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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1923
Page
7
Rosa Batson and Burns Smith married Wednesday in Champlain by Reverend Sandmeyer of the My B church and returned to their new home on South Sixth Street that evening. The article lists numerous local acquaintances and weekend visits among relatives and friends, noting surrounding social connections and a funeral in Terre Haute.
Mixed ad column lists a rent for an eight room house in Springfield Illinois and various notices including money to loan real estate sales, lost item returns, and job ads. Names include Mrs Jayne B Kerr Joe Williams J P Thomas Craig and Will Rector. Also items for sale such as a 1922 Overland sedan and an electric washer.
A long list of visitors and locals in Marshall is noted with movements from Detroit Detroit to Terre Haute Paris and Chicago. Family dinners, church events and circus trips accompany updates on guests staying with friends and relatives around Marshall Indiana and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Harry Slusser of Vander, Mr and Mrs True Booth host visitors from Shreveport and Dayton. Lyman Booth and Lehr Warren visit family. Charles Sweitzer and daughter Susanna plan a Dayton trip. Edith Shaw returns from Whittier. Miss Margaret Cole visits Findlay with Mr and Mrs Russell Hodge. Mrs Clark King arrives from Pamma California to visit.
August 8 Westfield notes report a daughter born to Mr and Mrs H C Strader. Dr and Mrs J J Hinkley return from Ohio. Mrs Laura Barricklow spends a week in Charleston. Mr and Mrs Paul Hostetler of Marion Ohio visit Mr and Mrs Fred E Weber. Hostetler formerly Goldie Lennon. John Merrick and family travel to Terre Haute for business. A Lee returns from Shelbyville. Westfield I O O F picnic on high school campus with music and speeches. Homer Daughtrie and Robin Baker return from Gary Indiana where they worked in mills. Raymond Willison goes to Gary to seek work. Charles Rupert and Mattoon visit relatives. Carl Merrick and family visit Missouri. Co BE Bennett visits Indianapolis. Timothy Bardin, 77, dies.
Funeral services were conducted at the family home on Tuesday afternoon with Rev. B. M. Petty in charge. Burial followed at Maple Hill Cemetery.
Readable fragments show a market program with dates mid month and references to Westfield and Mutpal Chautauqua. Details are incomplete but indicate a food program or sale beginning the 13th to 15th of the month.
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