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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1920
Page
5
Long column lists residents and visitors with brief motions between towns. People from Oblong Martinsville Terre Haute Champaign Casey Van, West Union, and others visit relatives or spend weekends with family. Several small ads note sales and local shop offerings.
Frank McNary and family spent Sunday with Wellington Murphy and wife. Alma Dunneig of Terre Haute visited Marshall friends last Thursday. Byron Anderson, formerly of the Soldiers' Home, will move to Pittsburg Kansas to live with his son John. Vic tor Reynolds and family were surprised by about one hundred friends at their home south of Marshall. The Reynolds family plan to leave for Texas this week. Rain is cited as necessary for tea growth requiring about 60 inches of rainfall and irrigation is deemed insufficient.
Rev Bernard Paine asserts bribery is a sin and cites the biblical commandment that taking gifts blinds the wise and perverts the words of the righteous, calling the principle as true now as in ancient times.
Mrs Eliza Schaffner of Carbon Indiana visits her brother Charles Flenekinger. Leander Wright and daughter Nellie and Leonard Kile with family spend weekends in Paris with relatives. Spittler and Kile families visit others nearby. Frank Bender and Fenton Spangler visit Snyder. Tingley daughter Margaret visits Grant Martins Possum Ridge.
Mr and Mrs Lincoln Sears of Santa Ana California spent Friday with BE Volk ers and family. May Weaver Kearns plans to move to Ob long. Opal Hogue of McKeen visited Miss Anna Volk ers Sunday evening. Hansmann of St Louis arrived October 26 for a week long meeting and will return in six weeks for another. The Volk ers and Sears families hosted and attended gatherings with Leed Sears Fishback and Fay Black McKeen.
Westfield residents Miss Grace Briscoe and Miss Thelma Weeden traveled to Terre Haute on Saturday for shopping with Joseph Snyder from Indianapolis returning Monday after a two week visit. The town declined drifted rumors and a local ordinance bans under sixteen from street after seven with guardians present.
A brief ditty from the Oklahoman suggests some women think strong-arm tactics are needed to keep a husband, reflecting social attitudes of the era.
A London autopsy on David Carey reports death by anxiety and heart disease, noting his heart was healthier than expected and that he might have lived to 59 years. The text then shifts to a purported method to measure day length by doubling the rising and setting times.
E. W. Hodson expresses appreciation to friends across the county for standing by him at the polls and invites them to visit at home to meet him in person. He notes he will be home soon and hopes to become acquainted with supporters.
Byron Anderson of the Soldiers Home at Quincy and his son John and wife of Pittsburg Kansas express gratitude to Marshall community for kindness shown at the death of their wife and mother.
James Kennedy formerly with Albert Sockler joins our force to supervise auto repairs. He will have all necessary parts and can do good work. Come and see Jim for your auto troubles at our new location near Guenere & Duzaw opposite the Marshall House.
An unclear message states the Wiss End Wagon Yard has been purchased and promises better service when you visit town. The note signs off with names Eda and ivny and ends with a street number 48-1.
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