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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1916
Page
5
Local Melrose items show residents buying and selling, social visits, and travel as well as an measles outbreak and whooping cough. The April 1887 Dolson correspondence recalls township elections, new homes, church events, and a memorial sermon.
Cole & Cole of Marshall Illinois advertise comprehensive coverage for farm and city property with strong companies and low rates. They invite written inquiries or phone calls for terms.
Voter turnout at township election reached 109 votes with Democrats sweeping all posts. Farmers faced wet ground delaying oats sowing while few sowed early in April. Various visitors and family ties noted, including Bruce Brainard and the Montgomerys. Measles and a few injuries are reported amid a quiet period after a Tuesday primary.
Spring terms of school have opened. Mrs. John Bartram visited Mrs. Arch Dulaney. Willie Kesler started work for Fred Guinnip north of Marshall. Mrs. Meda Kesler and Mrs. Nelle Kesler shopped in Marshall. Dr. John Hunt and son Oscar of West Terre Haute were here. M. E. church ladies served lunch at the election. Dollie Owen of Chicago visits her mother Ora McHenry. William Thomas of Clinton, Ind., spent time with John Bartram and family. Edna Stricker and Miriam Crumlin visited Mrs. Fred Guinnip north of Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Smith of Perrysville, Ind., spent the weekend with Luther Medley. Sunday school announced preaching at the M. E. church April 13 and 14. all are invited.
Homer Don Romine spent Sunday with home folks. Waldo Fox from north of Dolson visited on Wednesday. Merril McCabe came from Charleston last week. Ernest Brosman and Ella Snider are the latest measles victims. Walter Taggart moved in with his daughter Mrs. Will Sutton. Farmers worked part of Thursday in oats fields. W. H. McKee from near Kansas looked after his farm Thursday. Ralph Jeffers planted potatoes, the first to do so.
Neighborhood updates show John VanFleet in Terre Haute for the weekend while Mrs. Clara Shotwell visited her parents. Miss Sarah Bartlett celebrated her sixteenth birthday with friends via games and music Saturday. Several residents, including Miss Ida Craig, Lewis Bledsow, and Prof. J D Shotwell, were mentioned in weekend visits or departures across Walnut Prairie, Marshall, and southern Illinois.
Sunday notices list Mrs. Emma Bohn buying a new player piano andRev Jones preaching Saturday night and Sunday. Otto Alabansh visited Cherley Ogle family while Francis Jones visited Zamnett and Harry Tharp. WY Holwick made a business trip to Biarshell. Raymond Hirington plans to be home for Sunday. Several cases of whooping cough reported.
The note lists social happenings around Hatton including Miss Elizabeth Gard returning to Charleston after a weekend visit, Commodore and William Collier visiting J. L. Collier's family, Agnes and Remonia Bailey visiting Elizabeth and Grace Collier, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tharp traveling with cousins to visit E. L. Anderson and wife in Chrisman.
Dull farming days and cleanup plans mark the period as spring begins. Eleven measles cases, quarantined, prompt public health notes from Illinois authorities and local concerns on gas and weather. Local marriages, school events, and a public meeting at Vevay Park seek to advance the National Road project.
W O Price erects a neat cottage on east Dyer street. James Nash begins a new residence on east Washington street. Mr Tatt and Hazalrig have coal options on land east of Casey. William Davidson departed Tuesday for Clemens Michigan. Dated snippets from the Banner Time.
Born to Mr and Mrs W F Strader Wednesday a girl Mrs Henry Booth of Shippensburg Pa is guest of Mr and Mrs J J Zellars J H Parker went to Springfield Wednesday to take the Shriners degree In Masonry L A Brown went to Springfield Colo Monday to look after his farm which he purchased some time ago Mrs A R Hayes returned home from Los Angeles Calif Monday where she spent the winter She was accompanied home by her grandson Ralph Hayes
George Bowen a Marshall business caller on Monday. Sunday visits include Perry Bowen with David Weir family Nellie Towell and baby with Mrs George Bowen and Miss Lola Bowen with Miss Julia Grubbe. School starts at Cottonwood with Miss Merle McNary. 17 guests at Perry Bowens musical. Herschel Weir hosts Sunday guests Julia Grubbe Cora Weir Lola Bowen Wil Hays Clinton Towell Perry and John Weir.
W A Shotwell will hold a public sale of livestock and farm implements at the Wash Kregger farm two and a half miles west of Walnut Prairie and fourteen miles south of the Ohio schoolhouse on Thursday, April 20.
Advertisement from Melrose township offers the Pure Bred Clydesdale Stallion Prince Charming No. 17035 for breeding service at the barn. Describes the four year old, about 1900 pounds, priced with an initial fee of 19.50. Farmers urged to investigate the horse before breeding.
Ben Crow appears in a dispute or inquiry at the West Union, with unclear details and missing context about the phone reference. No further information is provided in the fragment.
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