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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1912
Page
7
An Erie advertisement touts a Studebaker dealer presentation promising strong value and safety. It urges immediate action with mentions of $800 to $885 price range, long performance history, and nationwide distribution, inviting readers to bring children to the tomorrow demonstration.
In Clark County Illinois Circuit Court a 1912 chancery case Fred Bush vs Mattie Bush lists a non residence notice for the defendant. The bill of complaint was filed July 26 1912 with a November term return date and required appearance on the first day of the term at Marshall to plead answer or default.
Mrs Marcia Dorothy Ryan, a New Orleans girl, describes weeks in a Philippine province. She details the coastwise voyage under natives on deck and a native town with straw huts, jungle, and a banca. The dinner menu includes fried bananas, coconuts, and flowers jelly, with rice, bamboo shoots, curry chicken, and coconut milk drinks. The house is bamboo, with jungle behind and a beach ahead. Evening on the gallery features native music as a dance unfolds in the barrio. The host oversees fifty natives, four boys and a cook keep the household running, and orchids and towering bamboo bridges frame the irrigation ditches and farmlands.
In Hamilton Ohio an unusual fundraiser features a band performance as a dog dines. The event honors a local figure with the mayor among the guests, marking an anniversary celebration at a banquet and concert hosted by Louis F Morner.
From Laval near Renne, two sisters Clem entine and Fanny Manguy aged 72 and 74 lived secluded in Rue Base des Bouchers. Neighbors worried after seven weeks without visitors and a nun as sole contact. Police found one sister dead seven weeks by the other corpse. the survivor claimed poverty prevented burial as $500 in bank notes and gold were found. Body moved to morgue.
The three Hawaiian children of Jean Duff will host a yard party in Philadelphia to raise funds to bring their mother and father back to Honolulu. Duff, once a famed Philadelphia child model known as Little Mother, now suffers consumption and doctors urge immediate return to Hawaii for treatment. A society bid to aid the family features Hawaiian music including guitars and ukulele and bead sales.
Mrs J H Caruthers of Lawrenceburg Tennessee owns a rare German Catholic prayer book printed in 1647 with papal approval by Urban VIII. Its wood covers helped preserve it though many pages are worn. The relic passed through family lines from Conrad French to Frietch and into the United States along Napoleon era movement.
Georgetta Burnham of Oakland sues Allen P. Burnham an engraver and embosser for divorce alleging a September marriage in San Rafael followed by hours of silence and neglect. She says he stayed at his shop at night refused her entry and later deserted her.
A two year old child of Thomas Loahr was attacked by a family cat in Elwood Indiana after reaching for a saucer of milk. The animal scratched the child’s face and eye in a frightening incident. The report notes the cat’s aggressive behavior and the family’s concern for the child’s safety. The event occurred during a late evening period, with authorities not naming any injuries beyond visible scratches. No further details on remedies or veterinary actions are provided.
P A Talbot and wife return from two year survey across Africa describing novel regions not visited by whites. In Nigerian bush he links witchcraft ordeals to Esere poison tests and notes Lake of the Dead in Oban country with crocodile tracks and a sacred, animal guarded waterside.
Peter Kaufman of Pine and 12th Streets Marshall Illinois testifies after forty years of kidney and bladder trouble. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief and urges other kidney sufferers to try the medicine. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York sale agents for the United States Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
A portion of New York magnate Lucky Baldwin’s fortune funds a private railway car for his daughter Mrs. Clara Baldwin Stocker to travel the world. The car will feature a novel private apartment and a remotely extendable deck, aiming to showcase the wealth and travel lifestyle of the Baldwin family.
Ayer's Hair Vigor keeps the scalp clean and healthy destroys dandruff and promotes hair growth. It keeps hair soft smooth and checks hair loss. It does not color the hair and cannot injure the hair or scalp. Consult your doctor about hair problems. J C Ayer Co Lowell Mass states the product.
A census bulletin notes tobacco as a civilization necessit y with the industry ranking eleventh by product value. It reports 15,822 establishments and 197,637 workers, with $245.7 million capital and $416.7 million in products. Pennsylvania and New York lead. Illinois shows solid results.
The country boy faces the grind of going back to work after a close loss for a fat office. He jokes that stumps blowing up and fence stringing are tiresome as he seeks a town seat for a new chance.
Marquis Patton administrator of Lydia J Welsh estate in Clark County Minnesota will appear at the Clark County Court Marshall for the September term on the first Monday. All claimants must attend to have claims adjusted. Debtors must pay promptly. Wm T Hollenbeck attorney July 3 1912.
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