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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1916
Page
4
Dolson area reports use of sledding snow, farm movements around Oak land Clarksville and nearby farms. Local deaths include Fern Schwartz, and Virgil Hursts school reopened after scarlet fever. Several residents moved or planned moves, with community events and long ago notes recalled from ten years prior.
Fred Fraker spent Sunday at Yale. Bertie Husted now located in Iowa. Slater of Greenup spent last week here. Arthur Beachout was an Island Grove visitor Sunday. Y W A held their semi occasional meeting Saturday. Hallie Husted visited her sister north of Martinsville. John Rysinger trapped about twenty muskrats along the Stockwell branch.
Olive Douglas and J G Forsythe were in Paris Saturday along with J D Daly on a business trip. Roy Craringham and family visited Ylobert Craig's on Sunday. Clave Campbell of McKeon visited T G Forsythe’s family last week. J Forsythe moved his business to Modern Twoodman halk. Ernest Porsythe and wife visited James Wright's family on Buaney. Mrs Gepnd Ogden will take charge.
Mrs Belle Haworth travels to Rockville Indiana after the death of an aunt Eugene Squires of New Allegheny Pa arrives to visit his uncle M B Squires Esther Sagger aged 13 dies at the home of Sherman Edman northwest of J W Brown a former Casey resident now in Oregon George Krepps and family move back to Pennsylvania after leaving Casey Water floods M E church basement and a muskrat is found in possession at the janitor’s office The Van Tower cash drawer is robbed while Claude Vickery is away about $12 stolen by a tramp
Five to six inches of snow quieted Martinsville on Sunday with two degrees above zero Monday. Revival meetings began at the M E church Sunday with Rev Mr Baker preaching Monday night. Local notes report Addison Hu! James Elam and others in town, agency transfer for Terre Haute Star, and Republican primary candidates Berry Byram and J Deahl.
The article traces the 1707 Thelluson Act, Parliament's response to large estate accumulations from Peter Thelluson’s will. It explains the will contest and eventual House of Lords ruling in 1859 on succession through the eldest male line, noting legal debates by attorneys and the bill's impact on wills and estates.
A Philadelphia Ledger note reflects on famous presidential quips and lasting phrases. It cites Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Lincoln and others, noting few lines endure while many great papers fade from public use.
Parchment is made from animal skins cleaned in a lime pit for fat removal and stretched on a frame to remove wrinkles. The flesh is pared, moistened, and coated with whiting before pumice rubbing and ironing with pumice until smooth and dry.
A young son of Cleve Osborn is picked. John Chaney visits Lewis Smitley. Allen Meloy returns to work in Danville Saturday. A log yard is being built on the George Claypool farm. Mrs Retta Graham of Clarksville visits Mrs Golda Marrs. Sam Morgan, from Martinsville Indiana, returns home after treatments. Mr and Mrs Alonzo Allred and daughter Carrie visit Roy Miller's. Aunt Eunice Johnson and Martha McHenry visit Clarksville relatives. Wm Fox fell from fodder causing shoulder dislocation and broken bone tip.
A Popular Science Monthly tip notes necktie users find four in hand ties wear out quickly. It describes unpicking the wide end, pulling the lining and silk cover over, then ironing the lining to smooth and extend the tie’s life.
Maine agricultural experiment station research on oat heredity shows farmers often accept foreign grown seed as superior. Journal of Heredity notes acclimation years improve variety performance.
The text recalls Hero of Alexandria around 190 BC describing a mechanical device that produced no result, then notes its power being rediscovered in the seventeenth century. It mentions a line about a dead man and references Longfellow's poem, with brief figures like Chispa and a son who is dead.
A fragmentary archive item includes a garbled line about breaking a bad habit and a partial quote from the Boston Transcript stating duty to be useful over desire. The readable text preserves no clear names, dates, or events.
By virtue of an order of the Clark county Illinois County Court Lavina Nettleton administratrix seeks sale of the estate real estate February term 1916. On March 11 between 10 am and 4 pm at the east door Marshall I llinois sale includes specified land with mortgage of 1800 dollars.
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