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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1908
Page
7
Fire wiped out the wholesale grocery store of R A Bartley at Toledo Ohio with an estimated loss of 300000. Other notes report Ecuador Panama sanitary accord and various global events including a dockside dynamite disaster in Alabama and a Gonzales- era financial and political shifts across several regions.
Notice records the Marshall Illinois Board of Local Improvements award on November 12 1908 for the East Side Drainage or Liver district sewer project including outlets and lateral sewers from Mechanic Main Cumberland Market to Hamilton Street area with Mercantile Bridge and Concrate Tile Company as contractor.
Fragmentary local reminiscences celebrate Thanksgiving mood with lines about harvest and pride. Mentions include Bertha Patton and Walter Lindsacert in Terre Haute and a Ritter poem from Chicago Record Herald. Also reports visits by Mrs Rout Nakles and Mrs Otto Ras to relatives in West Terre Haute.
A National Association for the Study of Epilepsy petitioned the Illinois legislature for an appropriation to establish an epileptic colony in Illinois. The petition asserts epilepsy is preventable, cites heredity, and notes colonies exist in multiple states with over 5,000 inmates. It urges humane curing methods and public protection.
A farm near Grayville uncovered a large rattlesnake den in an old well. Moon fought the snakes with clubs and guns, killed hundreds, then the hole was shot with nitroglycerine revealing a petroleum flow and plans to develop the well.
Community news item lists visits and gatherings in Clarksville and nearby towns. Mentions Grandma Clapp visiting, baptizing at Spiketown, Mrs Bradley Babcock staying with Mrs Isaac Bennett near Grandview, and attendance at a Grandview meeting. Also notes Moore's Store promotion offering a 10 cent stamp per purchase and stamps redeemable for premiums.
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