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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1948
Page
2
The Marshall Herald outlines its newspaper mission to inform, interpret events, and provide wholesome entertainment while serving commerce through advertising. It states rates: subscription two dollars a year, display advertising thirty five cents per inch, and reader cost ten cents.
Thermometers registered zero Sunday morning. Mont go ny visits include Terr Haute visitors to the Beabout and Cline households. Numerous local gatherings feature the Patchett family birth anniversary and attendance by Hughes, Perisho, Williams, Morgan, and others. Regulars include Hoggatt, Wells, Conrad, Taylor, Johns, Moore, and Taylor family members with several sick and improving statuses.
Mrs Ad Creager of Watseka visits sister-in-law Mrs Maude Paddock. Eldon Hewitt birthday dinner. Several locals, including Delphia Hewitt Murphy Lathrop Jenkins Frakes and Frakes family, visit or travel. Measles recovery for Judy Tingley. hospital visit for Carl Frakes. Families John Frakes Elmer Jenkins Frakes visit Marshall and Terre Haute.
Sunday school attendance reached 58 as Rev. James Kelly preached at Dunlap and Dennison. Jerry Owen revival in Terre Haute drew several locals. John Wilson and Neil Guthrie recovered enough to go out. Mr and Mrs J Johns hosted Sunday dinner for David Bland Donnetta and John Yeley. visits to Terre Haute and Marshall noted for W Weaver and O B Taylor family.
Mrs. Etta Shaffner hosted the Jolly Home Makers gathering on January 28, starting with a cooperative noon meal. Activities included songs, poems, a short play, and a closing prayer, with a $5 donation approved for the March of Dimes and several named attendees.
Mrs. Grant Hollenbeck notes preaching at 11:00 a.m. by Rev. J. B. Norbeck with no evening service. next date February 22. Prayer services Wednesdays at 7:00. Town visits include James Graham, Flower, Jean with Misner family near Greenup Illinois. Carroll Gard sent to St. Anthony Hospital Terre Haute. Farm tips urge spring fertilization and sod waterway repairs before March 1 as tax savings loom for woods owners.
The American Museum of Natural History and Lindolight Products reveal man made star rubies and sapphires with pale light centers and star shapes. One ruby exceeds 100 carats and may outshine natural stones though experts say wearers cannot tell them apart while jewelers detect growth marks on the backs indicating synthetic origin.
In Burbank California executives increasingly fly in luxurious private planes replacing trains and cars. Military aircraft converted at Lockheed to club cars now feature collapsible ottomans bars wardrobes and plush interiors. Lodestar jets include stainless galley swivel chairs and gold plated trays with limed oak woodwork and high quality carpets.
The National Safety Council reports traffic deaths peak in ages 15 to 24, with 34 per 100000 in 1946. Other rates include 22 for 25-44, 25 for 45-64, 12 for 5-14 and under four, and 50 per 100000 for 65 plus, linked to vulnerable pedestrians and fatal injury patterns.
Two business men in a light monoplane ran out of fuel while circling fog over Newark. The Newark tower directed an Eastern Airlines craft to lead the smaller plane to La Guardia, using its approach gear. James A. Bentley and his son James Jr. were returning from Syracuse and landed safely.
A cargo of currency valued at 48 billion Chinese dollars disappeared after 445 cases of 10,000-dollar bills were thrown from a transport plane. A 19 day search recovered only five cases, with thousands of bills missing across Shanghai.
A 1947 Illinois law overview explains how drainage districts are formed either by mutual agreement or by petition, with majority rule enabling inclusion of minority landowners. It notes two acts Levee Act and Farm Drainage Act, and previews future coverage of district activities under Revised Statutes Chapter 42.
Large crowd attends the Clark County Farm Bureau 29th annual meeting at Marshall Township High School gym. Elected president E. E. Elliott unanimously. Olen Pence named to fill out Elliott's term. Directors elected include Charles Taggart Harry Murphy Alfred Seidel Glenn Morgan. Entertainment by Marshall Band and ventriloquist Art Sieving. Tom Drummond reports 1835 members as of Dec 1 1947, a new high. Insurance and auto claims data presented by Raymond Lee show substantial activity.
The Clarksville Baptist Church young peoples chorus will meet at Raymond Claypool home on Friday night February 18. Recaps show visits at Pearl Comba home last Friday and family dinners with Fox Randell Ran dallChrisman. Mastitis causes losses in dairy herds with guidance to move abnormal milk cows to end of line.
Scouring in hogs may be due to cholera or dysentery. Call your veterinarian immediately if it appears.
Fragmentary wording suggests a debate on farming efficiency where crops are produced but redirected to livestock that consume resources poorly. The text hints at critique of maximizing crop yields if the end use wastes energy and value.
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