County Fair Crowds Expected Amid Big Purses and Exhibits
Clark County Fair directors announce purses totaling 3500 and over 7000 offered for farm and home product exhibits. Martinsville dates set this year with family picnics planned. A H Hix secretary Worth W Merritt contact for fair arrangements. C A Pence president Harry Maurer vice president J C Brydon treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County
Martinsville
A. H. Hix
Worth ‘W. Merritt
C. A.” Pence
Harry Maurer
J. C. Brydon
the Fair Association
Real Estate Transfers Listed in Local Deeds
A typed notice lists multiple real estate transfers between residents and couples. Entries include parcels in various townships with prices such as 1 dollar, 2400 dollars, or 13000 dollars, involving parties like John Weir, Fred Guinip, William Moore, Mike Moore, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weir
Fred Guinnip
Lot Marshall
William F. Moore
Mike Moore
John P. Lingafelter
Malissa Mac Orr
Henry H. Irwin
Ross /tewin
Louisa J. Anderson
John N. Pad‘dock
Lot Darwin
Wm. T. Hol Jenbeck
Patsy T. Grant
Robert. West
Martinsville
David Claypool
Joseph Ss. Claypool
William W. “Pulleybank
Clifford R. Daugherty
York
Elizabeth Cecil Burnett
Will Macke
Martha. E. Reasor
Hurl Towell
Bertha Otwell
Girl Becomes Ill En Route to Picnic at Shades
Blanche Craig fell ill while en route to Shades Sunday with a group of youths. She was taken to Terre Haute where a Union Hospital actor urged immediate appendectomy. Her parents and family physician, Dr. L. J. Weir, took her home after hours of severe suffering. condition remained tenuous and surgery expected at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Craig
Popular Band Concert Features Historic Overture and Encore
The recent band concert drew praise for the Poet and Peasant overture, with Barne y Google as the standout encore to be repeated this week. Princess of India and Our Yesterdays are on the program, plus Yes We Have No Bananas by request. The paper asks readers to call or write about forming a boys band in Marshall and notes Dr Charles Merrill of Chicago will preach at the Congregational Church Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Google
Mr. Colgrave
India
K. L
Frank Cole
Jas. Cosgrove
Marshall
the Herald
Charles Co. Merrill
Chicago
Congregational Church
Sac County
Iowa
Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau Federation
E. L. Ross
Bay
County Farm Bureau
State College
United States Department of ‘Agriculture
Kendall Co
The Favorite Stock Company Tent Tour
The Favorite Stock Company, after a spring showing at the Pythian theatre, will perform in a tent on the American Legion lot next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythian Theatre
American’Legion
Officials Clash in Clark County Sparks Public Spat
Marshall reports tension between Sheriff James Turner and Clark County State's Attorney Everett Connelly over liquor enforcement. Connelly denies discord, accuses a faked story to harm county efforts. He provides a detailed rebuttal stating proper bonds, pending charges, and co operation with Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Clark County
Paris Daily News
Marshall
James Turner
Everett Connelly
Clark’County
Hodson
Connelly
Terre Haute
The
Herald
Terre’ Haute
H. M. Janney
Ana* J
Farm Bureau Picnic At Martinsville Aug Ninth
Clark County Farm Bureau members and friends plan a day at the Martinsville fairgrounds on August 9. Programs include horseshoe pitching, addresses by J. Q. Snedeker and Homer Davison, dinner, community singing, tuberculosis talks, and post mortem exams of tubercular animals. Committee chairs and speakers are named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FARM
Bureau,and Friends
Clark County Farm Bureau
Fair Grounds
Martinsville
J. Q. Snedeker
Clark County
Homer Davison
Lintner
New Pastor Named for Church of Christ
Rev. C. T. Shortridge of Marengo Indiana will begin his pastorate at the local Church of Christ on Sunday. He and his family will move to Marshall in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C., T. Shortridge
Marengo
Indiana
Church of Christ
Marshall
Terre Haute Laundry to Open in Marshall
Lewis Walker of Terre Haute, an experienced laundry man, is upgrading equipment in the Claypool building next to the Herald office and will reopen the Marshall laundry likely by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Lewis Walker
Claypool
Herald Office
Buick dealer to occupy Ed Howell building as garage and sales room
Emanuel Claypool, Buick dealer, will move into the Ed Howell building at the southwest corner of the store once improvements under way are finished. The changes aim to create a modern garage and sales room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emanuel Claypool
Buick Automobile
Ed. Howell
Howell
Merchants Call Sales Day Yesterday a Success
Merchants and buyers described yesterday as the most successful sales day. Morning crowds were light, but afternoon activity resembled a typical Saturday with brisk business and broad interest in all events.
Well Shot South or Martinsville Delivers Strong Result
A McFarland farm well two miles south of Martinsville, financed by Danville men, was shot and pleased the leaseholders. Reported as the best yet produced on the Trenton sand, the 2900 foot well used 360 quarts of nitroglycerine and drew a crowd of over 1000 spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFarland
Martinsville
Danville
Trenton
Four Men and Woman Taken for Manufacturing Booze
Monday afternoon sheriff deputies arrested four men and one woman at a houseboat on the Narrows Ill inois side of the Wabash river for operating a still. A cabin previously used for molasses production housed the still and liquor equipment. All operators and the mash were taken to Marshall, while the woman was sent back to Terre Haute.
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Narrows
Illinois
Wabash River
al Gardner
Ill Adams
Harry Bohn
Grover Vance
J. M. Turner
Myler Faunce
Everett Connelly
Marshall
Terre Haute
Marriage Licenses Issued For Four Couples In Illinois Indiana
Louis Albert Turner 31 of Danville wed Edna Fox 21 of Hutsonville. Cecil Freeman 26 of Terre Haute married Stella Large 33 of Central Terre Haute. Everett Stone 21 of Terre Haute wed Marie Hollifield 22 of Terre Haute. Rex Raymond Hackett 21 Casey weds Casey May Graham 17 Melrose township.
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Louis Albert Turner
Danville
Edna Fox
Hutsonville
Cecil Freeman
Terre Haute
Stella Large
Everett Stone
Marie Hollifield
Rex Raymond Hackett
Casey
Casey May Graham
Melrose Township
Dixon Plans Front for Highway Cafe Building
A. Dixon, who recently installed a new front in his building formerly occupied by George Beuhler, plans a similar attractive front for the building beside it, the Highway Cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Highway Cafe
Marshall Auto Sales Improves New Building Project
Marshall Auto Sales, local Ford dealers, are tearing out the floor and preparing a concrete floor and other extensive improvements in their new building. The space formerly housed C. A Dixon’s implement business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Auto Sales
Ford
C. A Dixon
Too Much Wood Says the Natives and Campers
Aged reminiscences on camping drift into policies and notations about modern travel. The article contrasts old time campers with today’s gear and cites New York and federal rules on camping and access to parks. It also reports General Wood’s Philippines visit and the Wood Forbes report amid Filipino calls for independence. Elbert Gary of United States Steel discusses phasing out the twelve hour workday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Jones
Beadle
New York State
Leonard Wood
Phillipines
Forbee
United States
Wood-Forbes
Washington
Islands
Wood
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Henry Ford as Presidential Candidate Likely Opinions Cast
Local voices weigh Ford's chances for president. Harold Bright recalls improbability but notes possible circumstances while R. A. Mitchell doubts his bid. Other residents cite confidence, reluctance, or conditional support, with Olen R. Clements and C. D. Wolfe considering nomination outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Harold Bright
Ford
Two Cars Burn Near Marshall on Highway
An automobile west of Marshall and another north of town burned near the highway during the week. Spectators suspect the north of Marshall vehicle was stolen. A man named Martin was knocked from the pavement by a tourist trying to miss a passing car, receiving minor head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Martin
Inspector Goes After Owners Without Licenses
An automobile inspector visited Marshall this week and left his calling yard with Fred Keifer Louis Tolbert Alph Cline David Freeman and James Millhouse who paid fines at his request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Fred Keifer
Louis Tolbert
Alph Cline
David Freeman
James Millhouse
Clark County Illinois Association Reunion Held in Indianapolis
The fifth annual Clark County Illinois association reunion took place Sunday July 29 at Brookside Park Indianapolis with about 150 members enjoying a noon dinner. New officers named include President Dan Hutchison Secretary Mrs Ralph Holland Marshall Mrs Fred Werner and EB Lowery Westfield Elmer Horner and the next year's meeting is set for the last Saturday in July at Garfield Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County, Illinois Association
Brookside Park
Indianapolis
Dan Hutchison
Ralph Holland
Marshall
Fred Werner
Martinsville
EB. Lowery Westfield
A. J. Anderson
West Union
Elmer Horner
Garfield Park
Chums of Former Days Visit Expected After Long Separation
Ben M Wallace brother of Prof L A Wallace arrives with son Herbert for a reunion. Wallace left Casay in 1867 for the west and has not returned in forty years, now residing in Henrietta Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben M. Wallace
L. A. Wallace
Herbert
Ben MM. Wallace
Casay
West
Henrietta
Oklahoma
Iron and Steel Institute seeks end to 12 hour day
On June 27, the directors of the American Iron and Steel Institute wrote to the president, pledging to exert every effort to secure a total abolition of the 12 hour day in the iron and steel industry at the earliest practicable time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Riddles
American Iron and Steel Institute
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Pees
B. L. Kelley
P. F. Kettling
Ralph Jeffers
Opal Kelley
Landis‘Dehl
Frank Mitchell
E. Cooper
Fred Gross
Floyd Barbee
E. B. Shisser
W. W. Merritt
Wright
T. R. Lovett
Robert Dawson
T.N. Wright
H. A. Green
W. E.,newlin
R. E. Apple
Mickie
Yaold Him
Charles Benkoe
South
Gary
Togo Asked ’Em
R. A. Mitchell
Johnson and Harding
Harry Mbpurer
Olen R. Clements
C. D. Wolfe
Lloyd Pulver
Mont Davison
Sec. of Agriculture
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