This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1910
Page
2
Charley Stoltz, Rex Boyce, and many locals return home for Christmas. Weddings noted include Oscar Coddington and Essie Bond in Topeka, and Miss Dilla Lee and Otto Moore in Charleston. Public notices mention Central Illinois Public Service plans and local travel and family visits across Casey and nearby towns.
Mike Acord visiting Hutsonville from Oklahoma. Hay Fulton family to Chicago for Christmas with children. Crawford County fair exhibition set for Hutsonville January 24 to 27. Laura Cox and Alice Rains to attend Shurtleff College. Ruth Irwin and Roscoe Irwin visited Chicago. he went to Colorado. Robert Harrison found unconscious near West Union after horse incident. Leola Phillips, Hutsonville native and missionary, died November 6 in Shanghai after teaching Bible and customs. smallpox caused death in isolation hospital.
An insurance ad notes service for city property and general insurance needs. It mentions SERENA Cole & Coles and urges readers to call for terms and lowest rates.
A damaged OCR fragment from Spokane mentions dates and events but is incomplete. it references a communal gathering and a person named Me Ear with unclear context and missing details.
Monday visitor Frank Church and Friday caller S Maxwell are listed among local residents. Will Brosman bought a Vol Swallum jack. John Johnson came home from St Louis for the weekend. Tom Husted spent Christmas with his sister in Terre Haute Bethel. Bethel Sunday school reorganized with new officers. Harry Beachout accepted a position with Morris & Co in Terre Haute. Erlish & Wolsey coal men visited Thursday. Neighbors hosted a birthday surprise dinner for Mrs Isaiah Buckle. With three trains and a wreck train sidings were blocked Saturday. Advertisement notes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey bottle claim and bell logo.
Mat Snyder and his brother Dan in Martinsville receive a visit while Christmas cheer touches Greenmoss and Dolson area schools. The Bluegrass school closed due to Pearl Babcock illness. Santa Claus visited several schools last Friday. Wheat benefits from light rain and snow last week. dryness has worried crops. Elmer Nay, formerly of here, ill with pneumonia near Pleasant Hill. Morris Bean gains 630 bushels from seven acres in corn raisers class. John Ross invited to turkey dinner in Houston Texas by Fred Stepleton. Lizzie Meloy family and Miss Mabel Kester visit Will Davis on Christmas Day. Dave Nicholson plans move back to Greenmoss farm. residence repaired.
An advertisement urges readers to choose Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey for coughs with a promise of quality. It claims the medicine is sold everywhere and guarantees the best.
Mrs. Wiley Elliott is improving. Jim Adams and wife visited her parents weekend. Bertha Batson stayed with Walter Adams and family. Elmer Snedeker returns home from Marion Indiana for a week. Teachers gave Asbury and nearby schools a bountiful Christmas treat. Abe Garver Isabel and Bessie Garver visited his son in law Mr Sharp at Asbury. Mike Molter visited Charleston to see his son Roy who plans to move to Kansas. Joel Travioli and wife welcome a baby girl born Thursday. Miser and wife of Terre Haute are noted in family lines.
G A Smith sends a reunion letter from Penalosa listing farm outputs for the season. He thrashes 75 476 bushels mostly wheat, runs a cook shack, bought a new steel-type separator, and notes yields of 7 to 30 bushels per acre. Prices are given for wheat oats potatoes apples and livestock, taxes total 75 dollars, and March winds of change recalled from Colorado and New Mexico.
A rural tale recounts a lightning rod salesman who exploits loneliness by offering a deaf and dumb widower to a widow as a second husband. The widow and deacon juggle signs and miscommunication as an odd matchmaking scheme unfolds into comic misunderstanding.
An old ad boasting Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salves as an eye remedy claims value only for eyes with a money back offer of 25 cents if unsatisfied. The terse pitch urges readers to judge the product by use.
The piece notes sharp ironies comparing living costs with dying costs. It contrasts shaving a living man at fifteen cents with a dead man paying a dollar, and jokes about coats, digging, carriage rides, and embalming fees, ending with a sobering reminder to value life despite high prices.
An advertisement urges readers to try Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve for all skin troubles. It promises ease and guaranteed satisfaction in worst cases with a 25 cent box available at all druggists.
A fragmentary Abe Martin style reflection questions courtship and altar, hinting at fate and guilt in relationships. The garbled text evokes a humorous local voice, mixing dialect with wry moral commentary about romance and consequences.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.