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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1922
Page
5
A Luna soap guessing contest offers 11 bars of high grade white Luna soap for 49 cents. Participants register name and address and guess the number of bars in the window display with prizes for top guesses and tie division on February 11.
Mr and Mrs Alphonsus Diel of Paris visited their sister Miss Lavina Diel here Thursday night. Rosa Stewart went to Charleston to spend Sunday with his daughter Marie at school there. Mrs Powert Barrett returned to Paris after visiting her sister Mrs George Weaver. Mr and Mrs Bart Irwin of Bast nighter hosted a home Friday night.
West Union residents and visiting families gather for illnesses travel and social events. Attendees include Gladys Brown, Helen Black, and several Hurst relatives visiting a ill father in Terre Haute. The Merry Widow is seen by many in Terre Haute and Mattoon areas. Social gatherings feature dinners cards and a Loyal Hustlers church group meeting with ice cream and cake.
Classified column items include land for sale 80 acres with timber, farm equipment, livestock sale notices, homes and rental listings, various personal ads, and local social notices from Marshall area. Includes Henry Mundorff phone 59311, farm and house listings, piano sale, dressmaking ads, and community notices.
Clark county volunteers report Near East Relief posters urging Illinois children to contribute to a $1,000,000 quota by July 1. Farmers are asked to donate 600,000 bushels of grain with cash value credited toward the goal.
Little Leon Jackson is on the sick list. Grace Blizzard of West Union visits home folks. Edward Higginbotham entertained several young people Saturday night. Revival meeting is in progress with all welcome. Gladys Burger went to Paris to work. Bonnie Carpenter visited Mary Jackson Sunday.
Westfield reports James White hospitalized in Effingham for complications. Johnny Johnson joins the U S Army in St. Louis. Ada Briscoe dies at 55 from appendicitis and pneumonia. funeral at U B church. Westfield Independents lose to Clinton 15 18. Casey beats W T H S 27 22. Marriage of Clem Vanscoyk and Ida Davis noted. Union revival meetings planned by local churches. Radio telephone set installed at Westfield Bank and C B Lee farm.
Seymour Hurst defends voting positions on Senate Bills 283 and 472 and the Brown Turner Libel Bill, citing specific House Journal pages and remarks by Farm Bureau leaders. He asserts perfect attendance during the 52nd General Assembly and calls for fact checking before judgments.
A recurring feature titled Kiddies presents a rotating Master Miller each week. The column highlights new guest host ideas and local interest as readers anticipate fresh contributions.
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