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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1926
Page
4
Readable fragments describe a Decatur family gathering with parents and relatives mentioned amid a casual Sunday scene. Names appear in partial form reflecting OCR errors but indicate a family-oriented item in local life.
A fragment lists multiple families visiting relatives over Christmas including Ledermann Carpenter and Miller households. Names such as Herman William Hattie Perry Jackson Cyrus Brewster and Vern Davidson appear with extended family mentions and Sunday visits noted.
Westfield residents share holiday visits with family friends and church events. Students and alumni return home from Illinois, Indiana and Chicago for Christmas. A double basketball set at Westfield saw the second team edge Charleston and the first team beat Charleston 34 to 11.
A roundup of holiday visitors arrives from St Louis Indianapolis Gary and Martinsville to spend Christmas with families in the area. Several couples and children share meals and gatherings including O P Tharp Mrs Dolson and the Leasure and Fessenbeck households.
Austin Claypool returns from school to spend the holidays with Mr and Mrs George Claypool and relatives. The Hodsons and Clarence Thatcher of Kokomo Indiana visited, along with the Flutchens and Wallace families. Children attended a program by Riggs school, a farewell tea followed, and many relatives enjoyed meals and gifts during the season.
Mr and Mrs Bruce Spires hosted a Christmas afternoon gathering with Spires and related families. Attendees included Edward and Luis, Lucille and Everett Harbor, Helen Walsity, and Mrs. Oda Marrs, who spent Christmas at Alice Newman's Marshall home.
Liberty Thompson and wife and Homer Cooper and wife spent Saturday in Marshall. Harry Cooper visited Marie Davison on Sunday. Lizzie Strohm and family and Homer Cooper and wife were at Chas. Freeman’s home Friday. True Thompson visited Harry Wright Monday evening. Chas. Freeman and wife and son visited Ike Thompson Monday. Chas. Freeman and wife visited Tom Thompson and family Monday.
Mt Pleasant Ohio notes brief social exchanges as Sweet and Dons Tingley spend a short time at Reuben Mheb er's on Wednesday evening. Jennie Sweet and Huston visit Aubin with relatives. Henry Hutian and Ora Cline host Christmas with family.
Fragmentary text mentions a schoolhouse event and names Tingley and Buckt with scattered phrases. Readers cannot discern a clear action or outcome from the garbled lines.
Holiday gatherings show FISHBACK and Isaac Francis families visiting Edith Geisert and Coop Chapel relatives. Emily Gelsert and Minnie Eidlis dined with Frank Gelsert from Stump area. Living Stair and Din Baggs families welcomed Elnora Black and Ray Thompson from Terre Haute weekend. Ralph Prove hosted Din Baggs and others in Marshall for Christmas day. Arthur Pickens and wife from Terre Haute seen with James Pickens family. Mrs Vern Pickens ill with pneumonia. Roy from Oregon noted in couple lines.
Peter Postlewaite of Petersburg Illinois arrived for Christmas with Ss C Morrill of Indianapolis spent the past week with relatives here Sherman McNary and daughters were in Terre Haute Friday Misses Ruby and Reb Grahan and Edward Harmon of West Terre Haute were visiting uncles McNary and Morrill CG A Garver and W Stephenson spent a day in St. Louis John Poflinbarger suffered a finger injury while slaughtering a neighbor’s sausage mill but is recovering nicely
Mrs Snavely of Melrose visited her daughter Alice Sack rider and family from Wednesday to Monday. Wallace Elliott visited West York on business. Mr and Mrs Donald Wilson and sons Charles and Gréeé visited relatives in York Sunday. Louiss Wilbert near Annapolis called on his in laws Wednesday. Ruby Sackrider visited Quaker Lane family Sunday. Will Sackrider and wife hosted Mabel Melten and children Wednesday. Ray Drake and Jesse Spraker made a business trip to Annapolis Wednesday. Paul Crumline near Melrose spent Christmas with cousins Jean Wayne and Earl Sackrider. Alya Wells was in Annapolis on business Thursday. Mrs Wilcox and children visited relatives at Palestine on Christmas Day. Fred Phillipps and family near Wesley Chapel visited Christmas with Mr and Mrs Cc Wells.
Ida Wyrick and Dolly Hollenbeck spent Friday afternoon with Ruth Walker. Arch Thomason and family from Paris visited Edward Burger. John Nicol and Cyrus Brewster families celebrated Christmas with Perry Jackson’s, Margaret Hollenbeck with Wilna Cline, John Bizzard with Grace Bizzard and Frank Nichols of West Union. Maude Buzzard stayed for dinner with Frank Coombe’s family. Christmas visits continued among local households including Ledermann, Higginbotham, and Davidson families, with several relatives sharing meals and festive time.
A fragmented social paragraph lists local residents visiting relatives over Christmas. Named individuals include Mrs Mary B Pulver of Marshall, Mrs Verlin Murphy and children of Cooper, Marion Bartrum and family, and Mr M M Weavers and wife, sharing holiday hospitality with area families.
Mr and Mrs Ernie Bishop and family and Mrs Newt Brosman and family shared Christmas dinner with Mr and Mrs Clark Leggett and daughter Pearl Lorene and Lon Linton and daughter Hazel. Everett Veach visited Glenn and Kenneth Wilhoit Sunday. Thelma Brosman stayed with grandparents Mr and Mrs George Morgan. Wilhoit, Lillie and Marie Burkett joined a Christmas program at the Brosman school. Russell Hutchings Anna Hendrix Enos Naye Irene Fitzgerald visited Johnnie Hutchings family and Reba Faye. The Morgan and Hutchings households hosted Christmas with Geo Burkett of Auburn. Joe Burkett and Betty moved in with Albert Jones family near Paris.
Local residents report a flurry of holiday visits with friends and relatives. Fred Meehling and Frank Bohn households hosted and hosted guests while kin in Martinsville Fairbanks and Tulsa spent Christmas with families in Marshall and nearby areas.
The fragment notes Otis Williams and family visiting in Westville with Mary Carpenter and Mrs Lucy Chambers. Mray Thomas Carpenter spent Friday and Sunday with Raymond Lamb and Ley Chambers, along with Wesley Carpenter and John Carpenter, and Cyrus Brewater and his wife visited in the vicinity.
Fragmented OCR shows names like Mrs Foster McConchie and Mrs Charles Redd with relatives near Paris and Sylvan. Mentions of children, neighbors, and holiday events hint at a community notice or family update about Christmas gatherings and pending arrangements.
Fragmentary notes mention a Christmas gathering at a Brewster residence with references to family names Tony Carpentier and John Carpenter. The text recalls celebration on a Wednesday or Thursday around a tree and holiday greetings.
The text lists numerous visitors and relatives arriving from Green Bay Detroit Bloomington Sebring and other places to visit family in Live Oak Illinois and surrounding areas. It names Mrs Beulah Bidwell Harold Lewis Mrs Hattie Grisaimoré Amanda DeBord Rebecca Dosbaugh Lola Swing John Swing and GC Harris among others with varying travel details.
Obituary notice for a Martinsville resident who died in Terre Haute last Tuesday night. Funeral held at Martinsville Christian Church with Rev Wilson Casey officiating. Interment in city cemetery. Age 73. Details mention several local families and Christmas visits, spanning a list of mourners and acquaintances.
A garbled note lists representatives including Geer Kashefska and others visiting Marshall City to discuss insurance matters. The fragment hints at a discussion of a poor farm and high stake concerns.
Fragmentary text reports a meeting in Indianapolis with scattered names and phrases. It mentions church, crary, and echoes of a higher state of existence tied to music, with garbled dialogue and unclear outcomes.
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