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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1912
Page
7
Fragmentary notes indicate a local council topic involving the Frogs and an alderman expected to depart, with references to the Herald and related fragments.
Banner Times notes Mrs Lillie Brandenburg and children travel to Milford Ohio. a daughter born recently to WHI Daniels. Chas Rhoades takes Mrs Rhoades to Mattoon for surgery. Byron Rice ships drilling gear to Tulsa. Lillian Squires and two children depart for Coffeyville Kansas to join husband J M Squires. J W Elliott moves personal effects to Littleton Colorado. Otis Elliott family relocates to Pasco Washington for health. Bird Bush brings father in law’s remains from Little Rock Arkansas. Lester Parker res shipping goods to Arkansas. Ford Clark visits his mother near Soldier Summit Utah. Mrs Robert Slusser returns from visit in B. B. Rice and family plan Tulsa as future home. John Gast of Jackson Ohio visits, guest of Lowell Royer. Dr L Sluss of Tuscola buys Dr Lehman’s practice. Davison of Downing Missouri joins EI M Grant in restaurant venture. Mrs Ed L Parker and sons travel to Indianapolis Muncie and Ohio. River ice free. ferry operates intermittently. Ray Kinney suffers stroke near Hutsonville. condition serious. Cairo division wrecker repairs track at Walnut Prairie after damage. Walter Trueblood becomes night man at Big Four depot. night trains now have station access.
Stillman Green of Malachite Cole recalls doctors giving him two years to live from consumption five years ago. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for his recovery and urges others with coughs colds or lung troubles to try this throat and lung cure. Trial bottles are free at City Drug Store, priced at 50c and 1.
Westfield reports visitors Robert Endsley and Milo Anderson of Indianapolis. Martin Fish shipped household goods to Tyesdale. Mrs O P Lenon and children moved to Merion Ohio. Mark Whitaker closed a Monday trade for Jennings 35 acres in northwest Westfield for 6100 dollars. Gillogly exchanged the old Daniel Evinger farm west of town for a Missouri farm valued at 200 dollars per acre.
We Write. TORNADO and FIRE insurance on farm and city property in the largest companies at the lowest rates. Write or call on us for terms, Cole & Cole.
The item lists Auburn voting on a rock road issue. A west side farmer keeps 500 sheep. Barn hay sold at 22 dollars per ton. Anna Reed starts spring term at No. 46. Leroy Romine does business in Chicago. Husted and Son shipped the last car of apples Saturday. Witl Brosman and D. C. Cleaver were Marshall visitors Monday. Carl Towell and Frank Lamb live on the Macklin farm. Martinsville’s fire near track at No 39. Rev Fuson of Westfield gave a missionary sermon at Bethel.
A Rioomimegton Illinois resident at 803 E Olive St says persistent backache and kidney pains vanished after using Foley's Kidney Pills. He reports improved ability to work a full day and no lingering effects. Sold by City Drug Store.
John Thomas conducted business in Terre Haute the last week. Miss Clara Mount and Coy Cullop plan to depart today for Chicago. B. F. Campbell and family from Charonville, Ohio visit J. N Lindley. John Hash of Hutsonville bought J. H. Sloan's store and will expand stock. Postmaster Moore learned his mother was dying and left for Ogden, DI, on the night train. Dallas Reynolds aided in his absence.
R G Collins of Barnegat New Jersey suffered severe lagrippe coughs that left him exhausted after fits. He bought Foley's Honey and Tar Compound at City Drug Store and reports coughing spells ceased after using it.
Mrs Vada Stages is sick Owen Mallory is dangerously ill Mrs John Horner is recovering Miss Carrie Lowry visited over Sunday Jim Martin and family of Dudley Mo have moved back to the neighborhood Mrs Hannap Fienner of Martina ville visiting Mallory family Nellie Kannsimacher has been hired to teach at Possum Ridge School
Moonshiner AG and others report shifts in residences and visits. Wm Washburn tours Terre Haute area while Jesse Del attends school there. John Veught relocates to the Albert Hull place. Jesse Blankenbeker returns home. Herman Bennett moves from Charleston back to his home.
An advertising item touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a safe quick healer for eczema rashes tetter chafings and skin irritations in children. It promises rapid relief for cuts burns bruises and minor injuries and claims superiority for boils ulcers piles and sores available at City Drug Store for 25 cents.
The region reports heavy snow and freezing temperatures. Will Davis sold 17 fat hogs to a Martinsville buyer last Thursday. Oscar Sloan and sister Nellie of Casey visit relatives of Sophia Montgomery in Richwoods. Newton Bean and Ethel Boney wed earlier this week and will start housekeeping on Bean’s father’s farm. Clarksville telephone operator Dave Hughes plans move as new owners take over the exchange.
The Child's Welfare movement engages thoughtful people, noting mothers as natural supporters. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is praised as a valuable aid for coughs and colds that can lead to croup bronchitis and pneumonia, with City Drug Store promoting its healing and soothing qualities.
Denison area residents and visitors share social rounds. Frank Montgomery attended Marshall Saturday while Miltie Edmiston visited Homer Herring Sunday. Sy and Mrs Turner welcomed a baby girl. Hazel Poege and Nilah Hargus hosted Sundays.
Sunday events include Miss Dessle Patisho visiting with Mrs Ida Babe, and Mr and Mrs Harbor attending a box supper at Pike Peak school. The tax collector completed a final Clarksville trip and will soon return his books. Wes Milhouse plans a Riley Davis farm move south of Clarksville and Riley Davis shifts to Mr Hughes’s recent purchase.
Ruth McDonald visits uncle Grant Crumlin while Wm P Eliott and Oliver Switzer families spend Sunday with relatives. Verlin Bland and James Wy rick visit kin and Edith Weaver returns from Dennison. A young man James Weaver loses a damaged finger after a shredder accident last November, surgically removed by Doctors Mitchell and Haslitt of Marshall.
G B Houk born Mt Vernon Rockcastle County Kentucky nearly 81 years ago died March 6 1912 at his Marshall residence. He married Ann G Rover Jan 24 1855 in Camargo Illinois and had five children two died in infancy two survived John 19 in Marshall Wm Houk and Mrs J S Hunt. First wife died May 7 1897. He married Mary Poffenbarger Oct 2 1898. Funeral at home conducted by Rev C E Taylor with burial beside his wife and son in Livingston cemetery. grave services by the order of Red Men.
Matt Nidey Jr. writes from Clusters Oklahoma about moving from Jackson County in January 1910 to a 160 acre valley farm with 120 acres of bottom land. He describes alfalfa prospects, a dry spell followed by rain and snow, and a strong community with good schools and churches while inviting others to visit.
A fragmentary 1886 document from Toledo references the firm of FB J Cheney Co and a promise to pay one red dollar for each uncured case of catarrh. Notary comments indicate the instrument was drawn under oath and filed by an authority.
Len Small of Kankakee Illinois, a Republican candidate for governor, is portrayed as a practical farmer with 25 years of agricultural involvement. He built a 16 to 700 acre farming enterprise, manages the Kankakee Inter-State Fair, and has held roles in the Illinois horticultural society and state boards. He is noted for his dairy interests and banking leadership.
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