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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1917
Page
4
Martinsville reports Monday visits from residents and visitors including John Chapman from Orange and Chas Hodges, with several residents traveling or extending stays. A city marshal and street commissioner position was vacated by A C Lambdin. Gas meter issues hint at regulatory losses while a Red Cross musicale raised funds. Community events include a Blue Grass picnic with speeches by Hon Fenton Booth and James W Graham.
A large crowd attended the social at Willis Chapel Saturday night. Rogers spent Sunday with Boott Fienner and wife entertaining relatives from Boston Mass. Rev A oe preached a fine sermon at Oras Sunday night.
The column reports Rondell Bartlett and Miss Lucy Pendleton wed in Marshall with a serenade Saturday night. Rondell Bartlett passed the draft physical there and faces potential military service. James Howerton and Chester Hix are in the area. P F Dodd operates a gasoline station. A M Trump family visited Robin son. English Bros thresh near York. William Medsker hosted by the Spra ker couple. various neighbors thresh and bale straw amidst rainy weather.
Ellsworth Lowery and wife visit his aunt Mrs. Sadie Warren in Casey. Irene Tolle travels to St Louis to see Mrs Carl Finney. Dr Owen Foster departs for Detroit to work as a physician. Andrew Lastine and wife arrive from Maine Iowa to visit cousins Piersons. Collins Mo welcomes John Emrich visiting his parents Mr and Mrs J R Emrich. T J Slusser dies Saturday night funeral Monday at Casey cemetery.
A severe windstorm struck a narrow section south of town on Monday afternoon. Siloes at J A Hutton and Grover Shivers were blown down, barns partly destroyed, and flying timbers damaged a house. Dave Kelly's barn and cornfields along the storm track were leveled. Ruedy and Albert families undertook short trips unrelated to the storm.
Several farmers in the city are through with threshing. Mr and Mrs Robert Finkbiner and children spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Claude Thompson in Terre Haute. Miss Jewell Hudson returned home after a visit with her sister. An ice cream social will be held at Bethel church Thursday evening with a rain date Friday. Various families shared Sunday dinners including the Schaffer and Raesner households and visitors from West York.
The bottoms corn grows fast signaling a promising fall crop and blackberry yield is notably plentiful this season. Local readings note a berry harvest record near completion and transport updates mention a mail route seven Ford delivery improving morning paper timeliness.
The Greenmoss ice cream supper Saturday night drew good attendance and raised a little over 23 dollars from ice cream and peanut sales. Otto Coons and family of Terre Haute visited friends Sunday while rain slowed hay harvest but work neared completion by Saturday. Frank Hurst and Mrs. Susan Claypool of Marshall visited Thursday. Timothy cutting continued for seed as Will Lowry and family visited John Ross’s home. John Niciffer farm owner I Upheim of St. Louis was seen Sunday. Jake Hogue’s new residence, rebuilt after May tornado, is nearly finished.
Mrs Maude Allred improves at Forest Mercy as family spends Sunday with Harry Harbor. Roy Smith and kin from Indianapolis visited relatives last week. Grandma Buehler is very ill at George Buehler's home. Clarksville Baptist Class No 5 schedules an ice cream social August 25 and an all day basket dinner August 19. Flora E. Graham seeks eye cancer treatment in Terre Haute. Carpenters start on Doc Hornbrook's barn to replace torn down during May tornado.
William Maike owns a nine to ten pound rooster that mothers a brood of forty chicks. The bird feeds and guards the chicks at every meal and intervenes to stop a fight with a gentle peck to separate two arguing chicks.
Washington reports the American Red Cross tabulations show Delaware at the top of per capita contributions to the war fund with a rate of and a list of other states' figures follows. The figures include Connecticut Ohio Massachusetts Rhode Island and many others with varying amounts.
Miss Marie Weeden visits relatives here while Mrs E W Beckett returns from Ohio. John Strader ships hogs to Chicago and H Lewis ships another load. Mrs C J Mollineauer visits her son E A Mollineauer. J H Parker and sons Bert and Ed visit. Bert enlists in the aviation corps and is sent to a Texas training camp after visiting Rantoul Terre Haute.
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