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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1922
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR notes mention funding sums and names such as Archie Biliott and B. Walls amid references to a marshal and Brandenburg. The text lists monetary figures like $50, $8000 and $60 with scattered place-like terms, suggesting an incomplete public notice or auction record.
A fragmented film listings page notes showings including Gloria Swanson and Eileen Percy starring in a Fox feature. It mentions prices 40 and 20 cents, with references to a play by Geo M Cohan and a Pollard comedy. Also advertises “GREET” and “LASH” attractions and Aesop fables.
Local column records numerous visits and extended stays by residents and relatives in the area. Names repeatedly appear including Miss Stella Cole, Redman, Mrs. Dewey, Master Boyd Lycan, and families from Flora Robinson Terre Haute Paris Effingham. Social calls occur at Methodist church events, homecomings, and travels to Chicago Indianapolis and Terre Haute.
Frances Misa and Vivian Airey visit Terre Haute and Paris families while sharing extended stays with relatives. Guests include Mr and Mrs James Brady and others traveling to Mt Carmel Evansville and Mammoth Cave. Several locals host reunions and attend visits in Putnam county Greencastle and surrounding areas.
Mr and Mrs B B Seiple and family were called to Akron Ohio last week by the serious illness of his mother. Word has been received saying that his mother died Saturday and was buried yesterday afternoon.
James Moye will move his family to the John Craig property on West Locust Street in Indiana Harbor Indiana. Mrs Craig will stay with her daughters and Mrs Pulver and Mrs Rademeker plan to spend the winter there.
Classified fragment describes a 10 room brick residence with ample ground and a profitable concrete business, open to exchange for a small farm near Marshall. Mentions John C Nichols and Blood Bible picnic plans, plus assorted sale notices including a 1919 Ford touring car and a 6 horse cut-off saw. Also notes grape sale, loans on land, rooms for students, and a Briscoe home at 502 Pine Street Marshall. Appears as a dense collection of small ads and notices from a Marshall area page.
Russell and Raymond Hufington of Gary Indiana visit sister Mrs Henry Hutchinson south of town while Fred Keifer returns from Chicago after a serious illness in the family. Joseph Rush family from Mississippi arrives to see his relatives, with Allen Wallis and Henry Allen visiting Indiana Harbor Chicago and Indianapolis for two weeks. E S Clayton and Stella Flenner of Martinsville stay in Marshall then go to Terre Haute. Mrs Anna Baird reports Geo Baird in serious condition in Shreveport Louisiana. Martin Wirth and Carolyn of Mt Carmel stop in en route through Montana to visit Harry LeSèvre. Mrs Frank Meehling and Margaret Meehling host the G T Club. Thaddeus Batson and Mabel Batton wed in Detroit on Saturday July 29.
W. R. Page of Terre Haute visited Marshall on Monday to pursue the case challenging the Martinsville waterworks assessment.
Mrs Narcissus of Tulsa Oklahoma arrives for a family visit with her sisters Mrs George Luckhaupt and Mrs William Hammerly.
Mrs. Flora Hagist and daughter Elizabeth hosted guests Sunday including Mrs. Louisa Lickert Mrs. Anna Lutz and daughters Hazel and Frances and Mr and Mrs Will Lickert with daughter Louise. Miss Mary Hieronymus returned to Lidell after a visit with Miss Opal Histon and was accompanied home by Miss Elston who will stay several days.
A miscellany of social visits and travel notes from Darwin township and nearby towns. Mrs H M Edens visited Chicago then Anadarko Okla while Miss Virginia Prevo heads to Walnut Prairie for the weekend. The Finton family reunion marks Mrs Pickens birthday as Prof Harnish and others stay in Belleflower. Mitchell Gelsert travels from Los Angeles to see a sick sister Minnie. J Stringer improves in Terre Haute and plans homeward. A motor trip to Milwaukee covers Jennie McNutt Ruth Huston and Lennie Eggebrecht. Colored visitors arrive in Marshall to establish camp meetings near the post office.
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