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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1919
Page
4
Community ledger reports visiting relatives from St Louis to Terre Haute and Indianapolis. Soldiers Allen Blaker and Ralph Sebastian return from overseas and training camps. Box suppers, church revivals, varied homecomings, and ongoing local business notes fill the week.
Robt Gardner recovering from influenza as revival meetings begin at Spiketown on February 11. Misses Esther and Beulah Shank visit Ella and Lola Murphy on Sunday. All welcome.
Mrs Will Brown of Syracuse Kansas visits friends in Westfield. Mrs O E Heckard Drumright Oklahoma and Mrs C M Boarts Tulsa Oklahoma visit their parents here. Huey Francis Snyder discharged from Camp Lee Virginia returns home. Mrs Charles Kincheloe dies at 38 from influenza complications. Fire damages a restaurant building and the Farmers National Bank with $10 000 estimated loss. Government Railroad Admin orders daily S& O train service until March 16. Superintendent Moreland of Hume says coal and other supplies could be secured.
Marshall Lodge No 133 A F and A M calls all Master Masons to a stated meeting tonight at 7 30. F M Carpenter serves as secretary and invites attendance.
The piece recalls how the Serbian army connected with mountain holdouts among Serbs and Montenegrins, aided by aircraft delivering arms and food for over two years. It laments the lack of detailed public accounts and praises the unseen epic of war while noting the enemy can gain nothing from the tale.
The article explains how fast an expert counts coins and compares billions to daily counts. At 4,000 silver dollars per hour for eight hours a day, 32 000 per day, it would take 31 days to reach a million, and 102 years to count a billion at the same pace.
Walter Pritchard, city court judge, questions Abe Murray a seventeen year old charged with carrying concealed weapons. The revolver cannot spin automatically. the defendant says it spins when turned by hand. The judge offers a half fine of $50 and costs, noting it is only about half a gun.
The Missouri mule is praised for fighting spirit long before American troops joined World War I. London reports credit the animal with backing British advances on the western front this fall, showcasing Missouri grit and loyalty alongside soldiers.
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