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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1909
Page
2
Two hundred acres have been contracted for growing crops to be used at a cane mill. Wright left Friday after Louis where she will be employed for several weeks as matron.
James Tefft Jr. visits Springfield. Lee Briscoe heads to Iowa for summer work. Local talk points to new summer work, visits from Charlies Dunn and Mrs Lashbrook. A $10 election day handoff aids a neighbor's auto repair. CH & D depot break-in suspected booze theft. prior theft noted. Gravel tax votes pass Mills road 200 to 62 and fail Tyler road 154 to 83. Foley’s Kidney Remedy promoted as spring tonic. Newlin Bros lumber yard office burglary reported. minor. River launches to boost floating recreation. Durrett arrest for selling liquor on houseboat. released on $100 bail. Local elections: John Ross elected assessor. Henry Millhouse near-victory for justice. Democrats choose Hendrix, Hurst, Babcock. other offices contested. No constable nominations. write-in wins recorded for Davis and Claypool.
Local residents report travel and homecomings from Corpus Christi Pensacola and Oklahoma City. The Parker couple celebrate 50 years of marriage. Adjutant General J. Scott funeral escort planned. Ohio Oil Casey plant promotions noted. Casey foreman promotion at P Walker farm. Honey and Tar advertisement promotes safe cold remedy with brand name Boley’s.
Vern Fox spent Sunday with home folks while Hurley Johnson visited Charley Turner. Dr. W. E Barnes of Clarksville buys a new car. Grandma Babcock shows improvement. Lizzie Lutz of Paris joined Fred Wieland for Easter. Charley Goekler and wife visited John Goekler in Mozart. Pearly Babcock attends Danville school and vacationed with family. Mrs. Amos Morgan stayed with her sister Mrs. Allen Pennel near Auburn who is ill.
The farming notes report poor wheat yields and wet conditions hindering oats while peach trees show promise. Cold spells after heavy rains stressed oats. some sowing may occur if weather stays fair. Township funds fall short by 717 dollars. a 300 tax levy and road levy were approved.
Elmer Phillips Jost and Carl Beachout feature in a string of brief rural items. Edna Newman teaches the spring term at No. 45 while Tom Husted reports warm soil that roasted potatoes. Mrs. Blakeman, Mrs. Epperson, and Bert Culbertson appear in short visits and work updates across Martinsville Vandalia Westfield and a Danville tower assignment.
Easter Sunday activities include egg roasts while Reuben Tingley suffers typhoid and pneumonia fever. Local residents visited, weddings occurred in Marshall, frosts damaged pears but peaches survived, and a two month school term began. Several villagers battle ailments from sore feet to rheumatism amid family visits and weddings.
F G Hasten and wife were in West Union Saturday afternoon. Mrs Hatton of Arcola visited F G Hasten and family. Edna Baker of Chicago visits local friends. Jep Bartlett and wife from Ohio vicinity visited Wm Medsker family. Mrs L S Snavely and daughter Alice spent Sunday with Elmer Snavely and wife. Mrs C W Cornwell and Mrs Frank Hedges Jr with children visited Fred and Perry Wells. Preaching next Sunday and Sunday night with prayer meeting Wednesday. Mrs Geo Downey and grandson Ralph Adams visited Co EB Thompson's family. Easter services at West Union reported as good.
Veida spent Sunday with her father Enoch Wyrick. Mrs Henry Carpenter and children visited a week with Mr and Mrs Tom Carpenter. Mrs James Carpenter returned home from a week with her mother Mrs Barton of Oblong. John Higginbotham and family, Lewis Markin and wife shared dinner with Will Carpenter family Sunday. Mrs Joe Liffick and Golda visited Mrs Enoch Wyrick Thursday. School began Monday with Miss Mandy Shotwell as teacher.
Miss Mattie English travels to Oliver each Thursday for music lessons. Our school shows progress with Miss Lola Smith teaching and likely making a mark in the profession. Local notes mention fruit prospects, rhubarb pie, and a growing interest in farming among boys and families around Marshall and the English household.
Marshall resident Charles Taubeneck testifies to Dean's Kidney Pills as a reliable remedy for kidney disease. He describes ten years of back pains, poor health, disordered kidneys with heavy sediment in secretions, and rheumatic symptoms that improved after using the product.
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