County Teachers Institute to Be Held in August at Marshall
County Superintendent Drake announces the Clark County Teachers Institute in Marshall from August 16 to 20. Top instructors include J. D. Shoop, W. S. Booth, and Esther White with primary work led by Miss White. Graduates listed, honors noted, and Duff Piercy to speak at exercises Friday August 20.
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Drake
Clark County
Teachers’ Institute
Marshall
J. D. Shoop
Chicago
W. S. Booth
Mt. Carmel
Esther White
Highland Park
Duff Piercy
Mt. Verfhion
City Council Adopts 10000 Dollar Appropriation and sidewalk request
Regular session approves annual appropriation of 10000 dollars and sewer district bill for 930 dollars. Water mains plan deferred. Ordinance enforces sprinkling water timing. Subdivision plot amended and approved. Wages raised for two water plant employees. Concrete sidewalk permits granted on Michigan Avenue. Treasurer reports 2228.74 balance. Police records one case with a 3 dollar fine. Water and light report shows 61.86 in collections and 772.85 in expenses. Session adjourns to Monday.
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East Side Sewer District
Water and Light Committee
Franz Plaster
John Catron
Otto Eggebrecht
John Forbeck
W. W. Stevens
Charles Flowers
Michigan Avenue
Fourth of July Echoes and Local News
Thirty years ago an extended Fourth of July report highlights the Guards and the Marshall Band with T J Golden as marshal. J W Graham reads the Declaration. N R Foster and Charley Gorham stage notable street decorations. Hal Janney returns from Mt Vernon as a new lawyer. Judge John Scholfield attends with his wife and newborn. The three saloons sell 712 gallons of beer. Spottsville near the Van depot burns. Jesse Smith stabbed by Charley Kuykendall in Wabash township. The Marshall Trotting Association completes a three day racing program at the fair ground amid extreme heat. Horse thefts rise and a call for vigilance is made. R L Dulaney and daughter Nellie visit Wisconsin. Dr. George W. Mitchell travels with his Dramatic Troupe still touring Texas. Young Viquesney, jailed for clothes theft, escapes by breaking chains. Judge Wilkin and Sunday school class picnic along the Wabash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
T J Golden
J W Graham
N. R. Foster
Charley Gorham
Hal Janney
Mt. Vernon
John Scholfield
Spottsville
Jesse Smith
Charley Kuykendall
Wabash Township
Marshall Trotting Association
Fair Ground
R.L. Dulaney
Nellie
Wisconsin
George W. Mitchell
Mitchell Dramatic Troupe
Texas
Viquesney
Wilkin
Traction Road Prospects for Interurban Line
The Chicago backers propose an Interurban from Charleston to Westfield with a cash payment of 50000 on material arrival and progress, plus 60000 in first mortgage bonds as deferred payment. Completion deadline is July 15, and directors met in Charleston to push cash raises.
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Chicago
Charleston
Westfield
Westfield Review
Illinois oil fields show gains but tax rise delayed
Read about small but steady drilling gains in Crawford Lawrence Clark Cumberland Edgar Jasper and others with a 1400 barrel gusher on the Applegate farm in Lawrence county and a tax assessment shift delayed until 1911 as laws set higher valuations but not yet operative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Crawford
Coles, Clark
Edgar
Cumberland
Jasper
Lawrence
Lawrence County
Ohio Oil Company
King Farm
Riddle Oil Company
Griffin
No 9
Ohio Oil Company No 4
W. A Gould
Irwin
Gray Farm
Same
Applegate
Madding Farm
10Polike
Combs
Big Four Oil Company
Gillespie Farm
Cochran Oil & Gas Company
Jenners
Red Bank Oil Company
Buchanan
C. E Buchanan
North Fork Oil Company
Smith Farm
Nternational Oil Company
McClaskey
Sandy Oil Company
Updike
Smith
Bridgeport Oil Company
Lewis
Snowdon Company
Childress
Gillespie & Co
Shafer & Co
Finley Farm
Jennings Bros
Clark
Miller Farm
Curtis and Co
Lannick
Former Marshall Girl Married in Danville Ceremony
Miss Besse English, second daughter of Mr and Mrs J G English, wed Lands C Engle on Wednesday June 30. The simple wedding with garden flowers featured no attendants and a three course supper for twenty. The bride, a Fairmount high school graduate and former teacher, wore a white empire gown and carried sweet peas. The groom is a pharmacist and Plaster Drug Co. president. They reside at 110 Logan Avenue.
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Danville
Besse English
J. G English
Landis C. Engle
Jess English
Preston Wood
Engle
Logan Avenue
Fairmount High School
Plaster Drug Co
Umpire Search Mentioned in Paris Circuit Court Session
The Paris circuit court adjourned until July 19 as Judge Thompson’s son announced letters written to judges Hooper of Watse Ha Philbrick of Champaign Johns of Decatur and Sullivan seeking an umpire. The fragmentary note hints at a dispute or need for appointment in a local legal matter.
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Paris
Thomps Son
Hooper
Watse- Ha
Philbrick
Champaign
Johns
Decatur
Sullivan
Another Road for Marshall Road Line Rumor Reignites
A Terre Haute magnate with coal lands in Indiana and Illinois discusses a proposed Big Four cut off from Terre Haute to Charleston. The plan reportedly crosses the Wabash near Marshall and parallels Vandalia toward Marshall, possibly reaching Embarrass bridge and Hitesville. The article notes delays due to land purchases and coal and clay holdings, with renewed interest in a Terre Haute Robinson line and frequent revival of the cut off theory.
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Terre Haute
Illinois
Indiana
Charleston
Charleston Daily News
Oliver Dut
Marshall
Wabash
Vandalia
West Terre Haute
Embarrass Bridge
Hitesville
Terre Haute— Robinson
Was Not Jailed in County News Controversy
The Herald reprinted from the Paris News a report that Walter Fendrix was jailed for illegal voting and later charged with giving liquor to a drunkard, claims he has never been arrested or jailed. The note says the item caused injustice to a stranger and stemmed from county school trustee election trouble.
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Herald
Paris News
Walter Fendrix
Hendrix
Marshall Defeats Knights of Columbus in Fast Fielding Game
Marshall beat the Knights of Columbus team from Terre Haute 7 to 0 in a dominant fielding display. Pitcher Martin held the Terre Haute hitters to no runs, fanning fourteen and allowing only weak contact as Marshall capitalized with timely hits and solid defense.
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Marshall
Knights of Columbus
Terre Haute
Martin
Rhe Marsh
Ss Martine
EEA
Rene
Arate Sb Piecar Ai
Seeing the World From a Turkish Port Letter from John Beltz in Navy Service
John B Beltz writes home from a Turkish port after leaving Guantanamo Bay on April 23. He details Gibraltar passage, the Strait of Messina, Vesuvius and Pompeii ruins, Neapolitan proximity, and ongoing Turkish fighting with American casualties. he notes infrequent mail and English pay.
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John B Beltz
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Gibraltar
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Messina
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Urich
Naples
Martinique
Pompeli
Real Estate Transfers Recorded In Local Deeds
L H Johnson transfers 8 and part 7 Dulaney's 4th to Floyd R Sanford for 300 dollars. J T E Epperson transfers part village Westfield to Brown & Spellbring for 916 dollars. D L Wilhoit transfers nw ne and ne nw and east half northeast 35-9-13 for 6000 dollars. Winnie Craig et al transfer to Howard F Shurar ne ne 35-12-11 for 4800 dollars. Edward Henbest transfers pt ne sw and north line south east sw 24 11-12 for 1000 dollars. A Beasley transfers to Trustees TM ME Church, pt nw sw 69-13 for 1 dollar.
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L H Johnson
Floyd
Sanford
Dulaney
Casey
E Epperson
Brown & Spellbring
Village Westfield
L Wilhoit
John W Weber
Beasley
M E Church
Open Switch Wrecks Train Near West York
Twenty empty box cars were demolished on the Big Four Railroad Saturday about a half mile south of West York. One man was slightly injured when an open switch caused the freight to derail while crossing the Raccoon Bridge. The main track was cleared before trains were due.
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Big Four
West York
Raccoon Bridge
Bargain on Riding and Walking Cultivators at P. 2B
Tiny readable note mentions more riding and walking cultivators priced as bargains at page 2B under Read's section. The fragment implies deal listings or catalog items in a classifieds area.
Girl Dies After Eating Newspapers in Perry
Grace Shaffer aged 20 daughter of Mrs Sarah McKinley of 409 East Crawford died at Paris hospital at 10 15 AM from an obstruction of the bowels caused by eating newspapers. An operation failed to help. she had a daily newspaper craving for four years. Burial in Marshall cemetery.
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Grace Shaffer
Sarah ( McKinley
East
Crawford Street
Paris Hospital
McKinley
Mary’, Godden
Marshall
Marshall Cemetery
Self Made Young Man William Fishback's University Rise
The life of William M. Fishback traces a late start to education through work in prairie and militia service to teaching, college, and a Master of Arts. He funded his studies, paid for insurance and church support, and graduates with eight credits in advance. He plans to teach at Selma California this fall at $195 a month.
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William M. Fishback
University of
McKeen
Liberty Square
Pleasant Hill
Danville
Ind
Eastern
Township
Marshall
Lewiston
Ill
M. B. Church
Ionian Literary Society
Thes Y. M . A
Selma
California
Fishback
A Pointer for Advertisers
A traveling salesman for a patent medicine firm asks to renew an ad contract. The editor notes prejudice against such patrons and questions whether advertising yields results, while the salesman argues advertising may boost sales.
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Teacher's Institute
Ora Mullen
Reba Frakes
Noble Coraryell
Fairy O. Johnson
Lillian Schickaddaze
Cora Jackson
Fredi Geisert
Lens Dehl
Edith,ollier
Letitia J5lee
Dgubeneck
Frances Bs BuHaddix
Gussie Apes
Isilizzie Gardnests Newman
Edith
Jenia McNary
Darrell Dee
Ghest “Barker
Raymond “Seckler
Claude Fox
Gene Taubeneck
Mae Funk
Esther Schafer
Fred, Huffington
Cleo Weir
Lester H. Smith
Ethel Om
Goodwin
Edward Buckner
Mint
Gram
Herschel Cline
Elden Keith
Mea Geheb
Jessie Hill
Myrta H Effie
Hutchins
Bennie Roberts
Lola Garner
Bertha Manhart
Es Mae Aks
Council
The
General Assembly
K. of C
John Beltz
McNutt & Cook'ss
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