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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1923
Page
18
The Church of the Nazarene lists daily services at 7 45 p m except Mondays with Sunday sessions at 10 45 a m 3 00 and 7 45 p m The 3 00 p m Sunday talk is The Second Coming of Jesus Rev W R Gilley evangelist Mrs Lois Breuninger provides solo and song reader duties.
Christian Science announcement details Sunday school at 9 45 a m Sunday services at 11 am with the subject God the Preserver of Man The Wednesday testimonial meeting is at 7 00 o'clock and all services are held in the Pythian temple.
Evangelical J. B. McCoy will lead prayer meetings at Grand Turn Wednesday and at Big Creek Thursday. The Grand Turn Ladies Aid meets with Mrs. Gottlieb Abel Thursday afternoon. Sunday school starts at 9 30. Rev M undorf preaches in Marshall at 9. No country preaching as the pastor is away EB L C EB at Big Creek 7 30.
Pastor Pettit announces evening services join the Livingston tent while morning services, Sunday school and preaching, continue at parish points. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday at the church. Go-to-Church club picnic and wiener roast set for Friday at 6 pm. Mattoon district pastors assist in fundraising for colleges.
The Star bakery on the south side of Paris square caught fire Friday from popping grease at a doughnut stove. Firefighters stopped a wider blaze. about 900 loaves were destroyed. Building and contents loss covered by insurance. ceiling and skylights damaged.
A carnival elephant parked on Bloomfield road near Pulaski Iowa five weeks ago and refused to move after the show left. The trainer broke his jaw and a tractor was wrecked trying to dislodge the animal. The beast wandered to Lancashire Missouri on June 8 to rejoin the parade.
A town merchant recalls how advertising backfired when customers flocked to buy nearly all his stock leaving shelves bare. The anecdote warns that promotions can deplete inventory and harm a small shop.
Fragmentary OCR shows a note about placement of advertising and notices for organizations and churches with a guaranteed option only if received by Monday. Additional legible text mentions trees and garbled phrases.
The writer argues water power offers a stable, serviceed investment. Babson says profits follow when money funds projects that render service, noting New York has 4,000,000 horsepower idle. Water power development could replace coal use and support electric growth, with depreciation low and demand rising.
Mrs Odie Marrs and Mrs Ernest Newman illness noted as guests at W H Johnson home in Marshall. Visits include Golden Tapscott with Coombs family, June Tyler from near Kansas visiting Zenas Murphy, Pearl Walls with Faye Walls, Elza Newman family with Claude Newman, Lucan family with Milo Coombs, Forrest Fox visiting from Indianapolis, Aura Coombs with Tila Holingsworth, Kathleen Beachout with Roy Fox of Brocton, Madge Hollingsworth with Milo Coombs, Jake Hogne with Hawkins kin, Herman Marrs ill, Glenn Morgan visiting relatives.
Petroleum refineries in the country produced gasoline at 20,634,756 gallons per day in April, a new daily record. Total gasoline stocks May 1 reached 1,346,417,871 gallons, another high. Crude capacity ran at 79.3 percent with 291 refineries refining at higher rates than March.
In a reflective remark the character Char coal Eph argues that happiness lies not in what a man has but in what he wishes to obtain by going out to get it. The line captures a rustic, homespun view of ambition and contentment.
A brief note says healthy happy children are the best product of any home or community, attributed to an exchange.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch writer urges better tree care on lawns noting many buckeye leaves are eaten then frost kills new growth. He cites city investment in trees and argues simple mulching bands around trunks save trees, prevent worms, and extend life far beyond flowers.
A general instruction program on fire prevention targets school children but stresses grown ups must learn proper coal storage and rubbish removal. The effort aims to reduce fires and advance community welfare through widespread awareness and action.
A boy asks for fat removing gluten bread in a city store then shows a scrap reading One loaf of gluten bread. The passage raises questions on originality and breaking tradition citing Wordsworth and a Scientific American note about fish lured by bait mirrors.
Five German children have been shot by members of the Franco Belgian occupation forces since their entry into the Ruhr, Die Zeit reports today. The victims ranged from ages seven to sixteen, including two girls and two apprentices.
A vivid street scene centers on Liza and Rea as a humorous miscue unfolds about a box of dark cream. Liza explains it is not shoe polish but massage cream, revealing a lighthearted local exchange.
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