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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1927
Page
4
The piece mourns John Dougan and Jim Roark, recalling Dougan’s character and Roark’s life delivering mail from Vandalia railroad. It notes a planned 60th anniversary issue of the Herald and invites reader input for the tribute edition, honoring long fought struggles and faithful service.
In Days Gone By Emanuel LeSeure has drawn a valuable prize a boy and weighs the usual amount. His pa and ma are happy. Wild ducks are numerous down about Darwin offering hunters amusement. Dick Calaway's team frightened at the Paris and Danville train Thursday morning and ran away but were captured before causing damage. George Balsley NB Devol are candidates for re election as aldermen both good men who have faithfully served.
Forty years ago Orange resident Sam Coon Blankenbaker said oats sowing was well advanced on lower Dolson and a large acreage would be sown this year. Ross Holler bought Carroll Briscoe's interest in Briscoe & Dulaney, forming Dulaney & Holler. Jim Drake Walt, Vern Cole and others from Marshall attended the Comedy of Errors at the Terre Haute Opera House Friday. Frank Rhoads is recovering after being thrown from his horse last Friday night.
Thirty years ago J oe Perdue tore down the old fence around his home and plans a new two foot high fence. Tom Murphy and Miss Kit Myers wed at the M E parsonage last Thursday night. Harry King, grandson of Uncle Felty, is named pastor of the ME church at Belton Missouri. Harris E Hall and Miss Forsythe married at the bride's mother's home and will live with her briefly before moving to Forsythe's farm five miles north of town.
Twenty years ago a gravel-train wreck two miles south of Robinson killed one man and fatally injured two others. Omer Poorman of West Union escaped with a badly scalded ankle after helping to rescue others. More local notes include illness in Indianapolis, job details in Terre Haute, visitors from Terre Haute, and a Methodist social with a guessing contest and old-fashioned spelling school.
Alma K Poorman administratrix announces a public sale of real estate in Clark County Illinois on April 2 1927 between 10 AM and 4 PM at the East Door of the Marshall Court House The property includes 40 acres in Section 17 Township 9 North Range 11 West and 0.5 acres in Section 20 The sale is subject to mortgage liens and requires cash on day of sale with purchaser furnishing approved security and a mortgage to secure payment The advertisement is dated March 4 1927 and prepared by attorney S M Scholfield
A mysterious fire attacked the grove west of Elder Lee’s home late Saturday, burning fencing, woodlot trees, and orchard fruit trees. The blaze is suspected incendiary. Separately, a son was born to Mr and Mrs Walter Garwood of Hatton on Saturday. Roscoe Lloyd has become a B&O telegrapher in Ohio after a Nebraska posting. Caleb Ragan left county clerk’s office for a northwest states tour. Harry Ramsay reported a successful sale Monday netting 1600 in stock and one cow selling for 206. Ramsay plans a northwest prospecting tour.
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