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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1919
Page
6
Fox's Sunshine series presents Con fession a mystery drama featuring Jewel Carmen with thrills. Also a Sunshine Comedy A Neighbor's Keyhole two reels of hearty laughter with a big black bear and pretty girls. Evening showings at 7 pm tickets 10 and 15 cents.
The Congregational Church announces a midweek service at 7 15 p m with prayer leaflets and scripture references. Plans for an aviation meeting are discussed at 7 45 p m. Sunday includes Sunday School at 9 30, worship at 10 45, a girls choir, a children sermon, and a youth sermon titled Gods Gift to Us. Evening service at 7 15 features The Antidote to Anxiety led by Minister C R Dierlamm with singing. Christian Endeavor for youth at 6 15 led by Henry Allen Wallis on Envy and Covetousness.
Regular meeting of District Court No 16 is set for Friday March 14 at 7 30 p m at Evangelical Church Abbie Clark Recorder Emanuel S S at 9 30 a m with preaching at 10 30 a m Zion Sunday school at 9 30 Marshall S S at 9 30 a m with preaching at 7 15 p m J W Feller Pastor
Bruce Evans of West York and W L Biggs of Westfield were in town yesterday. Ben Baird made a Dayton trip this week. Charles Farris heads to Lusk Wyoming for oil work. Mrs. Cork hosts Literary League event tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Apgar from Indianapolis visits with husband. Miss Mett English returns from Newark Ohio. Martin Keys family from North Pleasanton Tex visiting Marshall area. F J Decker moved to Winchester Kentucky for Ohio Oil Co. transfer. W C T U to meet March 18 at 2:30 with Mrs M W Coyle. Andrew Bruner returns from Greencastle Indiana visit. Mrs Charles Scott to Chicago to visit Ernest and family. Alice Stateler and Fayelie Livingston visit from Clinton Indiana. Threshermen convention at Peoria attended by several locals. Edward Renner rents fields to neighbors. sale held and will move. Frauadesii returns to Marshall after closing sales in Iowa. Mrs James McConnell tours Indianapolis and Syracuse. James Hirschman discharged from Mexican border service. Frank Archer returns home after army discharge mostly stationed in Washington. Mrs Allman leaves for Centralia then back to Salem. Maude Murphy returns from Duluth hospital stay. improving. John Rector visits after completing government work in Washington. Dr Ernest Nay supports Harvard Medical School graduate post-graduate work in Chicago. surgeon at Boston City Hospital. Clarence Kibby wounded in Hempstead base hospital. recovering. to return home in April. Judd Harlan returns from Maitland Florida. brother Lou arrives from England. soon discharge from British army. Mary Brown hosts Matinee Musicale with Poland music program. green and white refreshments. Mrs Roy Jeffords reads paper. Misses Les and Scott perform. next meeting with Miss Florence Hodge.
Wartime trench papers such as the Squib Rocket and Patrol vanished as armistice signs closed all front press rooms. Editors and staff who created these light hearted bulletins faced deadly conditions, and many did not survive to read their final issue.
In Wyoming Delaware three miles south of Dover residents report a mysterious water surge. A 100 foot high storage tank fills unusually fast then overflows after pumps shut. Town wells have gone dry while the pumping station taps the town supply.
The First Methodist Episcopal Church announces a centenary program drawing large crowds and community interest. Services include 9 30 and 10 45 with sermons on lawful use of own property and a business proposition to business men. A mass meeting Friday at 7 15 invites all city and community members to outline a community program.
Private William Arnold of the Forty-seventh infantry describes mustard gas shells used by the enemy near Verdun. He says gas burned hands and necks and scorched skin when masks were not promptly worn. Arnold, wounded in both legs, is hospitalized at Camp Sherman.
Fifteen years after wagering he would be found dead in his clothes Tattooed Jack a famed steeple jack and circus figure was found dead in a Pittsburgh police station cell. Sergeant Hutchinson identified the aged man as Tattooed Jack, fulfilling the old bet.
Old Dog, chief of the Gros Ventres at Berthold Reservation, brought his wife to a hospital in Bismarck North Dakota for treatment. He is described as a full blood Gros Ventre with vast land, thousands of cattle and hundreds of horses. Last summer he constructed a nine room residence with modern heating and plumbing.
Mrs. J J Steiner staked $500 on General Pershing and his ranks as Germans pressed to win the war. She urged neighbors in Pittsburgh to stay cheerful and optimistic, wagering her money when challenged and promptly collecting after the bet was accepted.
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