Local notes from Pike county and nearby towns
Mayor George M. Smith buys a new enclosed roadster. Funeral held for Mrs Hardin J. Westlake. Springfield hospital reports a fatal wet death. Families mourn deaths and marriages noted along with civic events, school work, and wartime campaigns in Pike county area.
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George M. Smith
Mra
Hardin J. Westlake
Rev
W. H. Cannon
Springfield
Vinnie
Clara
Franklin
Luella
Cassius
Clarence Watters
Leroy Ball
Holly Smith
Julius FB. Lacy
Bank
Hull
Cc. Barnes
Nebo
Pike County Press Association
William Bradshaw
Quincy
Wirden Petty
Harry Branch
Griggsville
Branch
City notes and obituaries from Green City area
Green City and surrounding residents are mentioned with travel, visits, and a chautauqua sermon series at the Presbyterian church. Former Milan Standard editor John Shifler dies after a paralytic stroke and is buried in Oklahoma. the piece notes family movements and town social ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Payne
Misa Magmie
Pueblo
Colo
Asbury
Raymond McClure
Kansas City
Misa Viola McGee
Kirksville
Mrs. Wilson
Gentry
Ark
W. T. Raffley
Enid
Okla
Presbyterian Church
John Shifler
Milan Standard
Greencastle
Shiffer
Yanton
Oklo
Oklahoma
Joseph
Fam
Road bond plan eyed to fund county road network
Farmers and business leaders in Green City press a petition to county court to call an election for selling 1 million in bonds to finance four major roads across the county with state and federal matching funds hoped. Major meetings were held in Milan and a Wednesday night gathering supported the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiy
Cambridge
Ohio
Barry Illinois Community Roundup Highlights Weather and Death
Barry Illinois notes report rough week with electric storm damage to A J Brown farm value over 3000 dollars. Nurse Madge Sellers discharged from New York hospital returns home. Local events include Rebekah lodge meeting Kinderhook tent meeting and Fourth of July plans. Several residents welcomed home from service and many birthdays celebrated.
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Barry
Ill
Barry Lodge
Rebekahs
Perry
A. J. Chamberlain
Long Beach
Cal
Madge Sellers
Red Cross
New York City
Frida
Kinderhook
Wm. Lloyd Crook
Sarah Hendricks
James Hendricks
Richfield Township
A. J. Brown
el Dora
Crescent Club
Lee Hulse
Everett Lawson
Alva Kaylor
Russell Drescher
Wm. Volbracht
Rev
Moffet
The
Baptist Church
Michigan
Scott Sikes
Funeral service changes in Hurdland church notice
Rev Conley was called to Hurdland last Sunday morning to preach the funeral of Dr B I Humphrey. No preaching services were held in the local Baptist church that day. Dr Humphrey formerly lived in Emerson and...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Samuels
Humphrey
Hurdland
Simon Scott
Georgia
Ben Kerrick
Kerrick
Lynn Banks Jr
Mr. Pointer
Arkansas
Cal Wright
Durham
Custer
Helen Smoot
Conley
B. IF. Humphrey
Baptist Church
Emerson
Peace Rider in Army Bill Sparks Senate Clash
The Knox resolution and a proposed peace rider provoked sharp lines on both sides of the debate. Supporters predicted no vote on the measure while opponents argued altering it to force separate action on the league would be impossible now. Senator Hale of Maine attacked the league covenant while offering an amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Senate
Hale
Maine
Lightning Sets Off Shotgun In Indiana
In Greensburg Indiana a lightning bolt struck the home of Thomas Kitchin and set off a shotgun causing the breech to fly off then hit a nearby rifle and discharge it into the ceiling no injuries were reported. The bolt then exited to a clothes line and a tree before sinking into the ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensburg
Ind
Thomas Kitchin
Here
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Earle G. Ham
Nellie A. Lander
Farmington
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Bates Park
Clinton Weaver
Martinsburg Township
Warren Ransom
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Aurora
Nebraska
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Elizabeth Mayo
Omaha
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Iss Ally
Mrs. Wallace
Chase, Kan
Robert Osborn
Claude B. Waters
Pittafield
Stuart Smith
A. J. Jex
Webster Grove
Misa Eva Hill
Florine Crane
Ray Kelley
Russell Crane
Detroit
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George Carroll
Pike County Threshermen’s Association
Robert Atchison
Minois
Florence
Board of Health
State Board of Health
William Benn
Ra. R. T. Hicks
Federated Church
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Weilers
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Indiana
Crescent Coal
John L. Pipe
Ware-Wayland CO
Lewis Shoe
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