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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1918
Page
4
Local notes report residents visiting relatives in Paris and Terre Haute. Community events include a Red Cross drive, a breakfast for high school seniors, church services, farm work, a circus trip, and a new Ford truck for Casey township road repairs.
Large attendance at Sunday service despite storm praised as tribute to motherhood. Service flag honors and color call list of locals who went to the colors. Next Sunday topic Alms and Prayers with special evening service The Largest Patriotism and chorus music. Prayer meeting noted with list of attendees and survivors. Obituary notes for Mrs. Amanda? Newlin born Nov 17 died May 0 1918 married Owen Nessin March ISS, sons Guy S Newlin and others. The town church social tone ends with aphorisms on friendship and money.
Mrs Etta Morgan reports new corn planted on small acreage while Pleasant Grove pupils suffer a measles outbreak. J Veach funeral held in Clarksville. Jesse Veach, son of Ban Veach, died May 7 in Arkan tar. John E Clark reports safe arrival in France. Leonard Marrs returns from Louisville training camp on twenty day furlough.
A fragmented obituary note references the grave of his mother who died many years ago, implying a distant or ancestral memorial. The readable text centers on lineage and burial context without further details.
The wife of Rev T M Carter died at her mother’s Bloomington home on Wednesday night leaving a one month old baby. Rev Carter recently resigned his charge to become an army chaplain and is now in New Haven Connecticut. A Westfield citizen meeting at the Review office discussed the Sidell and Olney railroad’s proposed junking, with committees to Brocton and Yale to investigate. Rev T E Morrison to preach memorial sermon at Decoration Day in the ME church Sunday May 26. Dave Snyder suffered a slight stroke of paralysis early this morning.
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