Newsy Notes from Neighborhood Exchanges
Rattlesnake bite kills a male at Persimmon Grove. Miss Lucy Marriott dies of typhoid at her father Thomas Marriott’s home near Browns. Weldings are common at Bone Gap. Lual Josie Harris wed James Montgomery. Lila Harris and Sam McKinsie married near Mt. Carmel. Nora Herrin and Tom Hinton also wed. Deep-well drilling halted. board considers repurposing $2000 to build a rainwater reservoir after finding no coal or water at 45 feet. Grandma Hassewinkle dies at her son Willian’s east of West Salem at age 14 months or years. note from Albion Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bone Gap
Josie Harris
James Montgomery
Lila Harris
Sam McKinsie
Mt. Carmel
Nora Herrin
Tom Hinton
Coutiouing
J. Avooly Co
Grandma Hassewinkle
Willian Hassewinkle
West Salem
Old canning factory burns. losses loom large in county
Fire swept the so called old canning factory used as an evaporating plant, destroying the building and evaporated fruit and apples valued in the thousands. Mrs Gerber and other locals suffered heavy losses as a blaze raged Monday night. A widow, Elizabeth Dietrick Scherer, died after months of illness. Ralph Grimes faced a jail term for a fine. a deputy marshal was struck in a confrontation. several local firms reported debts and new church plans advanced. a commission to a second lieutenant was issued. a major lawsuit awarded $10,000 to Miss Hannah Mayes as damages in a typhus case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MccMartry & Son
Christian Church Congregational Business Meeting
Third
Broadway Streets
Millie Eastridge
Sycamore ‘Atreet
Methodist Church
Warren J. Berry
South Eighth Street
Carhimve
Theorton
Promine
Hannah Mayen
Jordan
Yney
Mies Mayes
Local society figures and notable deaths in short notes
Fragmented notices recount a society leader near Decker Station and a wealthy A G Jundan linked to Jordan Bros. A WALLASH family plans relocation to Centralia Washington. Fishing notes report a jack salmon catch near Grand Rapids and a white salmon claim. Wabash river pollution worries farmers who must water cattle from wells. John H Kreider's mental illness leads to asylum commitment, Addison Douglass dies aged eighty four. Belmont Thorsday obituary for Douglass, neighbors mourn. A Maltese cat injures a child. mayor Oblendorf intervenes and the cat is killed. Elmer Smith to wed Grace Hewitt in Cairo Methodist Church. Smith’s lineage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alka
Centralia
Washington
Grand Rapida
David Carlton
Colfer Intend
Cap
Hayward
Wabash
Wella
John H. Kreider
Anna
Kreider
Addison Douglass
Belmont Thorsday
Douglass
Joe Douglass
Grayville
Bellmont
J. W. Sanford
Tts
Felow
Elmer Smith
Big Four
Missouri Pacific Bus
Cairo
Grace Hewitt
R. A. Hewitt
Eighth’ Street
Palestine woman dies of lockjaw and other local items
Crawford Mrs A N Wintera of Palestine dies from lockjaw and is buried in Sullivan. Hudtsonville to Everett man Ben Batey sustains severe lacerations in a saw mill accident. Mrs E Crowley’s Third Ward home slightly struck by lightning. Richwoods resident Endgington dies. his mother Narcissa had died a month earlier. A man loses a pet snake, Collie Lively suffers a serious foot injury. Chicago man Thorpoon announces an ice plant to be built here costing about 15000, daily capacity ten tons. Flat Rock fire damages several homes near the hotel area. total losses around 4000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Wintera
Palestine
Sullivan
Ben Batey
Hudtsonville
Everett
Wash
Endgington
Richwoods
Baker Cemetery
Narcissa Edgington
Peter Walker
Collie Lively
Bay
Thorpoon
Chicago
Tacaing
Men
Dan
Jax Rederick van Yeetroyed
Flat Rock
Rondarted
Evon
Holdinga
Dy Hayhnest
D. Reavill
D.C. Bristow
Accidents and Local Notices From Various Towns
Reports of a buggy overturning injuring C K Patton and Ruth Patton near this city, a well being drilled by Shoals Prospecting Co., a severe barrow accident to Milo Newcomb, a warrant for Harry Caster, and a South African store anecdote with Castor biting. Local figures and sales of Chamberlain’s remedies noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.K. Patton
Ruth
M. Patton
The Beat te au Chrapest newspaper description
An advertisement extols a weekly paper as cheap yet high quality and fully informative. It claims the Twice-a-Week Recorder prints all worthwhile news and keeps readers posted on important world affairs. Subscriptions cost 1 per year with local agents or mail, directed to St Louis, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tits Bercanic
St. Lonia
Pain Balm and Remedies Featured in Local Notice
Stricken by partial paralysia, Henderson Grimett improves after two bottles of a pain balm as praised by George R. McDowan of Logan county. The piece touts various cures, mentions a Scottish preacher, a tabby anecdote, and extols Kim's New Discovery for coughs and bronchial troubles with Dale & Sheridan's trial bottles offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Grimett
Chamberlain
R. McDowan
Man
Logan County
W. Va
Dale & Sheridan
Mia Teather
de Kim
Dale & Sheridan's
Foreclosures and divorses dominate local court docket
Up to Tuesday noon Junie Newlin disposed of cases including multiple foreclosures, partitions and continuations. Notable items: Spangler vs Melnioeb injunct ion continued. Emery Pano vs Jefferson Majora foreclosure continued. Boren vs Dunsun foreclosure. Cunningham vs Fitch foreclosure continued. Mary Groven vs Girovee partition final master report approved. various conveyance, docketed reports filed, and divorces granted upon costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junie Newlin
JM Spangler
Melnioeb
Emery Pano
Jefferson Majora
Wm Boren
Jas Dunsun
Lucy Cunningham
Wim F Fitch
Martha E Brian
Partliog
Bridgeport K & J
Bert Price
Canveyaore
Mary Groven
Henry Girovee
Palmer Jones
Nancy Jones
Partigon
Pearl Lackey
Robi Mrtehed
Perlina Mulre
Thom
Cook
Bey
Macy
Atkine
B& L
Bartow
Sandifordt & Gouge
Metarter
Jahn
Parker
Reantond
Tarrie
Porter
Moria
Mary Gamale
Helle
Harton
Conover
Willer
Philip W Karnes
Henry
Alsa
Mortim
Blair
Partivien
Reeves & Cooea Bilnworth
Heath
Uriah Sparke
Costa Vlyemes
Mitchell
Marah Witehell
Heyane
Also Mentioned on This Page
T. L Jomes
Hoes
Gochenour
Brown Shoe Co
St. Louis
Dale
W. R. Dale
Dale & Sheridan’s Drug Store
Staninger & Son
Sumner Market
Jade
Derpert
Ani Organ Bosinega
Wall Bean Sumner
HM Seed
Orrington Ave
Franeton, Ill
M.J, Smmp
Newsy
WRIA
Grant Chalcrat
Persimmon Grove
Lucy Marriott
Thomas Marriott
Browns
Gerber
Gerwan Township
Elisabeth Scherer
Thae Adam Scherer
Preston Township
Elizabeth Dietrick
Switzerland
Ralph Grimes
Noble
Brown
Squire Hanna
Oider
The
Fair Association
Robert D. Goodwin
Artie Callop
North Fifth Street
United States Infantry
Mary Mayes
Decker Station
A. G Jundan
Girw
Jordan Bros
Decker
Wallash
Crawford
Serry Notes
Shoala
Shoale Prospecting Company
Shoals Prospecting Company
Harrow
Mif Newcomb
Norris City
Squire Doak
Harry Caster
Artie Allred
Squire Craig
Allred
Hawke
Casteel
Paris
O. Rs. Larson
Bay Villa
River
Cape Colony
Phin
Au Chrapest
Scotland
Don
S Lion
Circuit Court
People
Samuel Buchanan
Willin Ridpley
Isaac Griffin
John Mullins
S. Weeer
Modameey Buggy Co
Mary Hughes
Wathen
Elizabeth Black
Jobo Derr
Indianapolia Millinery Co
E S Woods
ES Wonda
J McDowell
CH Jones
J M Bogart
JQ McDowell
Sumner
Panty
Epperaun
Chancery
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