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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1926
Page
2
A reader discusses autumn days and a Christmas memory sparked by a reprinted verse. Hayden Carruth’s poem moves the author to cherish fall beauty, while a Sunday editorial criticizes patriotism training in public schools and uses satire.
In Days Gone By fifty years ago the township election passed quietly with a large vote. Will Cole and a Paris workman plan a clock and watch repair shop next to the Herald office. A young lady who tore down the hill at a Republican meeting did not impress observers. Circuit Court opened with Judge Davis on the bench. Brax Cox named foreman of the grand jury, and the court adjourned to tomorrow at one.
Miss Mary B Tarkington of Indianapolis a niece of Lyman Booth will marry Ovid Butler Jameson tomorrow evening. The item notes a Halloween prank on John Harlan and Sam Scholfield involving a wagon of potatoes scattered citywide during a summer project. Various local residents and visitors mentioned attend a Terre Haute show and Judge Scholfield of Portland Oregon visits.
Miss Edna Prewett and Frank Brosman united in marriage at the bridegroom’s parents home with Rev Ernest Shouse officiating. The couple, both popular young people, then began housekeeping in a cottage already furnished and moved to their new home.
Allen W. Taylor and Miss Blanche Goodwin quietly married at the Methodist parsonage in Marshall. The ceremony was conducted by E. G. Sandmeyer with Miss Mont Taylor of Springfield as a witness and Mont Taylor serving as best man. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom Goodwin, wore a tailored blue serge suit.
Pictures and mirrors serve a practical role in decorating small homes by occupying wall space and drawing the eye upward. Deep perspective in pictures enhances perceived depth, while color choice and well placed mirrors further create a sense of openness in cramped rooms.
A sleeping porch attached to a child’s room adds novelty with reed furniture options including chairs rockers tables tea carts sofas and chaise longues. A fern stand and window garden boxes suit the bond between children and flowers while a canary cage adds color and a sunny space for a sand table. The reader suggests a porch swing with a bright striped awning and cushions sized to fit a father’s chair.
A jumble of sentences cites a declaration replacing an oath, literacy figures in Mexico, railroad and land area ratios for England Canada and the United States, grocery customer counts, wheat yields by country, Yale self support rates, and a moral proverb about public virtue versus hidden sins.
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