Berner Builds New Block North Side of Square
Construction starts on Fred Berner's brick building on the north side of the square with a grocery on the first floor run by Schwitzer and Berner and offices upstairs. Patric Muller and John Tierney buy James Gallagher's saloon and will take possession after September 4. State Superintendent of Schools Ss. M. Etter to lecture Clark county teachers Friday at 9 am and citizens Friday evening at the M. and M. church. A Sunday wind storm caused damage to corn and telephone lines in the area. Will Lickert and family, including Mrs. Flora Hagist and the Hagist sisters, visited Indianapolis in the Lickert automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Berner
Schwitzer and
Berner
Patric Muller
John Tierney
James Gallagher
Ss. M. Etter
Clark
Clark County Teachers Association reorganized and elects officers
Forty years ago the Clark County Teachers Association reorganized Friday afternoon with Will Hollenbeck as President J F Buckner as Vice President Annie Spotts as Secretary and Jed Gard as Treasurer The first regular meeting is planned for September 3 in Marshall A program of exercises will be announced next week An ice cream supper by Ogden Greenough Camp Sons of Veterans drew good attendance and $20.85 was raised for their relief fund Dr A W Kilgore left Tuesday for Longmont Colorado to visit his parents and consider prospecting and possible relocation with his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark County Teachers’ Association
Will Hollenbeck
J. F. Buckner
Annie Spotts
Jed Gard
Marshall
Ogden Greenough
Sons of Veterans
A. W. Kilgore
Longmont
Colorado
Dee
Advertising drives Marshall merchants to buy space robustly
Thirty years of Marshall reporting note a surge in advertising demand as merchants adopt aggressive, intelligent campaigns to stimulate trade in dull times. A rain south of town and a cold snap forecast frost, with social notes on Judge Hollenbeck's newborn son and visits from Elijah Crossley and Miss Margaret Bell plus regional traveler updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Judge Hollenbeck
Elijah Crossley
Kanasa
Margaret Bell
Louisville
Kansas
Katie Hess
Lena Mannock
Tulare
Calif
G. Bamesberger
Redman
Phillip Henn
Local Notes on Bass Catch and Travel Bargains
Twenty years ago Will Harlan fished near Binghamton New York and reportedly landed four three pound bass in three days. In Marshall price savvy residents use a 81 cent Farrington to Marshall train plan saving 29 cents on 36 miles. The second hand store opened by B A Lockard attracts shoppers with household bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Harlan
Binghampton
New York
Terre Haute
Farrington
Nelson
Marshall
B._A._Lock
Local Telegraph Manager Resigns for Illinois Pipe Line Post
Silas Walker, manager of the Wabash Valley Telephone Company here for five years, resigns to join the Illinois Pipe Line Co. in Thermopolis Wyoming. He reports to his new telegraph and telephone department position on August 27 and will move his family there then. A northern lights display was seen shortly after midnight last Thursday, visible across the northern half of the United States from the Rockies to the Atlantic, affecting telegraph lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Walker
Wabash Valley Telephone Company
Illinois Pipe Line Co
Thermopolis
Wyo
Walker
Telegraph and Telephone Department
United States
Rockies
Atlantic Coast
Telegraph
West York community basket meeting draws large crowd
WEST YORK church activities report a large turnout for the annual basket meeting. The item records several travel updates with residents visiting relatives, returning from trips to Chicago Madison Omaha and Wyoming as family members greet friends and neighbors.
Costly Public Building AS Public Works Cost at Capitol
A report notes the United States capital project completed at about 376 million dollars. The figure reflects total expenditure to finish the public building in the capital area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Reverend O Neal to Fill Appointment Next Weekend
Five Points reports Rev J I O Neal will fill his appointment at this place next Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday night. Mrs Will Linton and daughter Izola and son Arthur from Poland Indiana are visiting relatives nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. O’neal
Will Linton
Izola
Arthur
Poland
Ind
Geo. Morgan
Sylvan Morgan
Clark Leggett
Ernie Bishop
Newt Brosman
Mt. Pleasant
Hazel Linton
Irma Hinkle
West Liberty
Prior Wright and Sons
Weatherford
Oklo
Virgil Veach
Earl Starwalt
New Work in County Court Sees Custody, Sales, and Appointments
The People v A J Lowry grants legal custody of Norma J Lowry. Final settlement notice ordered in Malissa Marden estate. George Shad held to bail for petit larceny. Real estate actions granted in George F Arney, Andrew J Maring, and others. Conservator changes approved in Leona Kimberlin. Final reports filed or approved in Mary C Snider, Susannah Smith, and Walter Thornton estates. Guardian discharged and bond released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People
A J Lowry
Norma J Lowry Praver
A. J. Lowry
Norma J Lowry
Malissa Marden
George Shad
George F Arney
Leona Kimberlin
F J
David Zeiter
Andrew J. Maring
Mary C. Snider
Susannah Smith
Walter Thornton
Executors and Administrators Court Actions Report
Estate actions include final reports approved distributions to widows and heirs and administrators discharged for Malissa Marden Harmon Catcher Margaret Connelly Melvin Howe George W Johnson Joseph Marrs Mart Price Albert G Russell Edwin Sharp Charles Sullivan Marissa Tingley Orville J Lippincott Sarah Burns Theo Callan and Forrest A Rush cases. The People seek support payments bail and passing fraudulent checks with terms set by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malissa Marden
Harmon Catcher
Nannie E Morgan
Margaret Connelly
Melvin Howe
J. B. Howe
George W Johnson
Joseph 11 Marrs
Mart Price
Albert G Russell
Edwin Franklin Sharp
Charles E Sullivan
Marissa Tingley
S . Ayers
John Dunlap
Sarah Burns
Harry Clem
Nellie Clem
Orville J Lippin
Theo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will Lickert
Flora Hagist
Freda
Elizabeth Hagist
Indianapolis
Lickert
West York
Bailiff Church
C.S. Buckner
Rogers, Ark
Mary Helen Lindley
Madison
Wis
Martin Newlin
Frances Kelly
Sullivan, Ind
Amanda Lindley
Otte
Randal
Oris Musgrave
Robinson
Roy Hicks
Leona Prust
Oklahoma
Allen Hicks
Harry Ormiston
Eldorado
W. E. Ormiston
Adam Cullop
Chicago
Ruth Madison
Leland
Frances Lindley
Carl Ryerson
Russell
Toledo
Ohio
C. D. Ryerson
Claude Elliott
Jamile
Wyoming
James Lindley
Mary
Helen
Frances
Omaha
Ill
Willard Miller
S. Seymour
Justin Davids
Wesley Life
Dunkard’s
Lamotte Prairie
John Cullop
Antioch
Lucille Rains
Chas. E. Rains
Berkeley
Helen Jacobs
Manchester Mass
Helen Wills
Prince Heads West
Prince of Wales
Canada
Alberta
Quebec
Chas. Kirchner Lumber Yard
Illinois
Orville J Lippincott
Cecil Lea
Mary Lea
Ethyl
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Marshall, Ellinois
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