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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
5
Local notices recount Christmas visits and holiday plans across Terre Haute and nearby towns. Families travel to spend the season with relatives, including Mert Beg, Miss Marguerite Rapson, Miss Lola Archer, and Miss Kathryn Roach, with events at the Star Bakery and community gatherings noted.
Hugh Brown born October 10 1856 in Clay County Indiana died December 19 1913 at home in Clark County. He came to Clark County with family in 1858 and lived there the rest of his life. He married Isabel Williams in 1879 and had five children Scott Charles E Maude Beck Lucinda Garver and Hugh the latter two died young. His first wife died in 1889 and he married Mattie McBride in 1890, who survived with eight children. He also leaves two sisters Rebecca of Nebraska and Mary of Champaign Illinois, plus many relatives and friends. He worked about 30 years for the Big Four Railroad and was a member of the IOOF for about 365 years. Funeral services were held at Walnut Prairie conducted by Rev T J Wheeler with interment in Brick Cemetery. Odd Fellows in charge.
A marriage license was issued this morning to James Myers aged 72 and Harriet Glovier aged 45. Both are well known and highly esteemed residents of the county.
Fragmented notices promote quality meats at Kohl building with contact numbers and a fur buyer seeking highest cash price. Shoppers are urged to repair shoes at L. W. Jones with phone 309. Gas fitting and plumbing offered by J. & Millhouse. Optician R. C. Jones touts growing customer recommendations from 215 N. 10th.
The effort to indict U. S. Marshal Hitch of Paris for involvement in liquor sales at a Paris amusement park failed. The trial was held yesterday and Hitch was acquitted.
A veterinary surgeon in Carmi reports over 100 horses died after consuming new corn. Affected animals go blind and die soon after, alarming farmers across southern Illinois.
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