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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1909
Page
7
Edna Miss and Vera Orange are mentioned in a fragment noting visits and plans to return to Chicago Sunday to resume studies at the Illinois Training School for Nurses.
The column records residents visiting relatives and neighbors including McCollum and wife with daughter Mia Hugh White and family Edna Wyrick visiting West Union Ola Riley and Ed Greenly families. It notes a church service with preaching on Saturday and Sunday and a baptism after Sunday morning services. Perry Jackson and family of Hatton visited Mrs Carpenter Sunday.
Arthur Beachout owns a bicycle while Mastin Tarbel hosts a Saturday call. John Welsh travels from Redman for Friday events. An oil rig passed Thursday on WABORS. A box car unroofed by Monday wind aiding repair. Rev. Culp held the first appointment Sunday. The 505 phone line crew set new poles Wednesday. Aunt Esther Beachout home torn down. Fruit growers use spray machines. Oats sowing bright despite forecast freezing. Charley Huston undecided between Jeffries and Johnson. Woodmen plan purge to send John Vanpelt back to Battle Creek hospital. Dr Rowland praised the road dragged as the finest on his travels.
Mrs. Carrie Murphy is on the sick list. Homer Brosman and wife of Auburn spent Sunday at Wm Findley's. Frank Stephenson and family of Clarksville spent Sunday at Lew Stephenson's. Emmet Payne and wife of Marshall visited. Tom Murphy's Sunday. The annual school election of directors was held at the school house Saturday. People who find life an empty dream frequently make it a howling nightmare for others.
A 1636 Old Style petition from Debora Holmes to Salem seeking land allotment is refused, offering four bushels of corn instead. The note laments maids keeping house alone and reflects on early colonial gender roles and charity within the town.
The Marion Post reports a storm near Cottage Home picked up a long standing country church house, carried it across a forty acre field, and set it down intact with no overturned seats. Trees in the grove suffered no breaks. The strike mirrors a prior storm in the area.
A college professor terms lying as intellectual laziness, describing it as a notably polite label for deceptive behavior in thought and speech. The remark frames dishonesty as a failure of critical thinking rather than a moral lapse alone.
Notice indicates an application for probate of a will in North Carolina with references to a Springfield merchant and two doctors. It also mentions a State of Illinois probate notice to unknown heirs and various missionary societies, all part of pending legal actions and claims.
Walter Bartlett appointed administrator of the estate of Jessie Tohill Doolittle deceased of Clark County Illinois and will appear at the Clark County Court House Marshall for the June Term on the first Monday in June to adjust claims. Creditors must present claims and all debts are due to the estate. Davison and Bartlett attorneys.
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