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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1909
Page
1
County correspondence notes visits and arrivals from Wilkinsburg and nearby towns. Highlights include weddings secret until last Saturday, arrivals from Trinidad and Oskaloosa, and plans to move to Colorado, plus local travel to Oklahoma and Missouri.
Mrs Ida Soper of Big Pond Pennsylvania recounts a severe lung illness that baffled doctors and resisted remedies until Dr King’s New Discovery offered a permanent cure. The testimonial claims quick relief for coughs colds sore lungs hemorrhages lagrippe asthma croup and whooping cough with trial bottles free and a 50 cent to 1 dollar price.
Fragmentary notes mention a sale near West York for 90 dollars and a trip to Missouri for vacation. Other lines reference death, children, and a large sum of 13000 dollars over weeks, but details are garbled and unclear.
Rev Joseph H Fesperman of Salisbury NC, author of several books, recounts kidney trouble last winter. He describes severe pain and bed confinement eight days, with thick sediment in urine. After taking Foley's Kidney Remedy the symptoms abated and urine returned to normal, and he endorses the product.
Report notes a garden being made in Homer plus varied items: Mary Church teaching at Mozart, James Phillips visiting, robins filling fields last Tuesday, Bonnie Shaffner's drive planned for Monday, Democrats discussing George Beachout for commissioner, Be Keller’s note about sowing cats on March fifth, Reverend Daugherty preaching in New Franklin, Anna Reed ending a school term at Jeff, Josie Afthose on ten day visit, and hunters shooting geese.
J E Hull and Mrs Jane Connelly visited Martinsville on Saturday. C A Pence made a casey trip. Mrs A E Hammond stayed in Marshall Friday and Saturday. G L Wiser and son Orion spent Sunday in Charleston. B D Bennett and daughter visited Mahlon family. Pearl Gilbert hired to teach spring term at Johnston. Claude Newman and Belle Bennett visited Oda Marrs family at Dolson. Lewis Hedges sought property near Martinsville. Store changed hands to Mr Davis of Effingham for 120 acres. Akens Hammond Hensley on teacher examination in Marshall. Chas F Wiser moves below West Union. J A Anderson to follow. Pence will return books March 10. Pence noted as best collector in years. Akens Hensley Newman entitled to final Johnson exam supervised by Newman Perisho Withoit on Saturday March 13.
Vern Fox traveled to Dudley for work. Beulah Inlow remains ill. Beulah and Mrs. Ben Veach visit relatives. Daisy Downs from Clarksville stays with Ina Murphy. Infant Rice Downs dies of pneumonia. Community members attend Marshall organ recital and M E church dedication.
Mrs. Pearl Garver and her son Willie visited last week from Westfield to see sister Mrs. Milo Claypool. Frankie Niciffer went to Terre Haute to live with grandmother and attend school. Road commissioners meet on the 18th to act on a new road petition from Newt Chronic's to the Green Moss school house. John Snyder sustained a head wound from a wire end. The Beals farm of 119 acres near township center changed owners for a second time this year to Mr. Conner of Neoga Cumberland County for about 11 060 dollars.
Marshall area notes report Landis Dehl attending a Friday meeting at Misner church. Nora Gray and Rosa Shonk passed the Marshall teachers exam. Clark Bennett, son of Lorenzo and Ella Bennett, died March 4 with funeral March 6 led by Elder T V Nidey. interment followed. He is survived by a wife, infant, two brothers, one sister and numerous relatives.
For sale. Sixty acres of land two and a half miles south of Marshall on the Darwin road. Features include good buildings and reliable water. Contact A. S. Johnson, West York, m. 7-4.
A New York daily piece advertises a simple prescription claimed to ease backache and kidney or bladder derangements before Bright's disease. The recipe lists generic ingredients and a compound syrup, presented as a universal cure across stages of urinary trouble.
Lawrence Mooré and John Right moved nearby farms last week. Skiley Nicholson relocated from Claypool to the area. Several stray cattle and various farm activities were reported along the roads in the past days.
The Democrats of Casey township nominated a full slate last Saturday with G. W. Orndorff for Supervisor Jesse Weaver for town clerk John Bennett for assessor Charles Gross for collector Marion Partlow for highway commissioner James Brooks and George Briggs for justices of the peace Irwin Cox and John Howe for constables.
Mrs. Julia Thacker of Marshall Newfoundland testifies that after her husband endured years of kidney disease with dark secretions dull back pain and fatigue he began Dean's Kidney Pills. After several weeks and six boxes his health improved markedly and he now enjoys better health. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents in United States. 50 cents.
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