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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
3
The document outlines tax levy limits and meeting schedules for the Board of Supervisors and town authorities. It details educational and road levy caps, city and township fiscal duties, officer certification, and procedural rules for board meetings and committee structure.
Sections detail grand juror selection by townships Clark County rules on oversight and approval of committee actions dates for board meetings and billing. It sets physician reimbursement for poor residents travel fees emergency cases smallpox exemptions and limits on county liability. It also covers general supplies for the poor and disallows binding the county for supplies for immoral or able individuals.
Fragmented OCR lists Illinois state officers including governor lieutenant governor and secretary of state with garbled names and titles. The readable bits reference Ozgar Melson and various offices without coherent facts or dates.
The note lists Omer N. Cagrar as State Treasurer and Oscar I. Carlstrom as Attorney General with Francis G. Blair as Superintendent of Public Instruction.
A historical roster lists Clark County officers and officials including Circuit Judges John W H Marshall Walter Brewer Augustus A Partlow and Russell L Riley as Sheriff J M Turner State's Attorney Everett Connelly Supt of Adhoots Harold Bright Coroner William M Rogers Surveyor George Lafferty Master in Chancery H R Snavely Supt of Co Farm Pearl Garver Supt of Highways Nick Hurst and county clerk J W Atkins.
W. R. Stanfield serves as chairman with W. O. Slusser and Wm. Medsker listed as clerks in the official notice.
In the 34th District covering Clark Coles and Douglas Counties Senator John R. Hamilton of Mattoon seeks reelection. Representatives Walter Cork of Marshall Harry Baxter Newman Norman Bennett of Marshall also run for seats.
The record lists U. S. Senators William B. McKinley and Charles S. Deneen from Illinois with counties Clark Cumberland Edgar Iroquois Kankakee Vermilion and the representative Wm. P. Holaday from Georgetown, reflecting the political assembly for the era.
Elected in 1924 for two years list includes Fred Lederman Anderson Marshall 1 Roy McNary Auburn Marshall 2 A P Whitney Casey Casey Bert Kimmerman Darwin West Union Clarence Goekler Dolson Marshall 2 John Curran Douglas Marshall 4 C W Connelly Johnson Martinsville 1 Cleo Murphy Marshall Marshall Earl Dehl Martinsville Martinsville Homer Scott Melrose West Union Ben Patchett Orange Martinsville 2 Ray Phillipps Parker Martinsville 6 Henry Sharp Wabash Dennison 1 Tonie Tyler Westfield Westfield Alberta Marvin York West Union
Fragmentary OCR reads a long list of personal names and places including John Sanders Anderson Martinsville Ray Newman Auburn Marshall Otis Hiliott Casey Fred Strohm Darwin West Union Jacob Mountjoy Dolson Marshall Robert McClary Douglas Marshall Frank Smith Johnson Casey Chas Stepp Marshall Alfred Bennett Martinsville Kant Green Melrose West York Chas Rockwell Orange Martinsville Sherman McNary Parker Martinsville Clarence Bages Wabash Midland Frank White Weastfield Henry Brown York West Luo.
A catalog style item lists town clerks and officials in multiple communities including Bennie Strohm Anderson Marshall and Chas Langford Douglas Marshall with many others across Martinsville, West Union, Wabash and York. The roster references several towns and likely assigns clerk or official roles to each person.
The record lists justices of the peace and related officials across multiple townships including Anderson West Union Auburn Casey Darwin Martinsville Marshall Westfield York and others with names such as John Ledermann Thomas Carpenter A B Bean Amos Beltz J A Hightwo Henry O Chapman T Craig C Chapman G L Wiser R L Robertson and Chas Milamow. Numerous entries reference cases and appointments in Casey Martinsville Marshall and Westfield areas with officials named from Wabash Parker and York townships.
Auburn Anderson Leander Wright and 20 other names appear on county supervisor and standing committees. Key figures include John Burr Darwin Dolson Henry Buser Roy Hammond Arthur Guinnip Ottis Davison Elmer Snavely and Norman Forsythe, with committees covering Improvements Poor Finance and County Sheriff and claims.
Republican committees names and assigned posts across Danville Westfield Martinsville Marshall Casey and surrounding areas, listing county chairman and senatorial committeemen with party affiliations and party district designations. Neatly catalogued by location and precincts with several individual names provided.
The item lists Democratic state central and county committeemen from several towns including Danville Marshall Martinsville and West Union with many names such as Jas H Elliott C E McMorris Sol Handy and More. It ends with a reflective quip about early easterners beliefs of California mentioning oranges gold and climate.
The document lists county official meetings and court session days including the County Board of Supervisors second Mondays in March and June, the Circuit Court in March July and November, Probate Court on the first Mondays, and County Court on the second Mondays in January and on the first Mondays in June and September.
Bonnie Coller and sister Velima celebrated a birthday with about 40 attendees from Snyder and nearby towns. The gathering at Snyder included multiple relatives, Sunday school companions, and neighbors from Terre Haute Marshall Choctaw Ernst and Liberty, with dinners and visits noted through the day.
Martinsville reports include travelers and visits from Detroit Terre Haute Chicago and Indianapolis. Mrs Jane Floyd dies at home south of Martinsville and is buried at Kickapoo Cemetery. funeral held Tuesday.
WASHINGTON DC May 26 prominent figures gather in the capital as the nation debates constitutional strife and government operations. Reports say the Coast Guard is making headway against bootleggers while discussions touch on federal agencies and public policy, including labor and trade commissions.
Miss Barnhart of Auburn visits her brother Rev V O Barnhart in Princeton while hoping to return to Indianapolis for hospital work. Harmon Catcher and wife learn that Catcher’s brother Myers has died near Ganiy, about 16 miles south of Jewett.
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