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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1919
Page
4
Community news covers visits and health, farm work ahead, and social events. Aerial sighting stirs villagers as river high water draws interest while Otto Rader and Myenon Sims wed in Marshall with wartime service noted.
Local notes report plans for a brief Missionary Day program at the Clarksville Baptist church Sunday morning with all visitors welcome. Other items note Glenn Morgan's oats, visits by Mrs Ruth Beachout and Mrs James Hurst, and attendance at a Marshall teachers meeting.
J R Gardner of Redfield Kas was in Casey a few hours Monday Dr W W Bruce is reported very ill at his home on east Main J H Brooks of Tulsa Okla was a week end guest of his parents Lieut R Walliams of Washington DC spent Sunday with his sister Mrs Geo Spence Mrs Dell Lang in Dallas for an extended visit Serg Chas Ameter recently returned from overseas arrived home Saturday after losing a leg in France Chas Freeland, who was in Baltimore, arrived in Casey last week after being struck by shrapnel and losing an eye and part of his nose
Ada Brosman born November 4 1892 in Casey township died March 7 1919 after pneumonia followed by influenza. She married Ira Brosman on December 24 1911 and had a daughter Delma now six. She joined Kimlin church at 16, buried Ridge Lawn Cemetery after services at Kimlin conducted by Rev T C Bailiff.
The report notes William Hull and others visiting Orange, Dan Cline from Anderson, J P Heath from Dolson, and Elisha Claypool from Marshall. It records 18 dollar per hundredweight lambs, a Cedar Rapids funeral for Harry Miller, and a detailed account of the Romanov murder narratives asserting Bolshevik responsibility with postdeath forensic notes.
Gen Robert C Paris announces in San Francisco that Nicholas II and his wife and daughters were executed in Ekaterinburg by Bolshevik troops. He reports brutality and indignities, with the house later serving as a Czecho Slovak command post. The report includes alleged writings on walls and describes the fatal scene.
In a humorous backstage exchange Sir Arthur Pinero questions a missing actress, noting a 11 o'clock rehearsal and the excuse that she is washing her head. The remark ends with his mocked display of a bald head and a jab about punctuality.
Reports from Mexico City describe the Spanish influenza sweeping poor mountain charcoal burners near the capital. The disease and rising demand push charcoal prices up about 300 percent. The municipality plans to buy and resell at reduced rates to aid needy residents.
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