OWL CREEK Community Notes and Local Socials
Local residents attend funerals visits and gatherings across Owl Creek. Names include Vernon Swagger Amos Tharp Zelpha Williams and Bert Custard among many with relatives in Hartford City Marion and Van Wert Ohio. A Christian Endeavor service at McNatt Church and a large KKK meeting at McNatt with Rev Harper McClure are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNatt
L. J. Beavans Field
Harper McClure
Klan
Musci
Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement from Van Buren Mechanic
Chas Carr of Van Buren reports kidney strain from heavy work and night visits to pass secretions. After relatives used Doan’s Kidney Pills he began taking them and says they cured him. Ends with price 60 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Chas. Carr
E. Main St
van Buren
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Mfrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Rain fuels hopes for bumper crop in Landessville
Rain keeps corn growing well and raises expectations of a bumper harvest. Local notes report injuries from a stroke to Mrs. Theodore Hamilton and chats about visits, trips, church events, and a chicken thief problem near town with dramatic near-capture incidents.
Local Social Notes Highlight Week of Visits
Mr and Mrs Bill Beard spent part of the week with Mr and Mrs W H McKee. Mr and Mrs Will Chopson visited with Lon Neff and family. Mrs Ray Faulkner of Marion was weekend guest of Mrs Jane Cruse and Hannah Parr. Rev Mrs Meadows called on Mrs Alice Dillman. Ira Swagger and family visited Vern Swagger and family. Charles Nestleroad and children of Billings Ohio visited Mr and Mrs J W Palmer. Eva Cruse spent Friday with ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Woodard
Abijah Johnson
Frank McKee
Russell Sine
Sor
Alva Sine
Dundee
Pauline Knote
Guy Conwell
George Cruse
Robert Butler
Earl Beard
Faye Boxell
Okla
Berlie Swagger
Rhetta Zoda
W. A. Ritche
Meadows
Huntington
Josiah Slusher
James Farr
H. C. Creviston
Geraldine Zoda
Rachel Howell
W. C. Slusher
Ralph Leas
Floyd Riggs
Bill Beard
W. H. McKee
Will Chopson
Lon Neff
Ray Faulkner
Marion
Jane Cruse
Hannah Parr
Alice Dillman
Ira Swagger
Vern Swagger
Charles Nestleroad
Billings, Ohio
J.W. Palmer
Eva Cruse
Families Visit Relatives and Plan Ice Cream Social
Mr and Mrs Harry Farr and sons and Warner Welsh and daughter Victo motored to Anderson Sunday to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Roy Bole visited in Marion Sunday. Estie Welsh left Tuesday to visit daughter Mrs Joe Beard of Bridgeport II. Vern Doyle entertained at Sunday dinner with Almont Williams and son. Rev R L Wiggins visited James Griffith home Sunday. Mrs Lillie Baird visited Emma Nelson Monday. Miss Ernestine Farr shopped in Marion Tuesday. Clyde Nelson and Glendora of Van Buren visited Emma Nelson Tuesday. Farrville Ladies Aid to host ice cream social Tuesday evening Aug 21 on the church lawn. Small program planned. come and invite friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Farr
Warner Welsh
Victo
Anderson
Roy Bole
Marion
Estie Welsh
Joe Beard
Bridgeport
Vern Doyle
Almont Williams
R. L. Wiggins
James Griffith
Lillie Baird
Emma Nelson
Ernestine Farr
Clyde Nelson
Glendora
van Buren
Enoch Farr
Clarence McMillan
Margaret Stephens
Warren
Farrville Ladies Aid
Dillie Byall Buys North Town Residence
Mrs. Dillie Byall purchases the Earl A Crum residence in the north part of town for 550 dollars. Formerly listed as the Corey Hodgson property. Deal arranged through Fraizer and DePoy agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillie Byall
Earl A. Crum
Corey Hodgson
Fraizer & DePoy Agency
Appointment of Administrator for William Sparks Estate
Notice states that Farmers Trust & Savings Co and K F Ferree as attorney announce the appointment of administrator for the estate of William Sparks, deceased of Van Buren Township Grant County Indiana. The estate is believed solvent. August 2916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sparks
van Buren Township
Grant County
Indiana
Farmers Trust & Savings CO
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Owl Creek
Vernon Swagger
Amos Tharp
Russell Mann
Naomi Rolling
Hartford City
R. A. Evans
J. W. Larkin
Dorothy Jones
Garent Slusher
Zelpha Williams
Ernest Jones
Ruth Little
Baby
Dorothy
Lucille Alexander
Lorinda Oxley
Bert Jones
Russell Follis
John Jackson
Arthur Williams
Ed Krieg
Bert Joens
Amos Sutton
Bluffton
Fred
Paul Oxley
Robert Ervin
Near Majonica
M. E. Luckey
William Foster
van Wert
Ohio
Jay Lee
Amos Alexander
Lucille
Donald
Glen Stephenson
James Hetrick
Robert Whitman
Oxley
Miss Garnett
Charline Slusher
Rev
Charles Slusher
Muncie
Veer Ditzler
Greensburg
Hanging Rock
Mrs
Ralph Pryor
Farrville
D. Hl. Coffield
Noah
Jas Coffield
Ilo Wilkins
Sam Dehavens
Near
Markle
Warren Pancoast
Pauline
Martha Naomi
Christian Endeavor
McNatt Church
Mary Leonard
Osa Oxley
Deiight Parker
Rachel Ginnis
Martelle Elmore
Harvey Friar
Frank Tharp
Mildred
Osborn
Della
Liberty Center
Cecil Jackson
W. C. Ditzler
Webster Lake
Lester Williams
Harvey Friar Home
Carl Griffith
Bert Custard
Vernor
Floyd Parker
Clarence Cloud
Ward Williams
O. R. Williams
Norman
Fairmount
Jasper Roberts
Hanfield
Landers
Union Chapel Church
Poland
China
Gale
Keystone
South Bend
Singer
Dixie Flyer
Ladies Aid
Union Chapel
Phillips & Bradford
Eagle “Mikado
Yone
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
Landessville
Theodore Hamilton
Jacob Kitch
Osage
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park
Enoch Burke
Chesterfield
Dell Hewitt
Niagra Falls
Belinda Clevenger
William
William Whiteside
David
Harry Welch
Dillman
Adam Pulley
John Howard
Here
John
Howard
Pat
Bum Cleverenger
Bum
M. B. Hewitt
K. F. Ferree
Geo. G.richardson, Jr
Paxton
Alva F. Duckwall
U. S
United States
Kokomo FE
Cline Lumber Company
Arnal C. Merrell
van Buren, Indiana
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