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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1950
Page
5
Article notes iodine deficiency in ration causes hairless pigs. It says small iodine amounts correct the deficiency. Dairymen in 1949 fed about 3 1/3 pounds of grain and concentrates per 100 pounds of milk produced by their cows.
A cluttered list of local ads shows sale items and services including an oil stove, built in oven, rental offers, farm equipment, straw and clover hay, a furnished apartment, New Wabash beans, Dairy and jewelry sales, office closure notices, a 1946 Ford Ferguson tractor, tree surgery, oats, beef hides, a modern bungalow for sale, auctions, and public sale details in Marshall Illinois with multiple contact names and phone numbers.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Hawker and Mr and Mrs Hershel Arbuckle and Mr and Mrs Ralph Hawker plus Norman visited Hazel Dell Sunday evening with Fred Hawker and Mr and Mrs Frank Hawker.
Local residents and relatives gathered across Marshall and nearby towns during a busy weekend. Many families hosted guests from Terre Haute, Indianapolis, LaPorte, Rochester, Casey, and Oak Town while others planned moves and weddings.
G. W. Gibson spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Missouri at the Mother and Babies Home where he addressed the young people in the evening chapel. He then visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Weaver in Old Ripley Illinois.
Monday visits marked by relatives and friends traveling between Indiana communities. Numerous gatherings include Little and Geheb families in Indianapolis, Branham and Terre Haute wintering in Florida, weddings in Vandalia, and hospital visits for Mrs Kammacher after a stair fall.
A reader requests publication of a notice warning against dumping rubbish and dead stock near Mill Creek bridge and Luckhaupt farm, stating legal action will follow under state health law. Also, Bishop Santi Uberto Barbieri will speak at the First Methodist Church in Marshall on Sunday night, February 26, at 7 30 with a long bio of his international church work.
A sequence of warranty and quit claim deeds recorded from 1949 to 1950 transferring land and interests in sections and townships within Martinsville area. Parties include Florence Forsythe, Earl Traviolii, Minnie Fawley, Casson K Bennett, Inez Rector, Lois Benndt, Walter Bruner, Bessie Bruner, Ruth B Poorman, Coles-Moultrie Electric, Russel Flenner, Charles H Goble, Mary L Goble, A LeMay, Kusterman, T Chrysler, Jesse Chrysler, Mildred Chrysler, Anna Fern Hainley, Robert Durnal, Dewey Overmyer, Richard Tharp, Maxine Tharp, Harry B Black, Anna B Black, H J Kemp, Victor C Miller, Joseph Wells, Elizabeth Wells, Olen Wells, Annabelle Wells, and others. Transfers cover lots and tracts in sections 21 and 17, townships 12 and 11, ranges 11 and 14, plus additional parcels in Martinsville and Deal's subdivision. Some deeds note nominal consideration of $1 or $2 and dates from 1948 to 1950.
Warranty deed dated February 18 records Olen C and Mabel Esther Wells to James Moyg Roe and U S A conveyance to Samuel Perry by patent dated March 18 1818. Property located in section 20 township 11 range 10. Land description includes township and range details.
Sgt Donald W. Roper 21, son of Mrs Helen M. Roper of North Terre Haute and nephew of Mr and Mrs Joseph Wallace of Marshall, was killed April 18 1944 on a bombing mission to Berlin. His B 26 was shot down over Brandenburg. Burial March 1 at 10 30 a m Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery St Louis. Posthumous Purple Heart and Oak Leaf Cluster awarded January 1945.
A good supply of humus and granular structure increases the soil's capacity to hold water while allowing excess drainage.
The text notes that over half of Americans earn income through stages of food production and supply chains including producing processing handling transporting and distributing food reflecting a broad economic role in the sector.
A comparison notes that annual food losses to rats in the United States match the production of about 265000 farmers in the same period, highlighting pest impact on national food supply.
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