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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1921
Page
6
A Christmas day dinner honored Mr. and Mrs Henry Saiter at their home in Southaet Town. Present were Mr and Mrs Will Cork, Herman Fawley and sons Daniel and Elmer, Ed Saiter and daughter Elizabeth, Frank Salter and Henry, and Julia Parsons with nephew Harold Edens.
A compact society note recaps recent arrivals and departures, with brief mentions of local visits, social events, and brief actions by community figures. Names and places are noted when readable, reflecting a typical late nineteenth or early twentieth century column style.
Mrs. Charles Cole, secretary, reports Clark county may fall short of the $4,000 county quota. She urges everyone to push the sale by buying and working before the January 1 closing date.
Mrs. Fred Keifer visits her daughter in Waterloo while Russell Jones travels to Spiceland to see his parents. Casper resident George Purdunn visits family in Casper and G. A. Purdunn. Daytona guests include Mr. and Mrs. Sam Prevo Sr. Gene Taubeneck of Green Valley and Stella Smith from Springfield join relatives. Allen Young arrives from Cincinnati for Christmas with V Young family. Mrs. Melvin Linstrum hosts sister Frances Williams in Terre Haute. Dr. and Mrs. Asa Davison of Hume spend Christmas with Chardes Davison family. Lucille Ralston of Richmond visits W. W. Ralston family for Christmas. Ruth Washburn travels to Indianapolis for a week with sister. Jane Morton from Springfield visits her parents. Grant Crumlin and Glen Sweitzer visit Oden over Christmas. Edith Nellie Hunt and others return from university for holidays. Marie Stewart returns from Charleston to spend holidays with Ross Stewart. R. D. Kean and Everett Tauben neck visit Christmas with W. W. Ralston family. Flossie Smith suffers a broken wrist on icy steps. Fred Smith from Casper joins his family here. Otto Tauben neck visits from Bloomington with Hugo Valera Santiago, Chile, a Spanish teacher at Bloomington Normal School.
Local households share Christmas and holiday visits with relatives in Marshall and nearby towns. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bright hosted a turkey dinner with family and friends from Greenup and Terre Haute. School teacher Miss Jessie German and students from St Marys of the Woods visit home, while a Sunday school class gathering featured gift exchanges and a farewell present for Mrs. M. C. Doty.
Executor Elliott announces claims against the estate of Joseph B Howe, deceased, in Clark County Illinois. He will appear at the Clark County Court in Marshall for the March term to settle claims. Creditors and debtors should attend or settle debts promptly.
An elderly advertisement offers headache and nervousness relief through proper glasses. It promises guaranteed satisfaction and reasonable prices. The Martinsville area listing notes a graduated optician licensed by Illinois with contact details B1-2.
An ad page shows casual notices offering meat sales and custom butchering by Joe and Roy Fix or Roy Fixs store, plus West York South Dakota elevator grain and hay for sale by Newlin. Real estate and personal property loan services by B Johnson and Cole and Cole Marshall. Local telephone exchange and market notes appear with scattered names such as Fred Wallis market and John Miller Livingston area.
Local families host relatives and friends from Danville Martinsville Terre Haute Evansville and Chicago during Christmas holidays. Visits include teachers and students from Edgar county Jamestown Ohio New York City and West Point connections with multiple households hosting extended kin and guests.
Two residences in Martinsville burned Monday night, a two-story house of R Postlewaite and a modern bungalow of Warren Tarman, with little saved from either. Insurance covered both properties. the causes are not known. Roscoe Pratt of Mt. Carmel visited his mother in West Union on Monday.
Creal and Wilbur Clark are visiting relatives in Indiana during the holidays. Mr and Mrs T W F Clark hosted Christmas dinner with Mrs A M Creal, Miss Ova Creal, and Mrs Ida Markin of Terre Haute. Also present were Mr and Mrs Paul Newton of Rosedale Ben Creal and Miss Lola Creal of Indianapolis.
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