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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1922
Page
8
Numerous residents and relatives from towns including Mattoon Indianapolis Lebanon Greenup and Toledo visited families in the area. People traveled to Chicago Grand Rapids and Martinsville for visits and work while others returned home from Ohio and Michigan after extended stays.
The text lists numerous social visits among residents including Thére, Williams, Norton, Brewster and Carpenter families across Marshall, Terre Haute, Avon, and Mul Creek areas. It notes the eight day bride Fay Kessler drowned Friday afternoon in a submerged 8 feet deep slough during spring floods.
John Merricks of Westfield visited the Clarksville area Saturday night. Lucille Sims of Kansas is visiting her cousin Mabel Richey. Funeral for Phares Shumaker held at Clarksville Baptist Church with burial at New Goshen. Reedions of local gatherings and guest lists include the Martinsville band, Misses Emily and Myrtle Richey, and a Pleasant Air schoolhouse picnic in honor of Mr and Mrs Sims of Mississippi.
A scene portrays a ragged girl with hungry eyes finding a crust of bread in the snow before boarding her waiting automobile to a mansion, as a cinema star is glimpsed and a crowd scene unfolds with a harbor incident and a vegetarian society meeting in Kansas City.
Dudley reports Hutchens wife and baby spent Sunday at the home of George Nicholson and family. Nancy Claypool is visiting sister Mrs Charlie Burkett near Oakland. Elva Akens of Pittsburgh arrived to vacation with Mrs David Tate and daughters. Homer Hendrix and sisters Anna and Ruth visited with Anna Harlow south of Martinsville. Marlow and granddaughter returned to Mattoon after visiting friends. Ben Thompson and family of south of Auburn visited Roe Davin and family. Elmer Hutchings of Olney visiting relatives here. Milo Claypool and family and Will Veach and granddaughter of Marshall were Sunday guests of John Ross and wife.
A supporter at the grounds asked the club secretary if half bricks would be better for building a pavilion. The secretary replied half bricks wouldn’t suffice, clarifying bricks are needed for the pavilion rather than for the referee.
A fragment from the Birmingham Age Herald describes a man named Mr. Wadleigh asking about a person he used to swim with as boys. The dialogue hints at distress and possible trouble as one figure fears another may be in danger of going under.
By decree of the Clark County Court the guardian John T Sankey and attorneys R Hilleary and Everett Connelly announce a sale of the ward Henry Mc Pheeters feeble minded property in Clark Illinois. The sale is August nineteenth 1922 at 2 pm at the east door of the Court House in Marshall with cash payment and two existing mortgages of 50000 each and subject to tenant rights.
The piece outlines the Farm Bureau's goals to form a county wide organization, cooperate with state and federal agricultural bodies, hire county agents, and develop a program to boost economic social and educational conditions. It stresses local unit strength, member responsibility, and a shared mission to improve rural life.
The excerpt contrasts seeking revenge with being chased by it and notes blame for unseen sins. It laments human belief in the sword and ponders how the firstborn receive more attention than later ones, while the final car tends to have more faults than its predecessors.
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