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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1928
Page
8
Felstead won the derby at 33 to 1 underlining a line from sire Spion Kop who also claimed the Derby. The piece questions inherited success and contrasts it with wealth from fathers, then shifts to views on education, tariffs, crime, and historical notes on China and Mongols as it weaves a broad Atlantic editorial voice.
Kesler and Knowles of Marshall purchased a registered Holstein bull from J. K. Wallace of Casey. The bull showed fall affairs and weighed about 2 460 pounds on the Knowles scale. Wallace received 100 dollars in cash and Silvertown tubes and tires. Kesler and Knowles bought the animal for Home Packing Company at Terre Haute.
Mrs. Martha Richards 36 of Addyston Ohio died after stepping into Route 40 traffic near Hertfelder's oil station in Weaver. Husbands and children accompanied by relatives returned home after coroner ruled the crash unavoidable and driver E P Hughes released. A eight year old son, Max, suffered a skull fracture and was hospitalized in Terre Haute.
Olen R. Clements of Miami Florida is now practicing law solo after leaving the firm Huber Clements Blackwell. A former Marshall resident and state's attorney, he was well known in Clark County. Mrs. Clements said the firm dissolved and he is now practicing alone.
Squire Thomas Craig has wed five couples since last Friday. The pairs include Mann Myers of Hidalgo with Sadie Miller of Greenup. William Hirsch of Terre Haute with Pauline Eastham of Terre Haute. W E Jensen of Gary Indiana with Bernice Furtenbaugh of Three Rivers Michigan. Richard McDaniel of Gary Indiana with Margaret O Hearn of Hobart Indiana. Burnet Stepp of Dennison with Florence Morley of West Terre Haute.
In a street edition voice Mickie claims the editor treats the newspaper as a simple business and that the paper collects for items not strictly news to cover operating costs.
Fred Keifer, Marshall drugstore proprietor and Clark County resident, runs a 35 acre Toggenburg and Saanen goat farm three miles east of Marshall on Route 40. The operation supports nearly 1000 chickens and a small dairy herd, with 13 mature does, nine kids, and one buck. Goats produce two to three quarts a day for some animals, milk valued at 10 to 50 cents a quart, and purebreds sell from 40 to 100 dollars. goats are praised for digestion, cellulose capability, and tuberculosis immunity, though famous for eating clothing and shrubbery.
Homer Hill age 20 and Carl Basquette age 19, both of Paris, were injured in an early Sunday auto wreck two miles east of Marshall. Hill is comatose with brain concussion. Basquette left hospital Monday. Roy Burnett age 35, also of Paris, escaped injury. They drove from Terre Haute in a Ford coupe to buy truck parts when the vehicle veered on Livingston hill after being blinded by another car and plunged over an embankment. Burnett jumped free. others were picked up by passersby.
A long list of marriage licenses shown includes Gerald Simms and Lucille Mason of Sullivan, Charles Johnston and Iva Hants of Terre Haute, Wm. Hirsch and Pauline Eastham of Terre Haute, George Bentham and Ruth Myers of West Terre Haute, Thomas Cottom and Beulah Cottom of Terre Haute, Frank Adams and Daisy Williams of Shelburn, Burnet Stepp and Florence Morley of West Terre, Robert Graham and Mamie Lawson of Terre Haute, Cecil Sackrider and Marjorie Ikemire of Eaton, Harvey Carl and Claudine Deweese of Casey, Mann Myers and Sadie Miller of Hidalgo and Greenup-bound pairings, Richard McDaniel and Margaret Hearn of Hobart, Irwin Drake and Eva Hants of West Terre Haute, W E Jensen and Bernice Furtenbaugh of Three Rivers, and Chester Holcomb and Elsie Propst of Paris.
Catalogs for the 1928 Clark county fair to be held at Martinsville from August 14 to 18 are being distributed countywide. The 52 page catalog contains advertising and premium matter for the event.
Mrs B L Strohl of Paris gave the address at the Mother and Daughter banquet in the Methodist church Tuesday evening at 6 30 o clock. About 160 women and girls attended the supper served by the men. Mothers received roses and daughters cor sages. The program included duets by Marie Taylor and Joy Lichtenberger, readings by Mrs O K Allen and Miss Virginia Allen, and songs by Loretta Cockrell.
Chester Creek resident Darwin reports discovering a man's body in the Wabash River on June 21. Coroner W M Rogers of Martinsville investigates after Covington bank check stubs link to Isaac N Thorpe missing since February 11. Relatives identify the body. a $100 reward was previously offered and given to the Creed boy.
Orion Sims of Paris was jailed in Marshall after a collision three miles east of Marshall around 6:00 p.m. Tuesday. He faces charges of driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene. Bond set at 2500 dollars. His Dodge was undamaged. he fled but was stopped by Paris police and handed to Marshall authorities.
Charles S. Smith of Wilberforce Ohio received a 25 year service award from Wilberforce University alumni on commencement day. The former Clark County circuit court stenographer was praised for expanding the school of commerce from a small department to a leading program. Mrs Smith received a chest of silver in acknowledgment of her support.
Rev C P Maas of Elkhart Ind will hold the first quarterly conference and communion service at Zion church south of Marshall on Saturday July 7 and Sunday July 8. The conference is set for Saturday evening at 7 30 with communion Sunday morning after Sunday school. A basket dinner and religious program are planned for Sunday afternoon.
Henry Abel arrived in Shreveport Louisiana on Tuesday with his sister Miss Tena Abel and George Caton both of Terre Haute. Harry Woods of Shreveport accompanied them. Miss Abel and Mr Caton plan to return on July 4.
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