D A R Members Entertained. Local Library Milestone Noted
The Walter Burdick Chapter of the D A R hosted Mrs Anna Baird of Shreveport as honor guest at Mrs D D Oots home in Marshall. The event included flag salute, ritual, discussion of chapter work and the library in Marshall. Light refreshments followed. Other attendees listed include Mrs W R Turman and Mrs BE L Taylor among several.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Burdick
D. D. Oot
Anna Baird
Shreveport
Marshall D. A. R
Marshall
Baird
W. R. Turman
BE. L. Taylor
T. E. Davis
S. R. Prevo
True Booth
W. L. Athon
John Mitchell
Fannie Andrews
D. D. Doll
O. A. Keiser
Classified column items and notices from a Midland newspaper
Local listings include for sale corn near Walnut Prairie, loans on farm lands, a bake sale by Loyal Hustlers Class, a lost collie, ice cream social at the Christian church, used furniture for sale, feed exchange for eggs, rental and floor polisher ads, help wanted notices, a money loan service, furnished room rental, and an auto insurance ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole &Cole Loans and Insurance
Marshall
Minois
Busy weekend visits and a large Murphy reunion noted
Mrs Ruth Stewart and son Vern visited Plainfield and Kokomo with friends. Many relatives attended the Absolom and Elizabeth Murphy reunion at Martinsville, with 1929 next meet set for July. Participants included W B Murphy, Wellington Murphy, Diana Murphy and numerous Murphys from Marshall Martinsville Casey Grandview and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Stewart
Vern
Plainfield
Kokomo
Ind
Nith
Absolom
Elizabeth Clapp
Murphy
Clark County
Martinsville
Absolom Murphy
Virginia
Illinofis
Grandview
Elizabeth Larp
North Carolina
Illioid
Cate
Diana Murphy
Wellington Murphy
Hattie Hurst
Ruth Beachout
Clara Murphy
W. B. Murphy
Ira Murphy
Henry Murphy
Leary Murphy
Chris Murphy
Wm. Veach
Lloyd Beachout
Hurley. Veach
Mary Veach
Nick Hurst
Pearl Bennett
Lucian Murphy
Theron Murphy
Marshall
Zenas Murphy
Kansas
Ed Kurts
John W. Hut
Elizabeth Clark
Alice Trogden
Frank Foley
Paris
John O. Kime
Floyd Cook
Lester Kurts
Dudley
Beulah Sanders
Dewey Kurts
Gary
Leonard Murphy
Arcola
Percy Murphy
Terre Haute
James Cunningham
James Spratt
Mary Shaffner
Leon Camp
Charles Veach
Fanny Norris
Lon. Linton
Harry Murphy
Emma Lee Newman
Detroit, Mich
Irma Hinkle
Ruby Grove
Jennings Mappins
Carol Cunningham
Austin Sweet
Silas Elledge
Perry Black
Newt Brosman
Nellie Hill
Charles Hardway
Bruce Craig
Asneta Kaluf
Highland
Edna Mcllrath
Thelma Davis
Beattyville
Ruth Downey
Anna Drew
Dixon
Gard Family Mourns as Niece Berniece Gard Laid To Rest
Adam Gard returned to Washington D C after coming to Marshall for the funeral of his niece Berniece Gard who died in a hospital in Alexandria Virginia and was buried here. Numerous relatives and friends from Terre Haute Chicago Kalamazoo Decatur Watseka Owen and Indianapolis attended the services and visited with the family through the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Prevo
Mary Lou Brown
Brazil
Ind
Sullins
Otto McVick
PA. McVick
J. A. Newhart
E. BE. Drieman
Jack Giesler
Terre Haute
Grace Mendenhall
Marshall, Ind
Floyd Kitley
Mary McCrary
Indianapolis
Berniece Gard
Adam Gard
Washington, D. C
Marshall
Miss Berniece Gard
Miss Gard
Alexandria
Vaz
Mr. Gard
R. E. Claypool
Chicago
C. G. Claypool
F. M. Edens
Anadarko
Oklahoma
Myrtle Gard
Longest Concrete Bridge Opens in Louisiana
The new Ponehartrain bridge in Louisiana is credited as the longest continuous highway bridge built of reinforced concrete. It spans five miles over water with ten miles of bulk approaches, totaling about 15.41 miles in length.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponehartrain
Louisiana
Generally Bitter Lessons Experiences the Only Teacher
A reflective aphorism notes that bitter lessons serve as the sole teacher to reach the stubborn man who claims constant knowledge. The line emphasizes hard earned understanding over mere words or theory.
Outing Trips Span Illinois to Michigan and Midwest States
Miss Reba Shaffner and Miss Violet Hurst Marshall with two friends left Springfield Illinois for Pentwater Michigan for an outing then plan a return by a different route to Ann Arbor Michigan. Mrs Robin Patterson and daughter Geraldine with others visited Paradise Lake at Mattoon and Twin Lakes Park at Paris after traveling via Effingham. Rev and Mrs V Q Barnhart embarked for two weeks visiting relatives in Mt Pleasant Pennsylvania Pindlay Ohio and Auburn Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba Shaffner
Violet Hurst Marshall
Springfield
Illnos
Edna Akins
Marguerite Zimmerman
Pentwater
Michigan
J. P. Cordell
Ann Harbor
Robin Patterson
Geraldine
Irwin Morgan
Dughters
Lucille
Tressie
Paradise Lake
Mattoon
Effingham
Twin Lakes Park
Paris
V. QO. Barnhart
Mt. Pleasant
Pindlay
Ohio
Auburn
Ind
Casey Banner-Times Personal Visits Across Town
Roy Fethenrigill of Kansas City visited Boris and Chrisman Monday before returning home. Philip T Peters Jr and wife visited his parents in Ada and Martinsville with Beulah Bidwell and her son Chas on vacation. Beulah and son returned from Green Bay and Dr and Mrs 1b N Johnson with two children and others toured Champaign to see Maurice Johnson at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Fethenrigill
Kansas City
Boris
Chrisman
Philip T. Peters, Jr
Ada
Okla
P. T. Peters
Frank Leatherman
Martinsville
Beulah Bidwell
Chas
Green Bay
Wis
W. O. Price
N. Johnson
Bernadine
Eugene
Sylvia Berg
Award for Eighth Street paving in Marshall Illinois
The Board of Local Improvements Marshall Illinois at a July 26 1928 meeting awarded the contract for construction of the Eighth Street improvement. The work includes grading curbing and paving the roadway from Main Street North Curb line to Mulberry Street South property line and paving roadways of all intersecting streets from the curb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Local Improvements
Marshall
Illinois
Eighth Street
Main Street
Mulberry Street
Eighth Street Improvement Bid Notes at Marshall
Record shows the D W Carnine Construction Co awarded the Eighth Street project with a total bid of 16917.40 dollars. The notice dated July 26, 1928, from Marshall Illinois records the bid under the Board of Local Improvements headed by Jno McCauley.
Master in Chancery Sale of Clark County Land
Public sale ordered by circuit court of Clark County Illinois will occur August 25 1928 at 2 pm at the courthouse east door Marshall Illinois. Property covers 223 acres more or less including specific halves of sections 1 and 4 and fractional quarter in sections 34 and 10 12 west with a 12 foot roadway. Selling subject to mortgages held by Theodore and William Medsker with cash in hand terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Clark County
Circuit Court of
Carrie C. Alexander
Theodore Medsker
TH. R. Snavely
Marshall
Clark
Town Nine
Town Ten
William Medsker
Marshall, Ilinois
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Willard Potter
Harry B. Potter
Doyle Moye
Warren Scholfield
William Craig
Guy Gillespie
Quentin W McNary
James Davidson
Charles Ford
Henry Shaw
Robert Sisson
William Taylor
Betty Lou Scholfield
John Scholfield
Margaret Ann Bubeck
Alma Lea Hutchinson
Waneta Amyx
Lucille Bubeck
Mary Ann Giffel
Neva Kelley
Mary Jane Smitley
Violet Saiter
Mary Jane Pulver
Nora Jane Mathews
Marguerite Jennings
Mary Ellen Gillespie
Kathryn Scholfield
Stanley Palmer
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Fort Bayard
New Mexico
Mary Bellocq
Wm. Cline
A. R.moran
Cleveland, Ohio
Minnie Spangler
Frank Augustus
Wabash Township
Eleanor Snavely
Frances Cheney
AETNA
IZE
Mark Stewart City Fire Insurance
Aetna Automobile Insurance
Be Safe
Fred Lederman
Walnut Prairie
Christian Sunday School
Freddite
Ladies Aid of the
Christian Church
Sugar Creek
Hills & Newberry
Locust St
Johnson's Electric
H.M. Dewey & Co
Herald Office
B. F. Johnson
Hickory Street
Bloomington
Harry
Bill Booster
A. Frances
S. T. Brosman
Joseph Ellington
Newman
C. F. Griffin
Read
Shedd Thomas
Pomona
Calif
Roy C. Jared
Robinson
Jared Hatcheries
Jared
Herald
Marshall Hatchery
E. C. Woody
Evansville
Jewel Kowalski
St. Louis
Squire Thomas Craig
Craig
Lawrence Nevins
Hazel Highsmith
Darwin
Kenneth Crowder
Elizabeth Henderson
Sullivan, Ind
Esther Wright
Eastern Illinois State Teachers’ College
Charleston
Edith
Charlotte Messling
Harold Lyse
Lafayette
Indiana
Harold Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Peter
Edith Wright
Hannah Hawker
Mary Hawker
Leander Wright
Flossie Huffington
Godfrey Spittler
Ernest Adams
Harold
Mr. Dooley
Marvin and
Wilbur
Watseka
Ray Griffith
Marian
Owen, Wis
Roy
Dooley
Lois Lucan
A. Frye
Nina
Decatur
Tillie
Bernard Nay
Kalamazoo, Mich
Chas. T. English
Ed ]A. Tingley
Donald Edward
Walter, C. Stevens
Baton Rouge
Ona Plasters
Geneva Stevens
Martinsville Planet
Casey
Casey Banner-Times
Michigan Street
D. W
Carnine Construction Co
JNO
McCauley
Master IN Chancery’s Sale
P H. R. Snavely
Clark Count
Li Grocery and Baking CO
P&g
Pet
Mazda
Milk Country Club
Otto Gray
Xage
Pythian Theatre
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