cole
Wm. Conners
California
Fred Johnson
Ted Tahoe
Irs
Baride
Vandalia
Milla Morey
James Emerson
Shobonier
R. T. Emerson
F. M. Smith
Vernon
Anna Cole
Ella Snyder
Mr. Brown
Albert Morey
Herman
Ralph
Hiram
Isabell
Bertha
Ethel
Levy
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Smith, Epps & CO
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J. H. Metzger & CO
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G. Huntoon & CO
William Steele
Dagoes
Staunton, Mo
Beeen
Sadie Mammon
Hawley
Peters
Foltz Vicinity
Foltzville
Alta Raver
Alfred Gerrish
Wm. Heniger
Albert Gerrish
Orvil Britt
Lannie Britt
Harlen Gerrish
Samuel Britte
Bessie
Mary Gerrish
Grandma Foltz
Sam Hall
Tom Shepherd
Jessie Britt
Misses Gray
Rudy
Dave
Logan
Chas. Sparling
Earnest Hilton
South of Salem
John Tucker
Johnny
Henry Mack
William Hines
C. E. McHaney
J. R. Chance
Joseph Cozad
Pearl Merideth
Maude Bowen
Roy Pulver
Stringtown
Hugh Oates
White Haven
R. N. Gray
Chas. E. Blankinship Headquarters
John Deere
Ray
Thos. Shaw
J. I. Buss, Patoka, Iil
Mound City Paint & Color CO
Sixth Street
St. Louis
U.S. A
G. W. Gaultney
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