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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1918
Page
5
The high school reopened Thursday with few absences as precautions against an epidemic prevail. Classes will meet on Saturdays and a single Christmas vacation is planned. Grade cards for the first five weeks will be issued Friday. Mrs Ruth Langlier resigns. Miss Euald Hurst of Hutsonville succeeds her.
J L Roberts of York visited town yesterday while Richard Strohm spent Saturday in Indianapolis. Many residents traveled, visited relatives, and joined local events from Miss Irene Walker in Terre Haute to Rev C H Hamand in Chrisman. The many notes include health warnings, holiday plans, wartime drives, and new postings with brief mentions of deaths and illnesses.
The Methodist Episcopal Church announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 45 with a sermon titled The Unknown Master by E L The eve ning evangelistic service at 7 features Jesus Christ and the Social Upheaval as part of a series on Christ church and world conditions in the reconstruction era Prayer service is set for Wednesday at 7 All faiths are invited to attend and discuss vital truths Offerings for the three Sundays the church was closed should be delivered at the church or at Jay Swern's office.
Sidney Cox writes from France that grateful French people remain thrifty and string soldiers on purchases. He notes that when American troops on leave seek meals in French towns they must pay a dollar to a dollar fifty for a decent meal. C est la guerre.
A wartime column argues against the slogan it’s “just money” and urges readers to consider the sacrifices of soldiers in France and Belgium. It cites a Bavarian diary atrocity and praises Americans for giving their all, warning protesters not to complain about requests for support.
Mrs Peter Staub schedules a livestock and household sale at the Ed Buser farm located seven miles northeast of Clarksville on Tuesday November 12. The event lists general farm items and household goods to be offered to buyers in the local area.
Frank F. Hager 58 cashier of the Edgar County National Bank and former city treasurer died peacefully at 5:30 p m Wednesday afternoon. President R N Parrish, his business associate and friend, found him seated in the directors' room at the bank upon returning shortly after he had left.
Congregational Church announces Sunday school at 9:36 a.m. and a morning sermon at 10:45 on the theme Standing for the Best Things of Life. Evening service set for 7 o'clock with music by Mrs Fenton Mathews. No prayer meeting tonight due to a YMCA patriotic lecture at 7:30 p.m. Speaker Mr Black, a returned secretary from France, will address the audience. G. S. Wyckoff will lecture Friday at 7:30 p.m. on a vital Boy Scout related cause. Saturday Boy Scouts and Mr Wyckoff plan a country hike. all boys should bring hatchets. Pastor C. R. Dierlamm.
The West Union Red Cross notes renewals for F S Reisner Mrs Joe Wernz Mary Wernz Reece Pritchard Evan Lacey S G Drake Flossie Drake Hallie Drake Ellen Drake Edna Drake Willis Drake Bertha Dolson D W Hull Mrs D W Hull Delance Hull Mrs Alice Evans Charles Roberts Dorothy Freeman Theodosia Freeman Mrs F S Reisner Mrs Sophia Scott Mrs Fannie Murphy Esther Strohm Mrs Mabel Williamson Mrs Henry Strohm plus new members Mrs James Baker Frances Drake Mrs Warren Evans Mrs Emanuel Deahl Davy Orcutt Mrs Roy Scott Theresa E Manhart Marshall renewals Sumner Maring Mrs Sumner Maring Mrs Sarah McDaniel Mrs E Stephenson.
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