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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1912
Page
2
Roy Harris of Wagoner Oklahoma visits friends here. Several residents travel to Springfield and Indianapolis for family and business matters. The city council considers a water plant deal with American Asphaltum and Rubber Company, date set for a large investment and water supply.
Local notes report visitors from St Louis and Lindley New York and Pennsylvania travel to town. Wheat harvest on prairie progresses. a concluded local motor delivery car arrival is noted. Community events include a Westfield horse show dates and district Epworth League gathering. A death near West York and a faulty pumping contract prompt village action.
A vintage health ad touts Electric Bitters as building health and strength in women. It cites Eliza Pool of Depew Oklahoma praising the medicine for aiding fainting nerves backache and worn-out feelings. The 50 cent remedy is guaranteed by City Drug Store.
Mrs. Leander Guyer is ill atack. Abe Estes is sick with typhoid fever but improving. Hershel Mount and wife of Terre Haute visited here Sunday. The new bank began business Friday and residents are pleased. Death of A A Bell shocks town. funeral held with relatives from Mt Carmel Robinson Hutsonville West Union and Martinsville. burial in West York cemetery.
A Boston man lost his leg from an insect bite two years earlier. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is advised to kill poison and prevent swelling and pain from stings. It heals burns ulcers boils piles eczema bruises and cuts. Only 25 cents at Carl Tauben eck’s.
Miss Anna Welsh visits relatives in Terre Haute. Harry Wyrick and family see James Wyrick family Sunday. Edna Montgomery of Dennison visits cousin Edith Weaver. Dennison residents spend Sunday with David Letter and family. Mrs. Delbert Shirley leaves for Sullivan to visit her parents. Hyderight and family of Terre Haute visit James Weaver. Local social snippets record visits and arrivals around Terre Haute communities.
Local residents report Sunday visits by Irwin Rodgers and wife Jal vin Miler of Regent North Dakota and others at Chas Stoelting Will El Hott and Grover Burkholder homes. Rye harvest begins with limited wheat and corn planting delays continue. Dolson Chapel to host Rev E S Wamsley with Home lecture and Sunday services including baptism by immersion led by Rev Taylor of Marshall.
Tornado and fire insurance through large companies at the lowest rates. Write or call on us for terms. Cote and Cole.
Elmer Phillips fished the river on Tuesday. Homer Johnson sowed 30 a cres of buckwheat. A Van carpenter fixed the Homer tower on Thursday. Sperry Claypool delivered ten loads of fat hogs on Friday. National road work faced little appeal from eastenders. Hay crop prospects improved. Tom Husted obtained a new buggy. A pack peddler passed through on Saturday. Funds were raised Monday to hire Joe Wallace and an engine to pull the grader on the road. Monday's roadwork amusements included children with Glenn Phillips pony pulling a drag.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason certifies the oath dated December 6. The firm claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces.
Mr Stages remains unwell. Bro J C Craig filled the Freedom appointment. A children's entertainment is planned at Freedom church Sunday. Mt Pleasant gathering Sunday evening drew a good crowd. Bohn and Nellie Thompson visited Owen and Gertrude Mallory. Mrs John Kaufman and children visited Linds Gilbert family. Ruth and Mary Gilbert returned from Paris. Trixie Cunningham came home from Martinsville for a few days.
Fine rain refreshed the area on Monday. Visits and Sunday gatherings filled the social calendar with friends like Edward Lovell and Geo Washtler hosting. Oscillating names and places such as Baggs Oak Grove Terre Haute and Uncle Tom Whitson appear among the readable notes.
A report notes Lola Kuhnapent' seen last week with her sister Mrs Daley Bell at Clarksville. Several from the area attended children’s services at the Evangelical church in Marshall Sunday evening.
Church was well attended Sunday Roy Barkalow is reported on the sick list. Born to Mr and Mrs Harry Smith Tuesday a son. Ernest Engish visited friends in Marshall Sunday. Miss Jessie Hammond visiting Miss Sylvia Shaffner. Jake Batts passed through Sunday in his new auto Roe Welsh and tapity spent Sunday with W Maxwell and wife. Harry Dodd wife and daughter Dorothy visited Mrs H Thompson. John Reece hired to teach the winter term. Cream social well attended Thursday night proceeds 380 dollars. Mr and Mrs William Medsker entertained at dinner Sunday with Mr and Mrs Otho Thompson and Mr and Mrs Rex Rudicel of Indianapolis.
Erasmus J Proudfoot, husband to a suffragette, plans a night out claiming a directors meeting and a whist game. His wife Matilda calls him out, noting the absence of a partner or verifiable plans. He finally yields and stays home, admitting his tricks have failed.
War claims against the United States continue to arrive, with the War Department Court of Claims processing five hundred thousand distinct claims since 1874. Since 1911 more than two hundred fifty congressional cases have been reviewed. Mills grind slowly as claimants present various stories, including a Montana man paid forty one aduars for use of a horse by a Union officer in 1861. Congress has ruled no consideration for claims not filed before January 1, 1913.
Fragmentary text hints Abe Martin and Bud trying car detailing or trade. References to a house, text door, relatives, and a guild or meeting uncertain. Unable to extract clear event or names from the garbled OCR.
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