Obituary notices of Oliver Townsend and Jesse Spray
Obituary records detail Oliver Townsend’s death on June 6 1922 at Huntsville Indiana with birth January 15 1868 and a life of faithful church service and family devotion. It includes funeral at Huntsville Methodist Episcopal church and burial at Maxville, plus a Garden of Thanks note from family. Jesse Fremont Spray born March 26 1856 near Winchester Indiana died May 20 1922 in Los Angeles California with surviving wife Emily Barry and son Orla D. Spray and four brothers, tracing a California move 29 years ago and death from indigestion.
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Jesus
Oliver Townsend
Linsnea
Slaster Viersman
John and
Elizabeth Bugerton Townsend
Greensfork
Indiana
Minsie Moore
Raleigh
Nebraska
Frank
Elmer
Melissa Dalby
Emma Hawkins
Wayne County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Huntsville
C. B. Sweeney
Mentone
A. E. Scotida
Maxville
Jesse Fremont Spray
Winchester
Los Angeles
California
Viretta Green
Orla D. Spray
A. H. Spray
Harrison Spray
Elk County
Kansas
J. K. Spray
Etiwanda
L. B. Spray
Notable Obituaries of Farquhar and Huffman Residents
Notices honor Lucy Maria Farquhar of Winchester who died June 7 1922 at age 92. Also memorial for Henry Clay Huffman of Portland who died June 16 1922 aged 75. Both had long Indiana ties and Civil War service. Farquhar was a dedicated quaker and Relief Corps member. Huffman served in Co 1 147th Indiana Infantry and left behind a large family.
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Lucia Maria Farquhar
John
Lucy Hempstead
Clinton County
Ohio
Winchester
Indiana
Amos Farquhar
Isaac J. Farquhar
Randolph County
Society of Friends
Woman’s Relief Corps
Silent farewell as life of devoted worker ends
A solemn note from the community honors a devoted life of service. Relatives and colleagues murmur no public greeting, yet faith holds that she has heard the words Well Done as her earthly labors end.
Death Solves Many Mysteries Poet Says of Father
Funeral from Bear Creek church New Dayton Indiana conducted by Rev A M Addington and Rev Peter Wasson on Sunday June 18 1922 at 2 30 pm Interment Bear Creek cemetery Card of Thanks from family thanking those who assisted during illness and death of beloved husband and father
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Bear Creek Church
New Dayton
Indiana
A. M. Addington
Winchester
Ind
Peter Wasson
Selma
Bear Creek
Christ
Woman police detect impostor who wore male clothes
Betla de Turk was stopped near the post office by policewomen Mrs. Dollie Fisher and Miss Emily Greer who identified her as a man in disguise. She admitted impersonating male characters at a cinema and was fined $25 plus costs for failing to return to feminine dress.
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Betla de Turk
Dollie Fisher
Emily Greer
Columbus Dispatch
Miss de Turk
Berry
DULL AND BRILLIANT YOUTHS DISCUSSION ON NATURE OF TALENT
A former headmaster reflects on brains and brightness in youth. He notes some students with high intelligence resist routine while seemingly dull youths may mature into capable adults. The piece cites the London Daily Mail and Dr Chalmers Mitchell on youth and intelligence.
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London Daily Mail
Chalmers Mitchell
Boy remarks on bread and grape juice at communion
Five year old Thomas, son of a northern Indiana editor, attended a Sunday communion service with his parents. After the service, while awaiting dinner, he cheerfully announced to Aunt Edith in the editor's car that they had bread and grape juice at the service.
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Thomas
Indiana
Edith
Indianapolis News
Historic Granite State Warship Set for Dismantling
The Granite State, among America’s first battleships, began in Maine in 1818 and later served as a New York training ship. Now moored in New York, she contains over a hundred tons of hand-made copper spikes rich in gold and silver as a copper component. The machinery company that bought her has faced many requests for souvenirs before destruction.
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United States
Granite State
Maine
New York
Camels Said to Live Up to a Century in Some Instances
The Journal-Herald notes camels can reach about one hundred years under certain conditions, highlighting their longevity.
Ambrose Wyrick to Headline Chautauqua with Accompanying Artists
Nationally known tenor Ambrose Wyrick will appear on the third day of the Chautauqua program in both the afternoon concert and the evening prelude. He is praised as a John McCormack type singer, capable of bringing life and meaning to grand opera arias and simple ballads. He will be joined by Ethel Murray English cellist and Earl James Judie concert pianist, promising a full tent.
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Ambrose Wyrick
John McCormack
Mr. Wyrick
Ethel Murray
Earl James
Chautauqua
Under His Hat The theater misdirection tale
A couple aims for a theater and cannot recall its street. They seek help from a policeman who jokes that he keeps all theaters in his hat. He reveals a tiny guidebook hidden in the hat showing the address after many turns of pages.
Oldest US bell in Barnstable County carries 1675 mark
The cracked silent bell in Barnstable courthouse is believed the oldest in the United States. Alfred Crocker of Barnstable notes 1675 visible on a photograph. The bell spent years in England before worship in Sandwich Town, later bought with gratitude from Mrs. Peter Adolph after Captain Adolph died in a 1697 wreck off the Massachusetts coast.
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Court House
Barnstable
Mass
United States
Alfred’ Crocker
England
America
Sandwich Town
Peter Adolph
Captain Adolph
Massachusetts
Sandwich
Boston Transcript
The Woman Who Sees Seeks Jamaica Trip Guide
A travel note recalls a spring Yongings for a sea voyage as a Woman in a department store asks for a Jamaica booklet. The clerk jokes about Jamaica not as a country but as Jamaica ginger, highlighting a humorous mix up in a travel lore vignette.
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Jamaica
Kipling’s Embankment rooms recall Literary Pilgrims
A London street scene near Charing Cross links Kipling’s early life to his fiction. The Embankment chambers at No 19 and related rooms housed his work as a youth, with Dick Heldar and Torpenhow connections and memories of the Thames shores, tables, and burnished oars.
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London
Villiers Street
Thames
Charing Cross
Rudyard Kipling
Embankment Chambers
Arthur Bartlett Mauztee
New York Herald
Kipling
Torpenhow
Dick Heldar
Torpethew
Bessie Broke
Charlie Mears
Bucket Shop Victims Sign in Store Window
A Boston Transcript quip notes a storefront poster offering Fleeced Men's Underwear greatly reduced. The cartoonish line mocks victims unable to pay after being fleeced, highlighting a satire on scam victims.
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Boston Transcript
All-Star Company Opens Chautauqua Trio
The All-Star Company presents a Chautauqua trio featuring Marcella Coyle violin cellist Amy Hanna Allpress planner and reader. They promise an ensemble of distinct talents with a full afternoon program and an evening prelude to the lecture.
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University of Nebraska
Marcella Coyle
Amy Hanna Allpress
Western trip journal ends long journey with teaching institute notes
The writer resumes semi monthly articles describing a year and a half Western trip. Highlights include October county institute at Pocatel lo center with teachers from nearby districts, diverse sessions, lectures on Europe and education, a pageant and banquet, and a visit by McAdoo. The author plans to return home to teach twenty five children and spread knowledge.
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Focacelio
Gannock
Bear Lake
Bingnam
Bute
Cartipou
Frankun
Unetua
Pocatello
Stage Co
Uepot
Idaho
Vucational
Waich
France
Italy
Spain
London
Ses McAdoo
Fecatello
E. R
Oty
Pocatello Institute
Sion
Europe Alone Calls For Genoa Conference Reconsideration
The Albany Journal argues the United States should not join a revised conference at The Hague or elsewhere. It notes Genoa showed Washington proper to refuse an economic talks forum admitting outlawed Russia as an equal. The paper cautions that shifting venue does not alter underlying policy.
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Genoa
Hague
United States
Washington
Russia
Aicof
Nee Place
Europe
Albany
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