Court docket items and foreclosures listed in chancery notes
The notice lists numerous court actions including foreclosure cases and divorces. Names mentioned include Goldie E Collier David CG Collier John G Pretz Lydia B Trext and Anna Belle Shaffner along with various parties and locations. An art exhibit announcement accompanies the legal notices, detailing foreign and American works on display at Arthur Hursts and inviting public viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saas
Patel Gtr
Iyien & Supply Co
Minteer Co
Boyiard
Appeal
John
Danvey
Merrick ‘Cox
Bef Johnson
Kate
J.T. Randall
Goldie E
Collier
David CG Collier
Anna Belle Shaffner
Thomas Nelson
Shaffner
Samuel Spellbring
Nick‘erson
Toreasure
Elvira
Hams
Leon Prevo
Staphment
Dayton Auto Ad Offers Six Passenger 38 H.P. For 50 Cents
An early 1915 classified style notice reads “To Be Given Away” promising a six passenger Dayton car in good shape for five cents? The sparse ad mentions “P. E. Read” and “Bee Morris Logue” from Marshall and references Dayton Airless.
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P. E
Dayton
Bee Morris Logue
Marshall, “Tl
Eldest daughter of James and Lucinda Davidson dies at 71
Amanda Jang Davidson Schwartz born near Clarksville September 9 1843 died February 28 1915. She married John Os Schwartz on April 26 1867 who died five years ago. Survived by eight children seven grandchildren and many relatives. She lived in the community most of her life and belonged to the Dolgotor M E church for over forty years.
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Amanda
Jang
James
Lucinda
John H
Michael
Chases
Wis
Eaward T
Samuel AL
Polly
Duran
The
Dolgon- Tor
Handy Appointment Consigned as Postmaster in Marshall
The Senate confirmed Sol Handy as Marshall postmaster on Wednesday afternoon. Handy expects to receive his commission and assume office within a week. The race stirred a major local political clash amid forged telegram signatures and extensive opposition. Civil service protections ensure deputies and clerks cannot be removed easily, as Abe Martin notes.
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Sol Handy
Marshall
United States - Sériate
Handy
Civil
Abe
Vermilion Republicans Choose Partlow for Circuit Judge
Judge Thompson eliminated after ballots among Vermilion county Republicans. Four aspirants A A Partlow H M Steely M Murray Clark competed. on the third ballot Partlow won the nomination with Progressive attorneys voting to support him. All candidates accepted the outcome and pledged support.
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Vermilion County
Thompson
A. A. Partlow
H. M. Steely
Murray Clark
Partlow
City Council Quiet. Water Contract Renews For Five Years
City council meeting Monday discussed routine business with Mr. McIlrath absent due to illness. The police magistrate reported one arrest and a $1 fine for the month. The treasurer announced a cash balance of $4,607.28 and a water contract renewal for Ble Four road, five years at 6 4 cents per 1000 gallons, replacing 4 1/2 cents. Bills totaling $53.90 were approved. Pioneer William P. Musgrave died Monday at his daughter Mira Mayme Prevo’s home on Quaker Lane. born November 12, 1828 in Hutsonville township Crawford county. He married Prisilla Coffin in 1849 and Catherine Voorheis in 1865, father of twelve, four living. lifelong Friends Church member.
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Mcllrath
William
Musgrave
Mira
Mayme Prevo
Quaker Lane
Hutsonville
Crawford
Priscilla Coffin
Catherine Voorheis
Ife-long
The
Friends’ ‘Church
Quarantine Expanded to Protect East St Louis Market
Gov Dunne moved five counties into the restricted area to allow stock raisers to ship cattle to East St Louis without inspection for foot and mouth disease. The action covers Christian, Clark, Greene, Pike, and Scott counties. Meanwhile Harold D English of Marshall wed Miss Ella Vivien Parker of Paris at the Presbyterian Church in Paris.
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Harold” D. English
English
Marshall
Ella Vivien
Parker
Paris
Redman
Durrett Bootlegger Along the Wabash Faces New Charge
Ike Durrett, longtime bootlegger along the Wabash, is reported to have again run afoul of federal authorities. He previously faced charges for liquor selling and now confronts renewed action as investigations continue in Danville.
Purduin Representative Proposes Road Dragging Bill
Purduin representative introduces a bill to require compulsory dragging of roads at set intervals. The measure would transfer dragging authority from highway commissioners to the county superintendent of highways and set a maximum price per mile for each dragged road.
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Purduin
Tov
Central Illinois Art League Annual Meeting Display
The Central Illinois Art League held its annual meeting in Arthur Hurst's studio attracting about twenty photographers from across the state. A program featured technical papers and demonstrations on posting lighting plates and brushes, with a superb display of world photographs including sepias watercolors and a miniature painting by Eduard Blum of Chicago.
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Arthur
Hursthag
Hurst
Ing
Central Illinois Art League
Arthur Hurst
Eduard Blum
Chicago
Judge Rules Printing Contract Valid Then Awards Bennett Full Fees
Judge Kimbrough ruled the W A Keithley county printing contract valid but found the county clerk violated orders by directing election printing to Mr Bennett and awarded him full judgment. The opinion questions how a contract can bind only one party and notes the law's intricacies are hard to grasp.
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Kimbrough
W. A. Keithley
Bennett
Death of Mrs Clough in Normal Illinois
Mrs. Clough wife of Benjamin Clough died last Thursday at her Normal Illinois home after a long illness. She was born February 12 1866 in Clark county. Survived by husband daughter sister and two brothers. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Second Christian church in Bloomington attended by Mrs Chicadonz and Dr Edward Pearce.
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Benjamin. Clough
Normal
Ill
Edward Huffington
Clark County
Wm. Chicadonz
Marshall
Frank
Ernest Hufington
Christian Church
Darwin
Second Christian Church
Bloomington
Mra
Chicadonz
Edward Pearce
Goffe Atkins Wedding Links Moonshine Couple
Geffs and Miss Hazel Atkins, praised as two of the finest young people of Moonshine, were married Sunday at the bride's home of Mr and Mrs L H Atkins. Geffs, a former Ohio school teacher, will manage a local general store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Geffs
Hazel
Atkins
L. H. ‘Atkins
Ohio School
Moonshine
Moon Planting Hours Prompt Moon Full Twice This Month
Farmers debating when to plant clover seed during the March full moon face a choice as the moon will be full twice this month. The article discusses timing and lunar phases guiding agricultural planting.
Former Marshall Girl Weds Harry Gullett in Mattoon
Florence Arterburn formerly of Marshall married Harry Gullett at Mattoon. Bride daughter of Mrs T J Alabaugh. Baptist church services announced for next Sunday with 10 AM sermon and an unusual Sunday evening event. Pastor W H Ziegler invites all music lovers to the annual choir sermon.
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Florence Arterburn
Marshall
Harry ‘Gullett
Mattoon
T. J. Alabaugh
Ls. Hicks
H. Ziegler
Green Seated After Vote Count Recounts
The General Assembly seated E. Walter Green, a Republican, after recounts in Douglas and Coles counties increased GOP members to 79 with two Progressives aligned on most matters. Clark county's tally was added Monday showing Green’s plurality.
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E. Walter
Genéral Assembly
Robert Howard
Douglas
Coles
Green
Douglas County
Howard
Clark County
House
Sheriff Warns Against Walking Across Clark County Grass
The Clark County courthouse yard belongs to the people. Sheriff J W Wallace warns that crossing the grass plats instead of using walks is unlawful and may lead to arrest for trespass. He urges citizens to protect public property and maintain its appearance.
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Court House
Clark County
J. W. Wallace
Col Whitehead Delivers Noted Pythian Lodge Sendoff
Col Whitehead preached briefly in a frontier town where Will Crow had urged a Pythian burial. He formed a temporary Knights lodge, appointed officers, and spoke with moving fairness about death. The sermon drew tears from a druggist and helped establish a 100 member lodge within two months. Whitehead then retired from ministry.
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Woodford Ray
Potash and Perlmutter” Company
Michigan City
Ind
Beb G
Whitehead
Col. Whitehead
Will Crow
Mr. Ray
Pythias Lodge
Iowa
Bhether Town
Yankee Doodle
Bill
Knights of Pythias Lodge
D A R Seeks April Library Maintenance Tax Vote
The D A R held a Monday meeting led by Mrs W A Vaughan with sixteen members and two guests Miss Laura Arbuckle and Mrs Walter Fleming. Papers were read by Mrs Franklin Robinson and Miss Margaret LeGore. A committee was appointed to circulate a petition for an April election vote on a special tax to maintain a free public library.
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W. A. Vaughan
Laura Arbuckle
Walter Fieming
Frank Robinson
Margaret LeGore
Evangelical Association schedules March meetings amid pastor illness
The church announces no preaching next Sunday due to the pastor's sickness. A quarterly meeting is set for March 13-14 with Rev. J. J. Wise preaching at Zion church. The quarterly conference will convene March 13 at 2 p.m. in Marshall, led by Pastor Leo J. Ehrhardt.
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J. J. Wise
Zion
Marshall
Leo J. Ehrhardt
30 Percent Country Home Burns in Walnut Prairie Farm
A tenant house on Mrs. Mary Briscoe's Walnut Prairie farm burned last Saturday. The old uninsure d structure housed Mr. and Mrs. Collier who lost much of their household goods.
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Mary Briscoe
Walnut Prairie
Collier
Deserted Wife Divorce Suit and Marriage Licenses Noted
Cecil Fry of Marshall township sues Eli Fry for divorce on desertion. Marriage licenses issued for James P Sublett Clinton MO and Alice Emrich Casey. Frank F Geffs and Hazel S At king both of Orange. Also report on Kent naval engine room performance in sinking Nurnberg off Falklands with speed details.
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James P. Sublett
Clinton, Mo
Alice Emrich
Casey
Frank F .Geffs
Hazel S. Atking
Orange
Cecil Fry
Marshall Township
Eli Fry
Fishing party nets large Tampa Bay haul aboard Nellie
A chartered fishing trip in Tampa Bay by W. E. Bonfoy G. L. Mardre W. Jenkins G. W. McLary and D. D. Doll produced 9344 pounds of trout and sheephead off the clubhouse. Doll dropped his spectacles overboard and hooked a wall-eyed pike on the missing sighted line, which bore his glasses on its nose before the party ended the day tired but happy.
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Doll
Republican Judicial Convention in Edwardsville Illinois
A Republican convention will be held in Edwardsville Illinois on Tuesday March 23 at noon to nominate a candidate for Supreme Judge in the Second Supreme Judicial District of Illinois. Delegates are allotted by each county as one for every four hundred votes or major fraction for Andrew J. Russell in the 1914 state treasurer race. W P Welker chairman Vandalla Ill.
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Edwardsville
Ill
Ilinois
Andrew J. Russell
W. P. Welker
Vandalla
Five new members welcomed at church service
Five new members were received last Sunday with warm greetings. Over 800 attend Sundays recently as the church plans debt repayment via a pledged quota. The Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society announces a March Tea at Mrs. Adam Miller’s home Friday at 2:30, and the pastor invites continued church papers and new joiners. E. G. Sandmeyer, Pastor.
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J. W. Adams
Republican judicial convention plans set at Paris
The fifth judicial circuit Republican committee met in Paris to organize the upcoming convention with about twenty attendees including Park county delegates Lu Cole and others. John W. Kesslar was elected chairman and Lu Cole secretary. March 24 was set as the convention date with one delegate per 200 votes plus extras. Candidates listed include M. W. Thompson Partlow Steely Clark McNutt Hughes Hollenbeck Brewer. The Democratic convention will be in Paris on April 8.
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Republican - Judicial Committee
Judicial
Paris
Ednesday
Supreme Court
F. K. Dunn
Illinois Supreme Bench
Park County
Lu Cole
H. R.‘Snavely
Wm. T., Hollenbeck
W. L.athon
Rand. la Cole
Marshall
M. W. Thompson
A. A Partlow
H. M. Steely
S. M. Clark
Danville
Real Estate Transfers in Marshall Area Show Numerous Parcels Sold
Property transfers list multiple owners and buyers including Wm Luther to Josie B Malcolm on Westfield block 11 for 1450 and A M Fox to Nancy Kitchen for 52 acres at 28-9-14 for 300, with many other deeds of 1 dollar or small sums.
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Luther
Josie B Malcolm
Westfield
Harry M Fox
Deahl
M Fox
Nancy
Beauchamp
Jos
Drake
John Weir
NL Beauchamp
Dulaney
Marshall
Casey
Otto” ‘Cornwell
Clarencé
W. Goeckler
Oda Marrs
Wm. Hayato
John M Smith
John
M. Smith
Paris Votes 3 1 On New City Commission Plan
Paris adopts a new city government commission plan by a vote of more than three to one amid public discontent. The measure comes after a period of perceived rot and is aimed at potential improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Commission
Grocery Store Closed After Voluntary Assignment
W Pearson who has run a grocery store on West Main Street for three or four months made a voluntary assignment Saturday.
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West Mein Street
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Harper Houghton
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Dolson
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Ike Durrett
Goffe-Atking
Baptist’ Church
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Evangelical "Association
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Kiley
Nurnberg
Kent
Falkland Talande
Florida
Republican Judicial Convention
Methodist Church Notes
E. G. Sandmeyer
Pastor
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