Vernon Knights Gather for Pocahontas Picnic 1928
The Vernon Knight family held an annual picnic at Pocahontas Tourist Camp Pocahontas Illinois on Oct 14 1928. It marked the forty second anniversary of Mr and Mrs H C Tillman. Attendees from Vernon St Louis Alton and Patoka joined for ball skating games and a noon feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
R. N. Grey
Edwardsville
Fred Freyer
John Barnes
Ferguson
Charlie Wade
Farina
William Wade
Maggie Geiger
W. L. Danbury
Geiger
California
Russel Green
Marie Hathaway
Bertha
Leo Freyer
Patoka
John
Tom Quayle
Vernon
James Smith
Fosterburg
Frank Frizzell
Ola
Clifford Wilson
Fairfax
Roy Meador
Pearl
Tyler
Maron
Elizabeth Meador
Chatter and Stitch Club
Emma Walton
Fred
Louis Jarrett
Weekend Visits and Birthday Surprise in Sholconier
STRINGTOWN families visited relatives around the area over the weekend. A surprise birthday party for Rev. Miller was held Tuesday night October 9 in the Sholconier church with about 150 attendees from four churches of the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Wyant
Southeast Town Social Notes and Local Visits
Charley Herring and family visit relatives Wednesday night. Zenith Sell and a companion went to Arvanna for work Tuesday. Will Snyder and family traveled to Decatur last week. Leo Sebastian and wife from Odin visited Theodore Meridith and wife Monday. Wash Bowen and family visited Crawford county Sunday due to Kenneth Richard illness. Mrs. Pearl Poole Mrs. Charley Bopp and Miss Lila Bopp visited Mrs. Mat Belcher Monday. Luther Williams is sick. Lila Bopp stayed with Charley Bopp Wednesday night for a pie supper at Wisher. Edith Sell is working at Salem. John Bopp and wife went to Chicago Friday to visit daughters. George Pulver and family visited.
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Geo. Walton
Wayne
Dick Murfin
Jess Walton
M. E
Ethel Green
Beulah Jarrett
Helen
Irene
Ola Frizzell
Elmer Crothers
Dorothy
Geo. Croth
Thelma Nichols
Mabel Walker
Glenda Meador
Maxine Walton
Fairy Dell
Arthur Day
Assumption
Flora Dickey
St. Louis
Ethelbert
Gus Pratt
Alice
James Caldwell
Villa Grove
Gene Garrett
Justin Epps
Moneaqua
Charlie Epps
John Epps
Mary Epps
Alice Wade
Centralia
Rosa Gehrkin
Anna Wasmuth
Willie Wasmuth
W. L. Williams
Bobby
Hannah Jean
Farmer City
Fred Leninger
T. R. Cox
Rose Mary
Robert
Maron
I. W. Doolen
Henry Muck
Ramsey
C. O. Livesay
William Wade
Springfield
I. C. O. F. Grand Lodge
J. M. Meador
Mac
Mae Greider
Glen Livesay
Frances
Salem
Fannie Crowder
Alvin Hathaway
David Headley
Marie Hathaway
Will Johnson
Belleville
B. F. Lowe
Kinmundy
Clarence Chance
J. T. Arnold
Bob Green
E. E. Brown
Charley Herring
Zenith Sell
Arvanna
Will Snyder
Decatur
Leo Sebastian
Odin
Theodore Meridith
Wash Bowen
Crawford County
Mat Belcher
Luther Williams
Lila Bopp
Charley Bopp
Wisher
Edith Sell
John Bopp
Chicago
George Pulver
Belcher Family Observes Sunday
Rose Snyder underwent an operation for appendicitis at Centralia hospital Sunday. We hope for her immediate recovery.
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Mat Belcher
Family
Rose Snyder
Centralia Hospital
Man Fasts Fifty-Five Days Survives On Lime Juice
Toronto man Peter Henderson thirty weighs 171 pounds normally but dropped to 90 pounds after fasting fifty-five days and living seven more days on lime juice at Toronto General Hospital. This is his second fast this year and followed a prior thirty day fast in May. The episodes arose from advice in a physical culture publication purporting to treat indigestion. The note recalls Mrs. Leon Tough who died after a fifty-five day fast on similar guidance.
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Toronto
Ont
Peter Henderson
Toronto General Hospital
Henderson
Leontough
Hornsby Plans Livestock Rearing After Baseball
Rogers Hornsby, famed Boston Nationals manager, tells friend J. W. Lipscomb in Lockhart Texas he will raise fancy livestock as a fallback after quitting the diamond.
Unlawful Trespass Ruling In Camden Private Lake Case
Two men arrested for swimming in a private Camden lake were freed after Judge Katzenback ruled they did not touch the lake bottom. They had entered from a nonprivate side and only touching bottom would have constituted trespass.
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Camden
N. J
Katzenback
Pilgrim Sailor Aims Return to United States
The Pilgrim schooner with Captain Drake as sole occupant reaches Kiel Germany from Seattle. He plans to sail home through Dutch French and Spanish ports, proceeding alone.
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Kiel
Germany
Drake
Seattle
Wash
United States
Presto River Vanishes in Colorado Trappers Lake Headwaters
A three mile stretch of the White River headwaters near Trappers' Lake Colorado disappeared overnight leaving a dry bed with thousands of dead trout. A hatchery run above the area may have influenced the sudden loss, and residents awoke to a large hole where the river once flowed.
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Meeker, Cole
White River
Trappers’ Lake
Colorado
Underground stream tale hints at hidden lake
The report describes water reappearing after a stretch in a stream, emerging from a hillside hole, sparking belief of underground passages or a concealed lake. Experts speculate an earth shock or subsidence created a crevice offering a new channel.
Dogs Take to Skies In Paris Airmanship
Paris reports dogs as passengers in aviation as Frieda Hempel, the opera star, charters a special airplane and two cars for her Pomeranian Toto. She calls Paris aviation authorities to arrange care from a London veterinarian familiar with Toto.
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Paris
Frieda Hempel
Toto
London
Les Bourget
Unclear Transit Details from Fragment
A fragment notes someone flew to Croydon and took another car arranged by telephone. The sparse text provides no names, dates, or organizations to anchor a fuller report.
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Croydon
Rooster Emerges After 32 Days Buried On Farm
Latrobe viewers recount a farm mystery as a rooster found buried thirty two days under a maw of wheat regains life and struts proudly. The bird, initially seen as doped, crowed feebly and proves a local endurance prize contender.
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Latrobe
T. J. Elmer
Young rooster lays eggs at Atlantic County Fair exhibit
Atlantic City report describes a young cakeral rooster with a crowing ability and a rooster comb that reportedly lays eggs. L. J. Wood of Elmwood found the bird in a hatch this year and plans to preserve and incubate the eggs.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Cakeral
L. J. Wood
Elmwood
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