This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1960
Page
4
The Marshall Community Unit Schools bus staff transports 950 students daily with 19 buses and 2 auxiliary vehicles covering about 1,100 miles per day. During 1958-59 it cost 62.91 dollars per student, totaling 308.05 dollars daily, across nine townships in a 216 square mile district.
Mrs Robert Murphy expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for the cards and letters received during her hospital stay.
Lady Anna Jean Shaffner expresses gratitude for the cards letters gifts and visits she received during hospitalization and after returning home. She extends blessing to all friends.
Article urges voters to consider benefits and risks of a new city gas utility. It lists comparative monthly charges from nearby towns detailing minimum fees and tiered per thousand cubic foot rates, highlighting potential cost differences for an average 30 000 cubic feet monthly usage.
Armstrong Methodist Church hosts a week of spiritual revival led by Rev. Vanney guest evangelist from the Illinois conference. Services nightly at 7:30 with 7:00 prayer, featuring special study nights and a call for total attendance in Sunday worship.
The text lists tiered monthly charges for water usage from 500 to over 40 000 cubic feet with varying per thousand rate levels and regional costs for Norris City and Marshall. It ends with a civic appeal urging voters to express their views through ballots on major city decisions.
Terms of three school board members expire April 9 1960 Oscar Kirchner Harold Stover and Arnold Macke filed candidacy petitions to fill a vacancy created by Dean Strohm not seeking re election Petition collection runs through March 19 with petitions available from Dorothy Clark secretary of the board of education The piece also notes board duties and the role of education while highlighting student activities at Marshall high school and nursing career discussions by Miss Gloria Secor.
In Chicago a five pound transistorized device attaches to the patient via standard leads and sits near the telephone mouthpiece. It sends heart sounds and electrocardiograph readings over the line with no wire connection, easing telephone consultations between heart specialists per Dr E Grey Diamond of Kansas City.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.