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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1916
Page
5
Local items recount visits by G W Baker C W Cornwell J R Trump and others across Marshall Martinsville West Union and Spencer Ind. Family illnesses sales church dinners and wedding rumors mix with crop notes road conditions and farming updates. Mentions include Hasten Steinbaugh Dodd Meeker and Nichols families and a Boomer Day event in Martinsville.
Miss Nellie Kesler visits home folks. Amy Wyrick spends Friday with Miriam Crumrin. Mrs Allen Chrisler spends Tuesday with sister Mrs Lindsay. Miss Lillie Cline returns from Marshall. Allen Crumrin of Arkansas visits John Crumlin family. Ben Cork and family visit George Cork family in Armstrong. Rosa Batson teaches winter and summer terms. Mabel Kesler entertains friends Wednesday. Kesler twins Fae and Rae celebrate twelfth birthday. Rev Sandmeyer of Marshall to preach April 2 at 2 pm in M E church. Mrs John Bartrum and Harry and Catherine Wyrick visit Ora McHenry. York resident Ben Foster of Kankakee visits. Mrs M Barker visits Sunday.
Marie Pantley spent Sunday with Anna Volkers. Flora Davis visited the family of La Holmes. Charles Kuykendall of West Terre Haute spent Monday with his parents. George Tyson and wife of Liggett spent Sunday with Alf Joy and wife. Aunt Jane Weaver spent the weekend with relatives in West Terre Haute. Logan Griffith and wife rejoice over the birth of a baby girl. James Liggett and wife and baby visited his parents. Ed Weaver and wife with daughter Myra visited Martinsville over Sunday. Mrs. I. F. Weaver visited her daughter in Verillion. Joe Smith and wife and children of West Terre Haute spent Sunday with Rollie Page and wife. Edgar Volkers and wife attended the funeral of his uncle Edward Geisert of Lower Wabash Friday.
A mix of short items notes Tom Husted did business in Kansas Friday John Wolf and wife from the south side visited over the weekend Auburn has one ticket and collector short Abe Snider in Greenup in serious condition with dropsy Wm McDonald naturalized at Homer last week Grandmother Cleaver returned from Martinsville April First party planned at George Beabout’s home Ethel Beachout Josie Husted and Ethel Brosman attended a Marshall teachers’ exam One farmer bought a horse and buggy financed from coal lease proceeds
Reports include the township auditors meeting, revival at Willis Chapel led by Rev O O Tracy, and services by Rev Moody from Kentucky. Measles cases are few, Agnes Hanks recovering, and $2,000 planned improvements to M E church. Residents travel to Palestine, Lawrenceville, and Arizona. weather and street walk petitions noted. Boomer Days featured breeding stock, races, stunts, and a large crowd with a two day schedule of recreation and business.
Mrs Clara Correll moved west of Robinson. Jesse Johnson and family visiting Wes Coombs. Jack Noel of Palestine opening a barber shop in town. Axim Spivey to move to Aaron Reynolds farm this week. R L Bell and wife of Paris visited over Sunday. There was preaching at the church Sunday afternoon. The pastor reports visiting Wands at Plat Rocke and a mother ill at home on Friday and Saturday.
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