Local Social Notes Highlight Palm City Visitors and Relatives
Vernon Arnold Jarrett arrives in town for an indefinite stay with his mother Mrs. Beulah Jarrett after years in Palm City California. Numerous visits and family gatherings are noted including Mrs. George Holland in town for her music class and a funeral in Bedford Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Jarrett
Palm City
Cal
Beulah Jarrett
George Holland
Centralia
Robert Shonkwiler
Monticello
Flora Dickey
Owen Neff
Quincy
Soldiers and Sailors Home
George Walton
Earl Graham
F. C. Freyer
Dean
Bertha Danbury
Minnie Peddicord
Bedford
Indiana
Arthur Freyer
F. C
Danbury
I. W. Doolen
Clem
Dot
Alice Wade
Swift News Social Notes From Swift Township
Mrs Mack Robb helped Mrs Geo Cole cook for threshers the first of last week. Sam Arnold and family ate Sunday dinner at the Marshall Williams home. School began at Swift Monday Sept 2 with Miyra Headley as teacher. Charles Ray Bassett visited with Darrell and Marlin Morris and others spent time with neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Robb
Geo. Cole
Sam Arnold
Marshall Williams
Charlie Jones
Lansing
Mich
Carol Jones
Swift
Miyra Headley
Ben Wainscott
Raymond Swift
Bob Robb
Thurman Robbs
Robb
Selby Garrett
Velma Jean
Eli
Rosemary Conant
Stombaugh Hill Residents Share Weekend Weaving Visits
Stombaugh Hill residents and friends visited Cent ralia Beckemeyer Sandoval Vandalia Vera and Vera Sunday lists include Mr and Mrs John Stone Mrs Bill Boothman Mrs Ella Hawkins and others. A Stombaugh birthday party for Glenda with ten guests featured ice cream and cake. Pete Oldham's surprise birthday gathering drew many neighbors and recalled long friendships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stombaugh
Hill
Centralia
Beckemeyer
Sandoval
John Stone
Bill Boothman
Martin Summann
Jean
Nellie Torbeck
Vandalia
Ella Hawkins
Harry Hawkins
Mary Bucke
Chloe Buckmaster
Mary Stombaugh
Bessie Stark
Vera
Marybelle
Dickie Dean Stombaugh
Glen Stombaugh
Glendas
Pete
Dow Davies
John Wolff
Minnie Schert
Edna Schert
Rollie Stombaugh
Martin Wolff
Emma Reed
Trade-at-home advertising boosts both seller and buyer
Edson R. Waite argues in Shawnee Oklahoma that local advertising benefits both sides. He claims the best sales efforts rely on advertising and that businesses should offer quality goods at fair prices, reducing costs for consumers.
Southeast Town social notes highlight region visits
Charley Herring and two daughters from Mount Pulaski visit relatives here. Ed Belcher visits kin while his wife is in Salem hospital. Numerous locals appear at Wash Bowen and other homes, with trips to St. Louis and a new granddaughter for the Belchers' circle. Granddaughter Betyt Jean welcomed to Dearborn, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Herring
Mount Pulaski
Pete Bopp
Ed Belcher
Clarence Cavins
Salem Hospital
Wash Bowen
Mabel
Isabell Bowen
Gladys Schmahl Schmahl
Opal Belcher
Norah
Dorothy Bradford
Violet Williams
Cecil
Floyd Bowen
Ralph
Wayne Williams
Eli Palmer
Russell
Boyd Steele
Raymond
Pearl Poole
Gus Murry
Leonard Crothers
Arf
Mat Belcher
Joseph Trushell
Dearborn
Mich
Betyt Jean
Charles Gerrish
St. Louis
Luther Williams
Pauline
Local residents host and visit over the weekend
Amos Moore of Clinton visited Lou Belcher and family. Claud Carmen and family of Morrisonville visited W. W. Cooper. Luther Barnes and family saw Loyd Cooper and wife. John Shepard visited Theo. Stone and family. Charley Stone of Boulder in our area. Mrs. Wm. Bryant and Mary Walton with Mrs. Lee Gordon visited Chet Bryant. Raymond Alexander caller in Bloomington. Perry Belcher and wife called on Lou Belcher. Willetta Edna Mae Stone and Wayne Barnes visited John Shepard. Lon Belcher visited his son Perry. Ida Herrin visited her mother Lena Brown. Alva Herrin and family and John H. Belcher visited Ransom Belcher. Mary Belcher called on Alice Tedrick. Pherb Fiscus called on Etta Shepard. Theo Stone a St. Louis visitor. Pherb Fiscus visited Mrs. Lizzie Cox. Stanley Barnes and George Belcher were callers in Toad Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Moore
Clinton
Lou Belcher
Claud Carmen
Morrisonville
W. W. Cooper
Luther Barnes
Loyd Cooper
John Shepard
Theo. Stone
Charley Stone
Boulder
Wm. Bryant
Mary Walton
Lee Gordon
Chet Bryant
Raymond Alexander
Bloomington
Perry Belcher
Willetta
Edna Mae Stone
Wayne Barnes
Lon Belcher
Perry
Ida Herrin
Lena Brown
Alva Herrin
John H. Belcher
Ransom Belcher
Mary Belcher
Alice Tedrick
Pherb Fiscus
Etta Shepard
Theo Stone
St. Louis
Lizzie Cox
Stanley Barnes
George Belcher
Toad Island
Even This Shall Pass Away
Theodore Tilton presents a Persian king who learns wealth, fame, and praise are transient as a sunbeam on his signet ring. Trains of camels and galleys deliver riches, yet he proclaims that all is passing. A javelin wound, a statue, and a final sunbeam reflect on life and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Samarkand
Liberty and Justice Call to Action in Our Times
Henry George argues that voting and legal equality are insufficient without true Liberty to access life’s opportunities. He decries social injustice as a cause of civilization’s decay, urging justice as humanity’s enduring standard and a force that must prevail with firm resolve.
Local Social Roundup From Patoka Area
Fredonia C E Goodwin visited Patoka on Tuesday while Clarence Cozad and family and Henry Stillabower and wife called in Centralia and Patoka on Thursday. The Sunday School picnic at Marshall Creek on Sept. 7 drew good attendance and thanks were sent to Eaglin Sunday School for singing and help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Cozad
Henry Stillabower
Centralia
Patoka
Kate Evans
John Talbert
Lawrence
Lillie Longworth
St. Louis
Edith Campbell
Bill Perkins
Wm. Smith
Boulder
Marshall Creek
Eaglin Sunday School
Dad Palmer
Mrs
Odin Township Social News Highlights Local Visits and Games
Pearl McClelland and wife and son Gilbert spent Saturday with Melvin Austin and wife. Various residents visited kin and neighbors through the week, including Emma Ross Lora Holtslaw Nellie and Phoebe McClelland, and Ruth David McClelland. The Barrs team played at Zion Hill. Warren McCartan coached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl McClelland
Gilbert
Melvin Austin
Lora Holtslaw
Susan McClelland
Emma Ross
Nellie
Phoebe McClelland
Flora Case
Bernard Ross
CCC
Cama
Jefferson Barracks
Charles Fredericks
E. T. Johnson
Odin
Alma
Earl Jackson
Ethel Austin
Phyllis
Barr
Warren McCartan Wen
Zion Hill
Wearl Jackson
St. Mary’s Hospital
Centralia
Ruth
David McClelland
Mason Holtslaw
A. J. Andereck
Sandoval
Jesse McClleland
Claude Carter
Effie Dily
Johnie
Walter
Glenridge
Maggie Carter
Helen Branch
Richard Carter
OCC
Hubert
Robert McClelland
Rock Falls
George Ross Spnt
Isaac Ross
Jackson
Warren Risinger
Sunday with Leroy and Regis Jack son and Elwin Holtslaw
Nellie Holtslaw attended the Fair at DuQuoin Wednesday with Harry Brough and family. Nellie Holtslaw spent Wednesday night with Ethel Holtslaw and Est her Brough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy
Regis Jackson
Elwin Holtslaw
Nellie Holtslaw
DuQuoin
Harry Brough
Ethel Holtslaw
Esther Brough
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Vernon
Ellis Doolen
Villa Grove
G. P. Weaver
Paul B.chance
Our Town
Anne Spickle
John R. Revis
Bear Creek
Ray Walton
E. E. Morgan
Springport
Michigan
Irene Pombier
J. F. Arnold
Bob
Melba Meador
W. L. Hathaway
Lizzie Johnson
Oologah
Okla
W. E. Brown
George «Lange
Gus Kinnerman
Sinclair Greasing Palace
St. Illinois
Roy Edwards F. A. Westman
Patoka Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator
Illinois
Southern Coal
Holford
Dandee CO
North Sixth St
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Swift News
Stombaugh Hill
Edson R. Waite
Shawnee, Oklahoma
Alway
Theodore Tilton
Henry George
Fredonia
C. E. Goodwin
Roberta Renfro
Olive
Annabelle Campbell
Young
Salem
John Wagner
Charlie Gerrish
Ross Reed
Lizzie Gillmore
Lettie Dull
Mary Ann Thomas
E. E. McHaney
Lawrence Talbert
Lena Mae Talbert
Gre McHaney
Charlie Harris
Harvey
Elvis Rippy
Belle Greenwalt
Bll Walker
J. P. Jensen
Norma Jean Wilkerson
Dwight
Bobbie Raver
Mayme Mack
Champaign
Josephine
Wilson Smith
Edgar Stevenson
Doris Cozad
Everett Jett
Cecil Beckett
Wm. Perkins
Aurilla Hines
Chas. McHaney
Bro
Sidney Speer
Odin Township
COX & Martin
Beaver’s Repair Shop
Gunsmith
Tate Ave
Vogue Dressmaking
Children’s Work
Shuttleworth, Batr & Aldrich City Natl. Bank
DR. Johnson
Morris Store
Field’s Barber Shop
West Side
Websters
Eacal
G. H. Lensgraf
S. 5Th St
Ill
Linton & Beery
Patoka, Illinois
C. S. Huddleston
Centralia, Illinois
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MAE Eagan Auto and Property Insurance
R. C. McGuire
Specialty
Hoffman Bldg
Congress
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