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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1915
Page
5
A fragmented and garbled OCR text references Springfield and a legislature facing rebuke from voters over party tone. It suggests a sense of public anger and a possible majority against current leaders, with implications for mercy or penalties by the governing body.
The article notes President Wilson vetoed a literacy test for admission of aliens, the third such veto after Cleveland and Taft. It states Congress failed to override twice and discusses the clash over immigration restriction, suggesting honest industrious immigrants should be favored over educated rascals.
Disturbing local note describes a large alive snake found coiled in a pump cylinder at a hardware store in Martinaville. It adds that Miss Celia Lake visited Paris yesterday for an auction-bridge event hosted by Mrs Arelie Woods and Mrs Frank Shipman at the home of Miss Lake's sister Mrs Burr Llewellyn, with Celia returning home yesterday.
Marshall residents and visitors are noted in a string of social items. Names such as Dixon Kuykendall Martin Ruffner Poorman and Wint row are listed among travel visits to Indianapolis Terre Haute and Paris with locals attending events from car shows to church meetings and club gatherings. Wheat prices rose to 1.50 in Chicago.
The article critiques a president’s claim that enterprise has been checked for twenty years. It argues the assertion contradicts common knowledge and formal statistics showing wealth and business growth. It notes wealth has risen with materialism and calls for equitable distribution, highlighting debate over wealth growth.
The administratrix with will annexed of Cary Marvin deceased of Clark County Illinois gives notice she will appear at the county court in Marshall for the April term to have claims against the estate adjusted. Debts to the estate must be paid immediately. Dated February 1915. Hannah Marvin, Admrix. Everett Connelly, Atty. 5-4
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