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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
4
An entry appears indicating Charles Scott Pustispen is registered with the Marshall Illinois post office as second class mail matter.
Subscription price one dollar yearly. Cards of thanks twenty five cents. Obituary poetry not published. Lodge resolutions on death of a member one hundred dollars. Entertainment announcements with admitted fees charged five cents per line.
Multiple Clark county candidates announce Sheriff runs including George M Morgan J and Henry Millhouse subject to Republican primary on Sept 15 1910 plus Charles S Short Richart and Millard Mredrick. John Brooks seeks county clerk and D B Miller and Wm T Hollenbeck seek state representative seats. Editorial references graft investigations and political scandal amid party tensions.
The article notes Senator Lorimer’s lengthy Saturday address focused on denouncing the Chicago Tribune. It suggests his quarrel with the newspaper lacks public interest and that the senator should refrain from quibbling at this time.
Patten, a noted wheat operator, suffered a drastic loss on the board of trade Thursday as wheat futures fell ten cents per bushel. The text notes that no one can reliably corner a staple market without risking ruin, a warning inferred from Patten’s ordeal.
Colonel Jasper T. Darling at a state G A R meeting condemns treason as a crime but argues Robert E Lee was not Benedict Arnold. He says Lee chose to follow Virginia over the Union, a fatal but conscientious error, not malice, and that the statue does not belong in the Capitol.
The Literary Digest clarifies the difference between sanitarium and sanatorium, tracing sanitarium to sanitas meaning health preservation and sanatorium to sanatorius meaning health restoration. It notes proper vowel use reflects distinct origins and purposes in medical settings.
A Saturday disclosure reveals State Senator Holslaw a Democrat admitted taking 2500 dollars to back Lorimer in a vote. He claimed 700 more from the jackpot and 1500 promised for his vote in a furniture deal awarding a 19900 dollar senate chamber contract to the highest bidder. The scheme mirrors a prior Clark county printing committee deal. Hunters’ Notice. Secure hunting license from City Clerk E A Lockard.
Walter Snyder notes Dr John Weir from Marshall as a business caller Friday and Rev Nash delivered a memorial address Sunday. James Termain visited Danville relatives returning home Monday. Rosco Piatt of Mt. Carmel visits family this week. Will Poorman and family from Marshall came to visit relatives over the weekend. GAR encampment attendees from here in Terre Haute last week. Ray Nunamacher and family guests of Mr and Mrs Walter Cork Sunday. Mamie Davidson and Jennie Junker of Marshall visited Lena Hamill Sunday. Mrs Mary Pease of Terre Haute attended memorial services and visited relatives. Mrs Chris Stuckmeyer of Freelandsville visited her daughter. Several young people attended the brick church ice cream supper last night.
Alvin Fraker tends a rye field while B F Cleaver visits kin. Eppersons of Westfield host Tuesday callers. Half the corn crop planted last week per rural carriers. Large Indy racing meet cars pass through, estimates say 70 pounds noted. Two fish caught. Burkett barn burns Saturday. Frost hits tender vegetation on Thursday. Martinstille youths enjoy hay ride Saturday night. Van wire linemen relocate from east to north side track.
Tornado and fire insurance offered on farm and city property by the Cole & Cole agency. Largest companies provide lowest rates. Write or call for terms.
Claim of a guaranteed cure for granulated eye lids using Sutherlands Eagle Eye Salve. Priced at 25 cents, advertised as available everywhere.
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