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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1910
Page
2
County correspondence reports a big Casey area Fourth of July event in preparation with local residents and visitors from St Louis Covington and Oklahoma. Community news notes deaths births visits road work corn yields and weather conditions as well as oil prospects and local incidents around Casey Dolson and surrounding towns.
Scientific consensus shifts to inner skin involvement for eczema. Promotes D D D Prescription oil for wintergreen as penetrating treatment. Trial bottle offered at 25 cents claims immediate itch relief with years of use and reported cures. Wilson Harlan.
Mary E Evans of Krum Texas visited relatives in Hutsonville while Miss May Mount died at French Lick Springs. C S Buckner won oats and hog prizes at Olustee Oklahoma farmer’s institute. Wheat harvest proceeds slowly due to fly damage. Wabash River area praised for fishing boating and outings around Cairo division.
Advertising notes Foley Kidney Pills contain ingredients to tone strengthen and regulate kidney and bladder action. Sold by all druggists.
The notes report a Fourth of July celebration in Marshall with several local items. Oats show slight improvement while potato blight is widely blamed by farmers. A farmer built a wagon from corn planter wheels. Lightning struck near Wm Beadle's barn last week. Hart Shaffner's horse was badly injured by a wire fence. Grandpa Beachout visited relatives in Terre Haute. Andrew Lowry of Auburn plans a large round barn. George Baker spent Sunday near Casey with his brother Dan who is paralyzed. Tracks expand in heat disrupting switch operations. Foley’s Kidney Remedy is touted for children and bed wetting after illnesses.
Marshall residents reported visitors over the weekend including John Babcock and wife with Eliza Claypools at Trio, Lu Smitley and wife with Robert Barrett and wife, and Joe Babcock visiting near Grandview. A heavy rain Thursday and Sunday night aided crops. Fred Wieland and family traveled to Mattoon to see their daughter Lizzie, a trained nurse. A home department meeting at Mrs Chas Goeckler’s home featured Rev Black of Marshall delivering a memorial address for the IOOF lodge with graves decorated afterward.
Local society items report Frank Tobias and family visiting her parents on Sunday and multiple gatherings at Elmbridge Xill Adams and Otis Adams households. Epworth League attendance rises with Wednesday meetings, church ice cream social at McKeon raises funds, and various neighbors host or visit relatives in Martinsville Springs and nearby towns.
Sutherlands Eagle Eye Salve advertised as a creamy snow white ointment for sore eyes. The claim states it would not injure a babe and is guaranteed with a price of 25 cents.
Wheat cutting has begun while Mrs. Jane Porter is not improving. Marion Richards visited Tom Custis and Riley Oil Co. drilled a dry hole on H. V. Blakeman's farm. Moriah No. 2 beat Willow Prairie 10 to 3 at Moonshine diamond.
An advertisement urges women to use Electric Bitters to improve health and beauty. It claims the tonic regulates stomach and kidneys, purifies blood, steadies nerves, and brightens eyes and skin, promising a lovely complexion and good health. Available for 50 cents at Robt Prewett's.
The horse foot is described as a marvel of design with about 500 horn laminae on the outside and 500 more from the coffin bone, totaling roughly 4,000 laminae. These fine laminae are arranged to act as springs in an oblique direction, illustrating nature's ingenuity throughout the hoof structure.
Two men in West Philadelphia greet Edward who reveals the joke that their leading lady is their cook. Edward jokes about his satisfaction as they claim to have signed up their leading lady for another season in a humorous misdirection.
The London Spectator argues against basing character on physical traits such as chins or skull bumps. It cites examples like General Wolfe and Mr. Pitt to show that notable leaders and soldiers had little chins. The quote notes such judgments are as foolish as judging strength of will by appearance.
An eighteen year old joins the Civil War with an uncle who aims to control him. He pursues a dawned romance with a country girl living near a plantation. The uncle confronts the girl and is outmaneuvered by her steadfast refusal to give up the heir to a fortune. The scene ends with the girl declaring love and the general withdrawing in defeat.
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