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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1916
Page
4
In a series of short items from Martinsville area, residents report social events such as family ice cream suppers, visits by Mary Kester and Mrs. Ella Hutchings, and church services at Blue Grass. Local weather includes hot days and a needed rain, with farming notes on corn, timothy, and harvest timing.
Salter Bros. returned from Paris where they thresh. Mrs. Walter James and son Eugene visited from Coldwater Kansas. Mrs. Strohm and children from Lovington visited Holsworths. Will Burgett and Kathryn from Terre Haute and brothers Will and Fred Schafer were here. John Schuett of Terre Haute and Walter James’s daughter also visited. Beulah Buyer of Marshall and Edna Schlarb of Elkhart visited Ernst residents. Several local girls hosted guests and the Always True Bible class plans an ice cream social at Ernst on August 9 with a rain date the next evening.
Miss Nellie Davison visits relatives near Chrisman. Agnes and Ramonia Batley were Marshall visitors Saturday. Farmers anticipate finishing haying this week and some threshing. Mrs Wm Collier and daughter Elizabeth shopped in Marshall Saturday. Mr and Mrs Sam Tingley visited their son Clarence Tingley Sunday. An ice cream supper for the church will be held in the Grove next Saturday evening. Nick Bryles and family of Prarieton Ind and William Cellier and family with Miss Alice Collier visited J L Collier family Sunday.
Will McDonald visited Terre Haute on Tuesday while six threshing rigs operated northward in the past week. Ea Brosman returned to work in Chicago and Mrs Doak of Martinsville spent Thursday with friends here. Mrs Maid McDonald visits her daughter near Broadlands while No 7 continues his auto route. A farmer reported ten horses to the hay field last Saturday as Duane and Felix Romine visited from Mattoon. About six people rode by wagon to the Wabash River Monday.
Helen Ashworth visits Mrs Ernest Forsythe of Oliver and Harve Nightlinger family visit relatives in Terre Haute. Mae Ashworth visits Georgia Lee of McKeen. Hermann Fawley and sons visit Frank Saiter of Darwin. Victor Reynolds moves to Paris for auto races. Herman Fawley and family visit Clarence Parsons in Marshall. Hattie Lee and daughter Georgia visit John Ashworth’s family. Léra Askin and Mary and grandson visit Thurman Rhoads at Omer Hall. Harry Minnix, recently ill, stays with his mother in Stringtown. M Kernell of Terre Haute and Mrs Cland Askin visit with Harvey Nightlinger and Claude Askin.
Fred Gallagher of Sabina visited Wednesday. Nat Redman and family hosted last week. Clarence Clark welcomed twin boys, one survived. Pratt and Deem drill a wildcat north of town. City halts street sprinkling due to water limits. Brandenstein family and Miss Virginia Craig visited H O Miller. Mrs George McDaniel dies at 48 near Westfield.
Mrs. Clarence Stultz of Chicago visits Mrs. Susan Crampton while Mr. Otto Phillips and family mourn an infant death from cholera infantum. Zelma resident Carrie Chittenden visits sister Mrs Ro bert Patrick. Wes Lippincott of Scooby Miss visits brother J H Lippincott. Nash family departs for two weeks at Rome Indiana. George Herzog family visits Josiah Beasley. R A Young family and Mabel Harris depart for Michigan lake country. Roy Goodwin’s mule team serves Casey streets over 20 years. Will Pierson survives a lightning shock at a store rear. City council forms committee to raise funds for a test water well east of town, near North Fork, with about 2000 dollars subscribed.
The speech of acceptance by Mr Hughes attacks Wilson's foreign policy, accusing the administration of mismanagement in Mexico and on the border. It argues the administration lacks common sense and efficiency and has damaged American prestige.
The speech critiques temporary prosperity from wartime conditions and Underwood tariff effects. It argues imports were shut to protect U S industries and warns against trusting the Democratic party to handle a looming downturn. It calls Hughes a great Republican and American speaker.
A collection of playful brain teasers and questions with humorous answers about what is possible to say yes to what a clock thirteen means and why a bonnet can become a pretty woman. It ends with a pun about buying fat by the pound at a butcher shop.
A dialogue between a worried patient and a physician ends with a pun. The patient begs for help while the doctor prescribes pills and warns against drinking. The piece concludes with a playful answer “cough see coffee” as a wordplay twist.
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