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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1918
Page
9
Thirteen below freezing and light snow on April 10 raise fears for fruit crops. Felton Miller and wife welcome a new son. Rural life notes cover visitors, farm sales, crop planting, and local events as residents respond to war bond drives and community duties.
Otis Fraser and family spent Sunday with Abe Garver. The Yeley family visited Cyrus Yeley. John 3iflcan and family visited Grover Burkholder. Mr and Mrs Jay Swern of Merghal were guests of Johan Campbell and family. The Misses Ravilla and Willeta Poiteries hosted a miscendi.
Mrs Grace Ye Ley Quinn hosted an evening shower with about fifty friends in attendance. Guests included Holly Weaver and family from Terre Haute and helpers Frances Campbell Juanita Snedeker and Mrs Si Snedeker. Jennifer Snedeker enjoyed a weekend visit with Nelson Campbell and Juanita Snedeker stayed with Sophia and Florence Macke Friday night.
Ernest English builds a new house. Ray Cornwell and F G Hasten travel in Martinsville. John W Baker of Orange township is very ill. Mrs Ova Stanfield is improving after illness. Mr and Mrs A R Colvin visit West Union and friends at Wetr. Fannie Bahe of Martinsville visits Ova Stanfield and wife. Herman Bartlett on short Camp Taylor leave. Mrs Otto Cornwell visits sister Mrs Andy Ramsey at Casey. Frank Connor and L T Miller of Wetr have pneumonia. Oats acreage at a historical high prompts farmers to plow for corn. Frank Phillippi and family bereaved by mother’s death, visit with J B Pendleton.
Wm Melton is slowly improving. Mr and Mrs Joseph Conerton are the proud parents of a son born Apr 10. Mr and Mrs George Buehler and Mr and Mrs Lewis Smitley spent Sunday with Oda Marrs. Harold, son of Dayton Arbo gast, who was badly burned several weeks ago, is getting along nicely. Mrs Alonzo Allred in poor health went to her father Roy Miller's house for recovery. Mrs Like Woods of Indianapolis, caring for Mrs Mellon, returned home. Mrs Mellon is able to be out again.
A petition signed by 320 Westfield Township High School district voters asks the Board of Education to call an election to purchase land and erect a high school building. Count Czernin resigns as Austrian foreign minister amid peacemaking and German alignment tensions. The article covers local moves, arrivals, and a political note on European diplomacy.
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