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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1910
Page
4
Classified notice outlines rules for cards of thanks obituaries poetry not published lodge death resolutions and entertainments with admission fees at six cents per line. It sets pricing details for 25 cent cards and $100 death notices.
Listings show candidates for Sheriff Collector Town Clerk and Assessor in Marshall and Wabash townships with Republican and Democratic primary and convention clarification. Also reported are Senate actions on postal bank bill and a governor signature, strike developments in Philadelphia, and notable national figures Thomas Platt and Peary with brief notes on Cook and axis proofs.
Martinsville High School hosted a Friday afternoon concert with many musical numbers and recitations. The Martinsville Concert Band performed two selections as Mrs. Sarah King aged 82 of Neadmore died at the Hardway home and was buried at Olive Branch cemetery. Morhe-Rush & Kelly Co. reported good gas deliveries on the Chvok lease improving supply for the city and Marshall.
The column contrasts docket figures showing fifteen and thirty drunkenness arrests before local option with two and none after, argues the dry policy reduces crime, and cites statements from Marshall city merchants Booth Handy Hughes Foster Martin asserting record sales. It notes Bryan's county option stance and criticizes liquor interests and politics.
The Chicago Record Herald classifies the Illinois legislature’s special session into three groups: urgent meritorious bills, passable bills lacking energy, and crude contentious measures. It notes gains in direct primary legislation, a Field Museum site, income tax amendment, mining law changes, and minor reforms, while criticizing failures on election laws and a recall tainted commission. Overall, substantial work plus notable omissions.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Gallinger introduces a bill to incorporate the Rockefeller Foundation. It aims to spend vast sums while Rockefeller is alive for charity and human progress, rivaling the Carnegie Foundation with broad educational and pension aims for teachers, backed by Rockefeller philanthropy and General Education Board precedent.
A Sunday address listed probing questions about alcohols effects and town economics. It questioned saloon profits, impact on families, workers, and the poor, urging figures and accountability from proponents of liquor business.
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