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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1959
Page
3
The Marshall Herald provides weekly publication from Marshall Illinois. The notice repeats editorial staff and printing details and lists subscription rates and local advertising charges.
The report contrasts Illinois and national trends in 1957 versus 1942. It shows educational programs accounting for 34.6 percent of general expenditures in Illinois in 1957 vs 29.3 in 1942, highways 19.1 percent vs 11.1, public welfare 7 percent vs 17.3, and health and hospitals 8 percent vs 5.8, with health and hospitals rising to 7.9 percent federally and 6.4 in 1942.
The Taxpayers Federation of Illinois cites a Census Bureau study showing state and local general revenue per capita rose 159 percent in Illinois from 1942 to 1957. Education, highways, welfare, health and hospitals led expenditures, with 1962 and 1957 shares detailed for the nation and states.
A cautionary note urges prepare your car for cold weather with attention to spark plugs points battery hoses and brakes. Faulty ignition or uneven brakes raise crash risk on ice and snow. A free copy of the new Rules of the Road booklet is available by writing to Charles F. Carpentier at the Secretary of State in Springfield Illinois.
Holiday safety urged as 600 people may die in crashes this season and 835 miners deaths and 700 from the San Francisco quake are cited. Four point plan includes not driving after drinking, bus or taxi home, adjusting speed to conditions, and choosing strong coffee to combat fatigue. Social security gaps hit farm workers. many misses wage reporting deprive families of protection.
A fragmentary OCR item notes protections around at least six dollars and a reference to reaching age 18, mentioning wages and a farmer named Mr. J. The readable parts are too incomplete to identify full facts or context.
Jumbled OCR reads Choctaw by Mrs Mau and Perry with Tommy and Sandra evening guests of Mire Maude Miller. Mrs Maude Miller visited Tuesday afternoon and Friday with Mrs Mar tend.
A retired Clay County Illinois teacher recalls winter travel by buggy with one horse and a warm bed of bricks and water jugs. He describes heating bricks for feet, riding four miles to school in spring and fall, his father’s mustache icicles, and lining up lunches and warm shoes for the ride home. He notes his mother’s role and invites readers to send contributions to The Old Timer column.
Cline attended the funeral of Charles Cornwell at Melrose church Sunday afternoon Elder Robert Phillips of Willow Hill spent Sunday with Mary and William Ledermann.
Mrs Russell Dennison and Mr Harold Fisher with families visited Marshall. Families including the Johns, Pruiett, and Taylor clans attended gatherings. Visits to Union Hospital, Brazil and West Terre Haute are noted along with several dinners and calls among local residents in Marshall and Terre Haute areas.
Mr and Mrs Marion Garner and Mrs Carol Hall visited Tuesday with Mrs Garner's mother at Snyder. P M White Jay Yeley and Mrs John Yeley called on Carl Kirby Monday evening. Mr and Mrs Verlan Hurst and a daughter spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Glenn Lee and family Jerry Wallace is confined to his home with an attack of flu.
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