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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1923
Page
4
The Church of the Nazarene lists daily services at 7 45 p m except Mondays and Sunday services at 10 45 a m 3 00 and 7 45 p m with 3 00 p m sermon The Second Coming of Jesus Rev W R Gilley evangelist Mrs Lois Breuninger soloist and reader scheduled for the Sunday program.
Christian Science notices list Sunday school at 9 45 am and Sunday services at 11 am with the lesson subject God the Preserver of Man The Wednesday testimonial meeting is at 7 00 o clock all held at the Pythian temple in the city
Evangelical J. B. McCoy calls prayer meetings at Grand Turn Wednesday night and Big Creek Thursday night. Sunday school at 9 30. Rev Mundorf to preach in Marshall at 9. There will be no country preaching while the pastor is away. EB L C BE at Big Creek at 7 30.
Pastor Pettit announces merged evening services with the Livingston tent while morning services, Sunday school, and preaching occur at all parish points. Ladies Aid meets Wednesday. Go-to-Church club hosts a 6 PM picnic and wiener roast at the tourist park. District pastors assist in fundraising for colleges.
Fire at the Star bakery on the south side of the square in Paris started by popping grease at a doughnut stove Friday. Firemen kept flames from spreading. 900 loaves of bread destroyed. ceiling damaged. two skylights broken. loss covered by insurance.
An elephant from a carnival show blocked Bloomfield Road near Pulaski occupying the site for five weeks. Attempts to dislodge it with a tractor failed. the trainer suffered a broken jaw and the tractor was wrecked. The animal wandered toward Lancashire Missouri on June 8 to rejoin the show.
The proprietor recalls an advertising attempt that backfired as customers flooded in and bought nearly all stock, leaving shelves bare and the business wary of promotion.
A damaged OCR snippet hints at advertising placements and notices for organizations. The text mentions a Monday deadline and terms for guaranteed placement, but many words are garbled and missing context.
A June article by Roger W Babson argues that sound investment should serve a public good. He cites Adirondack water power prospects in New York with 4,000,000 HP idle, claiming future development could save coal and power homes and industries, while offering stable returns.
Sunday visits fill the Clarksville scene as several families host relatives. Mrs Ernest Newman hosts in Marshall while Mrs W H Johnson’s home hosts the sick Mrs. Golden Tapscott visits Chrisman. Forrest Fox returns from Indianapolis to see family. many others spend Sunday with kin.
Refiners produced gasoline at 20.68 million gallons daily in April, a new high. May 1 gasoline stocks reached 1.346 billion gallons, another record. Crude input ran at 79.3 percent of capacity, with 619 million gallons of gasoline refined in April and 474 million consumed. Exports totaled 67.6 million gallons. Kerosene output fell to 181.95 million gallons. stocks 273.01 million. exports 63.51 million. consumption up 34 million. Gas and fuel oils production rose to 976.77 million gallons, with consumption at 857.71 million and exports about 100.20 million.
A dialect line reflects a belief that happiness comes from what a man wishes to do rather than what he has. The speaker, Char coal Eph, muses on goal setting and personal pursuit as the true measure of contentment.
A short Exchange piece asserts healthy, happy children are the best product of any home or community, emphasizing parental care and communal support for child welfare.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch writer urges proper tree care, noting leaves eaten by pests and frost damage. He cites city spending on trees, suggests bands of cotton around trunks to deter worms, and argues small steady care can greatly extend a tree’s life beyond seasonal flowers.
The fire prevention program targets school children but also offers lessons for adults on coal storage rubbish removal and other fire causes. The authors urge broad heed to the campaign for community welfare and safety.
In a city grocery a boy asks for Glutton bread to take fat off and shows a note reading One loaf of gluten bread. The exchange mirrors questions of originality and taste and ends with a science note on bait mirrors from Scientific American.
Die Zeit reports that five German children were shot by Franco British occupation forces after entering the Ruhr. Ages ranged from 7 to 16. two were girls and two were apprentices to laborers.
A humorous local color exchange features Liza clarifying a box labeled as shoe blacking is in fact her massage cream. The line shows dialect driven banter as a neighbor presses for purchase.
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