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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1915
Page
4
Livingston and nearby towns report social calls and church events. Ester Cromline’s guests in Terre Haute include Isaac Flesher and Wyrick family. Rev H Huston visited Kesler family. Mrs Ora McHenry and Nelle Kesler traveled to Terre Haute.
Wm. Shell and wife visited her mother Mrs Flinn on Sunday. L F Weaver and wife spent Sunday with Ora Kuykendall and E C Volkers and daughter Edna. Elisha Shirley and wife visited her brother J A Page. Mr and Mrs Frank McFarland visited friends in Terre Haute Friday. Mrs John Taylor and Mrs Swinford visited Mrs Mollie Joy on Sunday. Luther Crawford of Terre Haute visited J A Page’s family. Orville Taylor and Nellie Taylor with Joe l Augustus and wife spent Sunday with them. Lola Wolkers and sons Walter and Ernest visited Walter Hutchinson and sister Mena.
Adda Tobias of Dennison visited Ed M English. Ethel English of Redman weekend with her parents. Walter Fawley and Alva Forsythe spent Sunday with Ray Fawley of McClure. John Moke sick with bowels. Wil English elected school director by five votes. Mrs Al Hemphill spent week with her father Walter Reynolds of McClure. Otis Landers family from Terre Haute staying two weeks with parents. Metta English improving at Will English home in Fairmount. Sunday ideal day. city people enjoy spring blessings.
Floyd Weaver grows ill while Flora Elliott and Plessie Irwin spend Sunday with him. Relatives from Middletown visit L F Weaver and wife as friends gather at Jim Weaver's home. Hazel Hastel of Terre Haute visits, Laura Elliott and Levi Hewitt with family host John Beltz. Florence Liggett spends Sunday in Terre Haute with Ben Medley's sister. Mrs Medley and Eugene of Terre Haute visit relatives. Lalu and Hazel Elliott spend Sunday by the river. John Geffs and wife visit Yale, Ed Nash and family visit H Ling, and Ed Bennett is named Cottonwood district director. Chas Nash and wife visit Ells Nash’s home Sunday.
Edgar Jones is gravely sick with typhoid pneumonia. Uncle Jo Ax has divided his farm among his children. Hasted and Son sold their last load of apples Monday. A young Mr. Moore died at Auburn Saturday of tuberculosis. B Netchiey of Martinsville attended services here Sunday. The ever faithful Jug was evident on election day. Dr. Fred James of Paris Texas is expected this week to locate here. Fifteen prairie chickens serenade us. The old Advent church on West Midway has been torn down. Contractor Thompson expects to commence the concrete road about the first of May. A recent purchaser of the Coons farm seems to be a hustler making improvements. Oats are coming up nicely. North side of Dolson Chapel was re-roofed last week. Our first tramp for the season came with fair weather Saturday. Allen Hurst and wife of Paris moved here Sunday to visit relatives. Pink Clapp hauled ground limestone to spread on his land. Clarence Hughes and wife of Kansas were here visiting his niece. Mrs Mattis Welch and son Arthur of Minnesota are visiting her uncle. Miss Fairy Bean, suffering a bad gash on her thumb, is recovering. Fred Wood and family were near Casey Sunday for a birthday dinner for his mother. Four voters attended the Green Moss district school election last Saturday. Burly Mageret was elected director. John Schwartz Sr farm of 100 acres sold at master's sale to Marshall. Ben Johnson of Marshall was successful bidder. Dick Dazan and wife of Marshall were here visiting their son. Dazen has been in poor health. Bid reports for the concrete arch across Slater branch showed bids from 1350 to 1800.
Listings report illnesses and deaths, visitor notes, and frequent visits by residents from Orange Melrose Indianapolis Akron and Elkhart. Hogs lambs prices, stock shipping day, and local commerce alongside funeral details for Joseph Ellington and a polar bear death in Carthage Ohio.
The excerpt contrasts English and Scottish dress, noting the kilt as a single garment rather than a set of greatcoats. It ridicules misstatements in newspapers about Highlanders and jokes about social references in etiquette and court attire.
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