Weekend guests and birthday gathering in Illinois area
S L Victor of Champaign visited Miss Esther Weir over the weekend. G W Grogan of Oblong and Mrs. Ora Wilkin of Kell called on Silas Wilkin. Ellen May returns from Lafayette Ind. after two weeks. Relatives of Mrs. Minerva Stevenson gathered at Miss Gertrude Shaw's home to celebrate her 87th birthday with many gifts and summer refreshments.
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G. W. Grogan
Oblong
Ora Wilkin
Kell
Silas Wilkin
Ellen May
Lafayette
Ind
Minerva Stevenson
Gertrude Shaw
Stevenson
Nellie
Lola Cole
Fred Shaw
Wilfred Shaw
W. W. Hogue
Harry King
Temple Lovett
Families visit relatives and travel plans feature in Marshall area
The article notes several family visits and travels. John Weir and relatives plan visits in Norfolk Virginia. Mr and Mrs T Lloyd and family dine near Paris Sunday. W W Craig and Mrs Clayton Spittler family visit Edgar. Hon H C Bell, long from Washington DC, retires from pension dept and stays near Marshall before settling. Mrs John Moreland and children go to Robinson and then Monmouth Illinois after visiting Machlan and Broadhurst families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
L. J. We
John Weir
T. Lloyd
Paris
W. W. Craig
Clayton Spittler
Familly
Blanche
Eugene Craig
Edgar
H. C. Bell
Washington, D. C
Pension Department
Marshall
John Moreland
Ben Morland
Robinson
Will Machlan
S. W. Broadhurst
Monmouth, Ill
Meet Monday Night WoMan Civic League Session
The Woman’s Civic League holds its regular meeting at the Court House on Monday evening at 7 30 o clock. Members are urged to attend and discuss community concerns and planned actions.
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Woman’s Civic League
Court House
James H Perisho Dies At 77 In Marshall
James H. Perisho, 77, died at his east Marshall home after a month long illness. Funeral services were held at his residence Monday at 1:00 PM, then at Pleasant Hill Church in Edgar County, with burial in the nearby cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Perisho
Marshall
Pleasant Hill
Edgar’ County
Chamber plans for August 15 meeting in Wabash Valley
Business groups prepare to host the Associated Advertising Clubs of the Wabash Valley for the 10th quarterly meeting here on Tuesday August 15. Speakers include Louis Blumenstock advertising manager of Stix Baer Fuller St Louis and G W Orr district manager of the Willis Overland company Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Wabash Valley
Louis Blumenstock
Stix, Baer & Fuller
St. Louis
G. W. Orr
willys-Overland Company
Indianapolis
Visit to Hong Kong reshapes view of the island
The Montreal Family Herald notes a renewed focus on Hong Kong, once a British colony ceded after Nanking, now a fortified port city and naval station. It describes Victoria’s four mile shoreline, the Peak panorama, and the busy streets beneath with lantern light, color, and scents amid a cosmopolitan crowd.
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Wales
Hong Kong
Great Britain
Nanking
Far East
Hong
Rong
South China
Victoria
Rocky Island
Kowloon Peninsula
Montreal Family Herald
Trinity Church In New York Prays Before Work Hours
In the business district Trinity Church near Broadway and Wall Street draws many businessmen from 8:30 to 9 each weekday morning. No service or ministers exist then. worshippers kneel and pray briefly before starting their day, with pews filling to forty or fifty by 8:50.
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Velty
Trinity Church
Broadway
Wall Street
New York
Trinity
New Cattle Feed for Army at Camp Lewis
Popular Mechanics reports a compressed forage brick made of pure oats and grains with molasses binder tested at Camp Lewis. Bricks measure 12 by 6 by 14 inches with perforations for easy breaking. In tests on 50 animals, all but four accepted the feed. most gained weight and maintained work, with one stallion adding 46 pounds in 80 days.
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Camp Lewis
Popular Mechanics
Zurich Municipal Forests Sustain Swiss Towns and Tourism
The Zurich forests, famed for centuries, supply timber while preventing landslides and reducing taxes through dividends. Municipal woodlands protect farms, stabilize slopes, and help Switzerland maintain mountains and tax levels, contributing to national strength and tourist appeal.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Europe
Umbrellase and Bungalow Design in Port Jend Ore
A fragmented description outlines a new kind of umbrella or bungalow material used in ship construction at Port Jend Oregon. It mentions a broad shape, measuring B84, with a supporting frame steadied by a connector and tied to a framing system.
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Checker
Jend
Ore
Mate Ciedy
Cormec
Public Lands Reclamation Efforts and Farm Openings
Commissioner William Spry discusses the vast public lands in Uncle Sam's domain and the reclamation program. He notes 200 million acres open for settlement, 86 percent of forest lands public, and swamp or wet lands totaling 240 million acres that could be improved by drainage and irrigation. He cites the Reclamation Service progress, costs, and the need for Congress funding to advance projects, including the Smith McNary plan. The piece highlights rising farm openings, returning soldiers' entries, and land-seeking applications to meet urban to rural migration and agricultural expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William’ ‘Spry
William : Spry
General
Uncle Sam
United States
Congress
Jjands
Smith-McNary Hill
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Bridges Let for Six Projects in County Reconstruction
At a meeting the county superintendent of highways awarded six bridge contracts. Bids ranged with D W Carine Sullivan ill and others, prices listed for 24 foot, 12 foot, and 40 to 80 foot spans in Martinsville, Westfield, Parker, Paris, and Caney townships. The record notes Marshall’s loss and Havolines’ tenth straight win in the Casey league context, followed by broad reflections on farming, reclamation projects, and rural independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highways
Clark i
McDaniel
Dildge
D. W
Carine
Sullivan
Boyer
Pride
Westfield
Sto Frazier Bros
Paris
Biggs
Parker Township
D .W
Ill
Lan Kelly
Martinsville’ Township
Glaudé Taggart
Martinsville
Wabash
Township
Rank” Zimimerly & Son
Marshall
Lawrenceville
Richardson
Caney
Acore
Rand
Greenup
Casey
Radiophone in homes as a new means of direct communication
The article discusses the radiophone as a home device for receiving spoken messages from city, state, and national government agencies. It notes that the change is in method, not matter, and emphasizes its potential to deliver timely information directly to homes, offices, farms, and workshops. It contrasts spoken news flow to traditional newspaper and magazine distribution.
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Eature
Page
Public Daily
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Craven Family
James J. Rose
M. D
Marshall Battery Co
Chas. Brandenstein Marshall
S. L. Victor
Champaign
Esther Weir
Circle Bargains
Singha
Pepperrell
Everett
John F
Cane Dry
Gods Company
Ree Ee He
Ree Hong
Keng
Hous Rie ‘Céntrele
Parkis
L've
Everglades
Florida
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