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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1927
Page
4
The community records Christmas gatherings at Plymout Rock Inn and Methodist classes with exchanged gifts. Birth announcements include Mrs. John Geheb hosting a surprise birthday dinner and the Wortmans welcoming baby William Isaac in Beecher City. Local Legion plans a Monday meeting and Masons set third degree work on upcoming evenings.
Local items include the Ladies Aid chicken dinner at the Christian church on December 21, a Christmas Savings Club opening at The Marshall State Bank, a Loyal Hustler class bazaar on December 24 at Economy Store, and farm loan ads from Cole Cole and H M Dewey & Co. Also two story bungalow for sale, monument sellers, and a resolutions of respect from Magonie York No 318 with condolences to the Layton family.
Mrs. C. R. Johnson and her children plan to relocate to Hartford City Indiana next week and establish a home there. Their South Sixth street residence has been furnished and rented for the winter to Mr and Mrs Gene Kelley. Mrs George Snedeker recently returned from Peoria where she visited her brother Hugh McDonald and daughter Florence. On December 7 Mr McDonald was hosted to a six o clock birthday dinner in his 48th year.
The Community Club of Asbury will meet Friday evening December 23. A Christmas program and a Christmas tree are planned. Roll call responses will be a Christmas verse.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Society of Armstrong will meet at Mrs. L F Weaver’s home on Wednesday December 21 at 1 30 pm. Topic is The Christmas Madonna. Also notes visits by local residents and travel plans of several couples.
New officers for the coming year were elected at the Eastern Star Chapter meeting Monday evening. Elected were Mrs. Paul Hill worthy matron R. L. Hunt worthy patron Mrs. Pearl Halli associate matron Miss Mollie E. Smith secretary Mrs. C. D. Mitchell treasurer Mrs. Frank Machlan conductress and Mrs. C. M. Bubeck associate conductress. Additional appointments were made by Mrs. Hill and include Myrtle Davidson Ada Mrs. Wm. Garwood Ruth D. M. Foreman Esther Emery Bloodworth Martha Florence Robinson Electa Carl Taubeneck organist Dreascilla Deaner assistant organist R. L. Hunt chaplain J. McCauley marshal A. R. Deaner warden and Bert Robinson sentinel.
The text records a figure named Middleditch identified as a barber-surgeon who died in Great Suffolk Street, London, in 182i. It notes this person as part of a historically claimed list of practitioners in the field.
A fragmentary remark contrasts a woman asking about vetoing a church matter with Donald expressing a peculiar preference for the kirk, suggesting a Scottish Free Church context and a lighthearted or ironic tone. The incomplete dialogue hints at religious or community tensions in a past era.
Mayor John McCauley and committee members James Cosgrove and Rev. Howard Leach announce a large Christmas tree will be erected on the northeast corner of the courthouse square. Candy and gifts will be distributed for children on Christmas Eve December 24. there will be no program.
The Terre Haute Tribune football trophy was presented Friday night to Casey Township high school at the second annual championship celebration in Casey. Last year the Tribune trophy was also won by the Casey eleven. More than 200 persons attended the championship celebration.
A family in the Obie State Journal report recounts relief after their sixteen year old daughter, long feared missing, is confirmed safe. Neighbors and officials had searched and worried, but she turned up unharmed.
The text notes the moon's monthly cycle from rise to full and its delays, stating that these occur without special notice. It explains that the sun and full moon sit in opposite sky parts, making autumn the season when the full moon aligns with the shortest delays.
A quoted remark mocks a female player after the pro tells her to address the ball. The speaker calls her “a dumb one” and notes she says she cannot think of anything to say.
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