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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1918
Page
4
This advertisement encourages small regular deposits in the bank to build wealth, stressing the value of a savings account and paying by check. It claims 30% interest semi annually on balances and invites readers to open or grow a savings account to fund future opportunities. It targets business owners and promises that steady, disciplined saving supports both small and large ventures.
County notes report threshing active to save the wheat crop and list visitors from Terre Haute Martinsville and Carlyle. John Stevens, 66, dies of tuberculosis. funeral at Union Chapel with burial in Musgrave cemetery. Old Settlers Reunion events August 1 2 3 and a Sunday school convention on August 4 with basket dinners.
Bethel Eva Rasner spent Saturday night with her aunt Maggie Low Mrs Kate Low with sister Mrs Lena Haueisen Mr and Mrs Wm Schafer visited Dan Finkbiner's Nellie Walls of Snyder visited her aunt Mrs Sherman Liffick and others. Several households traveled to Indiana and Terre Haute for visits. Threshing has not begun due to wet grain. farmers report delays. Grace Buehler Louise Buehler Clara and Lillie Berner visited last Thursday at Mrs John Finkbiner's home.
Social items report Mrs Bertha Osborn of Robinson visiting Aunt Mrs Robt Bailiff. Jesse Reynolds visited with the Bruner family in Marshall. Arthur Evans and family moved to Terre Haute for work. Minnie Reid and Wanetta visited relatives at Palestine. John Thomas and T W Richards families spent Thursday in Marshall. Mrs Carl Ryerson and son from Toledo Ohio visited Dr C D Ryerson. Martin Newlin went to Annapolis to spend time with his children and farms. Eld W E Deppy of Kemp filled appointment for Eld W Duchas. Mrs agihur Invinead daughter Elizabeth of Chicago visiting Mrs Irwin’s mother Mrs Priscila Mount Ped.
Community notes report a July ice cream supper at Bartmes Schoolhouse for Red Cross benefit drawing several locals. Will Davis clears a snake from his farm and neighbors visit relatives from Richland County while others chase oats harvests and corn crops amid shifting farm duties and local business moves.
Town notes Timothy Babcock owns a new automobile amid brief chatter about Lucan and Frey threshing in the Viclafiy this week and a visit by Marlow.
Relatives in Mattoon Sunday. Cleophas Hornbrook and wife are the proud parents of a girl baby. Several from here attended an ice cream supper at Spiketown Saturday. Chas Wieland and family spent Sunday with Bert Clapp's family at Redman. Chas Wieland and Robert Babcock are building a new school house at Pike's Peak. Mrs Roy Smith and daughters of Indianapolis were here visiting relatives this week. Clarence Marrs and family of Terre Haute were guests of Oda Marrs and family, Sunday. Miss Mamie Claypool has been employed to teach the winter term of school at Pike's Peak. Miss Claypool has just returned home from attending the Normal at Charleston.
Mrs J C Arnold and children of Chicago visit her mother Mrs S R Connelly. Harold Pinnell returns home from Waco Texas on furlough. John Watson travels to Indianapolis for U S Marines exam. Oil well reported southeast of Oakland. Clifford King visits from Olston Oklahoma. E W Rider from Denver spends days with brothers L A and C Rider. Bruff Vanscoyk departs Ames for military duty. Miss Marie Mullins of Nashville visits mother Mrs Ella Mullings.
J. R. Brooks of Tulsa Ohio visits his parents in town. Fe E. Stohr and family departed Sunday for an extended automobile trip to the east. Lasting Pierson suffered an unfortunate mishap noted in brief.
Douglas F. Manning of Alexandria Bay New York reported thunder caused windows to rattle chinaware to jar and tremors in the earth mimicking quakes. Weather bureau explains low pitch resonant thunder notes from pulsating lightning likely produced the shaking rather than an actual earthquake.
A strange new German disease called war edema causes swelling in the legs and sometimes face and other body cavities. It lasts months without relief and is blamed on diet—high carbohydrates, low fats, and excessive water. Treatment is bed rest and adding at least 100 grams of fat daily.
The Boston Post reports a new flexible steel plated body armor idea aiding soldiers in France. Everett Dunbar of Lrn1n turned the invention over to the war department without patenting, and volunteers may sew cloth parts for the protective plates.
Arctic explorer Stefansson argues against long held beliefs about frost bite care eating snow and Eskimo housing ventilation. He claims rubbing snow on frost bites is ineffective that eating snow poses no harm when thirsty and that traditional Eskimo houses are well ventilated and generally not malodorous.
A wry exchange notes a woman disputing a husband’s will while remarking on a rival claim. It suggests character judgments about blame and hard work in the context of personal affairs.
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