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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1910
Page
8
Two new 100 piece English dinner sets arrive for house cleaning time. A J G Meakin blue brown gold edge set and a Johnson Bros semi porcelain pink flower green vine set. Regular 15 price 12 each. Also assorted cups saucers plates and plain white wares at bargain prices with Haviland specials this week.
Mart Price is very sick and Henry Randall, aged 76, is in poor health. The township election produced few surprises, while the road tax proposal was defeated. Farmers prepare to plant corn as Martinsville aims to boost poultry. Old pioneer Robert Francis, born in England in 1832, remains a town figure.
A brief news item from Martinsville recounts residents returning home to curing fields, a mild winter, and a church wedding between Ralph Carper and Bertha VanHorn. It mentions John Husted’s orchard holdings, a long lease on a 15 acre tract, and grafting plans. The piece also records the death of Hack Hoskins and an injury to Comrade Ben Blankenbaker. It ends with a public notice urging road officials to post town names on crossroads boxes.
A 1910 notice to rural route patrons from Washington requests that post offices urge customers to paint their mailbox boxes and attached posts pure white. The aim is weather protection and a neater, more sanitary appearance for rural delivery.
Weir and Weir offer several farms for sale with flexible payments and possession possible this spring. Some farms include rent for the year. buyers can also trade for city property in Marshall Casey West Union or Terre Haute.
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