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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
7
The speaker announces location in the Trefz building on West Main Street and advertises light repair work including saw filing. The STAR is kept as the business symbol and patronage is welcomed.
The article notes a Terre Haute wedding attended by several local residents including Mrs Edward Guinnip and Mr and Mrs Chas Smithey. It also mentions the Knights of Pythias decorating graves for the annual Decors Day with a eulogy by Past Chancellor Roy E Danner and music by the Pythian quartet.
John Hutchings and Dave Montgomery delivered hogs to a Grandview dealer on Monday. Mr Zimmerly of Edgar county visited last week buying cattle. George Claypool bought a 1800 pound two year old red short horn bull in Harris town delivered this week. Ed Beachout and wife visited Mike Schwartz and wife Sunday. East Liberty school term closed Friday. D Perry owns a Jersey heifer just over fifteen months with a young calf. George Nicholson’s two year old male was badly cut on a barb wire fence recently. Hurley Johnson finished West Liberty school term during the smallpox scare and has started again.
A local grocer shares tips to keep orders flowing: place morning orders for dinner items and afternoon orders for supper, write a list before calling, provide your name when phoning, understand delays due to serving 500 families daily, and direct complaints to the goods seller, not the delivery man.
Paris Illinois resident W G Baker read a sign reading ham and eggs for 20 cents at a local cafe on 205 South Canal Street. He ate one meal and received a 75 cent bill, protesting that the outside price said 20 cents and he had checked the menu.
Dr Holke, a German specialist, stayed sixty days in our city during November and December 1893 and performed notable cures among regular patrons. He also cured eye trouble of a commenter who praises him, overcoming prejudice against traveling physicians. Dr L P Brown, Benton, Illinois, a 30-year veteran, endorses him highly.
A Friday blaze in Bridgeport, a boom town in Lawrence County, started by gasoline in a blacksmith shop, raged five hours destroying the main business blocks. Loss nears one million dollars with about half insured as tank wagons and dynamite aided firefighting efforts.
A historical argument on liberty. Freedom will dazzle at first but soon nations adjust. The author argues against delaying freedom until people are fit, comparing it to the old story of waiting to swim before entering water. Quoted from Macaulay.
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