Local notes on visits and family life in the vicinity
Lower Stue River berry picking reported in the vicinity Elvis Boss visited Sunday Mrs Souder and Cleon Bush called on O PB Graves Sunday afternoon Albert Morris and family now own a new Chevrolet Charley Boss and family passed through Monday Mrs Grant Blackman and daughter Ethel dined with Albert Morris and family Walter and Marlon Morris were seen Saturday afternoon Angie Hamilton made a business call at Henry Rush's in the past week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Souder
Cleon Bush
O. PB. Graves
Albert Morris
Charley Boss
Grant Blackman
Ethel
Walter
Marlon Morris
Local visits and callers dot week in Ratts area
Ratts School pupil Ethel Blackman visited Stella Bartlett last Tuesday. Susie Rush and others gathered gooseberries for Irvin Denny last week while Oliver and Albert Wright called on Henry Rush. Bernice Martin traveled to Crawfordsville to see a sick grandmother. Jesse Wilson of Salon visited her mother Saturday night and Sunday. Misses Marshalls of Fort Sill visited aunt Elza Bartlett last Wednesday. Angie Hamilton called on Henry Rush Thursday evening. Asa and Dora Elliott of Salem visited Dora Denny Sunday. Wilmer Souder and family in Chicago visited G P Martin’s parents. Albert Morris family provided in a new auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Blackman
Stella Bartlett
Susie Rush
Dessie Markland
Bertha Corn
Irvin Denny
Angie Hamilton
Henry Rush
Asa Elliot
Salem
Dora Denny
Mra
Wilmer Souder
Chicago
G. P. Martin
Albert Morris
New Pekin Indiana Passes Fireworks Prohibition Ordinance
The town council of New Pekin Indiana enacts a ban on discharge sale and storage of fireworks within limits or two miles thereof with penalties a misdemeanor fine from ten to twenty five dollars per day for violations and authorizes fire chief to remove fireworks at owner expense all inconsistent ordinances repealed and the ordinance takes effect upon publicat ion and passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Pekin
Indiana
Indiaga
New Pekin Indiana
Fire Department
County Commencement at Lyon Hall Highlights 1917 Graduates
The county schools commencement at Lyon Hall drew about a thousand, with five hundred seated and others standing. State Supt. H G Ellis and Lieut Gov. Edgar Bush spoke, praising graduates, neighborliness, and duty. Prizes went to Ida Frances Lindsey and Myrtle Persinger, amid honors for Jefferson Township leading. A funeral for Mrs. Julia Frice Walker cast a somber tone over the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon Hall
Hopper
Varn
Musicgiana
Riester
W. D. Bartle
J. Af. Garmore
Ar. Hocrave G. Ellis
Public Instruction
Edgar D. Bush
Presa
Salem
Cavanaugh
Proc Thompson
Carl Newton
Defiance
Ohio
Bush
Filis
Ife
Indiana
Man
Riley
Marya
Dre Ellia
King George
Bird Aho
Belgium
Br Elits
Gen. Goodrich
Jefferson Township
Ida Frances Lindsey
Wilma McBride
Edm Martin
Norma McNeely
Roger Phillips
Ay Pekin
Little Myrtle Persinger
Washington Township
Julia Frice Walker
Indianapolis
Alera
Walker
Brown Township
Bertha Ball
Ferrell Brown
Lair Ve Haven
Hattie Juin
Vesstt Nicholson
Bertha Spangler
Bruce Wade
Maurice Elliott
Haymonn Brown
Lela Briscoe
Muhy Hayes
Jersebel Nicholson
Ova Rosenbaum
Sanford Wade
Bessie Brown
Oklah McPheeters
Ola Wesner
Franklin
Manson Newby
Dertha Hardy
Delphis Robbins
Basil Williams
Paul Anderson
Myra Buchanan
Whbur Neagle
Marganerite Watson
Everett Adatm
Everett Bakeredith
Denent
Gibson Township
William Blunt
Nora Uryant
Qecll Collins
Carson Denny
Zeus Fawbush
Chaonce
Ina Ayle Dowling
Edna Maryi
Audrey McNeely
Mildred Wheeler
Madison Township
Nellie Clark
Jamea Guthrie
Wiliam Marshal
Samuel Patton
Vivia Trinkle
Georgie Zink
James Hubert Davis
Cecil Mattox
Constanc Patton
Gertrude Stepp
Carl Wilkie
Esther Wright
Monroe Township
Blanche Cule
Irvin Miller
Myril Winglow
Chas Jamson
Mazzie Jack0u
Irene Rescher
Everett Winelow
Ray Sibelin
Polk
Wilber Blaenkenbaker
Pearl Floye
Esther Gray
Gilbert Matthew
Everett South
Pearl Cuppy
Frank Johnson
Thomas Jackson
Raymond Rickard
Cecil Voyles
Franz Motyinger
Pierce
Raymond Bush
Velma McClellan
Violet Chamberlain
Hazel Martin
Elizabeth Gray
Bernard Wright
Glenn Huret
Mary M. Tommie
Posey Township
Edward Cadle
Victoria Henry
Elva Pinnick
Hazel Mattox
Ruth Summers
Lillian Weathers
John Roll
Halle Head
Raymond Halgan
Marie Roll
Nadine Summers
Stehton Vance
Edith Wilcox
Fred Roya
Vernon Township
Ernest Chastain
Foster Collier
Roscoe Jackson
Carl Rippy
Willam Stephenson
Maud Banks
Fern Myers
Grace Chastain
Myrtle Hardin
List of Names Appearing in Community Directory Annotations
A compiled roster includes Richard Calvert Hinds Lillian Chanay Florence Hisls Day Scobee Hughes Myrtle Perdinger Heber Lee Short Ellen Williams Carl Borden Gladys Day Cleo Purlee Fern Carter Esta M. Hinds Mary Pollard Oren Martin Lucille Martin Iva Martin Gladys Maharon Ellis Churchman Irvin Weber Roger Phillips Lucille Wire Josie Graves Glenn Hurst Cecil Elrod.
Farmers delayed corn planting in Blue River Valley
Earl Folk of Pekin finished painting Mrs Balentine s house last week. Clyde Schilecher and family visited Albert Mead s Sunday. Havilla McCoskey attended children s exercises at Bunker Hill. Charley Rickard and family visited Dempsey Rickard s Sunday. Dela Morris returned from West Virginia where he taught last winter. S C Rickard stayed on his farm. Oliver Balentine on a Salem jury for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Folk of
Pekin
Mrs. Balentine
Clyde Schilecher
Albert Mead
Havilla MecCoskey
Bunker Hill
Charley Rickard
Dempsey Rickard
Dela Morris
West Virginia
S.C. Rickard
Oliver Balentine
Salem
Stopped His Backache by Foley Kidney Pills Testimony
George Lawrence, a railroad fireman from Kittrell Mies, says Foley Kidney Pills cured his backache kidney sluggishness dull head ache and constant sleepiness after using three bottles at age 60. Markland Pharmacy distributed the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lawrence
Kittrell
Mies
Markland Pharmacy
Local gatherings and visits noted in Zion area
Lindstrom opened a Friday night series of meetings to run through Lord's Day with neighborhood youth present. Child Lee Short made a business trip to Pekin. Residents attended the McClellan sale last Thursday. Mrs Anna Saul plans Montana residence with her son Craw ford. Attendees at Wm Selfies birthday dinner included Mr and Mrs Willis Stewart and son Roy, Mr Andrew Mayfield and family, Mr and Mrs James Van Meter land, Mr and Mrs Lebert Gorman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindstrom
Thia
Bunker Hill
Lee Short
Pekin
McClellan
Anna Saul
Montana
Crawford
Wm. Selfies
Willis Stewart
Gon Roy
Andrew Mayfield
James van Meterland
Lebert Gorman
Different-But Satisfactory Indigestion Remedy Endorsement
W A McRae of Raleigh Georgia reports Foley Cathartic Tablets cleanse his system thoroughly without gripping or hurting. He calls them entirely satisfactory and wonderfully different and more pleasant than any other pill. Markland Pharmacy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. McRae
Raleigh
Markland Pharmacy
South Boston Notes Tell of Rainy Week and Visits
South Boston sees a second rainy week with farming chores delayed until dry weather returns. Ethel Payne stays with grandmother Mrs. W. C. McClellan for sickness. Elisha Rodman and son return to Mazon Illinois after visiting relatives. Rev Holmes of Louisville visited Walter Maharon family. Cora Payne and family visited Elisha Merciers and Mrs Beulah Peyton. Indianapolis visitors stay with Mrs Francea Howard. Charley Thompson from Pekin visits after wife stayed with her father N E Rodman. Ban Fitzpatrick and daughter visit Elbert and wife. William Kettrey builds an addition to W B Mull home. Mary Smith and son spend Sunday with Ray Payna and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. McClellan
Ethel Payne
Elisha Rodman
Mazon
Ill
Rev. Holmes
Louisville
Walter Maharon
Cora Payne
Elisha Merciers
Beulah Peyton
Indianapolis
Francea Howard
Charley ‘Thompson
Pekin
N. E. Rodman
Ban Fitzpatrick
Near Pekin
Elbert
Wiliam Kettrey
W. B. Mull
Chamberlain’s Tablets Impress Mrs. Tresey Says
A reader named Tresey of Richland writes she never told anything that beat Chamberlain’s Tablets and expresses a strong favorable opinion, describing the remedy as wonderful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stue River
Berry
Elvis Boss
Arthur G. Littell
Borden
Ratts School
Oliver and
Albert Wright
Bernice Martin
Crawfordsville
Jesse Wilson
Salon
O.w.hurst
J. W. Hiestang, Pres
A. L. Jeffs
C. L. Double
A. Weller
Bosra
Blue River Valley
South
Boston
Liberty Bond
H.C. Sullivan
Childrens
Purlee & Lewis
L.A, Martin
Chevrolet
White-Swan
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