12 Apr 1911
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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1911
Page
1
Community notes report Casey visitors and marriages while detailing election activity. Johnson township rock road vote narrowly defeated. Local residents resignations, moves, and health news appear alongside obituaries and civic notices from Huntington and nearby towns.
School commenced at No 45 on Monday. The on train had 1 ball coaches Saturday. Miss Jennie Shepperd spent Friday here with friends. Early sown oats on flat land are feared not to grow. Our phone line works better since the new wire was put up. Prof L McCabe's two sons of Martinsville spent Sunday here with friends. Mr Sloan of Bellair moved to the Maus property and will all the Romine farm. The carrier says it was those candidate cigars we gave him that caused his team to run away. West Martinsville sends away fifty tank cars a week.
Harry Maurer sold a team of horses last week as the community notes several residents from the vicinity with mumps. Louie Hawker visited Adam Remlinger at Stringtown. Ola Kuhn spent days with sister Daisy Hell of Clarksville. Frank Geisert and family visited Ed Geisert and family at Fishback. Miss Lillian Kuhn of Terre Haute spent weekend with home folks. Wm Satter and wife and son John called on Uncle Tom Whitson Saturday evening. Jim Ferguson, lately working on the prairie, spent several days with his parents. Fenton Taylor of Oak Grove had dinner with grandparents George Washler and wife on Wednesday.
Peter Wesser spent the weekend with home folks while Rosa Liffick visited relatives in Terre Haute. Funeral services were held for Grandmother Eckels. The Baggs brothers moved their saw mill to Wil Davidson's and begin work this week. Wesley Beard and family visited James Beil and others over Sunday. Grace Baggs returned from a visit with aunt Elmeda Raster of Hall.
Fragments show Mabel Garver visiting Sai area on Saturday with relatives. Mentions Adams and family, Dry and Dryan, James Adams and wife, Airy Evansy visiting, plus church chap messages and local social ties.
Rainy roads hinder farming delaying oat sowing as fields stay saturated. Local residents travel to visit relatives and attend church services while election turnout yields one reelected trustee. Celebrations mark Uncle Abe Johnsons 85th birthday with over 100 guests.
A Michigan lawyer allegedly used a phonograph recording to break a will by trapping and smashing a magic record note. The claimant’s client spoke the will into a talking trumpet and the attorney destroyed the record to invalidate the document.
An OCR fragment references a speech or sermon about hope and the people. It mentions dates, numbers, and phrases like arms in 1915 and a mention of workers with a pick and shovel. Context unclear due to garbled text.
A fragmented account describes the first day of the new Congress, with committee notification to the president, seat drawing by a blindfolded page, and early factional alignments. Key figures like Cannon Mann and Underwood choose sides as Illinois’ Foster secures a backseat position and Rainey and Graham land distant corners. Adjournment follows with expectations of sharp battles to come.
Fragments describe a tornado and a fire affecting Seethir area residents. The unreadable text hints at damage and possible investigations by local authorities.
A garbled OCR style snippet offers no clear events or identifiable entities. The readable parts include scattered fragments and questions without coherent subject, place, date, or names to anchor a summary. The piece appears incomplete and non-representative of a complete news item.
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