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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1913
Page
4
A fragmented community note lists social visits and events. Mentions Vadie Tobias Mabel Stiedeker and Marshall visiting parents, with a planned ice cream social on Saturday the 29th and school starting September 1 under Ethel Forsythe, plus road improvements in the area and Cyrus Yeley visiting the Weavers in Armstrand.
A. 5. Harbin of Bluefield West Virginia visits Miss Trilla Reese. A T Barbee and wagon burned after setting fire to chaff and baling straw. E Bigelow LA Rider Rev Breden and wife and others went to Paris for Conference. During Saturday’s thunderstorm O A Lee’s five shoats about 100 pounds each were killed by lightning in a ravine under willows.
Misses Lenore and Mary Crow spent Sunday with Onnie and Frances Bartlett. Rev Givilles filled his regular appointment at the Christian church Saturday and Sunday. Mrs Tover Poorman and family visited Mrs Elsie Cork Sunday. Prevo Ralston and son Chester were Union visitors last Tuesday. Miss Abbie Colvin attended a lawn social at Hutsonville Wednesday evening. Mr and Mrs Volney Mount and children visited Newport Indiana for a few days. Casey Mundy returned home from a three weeks visit with sister Rachel Murphy of Granite City. Misses Maud Lowe Bernice Prust Alma Couchman and Ella Marvin attended the millinery opening at Indianapolis last week. Several from here attended the teachers institute at Marshall last week. Heilie and Bertha Drake were Marshall callers Wednesday. Carl Mundy was in Marshall on business Thursday. His sister Co Spy carried mail for route 3. Roy Lloyd of Marshall spent Sunday with friends in Union. Misses Lena and Rosie Ingle and Gertrude Clements visited friends in Hutsonville Sunday. Sol Handy and family of Marshall visited his father Wm Handy Sunday.
Fragmented local items mention families in Clarksville and nearby areas. Names include Earl Poulter John Keller Roy Smith Charles Geckler Ben Black and Art Allred. Social visits and a Sunday gathering at John Babcock’s are noted with relatives visiting and a family baby reported.
Armstron g Mack Liggett and Miss Florence isiggete spent Sunday with Andy Litz and family. Miss Cora Setzer returned home Saturday after visiting relatives in Terre Haute. Lloyd Hackley and family of Chicago visited. W F Shirley and family Jayden and Joan Elliott Miss Lula Elliott and Mrs James Adams were guests of Henry Shirley and family for a day. Thursday they were guests of O R P Eliott and family and Friday were spent with E R Shirley and wife.
James Weaver and many local youths attended a birthday surprise for Misses Pearl and Grace Ligett near St Marys on Sunday. Various neighbors and relatives visited, with multiple local names noted among attendees and follow up visits in Terre Haute and area.
Miss Helen Buhr of Terre Haute visits the Will Davis family and Wes Seaton who moved from Martinsville to a new route. George Dougherty moves to No 4 while Gallatin takes No 6 and Wil Flenner improves from rheumatism. A daughter is born to Truman Ross and wife. Elisha Claypool visited Michigan. Will Nicholson buys mill plans. road work and creek repairs near James Barumess ford continue. Chinch bugs appear in corn. fodder good but corn light. Delegates named for Dolsoon Chapel Sunday school to county meeting. A lightning strike near Sam Reeley mill knocked down several men and horses but no fatalities. Teachers attended institute at Marshall.
Names and visits populate the week as families and friends travel. Ed Brossman works in fields near Marshalls Minnesota. Ja¢tob Brenner from Augusta Kansas visits his mother. The Rev Mr Smith from Casey preaches next Sunday at the Baptist church. Ramseys of Redfield Kansas pause in town en route to Indianapolis. Frost timing could allow half a corn crop.
Dennison resident Speck of Dennison visits local friends. Uncle Aus Sweet and wife spend Sunday with Lew Lowry. Mrs Ray Cunningham of North Dakota visits Tyne Cunningham. Charley Gilbert family at Earl Jackson's. Trizia Cunningham stays with Mrs Will Berkley near Martinsville. Vern Lowry visiting Paris. Terrence and Ethel Washburn attend Marshall commencement. Will Mallory family at Morgan Sweet’s. Gilbert hauled fruit to Terre Haute last week.
Martinsville reports social visits from Melrose and Orange residents. Comrade Jacob Netzly takes a state tour for vacation. Funeral for R R Brown, 22, from Terre Haute with service at Church of God Bethel. Nellie Collier, widow of Brown, near graduation as a nurse. Local residents and travelers, church closures due to poverty, and rains improving corn conditions. light frosts in Cleveland.
A tour of the partially reconstructed fair ground shows substantial progress. The horse and cattle barns and the large amphitheatre are up to date, indicating solid work and lasting improvements.
Rainy Thursday in Spiketown. Numerous families report Sunday visits including Catherine and Esther Shonk with Sadie and Violet Smitley and Otto Murphy with Rex and Clifford Irwin. Maud Hill returns from Kentucky. others spent Sunday with home folks or relatives, with several in Evansville Castlefin and Springfield.
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