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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1910
Page
2
A stream of brief notices records social visits arrivals and departures in multiple communities. Mentions include Mrs Hilton Vo Hooter left for Falls Brussels with companion Me‑ WoStarrer. weddings and kinship ties. absences for encampments and conclaves. funerals for Mrs Jane Porter and other locals. travel to Milwaukee Chicago Detroit and Terre Haute. and assorted farm and market news.
A promotional drug tonic promises quick results for backache headache dizziness nervousness urinary irregularities and rheumatism and is sold by all druggists.
A. L. Jones visits from Wise Virginia to relatives in the county. Mrs W Holmes and Nebraska relatives are visiting. Robert Anderson sold the first home grown watermelons of the season. Mrs T J Kennedy was bitten by a snake while blackberry picking and confined at home. Rivers are at low water. navigation is difficult. four inches above 1908 low water. Highway commissioners let a contract at Quaker Lane road to Anderson for erosion work. bid $394.
Needed rain fell Saturday night. Everett Black visited his daughter Lulu Sunday. Clyde Adams bought a Weber wagon last week. Mrs Walter Adams and Edna spent Thursday with Mrs Irvin Rogers. The threshing machine is in the neighborhood. Not a very heavy field. Quite a number from here attended the ice cream social at Dennison Saturday night. Walter Adams and wife and Lulu Adams were in Marshall Saturday. The nests of his brother J W Adams and family. To keep your health sound guard your kidneys by taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. Sold by all druggists.
John Geffs and others visited Casey Wednes in Croweh Terre Haute and Martinsville. Tom Bennett guests at French Lick and plans to teach winter term at Oak Point. Miss Grace Martz from Martinsville stays here for health. school teachers attend institute at Marshall. Community picnic at Yale enjoyed by all. several Martinsville figures attend funerals and family gatherings. A gas drilling well by Parrott Backus & Co on John Geff place reached 1249 feet. Elder T W Nitley conducted services at Bennett chapel. Eliza Stimpson dies at Marlow Partlow's home. burial arrangements at Partlows cemetery.
A dubious claim warns that Sutherlands Bkagle Mye Salve is only a spotty cure for granulated lids scrofulous sore eyes and weak eyesight. The note asserts the salve has little merit and is sold widely for two cents.
Wall Davis of Hutsonville spent Sunday at Wes Life's The dance that was billed for Saturday night was a thin affair Glen Mount went to Chicago where he has a good position Jay and Ed Harrington of Lawrenceville visited their parents here over Sunday Johnston made a business trip to Lewis and Friday returning Saturday John Cox of southern Missouri came home to spend a few days with relatives EA Johnston and Leslie Lindley went to Terre Haute Monday for a Jog hauling job Carl Marvin and wife and John Williamson and wife of West Union visited at Harrington's Sunday Electa and Lola Athey of Middletown Indiana visited relatives the past week Mie Lindles of Texas came Friday to visit friends and family John and Fred Metcher and Randall Blaker working with a steam shovel at East St Louis spent Sunday with families Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve is a creamy snow white ointment in airtight tubes sold everywhere 25 cents
The item lists visitors and movements including Ao Dillman at Yale Harve and Nealkens in Paris Clark Hammond improving Mrs O I Warner at Arcola Tudd Coonnelly hog marketing at Westfield Al Bennett moving to Martinsville Rev McDaniel preaching in Westfield Riley Bardin visiting John Stillwell Clark Barbee returning from Oklahoma sold farm to son Ed plans to move Col Bill Akens and Ida Sweitzer wed near Martinsville with M W Connelly officiating Mayor Tarble best man guests served ice cream after wedding
A brief notice urges caregivers to keep Dr. Hell's Pine-Tar Honey on hand for croup in children. It notes the condition can worsen at times and promotes the product as a home remedy.
Misheard scientific notes describe how deathwatch beetles supposedly trigger anxiety and superstition. The fragmentary text mentions beetle behavior, wooden dust shells, and eerie tapping sounds linked to courtship, interpreted as ancient warnings by naturalists.
The Chronicles of Baltimore recount the 1833 star rainstorm when editors noted a luminous sky. Observers, including Yale Professor Olmstead, called it celestial fireworks and a portent, with one editor predicting it as a merciful sign before the sixth seal.
The London Chron notes Stevenson believed much of his work was inspired by subconscious “brownies” in sleep. He recounts dreaming the pivotal window scene and the later double transformation before crafting the rest awake, attributing much to his dream imagery.
A K U graduate magazine quote extols practical study and broad general education alongside technical training. It argues diligent effort leads to boundless career potential, then contrasts a debating society’s clash over who is angrier in a home dinner dispute and predicts a drawn outcome.
A Chicago Tribune item questions the term life sentence and provides a witty example from a night school lesson. The piece contrasts legal meaning with a humorous misunderstanding about marriage vows.
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