Vanished Bugaboo and the Rise of Big Business Politics
A fragmentary column discusses big business influence in politics with figures like Raskob and Owen D. Young tied to Democratic leadership and gubernatorial hopes. It notes Calvinist resistance in Holland to a perceived carnival of the flesh and hints at shifting power dynamics in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raskob
General Motors Company
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
America
New York
Dutch Calvinists critique Olympic games as pagan indulgence
A Dutch Calvinist view claims the Olympics divert men from Golgotha to Greco Roman paganism. It asserts that most people reject John Calvin's doctrine including the execution of Dr Servetus, arguing the Lord permits occasional enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servetus
Escape and arrests ripple from Sing Sing incident
On a Sunday morning two armed gunmen escaped from Sing Sing Prison while two guards at the facility were arrested for allegedly blackmailing motorists on nearby highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sing Sing
Talkies and fame mix with aging crowds and marriages
An opinion filled recap notes prisoners, reform, and a talking movie star. Jeritza to perform in These Talkies with a $10,000 weekly pay while the film continues. Dr. Ira S Wise discusses an aging population, declining birth rates, and changing attitudes toward age. Peggy Joyce’s fifth marriage looms as she joins Lord Northesk’s divorce case amid nightlife chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeritza
Clark County Farmers Praise Clover Crops Amid Rain
Clark county farm adviser R. E. Apple reports abundant rainfall has produced fine stands of sweet clover red clover and alfalfa. He notes several farms including those of William Brosman Chas Veach Sperry Claypool Bayard Cleaver and others show good growth as inspectors observe the fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Apple
Clark County
Mr. Apple
William, .Brosman
Chas. Veach
Sperry
Claypool
Bayard Cleaver
Mrs. Everett, Connelly
Ross Holler
Illinois to issue dark green 1929 license plates
Secretary of State Louis L. Emmerson announced Illinois will use dark green plates with white numerals for 1929. The license plates contract was awarded to Robertson Steel and Iron Company of Springfield, Ohio at a price considerably lower than last year’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Louis L. Emmerson
Emmerson
WEF
Robertson’ Steel“and Iron Company
Ohio
Whitlock Finds Poison Suicides Shock Tuscola Area
Swepson Y. Whitlock 57, longtime cashier at the First National Bank in Tuscola, died after taking poison and drowning in a well near Farmersburg Indiana following a trip to Champaign. Funeral services to be held at his mother's Marshall home with Knights of Pythias in charge. burial in Marshall cemetery. He left a note asking forgiveness from his wife and mother, leaving $37.50 cash and a traveler's check found in his clothing. He had recent financial troubles and previously worked in Danville and Marshall. He is survived by his wife, mother, a daughter in Akron Ohio, and two grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swepson Y. Whitlock
Florence Whitlock
Marshall
R. G. Bristol
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Marshall Cemetery
Whitlock
Farmersburg
Ind
Tuscola
Champaign
First National Bank
Danville
Public Railway Service Company
Clarence Hackett
Akron
Ohio
Barbara Ann
Walter Hackett
Ice Trade Heads to Marshall as Local Prospects Grow
James D. Gallagher plans to retail ice at ninety cents per hundred after receiving a carload. Local leaders explore establishing a cheese factory in Marshall. Kansas City visitors Clark King and family stay with relatives in Marshall. Judge Dulaney and wife from Bowling Green, Kentucky, visit R. L. Dulaney. Flora Overmire travels to Indianapolis to visit her brother Nit's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Gallagher
Marshall
Clark King
Little Mary
Kansas City
Judge Dulaney
Mr. Barkley
Bowling Green
Kentucky
R. L. Dulaney
Flora Overmire
Nit’s
Indianapolis
Forty Years Ago Notes from Walnuts Prairie
Adam Haddix reports 200 acres of corn on Walnut Prairie with a forecast of 70 bushels per acre if rains continue. Vesta Kelly and baby visited Martinsville relatives, returning Sunday. Mrs. M Grabenheimer visited Paris last week to see her daughter-in-law. Joe planned a visit with his sister. Fred Mattheis went to Smith Borough for a brother’s job and plans to vote for Harrison and Morton on Nov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Haddix
Vesta Kelly
Martinsville
Harrison
Morton
Death notice for John M. Taylor 70 in Wabash township
John M. Taylor age 70 died Sunday night at Union Hospital Terre Haute after a long illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Methodist church in Dennison with Rev. R. F. Purdue officiating. Survived by widow four sons Harold of Tustin California Orville and Russell of Dennison Joseph M. of West Terre Haute three daughters Susie Johns Dennison Nellie Liggett West Terre Haute and Grace Mason Jerrell three sisters and two brothers. Burial in Dunlap cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Taylor
Wabash Township
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Methodist Church
Dennison
R. F. Purdue
Harold
Tustin
Calif
Orville
Russell
Joseph M
West Terre Haute
Susie Johns
Nellie Liggett
West Terre
Birthday surprise for Mrs. Ella Deaner noted by kin
Relatives and friends, about 25 in number, gathered Monday to celebrate Mrs. Ella Deaner’s birthday with a joyful surprise including dinner and supper. Albert Hull sold a small flock with wool profits showing a quick gain on his investment. Hay yields are described as immense with many stacks observed on long drives. Mrs. Newton Tibbs and Herbert Tibbs planned a trip to Paris after returning from French Lick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Deaner
Deaner
Albert Hull
Orange Township
Klondike
Everett Cooper
J. W. Adams
Wabash
Newton Tibbs
French Lick Springs
Ind
Herbert
Paris
Families Visit John Eaton and Daughter on Sunday
A group from Indianapolis and Kansas including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Linn with Bobbie, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Boston with Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Enos C. Perisho, Abe Yingst and William Mullinex, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perisho, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Perisho and Bernadine, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Owens with Forest, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wilson spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Eaton and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Linn
Bobbie
Harry Boston
Jack
Indianapolis
Enos C. Perisho
Abe Yingst
William
Mullinex
Kansas
W. C. Perisho
William B. Perisho
Bernadine
Everett Owens
Forest
Russell Wilson
John Eaton
Wisconsin fishing trip yields two muskellunge catch
Judge Fenton Booth and William Harlan return from Wisconsin with two muskellunge weighing 20 and 27 pounds each. The Bubeck Gallagher Hanks furniture and undertaking firm moves to a new doubled room on North Hamilton Street. Shelton Davis secures consent for the Charleston & Terre Haute traction line through the city with little opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenton Booth
William Harlan
Wisconsin
Bubeck, Gallagher& Hanks
Hamilton Street
Shelton Davis
Charleston
Terré Haute
Ten Years Ago Lieutenant Bradley Promoted in Medical Corps
Lieut Stephen Bradley is promoted to captain in the medical corps and is now stationed at Fort Sam Houston Texas. The report also notes local social outings weekend house guests and a nurse from Marshall Amy L Smithrof Marshall leaving for Red Cross work at Camp Gordon Georgia with possible deployment to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Bradley
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Texas
Herman Forsythe
Riley Lowther
Ben Forsythe
Herman Fawley
C. L. Parsons
Elya Forsythe
Helen Ashworth
Blizzard
Ford
Anna Dee Burnett
Louise Cole
Henry Jones
Frank Moyer
John Merkle
Paris
Virginia Shaw
Hotel Deming
Terre Haute
Amy L. Smithrof+Marshall
Union “Hospital
Camp Gordon
Red Crosea
France
Boys Sentenced for West Union Poolroom Theft
Russell Stewart George St John and Clyde Sanders of near West Union confessed to robbing a West Union poolroom early Monday. Stewart and Sanders received one year at Pontiac Reform School while St John was sent to St Charles Boys Training School for an indeterminate period. They pried a window and opened the door, taking candy pops cigarettes cigars lighters totaling about 15 dollars. Sheriff Harry Coldren arrested them and they confessed in Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Stewart
George St. John
Clyde Sanders
Near West Union
West Union
Jed Gard
Stewart
Sanders
Pontiac
St. John
St. Charles
J. A. Harmon
Harry Coldren
Marshall
Estate actions and criminal pleas from a probate and court calendar
Inventory filed and approved in Eliza Byram estate. Sarah Closson letters of administration granted. H D Brown appointed administrator with a $2000 bond. September first Monday adjustment day set. Guardianship granted for Cornelius Franklin heirs. Ada Franklin guardian with $300 bond. Alvin pleads guilty to prohibition. six months at Pontiac reformatory. Elizabeth Koepsel petition granted. John Fitzgerrald conservator with $400 bond. Robert McCauley conservator final report filed. discharged. Robert Johnson non support ordered $18 monthly. Hershel Bright non support case settled for $500 and dismissed. Herman Maleika Jr. pleads guilty. six months at Pontiac reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Jane Byram
Sarah M. Closson
H. D. Brown
Cornelius P. Franklin
Cornelius Franklin
Ada Franklin
Alvin
Illinois State Reformatory
Pontiac
Elizabeth Koepsel
John Fitzgerrald
Robert McCauley
People
Robert Johnson
Hershel Bright
Herman Maleika Jr
Marriage licenses issued in several Indiana towns
Lawrence Nevins aged 42 of Darwin weds Hazel Highsmith 21 of Darwin. Russell Gardner 21 Casey weds Joey Burkley 18 Martinsville. Claude Hurst 21 Auburn township weds Hazel Chapman 20 Auburn township. Edward Kornbroke 21 Indianapolis weds Mary Louise Schelbert 18 Indianapolis. Arthur Jones 23 Greenup weds Eva Kemper 23 Oilfield. Lloyd Burson 19 Casey weds Methyl Batman 17 Robinson. Kenneth Crowder 21 Sullivan to Elizabeth Henderson 219 Sullivan BE. OC Woody 56 Evansville weds Jewel Kowalski 28 St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Nevins
Darwin
Hazel Highsmith
Russell Gardner
Casey
Joey Burkley
Martinsville
Claude Hurst
Auburn Township
Hazel Chapman
Edward Kornbroke
Indianapolis
Mary Louise Schelbert
Arthur Jones
Greenup
Eva Kemper
Oilfield
Lloyd Burson
Methyl Batman
Robinson
Kenneth Crowder
Sullivan
Ind
Elizabeth “Henderson
BE. OC
Woody
Evansville
Jewel Kowalski
St. Louis
First Aid School Held by Ohio Oil Company
Nineteen men completed a week long first aid training conducted by the Ohio Oil Company at the Pythian Theatre. Marshall participants include E R Brock way Ernest Taylor Horace Rose B R Wood A T Taylor George Farris Donald Heidbreder William Ziska H E Brann Russell Daniel Walter Craig C E Kelley O K Allen B F Holscher Edward Giffel Others registered were L W Killough Yale Arthur Kendall Casey Harry Hamp West field and William Beaver Cc P Dempsey was the trainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Oil Company
Pythian Theatre
Marshall
E. R. Brockway
Ernest Taylor
Horace Rose
B. R. Wood
A. T. Taylor
George Farris
Donald Heidbreder
William Ziska
H. E. Brann
Russell Daniel
Walter Craig
C. E. Kelley
O. K. Allen
B. F. Holscher
Edward Giffel
L. W. Killough
Yale
Arthur Kendall
Casey
Harry Hamp
Westfield
William Beaver
Cc. P. Dempsey
Second Annual White Reunion Held Sunday
The second annual White reunion gathered 66 people at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Trueman Thompson on Sunday July 29. Attendees from multiple towns included Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Medsker Martinsville Ohio vicinity and Detroit and many Olney Illinois families. A noon dinner was served and afternoon activities featured games music and recitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truemen Thompson
Frank Walls
Windsor
Ill
Wayne Medsker
Martinsville
Cecil Jennings
Charlie Jennings
Guy Jennings
Carl Shearer
Howard Gallaghar
Homer Jennings
Charlie Bo
Mich
Trueman Thompson
West West Union
Sam Sneed
Nan Jennings
Sarah Weaver
Livingston
Reba Sneed
Charlie Hodges
Potters Hall
Edith Hunt and Ethan Ralston Wed in Family Ceremony
Miss Edith Hunt married Ethan Ralston at the Hunt home with Rev L Z Smith officiating. The couple plans a short wedding tour then will reside in Gary Indiana where the groom works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Hunt
Ethan Ralston
R. L. Hunt
L. Z. Smith
The
Christian Church
Gary
Ind
Shade Bros Garage Robbed in Auburn Thursday Night
Shade Bros garage at Auburn was entered by prying a west door and a mint machine containing about 15 dollars was taken along with 300 dollars worth of tools cigars cigarettes and candy. Otto Veach's general store was also entered but burglars fled after the alarm. Sheriff Harry Coldren was notified with no trace found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade Bros
Auburn
Otto Veach
Veach
Harry Coldren
William Miller Hosts Farewell and Birthday Gathering
Mr and Mrs Will Miller hosted Saturday night at their southeast of Marshall home for their son Richard's birthday and a farewell party for Miss Willa Pyeatt who left for Texas. Also seen were Miss Dorothy Dean Miss Clara Berner and several others, with plans for western travels including Glacier Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miller
Will Miller
Marshall
Richard
Willa Pyeatt
Texas
Emma Pyeatt
Susan Maurer
Dorothy Dean
Clara Berner
Montana
Miss Berner
Albert Berner
Wolf Point
Glacier Park
Joy Lichtenberger
Mas Lichtenberger
Mary Hawker
Hannah Hawker
Emma Fishback
Inez Dean
Susanna Sweitzer
Ruth Abel
Anna Davidson
Mary Jane Davidson
Mildred Seidel
Inez Berner
Ruth Berner
Vera Finkbiner
Herman Miller
Logan Miller
Robert Robinson
Ralph Finkbiner
Forrest Robinson
Ralph Hawker
Paul Junker
Fred Schafer
Early 1830s coins surface in Marshall area collections
The Herald notes several locals finding and displaying coins from the 1830s. Ben T. Dawson found a one cent piece dated 1835. James Sisson showed a penny dated 1835. Mrs. George German has coins dated 181S 1833 and 1841. R C Jones owns half dollars dated 1831 1833 a 25 Franc piece from 1835 and a 1845 one cent coin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Office
Herald
Ben T. Dawson
Marshall
James Sisson
George German
R. C. Jones
The Heralds Addition List
The list includes names such as Mathew Abel Mrs. T. W. Shipe Mrs. A. J. Dunttigan Mrs. Harry Wallace Miss Mary Plaster Mrs. Jessie Rutiman Robert Lynn Geo. A. Waits One Low G S Buckner Chris Hinkbiner Emil Hauverssen Archer Anderson Howard Warner H Ward Will Davidson E GC Volkers Ovie Draper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathew Abel
T. W. Shipe
A. J. Dunttigan
Harry Wallace
Mary Plaster
Jessie Rutiman
Robert Lynn
Geo. A. Waits
Onie Low G S. Buckner
Chris Hinkbiner
Emil Hauverssen
Archer Anderson Howard. .Warner
Ward Will Davidson
E. GC. Volkers Ovie Draper
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William Jennings Bryan
Old John
Wilhelmina
Holland
Ira S. Wise
Peggy Joyce
Joyce
Gosta Moerner
Lord Northesk
Jessica Brown
Helen of Troy
Cleopatra
Miss. Joyce
S. Y. Whitlock
Farmersburg, Ind
Mickie
Sify
Albert T. Reid
Pontiac and
Ohio Oil Office
Ralston-Hunt
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