Local contracts awarded for east side building project
Thomas H. Moore and A. M. Getty win the contract to erect the new building on the east side of the square by E. A. Billman. Several local items follow including parole releases for John Wells and Rufus Wheat, a robbery with a $20 hold up in Indianapolis, and travel notes about residents visiting Monroe Wisconsin and Tennessee. The Civil War and Spanish American War veteran enumeration plan, shoe repair shops adding electric machinery, a infant death and funeral, land dealings in Carlstadt Canada, a surgical appendectomy with positive recovery, a Fairbanks high school graduation on April 1 with Rev Talmage as speaker, and legal proceedings over a school building bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Moore
A. M. Getty
E. A. Billman
John Wells
Michigan City
Sherman
Rufus Wheat
State Board of Pardons
Ed B. Watson
John Watson
Indianapolis
W. E. Aydelotte
Monroe
Wisconsin
W. O. Thornberry
Tennessee
Marshall Graham
Butte
Montana
Austin Sinclair
U. S. Army
Navy
National Guards
Maxwell-Cowles Shoe Company
Julius Harry Shoe Company
Fairbanks High School
Pogues Hall
Fairbanks
Talmage
Congregational Church of
Terre Haute
Samuel Woodsmall
Buff
Marjorie Steel
North Main Street
Graysville Spring Arrives Amid Local Happenings
Spring mood settles over Graysville as Thomas Turman returns from Columbus Indiana for vacation while neighbors report family visits, Easter programs, and school closing on April 10. Weather roars with last Thursday’s gale. road crews improve roads. farm news includes barn additions and poultry egg runs. local ads note Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs.
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller Ad
Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for swollen tender feet relieves bunions and pain and makes walking delightful. Sold everywhere 25c sample free. Ad dress Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy NY 244.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen S. Olmstead
le Roy
N. Y
Big Springs Social News Highlights
Eno visited Sullivan on Saturday. Mrs. Sadie Duffer and Ruth spent Saturday in Merom. Thomas Durham and family plus Mrs. Ridgeway Eastered at Dr. Durham's. Eastern Star attended by Mrs. Collier and Mrs. Turman in Graysville. Heaviest rain in months fell Monday. Warren Watson sold a hog for forty dollars eighty eight cents per hundredweight. Dr. Durham in Merom Saturday. Maude Watson and children visited Mahan in Merom. Will Watson reports a large Duroc sow that farrowed nineteen pigs Thursday, fourteen alive and thriving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Springs
E. C. Eno
Sullivan
Sadie Duffer
Ruth
Merom
Thomas Durham
Ridgeway
Agents Wanted for Special Accident and Health Policies
Classified notice offering agents a genuine income with exclusive territory and high commissions for selling accident and health policies issued to men and women. Policies include a $3,000 death benefit and $15 weekly bene fits at $5 yearly, with renewals and perman ent income guaranteed. National Accident Society contact at 320 Broadway New York Est 27 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Accident Society
Broadway
New York
Severe rain and wind sweep Fairbanks area
A severe rain and wind storm hit Friday morning in the Fairbanks section. Local notes report several community movements including Charles Badger Jr relocating and oats sowing delayed by wet conditions. Community members attend church events and report illnesses and visits across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Charles Badger, Jr
Narrows
Mt. Tabor
Measles Case Rise Noted Amid Local Updates
E A Billman funeral director reports several measles cases in town. Frank Harmon, miners examining board president, is sick. Alex Adams, who mashed his hand at mine 33, can work again. Mr and Mrs Steve Klinger travel to Ohio for a few weeks. Mrs Marshall Smith recovers from a broken leg. Miss Lillie Smithson visits Wilfred this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harmon
Miners Examining Board
Alex Adams
Steve Klinger
Ohio
Marshall Smith
Lillie Smithson
Scott City Community Notes and Local Movements
George Halberstadt visits sister Mrs John Ring in Scott City. Thomas Riggs moves to a farm southeast of town. Charles Woodsmall relocates to Jas Anderson property. James Hyatt plans to move to Jacob Parks property in the east. Don Starkey recovers and is out again. Miss Katie Scott and Lloyd Howard in Shelburn Saturday night. Marie Hardin of Benson Chapel visits Cleo McDonald. Scott City school to close Friday. Alva and Dave Skinner duck hunt at the Wabash Saturday. Protracted meeting at Douglas chapel led by Rev Adams of Prairie Creek. Mrs L B Hamilton and daughter Pansy visit Hymera Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Jas Pradbury of Winifred visit Al Nelson and family Sunday. Mrs Adrian Howe and children of east Shelburn spend Easter with Jno Ring. Mr Cummins of Farmersburg visits town Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott City
George Halberstadt
John Ring
Thomas Riggs
Charles Woodsmall
Jas. Anderson
James Hyatt
Jacob Parks
Cummins
Farmersburg
Bible and Astronomy Objections to Creation Days
The text presents a dialogue defending biblical Genesis against scientific objections. It argues Moses wrote to instruct faith, not to reveal modern astronomy, and notes the heavens serve Earth’s illumination and divine revelation. It addresses sequence of creation, possibility of long geological periods, and light sources before the sun, citing geology and historians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Earth
God
Heaven
Voltaire
Garden of Eden Visit Attracts Few Travelers
Report notes that in Turkish Arabia the Garden of Eden draws hardly more than a dozen white travelers annually due to its extreme inaccessibility. Yet some imply visitors may miss out by fearing disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden of Eden
Turkish Arabia
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Peraonnals
Will Rogers
P. C. Lisman
M. HE. Church
Alex
David Ross
Carlstadt
Canada
A. J. Ross
Charles Kirkham
Robert Kirkham
Danville
Alice Barco
Alice Sibley
Sarah Rebecca Stratton
Mary Louise Willis
Bessie Nichols
Helen Leah MacGuire
Robert Reed
William Burks
Zola Sibley
John William Bays
Harold Lucas Bays
Kenneth Cox Crowder
John Chaney, Jr
Julu
Hatry Shoe Co
Pratt’s
Hesses, International
Lees
Leonard’s
Ferry
Mandeville & King’s
W.l.funt
Graysville
Thomas Turman
Columbus
Ind
Frank Bruner
New Lebanon
Fern Burton
Swat
Timberlake
Evansville
Della Trueblood
Yeager
Shelburn
James Medsker
Anna Burton
Methodist Sunday School
Mission Cause
James Arnett
Jim Scott
Ira Drake
Albin Bicknell
Essie
Warren Dickerson
Everett Trueblood
Pimento
Edgar Strain
Carl Lester
B. F. Munroe
James Osborn
Loren Thomas
Earl Gaston
Roy Trueblood
Percy Lester
Middletown
Miss Sevier
Edith Harmon
Zola Martin
Dr. Bland
Charles Bostic
West Union
J.C. Foutz
J. P. Martin
Foley
Joe K. Smock & Son
Rachel Daugherty
Devlin
Martinsville
Ills
Charles Fairfield
Como
Fairfield
J. B. Newlin
Shideler
Wabash
Emma Cowen
Friends of the College
Hatten
Edith Wells
Telephone Exchange
Palestine
Ill
Merom Herald
Daisy Foote
John Springer
Manford Osborn
Fred Wernz
Anton Wernz
David Whitlock
Hymera
M. E
Rev. Geo. Fuson
Baptist Church
W. J. Williams
Clyde Parsons
U. B
Wilfred
H. M. Williams
Lloyd Williams
Walter Chance
the Terre
Wnself
Geneva
Pfuosier Bargain
Hugo Miller
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