Trial set in bid battle for supervisor seat
In days gone by notice reports a contest between supervisor elect Henry Buser and Dock Hornprook, with Earl Lowry of Marshall dying from injuries in an Indianapolis automobile crash after a lumber piece fell from a truck and a passing car struck him. Roy Bairdis named valedictorian of the high school senior class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Buser
Dock
Hornprook
Earl Lowry
Marshall
Indianapolis
Lowry
Roy Bairdis
Marriage Licenses and Local Business News In Marshall
Bernard Black aged 28 of Marshall and Genevieve Hewitt aged 24 of Marshall obtained marriage licenses. J K Kerr after 46 years with The Ohio Oil Company and as vice-president at Marshall retires May 15. C C Carroll to manage the Marshall office. The New Deal has set up 34 CCC camps in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Black
Marshall
Genevieve Hewitt
Ohio Oil Company
J. K. Kerr
C. C. Carroll
New Deal
Illinois
Darien Gossip and Family Notices
Darrell Morgan was taken to Schmidt Clinic at Robinson for an indefinite stay due to a serious sinus and face infection. Mrs. Leroy Wallace hosted a birthday dinner Sunday for her husband, featuring many local relatives and friends from Marshall and Freedom vicinity.
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Darrell. Morgan
Schmidt
Robinson
Leroy Wallace
Mamie Washburn
Dean Chambers
Rosemary
Silas ‘Arthur
Marshall
Ernie Wallace
Roy Wallace
Hosea Phillips
AAA Announces Changes in Hog Support and Seed Payments
The Clark County AAA committee led by Frank Hardway reports lifting the top weight limit for hog support prices to 300 pounds and keeping 13.00 per hundredweight on Chicago basis, while adding 1945 conservation payments for alfalfa, red clover, and alsike clover seed. Beef subsidies of 50 cents per hundredweight for cattle over 800 pounds are now available, with requirements for ownership and sale to licensed slaughterers. Dairy feed payment changes and required documentation for applicants are also outlined.
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Chicago
Clark ‘County
County Aaa
AAA
Clark County Aaa
Frank Hardway
Hardway
Creamery Buy-In Tickets Require Named Seller
The document states the creamery buying is contingent on tickets naming the seller. Any evidence missing the named shore in formation will be ineligible for payment.
Real estate transfers filed in 1945 deeds list multiple parcels
A 1945 record shows numerous warranty and quit claim deeds transferring land across sections and townships with prices listed. Names include Mary Taubenectk Perry Low Henry Murphy Cuma Lee Hall Jennie Vaughan Blanche Strohm Welcome Buckle Batts Sharkey Hornbrook Cole Stewart Wood Goodwin Mary Perisho Howard Blizzard Spivey Seaton and others. Transactions cover sections 2 3 7 9 10 12 14 20 22 23 28 32 in townships 9 10 11 12 and ranges 11 12 13 14 with values from 1 to 1725 dollars.
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Henry Murphy
Perry“Low
Henry
Elva Murphy
Cuma Lee
Harry L
Dora E. Hall
Casey
Jennie M. Vaughan
Perry H
Blanche BE. Strohm
Welcome Buckle
A. J. Batts
J. Sharkey
Wilson
Mildred Hornbrook
Frank Cole
Harry Stewart
West Union
Fred Wood
Frederick Wood
R. M. Goodwin
Ray, Hudson
Adkison
Mary E. Perisho
Nellie Howard
Nellie Davidson
Barbara Blizzard
Francis Spivey
Vern Seaton
Vern
Bessie Seaton
You Can’t Lose War Bonds Promoted to Clark County
A vintage promotion touts United States War Savings Bonds as the safe investment for "Mr. and Mrs. America" pledging principal protection, government guarantees, and cash redeemability after sixty days. The note cites the Seventh War Loan Drive running May 14 through June 30 and lists McClure as chairman and Mrs Mary Jane Mull as secretary of the local War Finance Committee.
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America
U.S. Treasury Department
McClure
Mary Jane Mull
War Finance Committee
Clark County
Need of Organic Matter for Soil Health
The article explains organic matter boosts soil water retention and reduces erosion while sustaining plant nutrients. It notes long-term losses from prairie plowing and forest clearing but argues existing organic content can be retained and rebuilt with careful cultivation.
Precautions With Wiring and Electrical Safety
Do not run wires under rugs or over metal hooks nails or pipes. If you must extend cords around the place suspend them from metal contact with friction tape. Do not tack electric cords to baseboards or joists even with insulated staples. Driving staples too deep can break the wire. Never drive nails into wire.
Rationing Board Appeals for Meat Drive Support
Gustave Ritter chairing Clark County War Price and Rationing Board urged citizens to back the meat enforcement drive by surrendering ration points and paying only ceiling prices. The district reports 84 actions since May, including injunction suits against locker plants and restaurants, and penalties for ungraded beef sales.
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Gustave Ritter
Clark County
OPA
Ritter
Gustave Hitter
Thanking neighbors for support during illness and death
A note from the family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for assistance during the illness and death of Mrs. Syra Murphy. It mentions John Clapp, Ed Clapp, and the family. includes a 07307 reference.
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John Clapp
Syra Murphy
Ed Clapp
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Darien
Mrs. Alva L. Morgan
AAA News
Mre Ritter
Archer Ave
Hamburger
Greyhound
Red Cross
Greyhound i
Uncle Sam
Marshall House
Marshall, Illinois
Wark
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