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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1921
Page
8
A seven year old Carl tells his mother he has a sweetheart and asks if boys marry girls for their looks or for being good like his mother. The mother ponders the idea in a gentle domestic moment.
Brief items from across Illinois report public school textbook votes set for April 16, Rockford College students showing dress code concerns, Duke topics include sunflowers silage and road planning in Christian county. Other notes mention gold ore traces in Belvidere, a major oil tank loss in Lawrence county, a new water reservoir plan for Pana, mine deaths at Dowell, a civil suit in Eureka, and a Yale bowl sized stadium proposal at Urbana University of Illinois.
Governor Len Small designates April 17 to 23 1921 as health promotion week urging schools civic bodies and citizens to improve sanitation hygiene and disease prevention. He cites 1920 Illinois health statistics and calls for state department planning and public contact for lasting health benefits.
Miss Lillian gobais attends school at Charleston Normal School after Easter vacation. Howard Cornwell visits from Indianapolis. Mrs Marie Parker of Moline Kansas visits with her parents Mr and Mrs Lee Weeden. Miss Nora Briscoe teaching in Paris high school spends Easter with parents. N A Barriolow dies at Charleston sanitarium after brain fever. Doras class hosts shower for Mrs Bruff Vanscoyk. Dorothy Knapp visits from Greencastle. Mrs Harry Wilson hosts W H O club. Red Cross class meets with new officers. Mrs Frances Sandy operated on for large tumor. recovery progressing.
A distinguished peer’s butler, overly servile, shows nervous strain during a large dinner party. After bravely serving coffee, he confesses through a quivering plea that his “ougp” has burned for three hours and a half, seeking mercy from his master.
Sylvian Richey begins duties as assistant. Anna Kuhner employed to teach spring term at Pleasant Grove starting April 11. Elizabeth Stinson in poor health. L B Newman slightly better. Cecil and Mabel Babcock visited Flora Graham. Hurst of Kansas visiting Marlow. Families host guests. Willie Bubler buys a new Ford. Farm Bureau meeting at Baptist church well attended. Bert Clapp and family, Wm Clapp and families, Emil Clapp and Ora Fox groups visit Grandview and Redman.
Rural schools held final exams on Monday April 4 with A B Mount and Mrs Clump supervising at Robinson area. Lottie Nidey and Murray Guyer wed last week with Rev T C Bailiff officiating. Commencement at Hutsonville Mee Church Friday night features Prof Watson of Robinson High School.
The Lantern reports slide meetings in various communities over the county attracting about 100 to 150 attendees in Clarksville on Saturday night. A speaker urged members to engage openly with their organizations and participate in plans. Signs for farm bureau members are to be distributed to help locate members, with state and county bureaus expanding advertising and member visibility. The federation highlighted achievements like cutting railway valuation for guaranteed earnings, securing European corn borer funding, and pushing taxation and marketing reforms.
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