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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1920
Page
5
Water users urged to conserve and stop leaks as Big Four railroad supply drops to one quarter for engines. Marshall water shipments halted for three weeks. Wells are low and requests go to township presidents for current school names and officer addresses.
We express deep gratitude to neighbors and friends who showed 50 kindness at the time of our husband and father Mahala P. Clements and children thank you for comfort and aid during our loss.
Everett German visits Terre Haute relatives and many residents visit kin in Springfield Effingham Paris and Vincennes. Illness and hospital reports mix with weddings and social calls as families host guests and attend lodges and church events.
Miss Charlotta Robertson attended a dance in Terre Haute Thursday night. Rev. J. I. O Neal and family leave Friday for Hardinsville Illinois for a two month stay. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Durant and daughter Sarah Rose went to Chicago Monday night. Co. C Dahl B M 1st class U S navy was in Marshall Tuesday for navy recruiting. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reynolds and family spent Sunday afternoon with the family of John Ashworth. A R Sisson was called to Yale yesterday by his mother’s illness and expected to return today if possible. Lynn Parker and son John Randolph of Lincoln spent Thursday to Sunday county hunting. Mr Parker is son in law of Mrs Elizabeth McCann. Charles Kesler and family of Fairmount Indiana and Mrs Isaac Kesler of Livingston visited Kesler’s cousin Mrs Ira Winger on south Sixth street last week. Mr and Mrs Frank Kelly and daughter Katherine Grover Rademaker and Mrs Albert Fries of Marion Indiana returned home Friday after visiting Mr and Mrs John Rademaker.
Rev. C. B. Pettit spent Monday and Tuesday in Bloomington handling Illinois Wesleyan University business. A million dollar plant is being built at the institution.
The 45-2 Ladies of the Christian church hold an all day bazaar Saturday November 20 at Perisha grocery on the west side of the square. Bread pies cake dressed chicken and aprons will be on sale. Also advertised are leather purses pocket books and vanity cases from Duncan's Drug Store.
Miss Grace Ragon spent Sunday with Mamie McNary of Auburn. Mrs J W Paddock of Darwin was in Marshall on business Tuesday. Miss Frances Smith of Terre Haute spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Dorothy Moore. Miss Kathryn Smith of Terre Haute spent Thursday and Friday with Miss Harriet Metz.
Miss Frances Lutz and Miss Frances Horn of Terre Haute spent the week-end with Mrs. Anna Lutz. Russell Stockwell of Indianapolis visited his parents, Clyde Smith of Peoria called on his parents. Hazel Lutz stayed with her aunt Mrs Otto MeVick in Terre Haute. Alice Lucan of Terre Haute visited Rosanna Wallis. Helen Cunard of Indianapolis was guest of Katherine Turman. Mrs R H Patten of Indianapolis visits her mother, Mrs Mary Guinnip, Friday. Katherine Hixon and Grace Romines of Martinsville stayed with Ada Smith. Several families from Kansas, Ill spent Sunday at John S Ashworth's Sunny Brook farm.
The annual spelling contest will be held at Marshall Township High School on Friday November 19 at 7 30 p m. Admission is free. The event selects a candidate to represent Marshall Township in the county spelling contest.
The first truly practical sewing machine was built by Bar thesmith Thimmonler, a poor tailor from St Etienne, France, in 1880, about 15 years before Howe's machine reached the market. The tailor did not succeed with his invention.
Frederick earned the boys' ire with a quarrelsome temper and Tony kept distance whenever possible. Asked why he shunned Frederick, Tony replied that Frederick is always looking for trouble and he must avoid him to stay out of it.
Describes boatwomen in China who dominate household and business on boats. Wives and widows control steering, passenger dealings, money collection, and supply purchases while husbands serve as deck hands. The piece highlights female authority regardless of marital status within the boating economy.
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