Romines Farm Over Sixty Years Of Age History
Colonel Wm. B. Archer of Marshall in Clark County advised Frank Romines to settle on prairie land along the National Road, later the Romines Farm. The tale traces migration from Virginia, Civil War trials, and land use from a log cabin to a thriving 80 acre tract on U S Route 40, amid national events and growth.
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Marshall
Mill Creek
Ben Stover
Wm. B. Archer
Illinois
Virginia
Colonel Archer
Archer
Frank
Romines
Ohio Line
Auburn
Olney
Fort Sump
Ter
Manassas
Capitol
Washington
Lee
Confederacy
Union
Europe
Cincinnati
New York
Congress
Terre Haute
Appomattox
Romines Farm
Merriweather Lewis
George Rogers Clark
Sam Houston
Black Hawk
Cheiftain
Silent Grant
Lincoln
Bill
Concerts by Marshall orchestra to open Friday nights
The Marshall orchestra directed by Clarence Black will perform every Friday night at the northwest corner of the public square starting tonight. Members include Mabel Lambdin piano Harry Cork cornet George O Baird clarinet Harry Cole bass viol Ed Montgomery trombone Fenton Mathews Roy Claypool Clarence Black violinists and Charles Cole drums. Nellie Kilgore of Longmont Colorado returned from art study in Brooklyn to visit grandfather M R Chenoweth before returning home.
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Marshall Orchestra
Clarence Black
Mabel Lambdin
Harry Cork
George O. Baird
Harry Cole
Ed Montgomery
Fenton Mathews
Roy Claypool
Charles Cole
Nellie Kilgore
Longmont, Colo
Brooklyn
N. Y
M. R. Chenoweth
Colorado
Franklin Foster attends traveling salesmen convention in Rochester
Frank Foster traveled to Rochester New York this week to participate in a convention of traveling salesmen. The event gathered industry reps and provided networking opportunities for attendees.
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Frank Foster
Rochester
N. Y
Twenty Years Ago in Marshall Herald A Nostalgic Look
A 1917 feature recalls a bygone Marshall era with playful contrasts such as bustles instead of modern fashion, absence of silos, no telephones wiretapped, low prices on cream and cantaloupes, wagons to town for the mall, and early household tech like phonographs heard through ear tubes.
Helvetii: Ancient tribe of the Swiss region described by Caesar
The Helvetii were a velttc people who dwelt between the Rhine and the Main and later occupied the region between the Jura mountains and the Rhone and Rhine. Caesar places them in the western part of what is now Switzerland.
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Rhine
Main
Caesar
Jura Mountains
Rhone
Switzerland
Marshall Cemetery Founded by Nine Men of Marshall
The Marshall Cemetery Association began with nine founders led by Ann Manley. Since 1855 the organization maintains 12.5 acres of graves on Marshall’s Charleston road with 38 more acres planned for expansion. The Permanent Endowment Fund, started in 1919, has grown to about $1,000 to improve care, driveways were added at a $3,000 cost, and notable graves of early Marshall residents and founders line section one and surrounding plots.
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Marshall
Marshall Cemetery Association
Charleston Road
Dean Andrews
Jonathan K. Greenough
Jesse Mark
Ann Manley
Louis Bradley
Jacob Chapman
William C. Whitlock
Gilead Sharr
Robert Brown
Manley
Lu Cole
Ross Holler
R. L. Hunt
H. B. Dulaney
E. T. Howell
C. V. Taubeneck
S. M. Scholfield
In Corporation
Otto Welsh
Hunt
Association
John Scholfield
Elizabeth Dulaney
Lyman Booth
Fayette Booth
John Black
Warden Griffith
Jarius Quick
Sarah Squire Quick
Joseph Allison
Harriet Allison
Col
Albert S. Andrews
D. Andrews
Lowel
Maine
Louisa Shaw
Newton Harlan
Sarah Harlan
Timothy Young
Margaret Young
George HB. Clark
Cornelia Clark
J. Mr. Jones
Lavina .Jones
William C. Eaton
Amanda Eaton
Margaret. Archer
A. H. Kester
Martha Kester
Isaac. Wilkin
Abel English
Fred T. Ramesberger
Matt. Cooper
Joseph, Garwood
John Morton
Mary .Morton
William S. Watson
Eliza Watson
William Washburn
Viola Washburn
William Shaw
Lucy Young
Ed Snyder
Catherine Snyder
James Graham
Benjamin Snively
Monuments and Veteran Graves Mark Local Cemetery
The central and east side grounds bear monuments to prominent past citizens such as James Bryan, David Nicol, James King, Orlando Mitchell, Mary Besser, John Dougan, Daniel Doll, and others. Flags fly over graves of G A R members including Jacob Lickert, Joseph Lewis, Charles Husted, John Rountree, James Sims, Frank Robinson, and Ira Enter.
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James Bryan
Mary Shaw
David Nicol
James B. King
Orlando Mitchell
Mary Besser
John Dougan
Daniel Doll
William Washburn
Chas. L. Hughes
Emma Hughes
Samuel Freeman
James Peck
Jacob Lickert
Joseph Lewis
Charles Husted
John Rountree
James Sims
Frank Robinson
William Keeran
Thomas Mitchell
Ira W. Enter
Local Commerce and Club Changes at Hornet News
Heavy corn shipments to New Orleans mark a busy period for L Hote warehouses. At a Republican Club meeting Mec Keen and Osborn resign. J P Greenough and C R Steele elected to replace them. Marriage licenses issued include Madden Conohy and Vanvokenburge Hall Lacy Buckner.
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J. R. Bulfon
L’hote
L. Booth
New Orleans
Young Men’s Republican Club
Messrs. Mec-Keen
Osborn
J. P. Greenough
C. R. Steele
A. B. Briscoe
Michael Madden
Honora Conohy
JT. Vanvokenburge
Mary M. Hall
Rees P. Lacy
Elizabeth Buckner
Fire tightens blow to Tlkihoisan office. town fears delay
On Tuesday, September 6, 1860, excitement rose as smoke poured from the Tlkihoisan office roof. The fire was detected in time to save the building but caused considerable damage. Horace Greeley predicts Lincoln will win New York by eighty thousand votes. N P Banks is set to move to Chicago as resident director of the Illinois Central railroad. The paper hopes to publish again this week despite the setback.
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Horace Greeley
New York
Lincoln
Stella Smith
Mabel Houk
Linotype
Fear Impression From Early Life War Tale
An oldExchange account recalls a boy, bold in combat until age ten, who fled from fear after a mother fainted at his wounded return. The incident marks his lasting belief that he was a coward as peers dubbed him so.
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Wfe
Obey
Siw Hing
Trolleys Word Origins in English and German
The discussion notes that the term trolley shares roots in French and German with verbs implying rolling. It traces coinage in England from a land cart sense to the modern truck meaning and discusses evolving usage.
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England
Ownership saga of The Herald in Haines City 1920s
Scott from northern Indiana recounts purchase and consolidation of The Herald in Marshall and later in Haines City Florida. He describes replacing presses, modernizing equipment, merging Clark County Republican, and the back and forth sale to Mr Meyers then repurchase. The narrative notes challenges and eventual improved profits.
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Herald
Mr. Meyers
Scott
Clark County
Republican
The Pride of the Town and its Water Works
A reflective piece praising a town’s unique features such as its water works and court house. The narrator recalls relatives from Fort Massac Polo and Benson while contrasting local pride with hometown landmarks and a county seat court house.
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First National Bank
Minonk
Gray
Minols
Fort Massace
Fort Massac
Benson
Polo
Ilnois
Bish
Webster
Newepepee Tcutea
I shall continue to feel a deep interest in Marshall
The speaker defends editorial choices in the Marshall Herald while expressing ongoing warm regard for the town and its people and wishing the paper many more years of prosperity.
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Marshall
Clark County
Herald
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Frank Romines
Roy Romines
Martinsville
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ACORN
Marshall Herald
Jules Verne
Unn Manley
Marshall Cemetery
Lady OF Lyons
Irvin Honderich
Nellie Warriner
Prof. Geo
L. Boyse
Will Stevens
Blanche Williams
Lucy Shaw
Joe Mitchell
Nettie Fredenberger
Jennie Green
Helen Pritchard
Ethel Reed
Henry Musselman
Mattie Walker
Indiana
South Sixth Street
Marshall House
Chas. Scott
Haines City, Fla
Ora Kilborn
George Baird
Sood
Mark Stewart
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