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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1908
Page
3
The article outlines how to elevate winter eveningwear with artificial flowers, satin gowns, and delicate nets. It describes coiffures, the rise of black Brussels net, sash draping, matching slippers, and the Empire style boleros, noting chic ruching at collars and resilient jewelry trends.
Operations in Illinois petroleum fields exceed expectations with drilling continuing through winter barring deep mud. Weather and road conditions aid material transport, water scarcity eased, and activity centers on older producing areas. A Marion county find near Centralia attracts attention with one well producing about ten barrels daily. Oil witches and locals debate locating oil without drilling while many wells show steady output. November totals reach 273 wells with 6,242 barrels added daily and 263,769 barrels delivered over 30 days.
Mary Lansberry transfers to Frank Lansberry with payment of 1000 dollars. Henry Shonk sells to Frank Dehl for 500 dollars. W L Fessenbeck transfers to Rose Downey and to Robt Downey and to Geo Downey for 1200 dollars each. Sylvia Huffman sells to J W Higginbotham for 500 dollars. Fred Brown sells to Ulysses Cook for lot 3, Richart Place for 1200 dollars. James Richart transfers multiple lots and parcels in Richart Place for sums from 185 to 3865 dollars. J E Walls buys from H L Fitt for 1000 dollars. Lucien Wheatley sells part of orig Marshall for 6000 dollars. Carl Gallington transfers property to Ora Gallington for 195 dollars. J WV Canady sells to Edward Kimmel for 10000 dollars. WwW S Sanford sells to J E Walls for parts of Rush Hammonds subdivision. E H Johnson transfers to Homer Snyder for a lot in Martinsville.
John Geffs was in York Saturday Noah Deverick was in this community Friday Roscoe Washburne was in Martinsville Saturday Sylvia Custis has been working at Landis Dehl's Several have been attending meeting at the chapel A well is being drilled on the Squire Harrison farm Cooper and wife are visiting near Humboldt NS Fine snowstorm Friday morning and an ice rain Sunday Frank Dehl and Roscoe Deverick were in Marshall Monday Melvin Bennett and family spent Sunday with John McDaniel and wife Miss Lura McDaniel of Martinsville visited relatives and friends of this vicinity last week We were mistaken last week when we said that meeting began at Butternutt as it has not There was a box supper at Water oak school house Saturday night for the benefit of the school Miss Dolly Steele returned to Greencastle last Monday where she is attending the DePauw University Mrs Wm Staley Harlan Bennett and family and Jas Staley and family spent Sunday at Bud Staley's near Moriah
A collection of birth announcements lists parents and newborns in Marshall and nearby towns. Entries include Edmond and Emma McDaniel with a son, Clarence and Marie Gunn with a son, Harry Cromlin with a son, Eugene Mills with twins, John Freen with a daughter, and other couples such as Jacob and Mary Dietrich Lylian and Lillie Camps Bell McKeen, and Jacob Walters with a Casey tive bos.
Cattle dealers from Kansas captured first and second premiums on carload lots at the International Fat Stock Show in Chicago. The consignors reported strong prices and high bids for their sale cattle, reflecting a successful showing by Kansas feeders.
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