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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1915
Page
8
Sunday visits and family news across Indiana towns. Several residents, including Grace Mooter, Lorena English, Phoebe Wright, and others, spent the day with relatives. Miscellaneous updates cover car purchases, a medical operation, and a minor injury from cows.
Local items include Al Epperson and wife visits, Tom Shaffner staying with his sister in Macksville, and a sheriff closing a 160 acre farm mortgage. Community happenings cover church services, Decoration Day planning, auto incidents, weather, crop prospects, new city officers, and various visits across Martinsville and Terre Haute.
Edith Burkholder was the guest of Plessie Irwin Sunday. Mrs. Myrtle Black was the guest Sunday of Lula Elliott. Floyd Weaver was operated upon successfully last Saturday. Fred Ligget and family dined Sunday with Jim Weaver's family. Florence Ligget and Lila Wyrick spent Sunday with Ruth Weaver. Russell Brown and family spent Saturday night with E. J. Shirely's. Hazel Elliott and Harry Matthew spent Sunday with Lillie and Bertha Beltz. Frank and Walter Welsh and their wives were Sunday guests of John Welsh and family. Mrs. Henry Shirely, Carl Shirely and Miss Lulu Elliott were guests Tuesday of J. H. Elliott and family. Misses Iris and Garnet Routledge entertained Edna, Blanche and Mabel Ligget, Bonnie and Golda Wyrick, Winfield Black, Fenton Shirely and Earl Weaver on Sunday.
Mrs Alvina Layton visited Sunday in Hutsonville John N Lindley's new barn nearing completion Mr and Mrs T C Cochran visited at Birds Mrs J N Lindley visited relatives in Robinson Rev William Warren preached at York Alton Blaker visiting his brother Randall Blaker at Chrisman Mr and Mrs Jack Hill welcomed a baby girl Mrs J B Hall and daughter of Valparaiso Ind visiting here Percy Nicols of Walnut Prairie visited relatives Bob Bennett and family of Indianapolis attended his father's funeral Merrick Cox and wife of Marshall attended Uncle James Bennett’s funeral Thursday Clem Thomas of Terre Haute visited his brother John Thomas Graysville’s Clarence Piety and wife attended funeral of Piety’s father Herman Spraker of Kankakee attended funeral of grandmother Mrs Walters who died Monday and was buried at Prairie Corners James Bennett died Tuesday night aged 93 94 Funeral services at Bailiff Chapel conducted by Rev Dan Clements burial Bailiff cemetery Thursday
A crowded roster of surnames and given names appears alongside an educators notice. The piece lists numerous individuals by first and last names grouped by communities such as Woodlawn, Richwoods, Pleasant Grove, and Union, then mentions an upcoming teachers examination on May 6 and 7 in Marshall. It notes about 40 applicants and reports on winter-term schools and grade-average adjustments by the county superintendent with 286 exam takers.
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