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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1922
Page
4
A short aphorism notes that parents find children troublesome yet children also find parental guidance troublesome. It adds that effective leadership comes from those who not only speak well but also know when to speak.
Mitchell Geisert of Los Angeles visits home due to his sister Minnie’s serious illness and upcoming operation this week. Leroy Sears and wife spent Sunday with Frank Taylor and wife. Conrad Bertram of Livingston visited Will Travioli and family. Chas Strohm and family and Mrs Kate Davidson called on Mrs Leroy Sears. Mrs Travioli and grandson John Riley visited Mrs John Sullivan of Marshall. Mollie Sears and daughter Elnora attended Walter Fears funeral at Black cemetery Thursday.
Charles Veach Dolson and Elmer Goekler worked near Dudley hull ing clo ver. Miss Ethel Marrs broke her right arm cranking a car Friday. Elmer Goekler with aunt Estella Kohl spent several days last week in Terre Haute. C B Claypool Sylvan Richey and families attended church south of Casey. Hutchings family visited Seaton near Martinsville. J W Hutchings and wife and Wm Melton and wife were guests of Clarence Goekler. John Bolen of Paris was here to look after his farm. Silas Murphy and wife and Austin Claypool went to Oregon fil to attend Bible school.
Mrs Lydia Carpenter and daughter Rosemary visited Mrs M L Huey last week. Mr and Mrs Leva Noakes of Akron Ohio came for a family visit. Miss Jessie Lewis returned home from Mattoon. Mr and Mrs Roy Smith of Missouri visited relatives. A Sunday school picnic was held by Mrs Cephas Goble Mrs Fred Parker and Mrs W W Drake. J B Porterfield and family travel from Quay Oklahoma to visit relatives. Rider McHenry Dry Goods closed a deal to buy J A Smith Dry Goods and Grocery at Brocton and McHenry will move to Brocton to run the new store while Rider handles the home store. Miss Marie Mullins of Nashville Tenn arrived to visit her mother Ella Mullins.
Mrs Amy Gagen and daughter of Fort Worth Texas visited relatives last week. S J Deahl and Charles Chapman families left for Little Rock Pine Bluff Arkansas. Chas Husted and family and Ova Stanfield visited Chicago. Mrs M Morton and children from Flat Rock called on relatives. Mrs T J Witwer and children of Neoga visited Mrs Clarence Alrey. Pearl Fitch and Lillian Fasly went to Akron Ohio. Mrs John Husted and children of Pittsboro Indiana visiting John Husted Sr. Mrs F J James and daughter Joan returned from two weeks in Chicago and Wisconsin. Clint Johnson and Christine of Eldorado Kansas visiting Ferris Boothe. George Trout died at home after years of illness. funeral Saturday 10 am. Rev Crisman officiating. Jonathan Hardway died Monday after months of ill health. funeral Wednesday 2 pm at M E Church. Rev J A Stout. burial Ridgelawn Cemetery.
Wilma Cline and relatives from Dudley Marshall and Ohio spent days with Alma Williams and Cline family. Several groups, including Blizzard family and Hollenbeck relatives, visited friends and attended a birthday surprise. The Choctaw Homecoming is set for August 27 as community notices highlight gatherings across multiple towns.
Mr and Mrs William Saniford and family spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jeff Saniford. Dorothy Murphy of Marshall visits grandmother Dinah Murphy. Several households including the Clapps Claypool Kirchners Hess Kemper Shumaker and others gather for weekend and weekday appearances with relatives and neighbors. Rawleigh Galey returns for his father Lewis illness. Ethel Marrs breaks an arm cranking a car. The May Newman household hosts Rosa Clapp and Raymond Fox. Walter Hendrix and family visit Owen Hendrix. Mills family visit relatives near Martinsville. Shumaker kin and Elphus Galey appear in Sunday gatherings.
West Union reports Mr. and Mrs. Dan Strohm of Gray hosting relatives and guests, Richard Mount visiting from Decatur, and multiple dinners with the Ferris and Crowe families. The Gardner family and others from Chicago and Terre Haute appear, with notes on malaria illness, home visits, and a birth announced for Mary Jane Strohm.
The column lists numerous residents and relatives traveling or visiting in various locations. Highlights include Helen Lee returning from Indianapolis two weeks ago, Mrs. John Schiver visiting Indianapolis, Miss Josephine Quinn joining her mother here from Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks visiting Chicago, and several others on trips to Chicago, Denver, Terre Haute, and beyond. Several local deaths and memorial services are noted, including Mrs. Harriet McKnight aged 58.
Walter L. Fears born April 13 1874 in Clark County Illinois died recently aged 48 years 3 months 37 days. He married Myrtle Weir 12 years ago and survived by his wife one brother Henry two sisters Mollie Winstead and Clifford Allen. Funeral at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Cookes with Rey Bert Eckel officiating. burial at Black Cemetery.
Mrs S R Freeman left Friday for Washington to visit daughter Miss Dorothy. Mrs Sophia Keys was called to Chrisman to attend daughter Mrs Willis Donovan. Mr A J Maring and Will Stark were Terre Rate visitors with Mrs Mary Maring. Mrs Francia Herne and daughters Jett traveled to St Louis to their new home after two months with her parents.
A clipped notice lists multiple real estate transfers including Caroline Miller to Angus land in 24-11-12 for 700 dollars, Isaac Winters to Phoebe Howe for 2860 dollars in Martizisville, and various Marshall and Westfield lots exchanged for modest sums. Names include Maud Aine, Maud Lillié, W. B. Edwards, Ernest A. Newman, Albert Catlin Trustee, Charles Ferris, William Ferris, Alva T. Hurst, George W. Hurst, J. D. Swope, Julia Swope, Mary Grace Adams, F C Rider, LASCo McHenry, among others. The notice covers numerous plots in Marshall and adjacent towns with prices ranging from 1 to 2800 dollars.
A local promotion extols The Allen's Sanitarium as modern, well equipped, and highly successful. It claims top diagnostic tools, high cure rates, and a record of over four hundred surgeries with only two deaths in eleven months, urging trust over distant institutions.
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