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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1909
Page
2
Casey public notices, school bids, farming prospects, deaths, and social updates from the Banner-Times. Notable items include the Casey school building bid outcome by Jas Swallum, late arrivals, cemetery decorations by local lodges, and obituaries for Mrs. Rebecca Miller and Aunt Polly with community recollections.
The Clarksville Methodist and Baptist societies plan children's services next Sunday. Visits include Miss Nellie Ennis from Terre Haute to Mrs. Sophia Montgomery, and many residents travel between Casey, Westfield, Martinsville, and Terre Haute. Oil crews, schooling terms, and farming weather affect daily life in the area.
Citizens recount similar relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills amid ongoing stories from Marshall. A steady chorus endorses the remedy for kidney trouble, fatigue and general weakness as local interest grows in the product.
Dennison notes Minnie Scofield travels to Terre Haute to visit kin and Edith Weaver of Armstrong visits cousin Edna Montgomery. An ice cream social and M E church services are announced with invitations to attend. Mr Otto Ray and children of Farmersburg visited James Medley recently.
The Mt Pleasant section reports continued rain troubling farmers. Earl Lowry of Dolson visited his uncle L T Lowry. Myrtle Cunningham attended Marshall commencement. Roy Cook, Sunday school president, visited. Mrs Austin Sweet visits Casey with daughter Sadie Emrick. Henry Bedwell family returned home after visiting relatives. Carrie Lowry spent weekend with sister Bert Mitchell near Chrisman. McVance Patchett families and Henry Bedwell of Hutsonville joined John Cline for Saturday afternoon, Wm Cunningham hosted guests, with distant visitors Wes and Opal Kelley and Fred Sinclair family.
The column lists Roscoe Cleaver visiting from Bridgeport, Wes Beachout and family with Casey friends, an energetic farmer plowing potatoes, Rev Davis delivering a missionary sermon at Bethel, John Welsh returning from Redman with a fast horse, Ernest Baugh and family visiting Martinsville relatives, and farmers considering mowing machines for corn. It also advertises Foley's Urine Laxative from Kelifer's Drug.
A rainy week interrupts regular activity as Butternutt school announces closure for Friday June 11. Other local notes report Cooper in Martinsville, Lorenzo Bennett selling sheep, and Rev Paul conducting services at Kickapoo. Oil drilling and wells are active around Nelson Auld and Dan Yealick farms. Mrs Sidey’s well near Carper is noted as an oil well. Wm Misner attends a holiness meeting in Anderson Indiana.
The White church decoration services were well attended this spring. Samuel Francis and his companion spent Sunday with L. W. Hewitt and family, John Campbell and wife visited Asbury for dinner with A. L. Haslett and wife. Fréd and Fenton Cooper of Marshall are vacationing with their uncle and aunt Lyman and Minnie Kuykendall. Rain is plentiful and the writer notes faith in a higher plan.
Hattie Higginbotham spent Sunday with Carrie Brewster. Win Wyrick and wife visited his father Enoch Wyrick. James McCollum and wife visited their daughter. Mrs. Lou Liffick spent Tuesday with her sister Enoch Wyrick. John Lederman and family called on Antie Shotwell and wife. Joseph McCollum and wife dined with Herschel Cline and wife. James Carpenter and children visited Will Carpenter and wife. John Higginbotham and family dined with Bert Eckels and wife. Farmers grow discouraged by prolonged wet spell.
Little Vern Travioli is no better. Frank Tobias and wife s wadayed at her father's, Lant Crawford's. Thomas Lacey, of Asbury, gave a memorial lecture at the White church Everett Hedges and wife spent Mon day with her parents, Nelson Camp bell and wife. The children at Asbury are practi cing for childrens day which will be observed June 20. John Campbell, wife and daughter Spent Sunday at Lon Haslett's near No. 2 school house. Walter Adams spent Friday in Marshall. His barn will be completed in the near future. Mike Molter sold a nice lot of hogs (12 in number) last week which brought him a nice sum of money. Mike Molter and wife spent Sunday evening with her daughter, Mrs. Ross Burkholder, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Green, former acquaintances. James Adams and wife were invit ed to Charley Cook's to 4 strawber ry dinner Sunday which with many other delicacies were enjoyed by all present.
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