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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1920
Page
4
West York notes report the MEK church meeting ending Sunday night. Local families, visitors, and funerals are listed along with kin visits across Robinson and Minden Nebraska. Mrs Katherine Reynolds funeral and relatives are described with church service details.
Cleone residents report the Lindsey school suspended from active service all week due to repairs on the coal heating system. Dr. Jac Shawver, weekend guest of daughter Mrs Poffinberger, may travel to California soon. Stella Poffinberger suffers tonsillitis, similar to last spring. Polly Ladd afflicted with near flu.
Choctaw Carl and Clara Norton Opal and Bernice Farr and Edith Garner spent Sunday with John Blizzard and sisters. Harry Higginbotham and wife hosted a party Monday night. Mary and Mable Jackson spent Sunday with the Miller sisters. John Maude Martha and Golda Blizzard visited West Union on Monday. Ed Higginbotham and family hosted a Friday evening gathering. John Garner and family visited his parents. Mrs Hattie Blizzard and son visited Mrs Alice Lambdin and sons of Allright Perry Williams and family visited relatives of Allright. Bernard Wayne Farr and Elmer Leon Jackson are on the sick list.
Mrs Wm Melton has been sick the past week Burl Maggart and two daughters were in Martinsville one day last week Charle Claypool s and Henry Morgan s children have been sick with the scarlet fever the past 2 weeks Theodore Jones and family spent Sunday at Christian Hutchings Jess Meloy and family of near Grandview visited his mother Mrs E Mgley Thursday Mr Breedlove and family moved to Cal Boyer's place last week Mrs FE Meloy and son Emmett attended church at Auburn Sunday and Visited with Mrs Bennett Owen Hendrix and family visited with James Burkett and family near Five Points Sunday Felton Miller and wife entertained
Relatives were to dine Sunday with Rev. Sloan who planned to begin meetings at Green Moss church last Sunday but bad weather prevented his arrival. Services will be held later.
South Dolson J B Arvin purchased the Mrs Mary Davis property just south of Clarksville. Wm Smith of Evansville visits his cousin John W. Graham and relatives. Jacob Dunlap returns from Missouri with a bride. Maude Hawk of Terre Haute visits Lyman Newman. Minnie and Elva Morgan stay with Cecil Babcock. Elva answers Clark switchboard. Sylvan and Nellie Morgan visit Amos Morgan. Mrs Caroline Millhouse of Clarksville stays with daughter Mrs Frank Geisert in Wabash for months.
James Boyer remains on the mend while Mrs John Weber suffers from a varicose ulcer. Mr and Mrs Will Gower visited Malvern Swopes and Mary Wilson visited Grace Sneed. Protracted meeting continues at Olive Branch. Ervin Whites and Mr and Mrs William Bryan spent Sunday at Everett Swope's.
Attorney Austin Sweet of Terre Haute visited his ill father while Clinton Catcher of Champaign returned from visiting his parents during illness. Homer Gallatin of Greenville, Michigan, an Ohio Oil employee, spent the weekend with family. Charles Rockwell and family move back from Minnesota to Orange township. The Martinsville flour and feed mill owned by Cooper Milling Company burned Saturday night, a total loss except 6000 bushels of wheat saved.
Mrs. H. M Grant and family return from Mulberry Grove visit. several travelers arrive or go to Chicago and Indianapolis. a marriage at United Brethren parsonage, a large hog sale, and a Dorcas Class gathering are noted. Discussion on farm labor hours contrasts with urban wages and farm life.
The report notes a potential insurance payout up to $76 000 covering building grain and machinery with $27 000 insurance. Joseph Connelly is temporarily housed on his farm in Johnston township while his wife travels to California for health recovery. Baptismal services are planned at the Church of God after Sunday preaching.
Discussion contrasts farm labor with factory work noting longer total effort on farms yet fewer health dangers. The state board of health records 1880 costs and diploma recognitions while Red Cross helps staff a community nurse in Carlinville. The Montgomery County medical society bulletin resumes after wartime suspension.
The 1880 secretary of the state board of health report records that in 1877 there was about one physician for every 450 people, later revised to one per 560. It adds that on October 21, 1880 the state had 6,051 licensed medical practitioners and 608 licensed midwives.
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