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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1909
Page
2
County correspondence lists visits and social events around Westfield and Martinsville including G L Wiser, Claude Newman, James Best, Oscar Warner, Miss Cora Hammond, and others. It notes teaching appointments, travel to Oklahoma, coal prospecting, a local dance, spelling prize, preacher absence, and a cough remedy advertisement.
Mrs. M. E Fisher of Detroit Mich says three doctors advised surgery for severe rectal troubles. She then used Dr. King's New Life Pills and was wholly cured. The pills claim to prevent appendicitis and cure constipation and headache, priced 24 cents at Robi Prewett's drug store.
Charley Goekler greeted Fred Wieland who lost a cow last week. Clarence Goeckler from Timothy was here on business Thursday. Hurley Johnson and wife visited Charley Turner Sunday. George Lutz of Paris stopped by for business last week. A fruit tree agent was in the area one day last week. Clarksville school closes Thursday with Lenna Marrs as teacher. James Richey moved to Terre Haute from Wil Combs place last week. A quilting at Mrs Robert Babcock's Tuesday. refreshments and good times reported.
Co R Kinger jeweler at 1060 Virginia Ave Indianapolis testifies the remedy cured his backache and irregularities after kidney trouble and helped him return to daily business. Keifer's Drug Store endorses the product.
John Bartram and wife have gone east from their old home place. The Bartrams have moved back east. Rise Guedeker and wife of Dunlap are noted in the same notice.
Emma Craig spent Sunday with Nellie Blizzard. Mrs Will Carpenter visited their parents Thursday. Jess Walker went to Indiana last week to visit his uncle. Fmoch Wyrick was a West Union caller Wednesday. Carrie Brewster visits her sister. John Reece plans a box supper at the end of school. Babe Miller and children spent Tuesday with Tom Walker and wife. Hershel Clie spent part of last week with his parents James McCollum and wife. Hershel Cline and Hubert with Mrs James McCollum visited Ida Wyrick Wednesday. Bert Eckels and family Maggie Cora McCollum Edna Wyrick Hattie Ot Higginbotham took dinner Sunday with James McCollum and family.
An advertisement for Foley's Kidney Remedy claims Hexamethylemete tramine as a uric acid solvent and urine antiseptic. It urges taking the remedy at the first signs of irregularities to prevent serious illness, attributed to Keifer's Drug Store.
Basil Lowrey Parker is reported as sick. Lyman Barbee visited Elmer Barbee Thursday night. Everett Connelly visited friends in Richwoods Monday night. Mrs Anne Connelly visited with Rae Ella Connelly on Wednesday. Robert Vanpelt visited his father John Vanpelt of Dolson Wednesday. Elmer Tyler has the Ba Connel l form rented for the coming year. Stidcker or Dolson spent Wednesday evening. Newlin and Cha close notes. Connelly visited with two. Misc unread names appear in Madigan district.
George Nicholson moved from south of Grandview to Emanuel Miller farm while Mrs Laura Heimer, recently ill, remains in Grandview. Charles Hornside returns from Texas to his home, while Cari Webright and Miss Leo Daughhettee wed in Marshall with Esq Martin officiating. Snow drifts ease, dust concerns fade for travelers. Troy Dixon of Swango visits Lon Alfred and friends after moving. Ground thaw allows early plowing as dry spells return. Leroy Mathews, killed near a hand car incident, was brother to Mrs Ina Phillips. Spelling schools revive with East Liberty, Bartmess, and Green Moss programs. Bartmess winter term closed. Green Moss by Hurley Johnson and West Liberty by Virgil Hiarst closed. Gorge Findley and wife of Alfalfa County, Oklahoma plan a Mt Vernon visit before returning home.
Casey Price of Rushville Indiana spending days at SPD Cochonour home. Jas Osborn and wife head to Florida for several weeks. Dr Clinton Hancock and wife move to Casey and open offices in Wise building. A carload of hogs shipped to Indianapolis averaging 425 pounds fed at Aro Seco farm owned by Cap Reed. Roscoe Breeden moves to Muskogee Oklahoma with goods. Frank and Warner Stoltz depart for Los Angeles California. J M Heffley and family return from Kingfisher Oklahoma. New Cumberland church frame blown down in wind storm Friday. Articles of incorporation filed for Casey Hardware and Machine Co with capital 30000. Incorporators BE E Chrysler Ollie Roberts Chas J Needler John Auld and family depart for Oklahoma City for months. W V Bean returns from Florida. Lake Brandenburg resigns as police. W A Adams appointed at city council meeting.
The article lists local residents with travel plans including Mr and Mrs Allen Newlin heading south for three to four weeks possibly to the Panama Canal. Solomon Standfield, recently back from St Louis, will return to Hutsonville with his wife. Standfield is among the town’s oldest residents and the only pensioned Mexican war veteran. A depot area store near the old depot has been converted to a temporary station with comfortable quarters, and spring work is expected on a new depot.
An advertisement touts Foley’s Orino Laxative as a remedy for constipation and liver troubles. It claims to regulate bowels, prevent griping, and avoid nausea, urging readers to choose Orino over pills.
The Edwards boys of Walnut Prairie are expected Friday. Jo Lowry plans to Arkansas to buy a farm. Ray Joob Jewett works the second trick at the tower. The Kimlers hosted a taffy party before moving. Nellie Husted begins an extended Terre Haute visit.
An advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a fast remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the product enables digestion of any food, prevents fermentation and gas, and eliminates stomach discomfort by the next day. A 50 cent case is suggested at drugstores.
Mrs Jas Pratt visits Martinsville on Wednesday. Miss Mexa Adams of Beetland is in town visiting friends. Miss Mary Prevo at Walnut Prat visited friends over Sunday. Depot work continues in town as crews attend to upgrades.
Residents Amy Trump Ollie and Glen Thompson spent Sunday together while Ralph Adams and Wm Medsker family were together Saturday. The three weeks meeting closed with 30 conversions at Potter's Hall and various neighbors visited relatives in Marshall and Chrisman areas.
Dr George Tully Vaughn performed a pioneering operation on George A. Kelly with knee disease leading to leg amputation. In a tragic nearby case a dying patient’s leg bone was grafted to the living patient’s limb. The procedure involved riveting bones and joining ligaments as doctors labored to complete the transplant. Kelly shows rapid improvement. Lee Tally and Jennie Day wed in Paris by County Judge La mon. Adolphus Guyer of West York dies at 53 after long illness.
Report from Marshall praises Doat's Kidney Pills and Ola Quaker Remedy for back pain relief. Mrs. Julia Thacker of Marshall’s southeast reports yearlong backache and severe pains easing after use, with multiple neighbors sharing similar experiences.
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