Obituaries for Balzaar Wesnitzer and Robert Sweitzer
Balzaar Wesnitzer who lived in Marshall area died July 2 1926 at 74 years. She left husband Balzaar and eight children, numerous grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Robert Christopher Sweitzer of Clark County Illinois died July 9 1926 at 77 with widow Emma Cummings and five children surviving. Funeral for Sweitzer held July 11 at Big Creek church.
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Martha Ellen
Richard
Catherine Fuller
Anderson Township
Cynthia ,Hitel
Balzaar Wesnitzer
John Forbeck
George Ramsey
Roy Pine
John Beltz
Marshall
Fred Gossman
North Terre Haute
John
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Andi
Robert Christopher Sweitzer
Clark County
Illinois
Emma
Powell Cummings
Burns Allen
Terre, Haute
John Galladay
Ashmore
George
Rose
Danville
Edgar Cummings
Big Creek
Mackey Cemetery
D. A. Kroft
Thanks to Neighbors for Kindness and Flowers
We thank our neighbors and friends for their kindness and flowers during the sickness and death of our dear mother. Balzaaxt We shitzer and children.
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Balzaaxt
Marshall Illinois approves annual appropriation ordinance 1926
City of Marshall adopts the annual appropriation for 1926 to May 1 1927 funding salaries streets electric lights water works fire department printing and other operations totaling 11300 dollars plus eight thousand for bond interest and water and electric funds. It also levies taxes for free library and municipal band and sets parking and sidewalk rules with penalties. Jno McCauley mayor and John Brandenstein city clerk attest. Passed July 7 1926.
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City of
Marshall
Jno
McCauley
John Brandenstein
Fifth Street
Locust
Main Street
Locust Street
Seventh Street
Sixth Street
W. EB. Cork
Bruner
Clay City
Macon
Bushnell
Bath
New Holland
Broughton
Tuscola
Lima
Potomac
Creal Springs
Columbus
Ashland
White Hall
Murrayville
Harrisburg
Dongola
Findlay
Mattoon
Olmstead
Windsor
Astoria
Elvaston
Pleasant Plains
Thompson ‘Lake Farms
Havana
Indian Refining Company
Lawrenceville
Northwestern Terra Cotta Company
Colchester
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Fuller's Earth
Neal Gravel
National Electric Light Association
Martin J. Insull
Hoopeston
Central Illinois
Public Service
Springfield Jlingis
Marshall Illinois Parking Ordinance Regulates Street Vehicles
City of Marshall, Illinois enacts rules banning parking on streets and alleys within corporate limits except near specific allowances. Prohibits parking within 15 feet of intersections hydrants and city hall entrance. Main Street parking limited to center of street and 30 feet from intersections between Fourth and Eighth Streets. Vehicles must park parallel along Main Street.
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Marshall
Illinois
Maine Street
Main Street
Blood thicker than water proverb cited in seventeenth century sources
The phrase meaning kinship outruns friendship is traced to Itay and seventeenth century compilations. It appears in Scott works and is cited in the Literary Digest with a line about “Weel blade, thicker than water” and welcoming cheese and ham.
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Itay
Scott
Guy Manneing
Literary Digest
St Mark Gospel Dates Put Between Sixty Three and
Writings of Saint Mark E L Bosworth place the Gospel according to St Mark in a present form dated roughly between sixty three and TOAD, reflecting scholarly dating uncertainties about early Christian texts.
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Mark E. L Bosworth
Mark
Toad
None Whatever With Girls Show Mastery In Tests
A vivid line describes girls excelling in target shooting and sprinting. It notes near perfect bull's-eye accuracy and a 100-yard dash time of 11 seconds, implying limited chances for men to dodge or escape. The tone is boastful and competitive.
Hawaiians Speak English in Public Education
The text notes Hawaii as a U S territory where compulsory education applies to children aged six to seventeen, leading to English as the prevailing language in schools.
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Engl&s
Hawaii
New England Farmers Challenged by Changing Times
A Boston Transcript cartoon notes that farmers in New England seem less sagacious and lack the boss-trading energy that once kept their minds sharp, hinting at a perceived decline in enterprise.
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New England
Doston Transcript
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Robert Sweitzer
Ilinois
TOCAL
Nesnerdsphy
East Side
West Side
Beech Street
Ccsee
Maple Street
J. E. Millhouse
Ray
Ens
Central Illinois Public Service Company
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