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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1918
Page
4
The text urges systematic money management through regular deposits and paying by check. It promotes saving in a bank with a 3% semi annual interest on balances, arguing small deposits accumulate and can fund future business opportunities. It invites readers to open an account and consider the Savings Department.
Local items report Alpha Claypool hauling wood for a sorghum factory and a district preacher to visit Green Moss church. Oats and hay crops improved despite few hands, cane planting rising to ease sugar shortages. Kinship visits include Irene Wright of Paris and Wes Evans’s railroad crossing duty. Red Cross ice cream social raised $35 for relief. multiple local families and travelers are listed with weekend visits and travels.
A light shower occurred Sunday while the wheat and oats crop threshing continued. Mrs Ben Foster of Kankakee visits relatives here and Miss Lizzie McCord of Paris arrives for friends and a reunion. Arden Coryell buys the Bush property at West Union and plans to move. Rev. Mr. Stephens visited Saturday to fill an appointment and found a new chair awaiting him in the pulpit.
Mr and Mrs Sherman Liffick and son Chauncey spent Sunday at Hall with Walter Magill and family. Mr and Mrs Wm Schafer visited Fred Rasner who is ill. Bertha Finkbiner returned home from Terre Haute where she worked this summer. Mrs Jesse Brockway and Velma traveled from Robinson to visit relatives. Most farmers report threshing finished in the area. Mr and Mrs Fred Morgan and son of Marshall joined Mr and Mrs Jesse Brockway and daughter of Robinson for a Sunday visit with Mr and Mrs Wilford Pine. Mrs Perry Low spent a few days with her father who is seriously ill.
Wm Beadle gains in health while Jim Smith of Casey visits. Mrs John Andrews in poor health. Mrs Leo Fasig returns from Hamilton Kansas. Robert Willison leaves for Syracuse for training. Will Davis visits soldier son in Chillicothe. Gospel Team to hold service at Blue Grass church Sunday. Wheat oats and rye high quality. new wheat price 32.05. Misses Bessie Isabel Fasig visit Warren Ohio. Ned Childe and wife return from Chillicothe. Willard Childe stationed there. Otho Fasig transferred from Ft Benj Harrison to Camp Custer Michigan.
The town reports coal supply outlook for winter and rain aiding crops. Letters from front reveal soldier spirit. Roscoe W. Bishop of Cleone died of tuberculosis in France, with a church service planned and a golden star to be added to the flag in his memory.
Mrs Lee Ownby from Oklahoma visits her parents in town. Dr H M Tip sword president of Elwing College was guest of Mr and Mrs W R Flenner. A shipment of livestock arrived Monday six loads of fat cattle and one load of hogs. First National Bank directors meet and H E Spellbring resigns as cashier after fifteen years to manage his father’s farming and stockraising interests.
W O Slusser appointed food administrator for Casey township. Lewis Cole of Portland visits his sister Mrs Clyde Clem. Mrs Amanda Hitt injured falling and breaking her hip. Miss Phillis Kelly of Marshall visits grandmother Mrs M R Whitney. Gertrude Williams informed by telegram of government appointment in Washington. Mr and Mrs B C Waterman celebrate birth of ten pound son on Wednesday July 24. Ben at Camp Taylor on furlough to visit his son.
Local names like Mr Landers Nick Geheb Will Lamb Jay English Ross Landers Rae Fawley Fred Kallansa and others are listed as visiting relatives in Terre Haute and nearby areas including Plainview Farm and Catlin. A neutral reporter recalls witnessing atrocity scenes near Soissons before a July offensive with dead and wounded piled and burned as German officers discussed burial limits.
Mrs Walter Cleaver formerly of Clark County died yesterday at her Paris home aged 65. She is survived by her husband and eight children. The obituary notes cultural references and local chatter beyond the factual death details.
Sealed proposals are invited by the Commissioner of Highways of York township Clark County Illinois for furnishing all material tools and labor to gravel two roads Contract No 1 Darwin and York Road from Walnut Prairie road north 4300 feet estimated 1275 cubic yards Contract No 2 York and West York Road from the York school house west to section 32 134 miles and 2700 cubic yards Bids due 10 am August 19 1918 at West Union town clerk office with 50 bid bond Annual right to reject bids. Also Marshall Lodge special meeting for M M degree at 7 30 with F M Brossman secretary.
An ad touts Red Cross line of remedies with chemists and doctors refining each formula. It claims Neurotons for nerves and Stone Root with Buchu for kidneys, stresses no patent medicines, and notes formulas printed on cartons. Cited distributor Keifer Drug Co. of Marshall Illinois guarantees over a hundred products.
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