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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1928
Page
2
A brief notice from the Wabash Valley Printing Co announces publication activities in Marshall Illinois. The item records the printer’s imprint and location, signaling regional newspaper production details.
Citizens urged Marshall to embrace street paving as essential for progress and daily mobility. With rising car ownership, mud and gravel streets hinder movement and growth, and paved streets are seen as vital to beautify and sustain the small city’s future. Full Speed Ahead.
The piece notes Al Smith may secure the Democratic nomination at Houston and mocks Illinois figures pushing wet planks amid party power. It calls out the irony of seeking liquor rights over liberty, suggesting wetness favors politics more than the candidate.
A business perspective on the 1928 campaign lauds the National League of Women Voters for clarifying issues. The piece notes women's pivotal role and the era's broad prosperity as context for national questions.
The speaker argues prosperity rests on American political philosophy of individual reward for individual merit. Government operation of business is warned as ineffective and dangerous to opportunity, urging voters to assess candidates' economic promises against this principle. He cites political leadership, industrial growth, and Wells on civilization's risk, urging informed votes.
Editor Nations Business Merle Thorpe is highlighted as a leading editorial writer in the country. The editor lists his radio talk and April editorial as noteworthy contributions.
Community comments describe Marshall as a budding city with paving on South 11th and North Seventh streets new work on North Eighth street activation of the Ohio Oil Company building on South Fifth and remodeling at the Dulaney National Bank. Clark county shows rising building activity as Clarence Tingley finishes a new barn and Wm Imle remodels a home while Stacey Lee constructs a new house along the Dixie Highway.
Ray Manhart of near West Union, aided by his two sons, farms 120 acres of river bottom corn and predicts a superb harvest. Mellon Construction, based in the Marshall House, undertakes the county's largest job building Pennsylvania railroad bridges. Manhart runs a saw mill and threshing machine, plays ball, fishes, and uses a tractor and power machinery to farm big.
A mother was killed and a child injured when an accident occurred on a state road in front of William Weaver’s home Sunday. The incident serves as a warning for motorists to drive carefully and pedestrians to watch their steps crossing busy roads.
W. F. Holwick of the Maple Grove farm near Marshall says he will vote for Hoover if the Democrats nominate a wet candidate. The Holwicks are noted for their beautiful home in the area.
Milo Prust, a farmer in the county’s southern part, has expanded his family’s Ideal Farm on route 3, West Union, claiming 35 years of county residence and noting no farmer has starved. He notes both parties seek Washington action to aid farmers and stresses voting for the best man locally.
The Blockinger brothers Rosco and Austin hoe their crops despite wet weather. Leonard King of Ernst complains the Herald omitted Potter's mug from the paper. Others weigh in on rain expectations with two days left in June.
A fragment notes that the grindstone is no place for a man to keep his nose yet implies it is better there than elsewhere. The terse line hints at caution in industrial or craft settings and the humor or irony of cautionary workplace behavior.
An unclear report highlights surprisingly young anchors showing efficiency and strong command in teaching experience. Readers see notable names like Alctiaon Glote cited among improving practitioners.
Lesson outlines Deut 6 4 9 and Phil 3 24 6 showing Israels duty to God and keeping His Word in the home. It notes Saul of Tarsus birth education and Roman citizenship shaping his early life and zeal.
A devotional line urges believers to let the joy of the Lord abound within. It likens joy to a springing well and encourages continual rejoicing in the Lord as a daily practice.
In a fragmentary OCR passage a speaker asserts no earthly power can stop him from conversing with angels while mentioning a handle that feeds Pigas Lydia and Mario Childe in cryptic terms. The text blends mystic and personal references without clear event context.
Eighty percent of all passenger type automobiles registered in the United States are used for some commercial purpose.
Carrie C. Alexander administratrix of the Clark County Illinois estate of John W. Alexander invites all creditors to attend the Clark County Court at Marshall for the August term on the first Monday in August for claim settlement. Creditors urged to present claims and debtors to pay promptly.
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