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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1955
Page
3
Leda W. Chaos recalls leaving home as a four year old in March 1086 to visit her real grandmother on a small farm. She describes a sick stepfather, a disrupted household, and a grandmother weaving carpets with three cows on the farm. The fragment ends with garbled phrases and names.
A dense list of residents from Dennison and surrounding towns share hospitality and visits. Families including the Taylors, Kirbys, Moores, Johns, Farris, and Gibsons host and visit kin and friends across Terre Haute, Chrisman, Arcola, Logansport, and Marshall. Occasional events include a Hallowe en party and church or community gatherings.
West Union residents and visitors share weekend hospitality with Doyle and Mrs Vertes Hurst of Marshall several local guests including Mr and Mrs Wm Kemare Mrs Marlin Eaton Mr Serer and Mrs Donald Harper and families. James White entered Danville Veterans Hospital this week. John Strohm and sons visited from Woodstock Illinois and Aubrey Shearer and David joined Sunday dinner with the Utterbacks and Ronnie. Mrs Martha Bush hosted a fourteen luncheon for the Thursday afternoon club with attendees from West Union and nearby families.
The article discusses selecting chrysanthemum varieties for Midwest gardens and interiors, notingPhalaenopsis-like types, resistance to summer heat, and the Illini Petite bred at the University of Illinois. It lists colors such as bronze pink yellow white and forms like button, pompon, and anemone, with sizes from % inch to ten inches across. It also mentions moisture retention for stored coins at 13 percent.
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