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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1922
Page
7
Beatrice rejects excuses for Bromfield and confronts her father about the failed match. The family reflects on judgment and the town’s influence as they consider moving after the upcoming company election. The Birmingham Age-Herald note appears in the snippet.
The article recounts masked bandits entering a parlor car during a limited train ride and ordering passengers to surrender. The larger criminal demands compliance while the smaller tries to spare the women, but the scene remains chaotic with bystander reactions and a tense mood aboard.
Sealed proposals are due July 31 1922 at 2 pm in Marshall Illinois for Crumlin Boyer Kelley Welsh Biggs and other bridges. Each bid must include a certified check with amounts ranging from 100 to 200 dollars. Plans and specs are available at the County Highway Office or from G F Burch Bridge Engineer. The Clark County Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
The American Farm Bureau Federation with state federations will establish fellowships for 10 graduate students at one year valued at 720. Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Illinois New York Michigan Ohio and possibly other states will host the study on cooperative marketing of dairy products under an advisory committee led by B G Nourse B H Hibbard W E Handgchin and Dr J C Taylor. The program aims to recruit a top marketer to supervise analytic work across grains livestock fruit cotton tobacco and other commodities, with announcements this spring.
The county farm bureau and women members push community betterment on farms. Committees link phases of work to improve homes and social conditions. In Waukesha Wisconsin the Ladies Auxiliary to the farm bureau No 1 has over 100 members and a record of community welfare and civilian relief efforts.
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation organized live stock associations in 1921 and marketed 5,980,870.72 dollars of livestock in nine months. The figures include 304,504 hogs 15,269 cattle 15,527 calves and 77,611 sheep.
A village photographer Tess Thayer grows fond of Tommy, a motherless boy living with Ethlyn Gordon. Tess cares for Tommy at her studio while Paul Gordon travels. After Ethlyn’s death, Paul returns and asks Tess for marriage, saying both need each other and Tommy.
A fragment from the Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a man reflecting on investments and schemes that failed. He asks friends to consider his disposition and recalls being an amiable baby and a brisk light-hearted lad.
An ancient description links the iron bed of King Og of Bashan to Deuteronomy. The text notes a nine cubit length and four cubits width, with the cubit approximating twenty to twenty one inches, yielding a bed roughly seven feet by fifteen feet in modern terms.
A Chicago Tribune quip recounts two men named Brown in a village each losing a spouse or boat at once. The vicar’s wife misreads bereavement as she visits, while one Brown cruelly jokes she was “rickety,” prompting the outraged visitor to flee. The excerpt ends with a moral about handling talk and a note on cheerful living.
The 1922 township financial report for Township 11 range 10 and 11 in Clark County Illinois shows receipts totaling 5 589 77 with district funds distributed to schools for text books salaries and equipment. It records balance figures and interest credits along with payments for teachers pensions and new equipment. Albert Lee serves as treasurer and the statement is sworn before County Clerk Pleiming R Black on July 15 1922.
By decree of the Clark County Court guardian John T. Sankey will sell the feeble minded Henry McPheeters property in Clark Illinois. The north half of the northeast quarter section 32 township 9 north range 11 west containing 80 acres more or less. Sale set August 19 1922 at 2 p m at the east door of the Court House Marshall Illinois. Cash terms. Subject to two mortgages of 500 each and to tenant rights as decree on file. L R Hilleary and Everett Connelly attorneys.
County Court of Clark County Illinois set August 7 1922 at 9 am to hear proof of John P Heath will deceased residents Mary Heath Ella Connelly Charley Heath Charlotte Harvey Malinda Bullock William Heath Izetta Green Ella Welsh Ida Biggs Byron Welsh Minnie Kelley Alice Kenney John Heath Edward Heath Jesse H Connelly heirs at law and legatees. Fleming R Black County Clerk Graham Snavoly Attorneys.
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote praises Solomon for wisdom and reflects on how ancient rulers had leisure to cultivate mind versus modern leaders who must stay alert to avoid downfalls.
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