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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1925
Page
8
In Days Gone By the town enjoys a crisp air and hard roads. Capt Ed Harlan is a flour dusty fixture around the brick mill and shows industrious spirit. New sidewalks expand the square in front of Bradley s, Doill s, and J C Bryan s stores, encouraging others to follow suit.
The 1925 Clark County farm census shows 2 552 farms in Clark County down from 2 801 in 1920 with 22 539 young apple trees in 1924 up from 12 387 in 1919 and notes preliminary figures subject to correction. The report lists crops and farm characteristics from Washington DC with notes on breeding tools and ongoing agricultural trends.
Frank Hippard took possession Monday after Walter H Hutchinson sold the West Main street garage. A survey for a new 1 1/2 mile piece of concrete road on the National Highway near Martinsville was made last week.
Mr and Mrs Liberty hosted Mr and Mrs John Philips, daughter Norathy, and Denver Sims. The Babcocks welcomed guests Thursday evening. Virgil Fox visited his wife’s parents, the Prank Rabcocks, in Grandview. The Screech family, Esther and Isabelle, were noted visitors. James Phillips and Charlie McDonald visited Mrs and Mrs Timothy Babcock, Sunday. Mrs Fred Wieland visited Mrs Libbergs. Throshy Babcock and others spent Friday evening with John Wips and family.
Mr and Mrs George Claypool visited at the Clapp home while Mrs Oda Marrs and Mrs Liberty Hamilton were in Marshall. The Tingley family spent Sunday with daughter Mrs Jack Wallace as Pearl Harbor era era? The Spires Harbor and Bruce Spires visited relatives. church and Sunday school attended by Faye Lucille Harbor and Everett Harbor. Bruce Spires and Harry Harbor planned a trip to near Hume to hush corn.
Henry Blakeman and wife of Detroit welcomed a daughter last week. Dr. T. Ishler and wife stayed in Sullivan Indiana. Mrs. O Barnhart hosted her Sunday school class at the parsonage. Edgar Summers and wife visited H R Snavely in Marshall for Thanksgiving. Mrs. Margaret Drake nee Maxwell visited Lu Fasig. John Allen Turner to Chicago to see his two daughters. Lee purchases the G C Newman farm near Bellair road and will move soon. Curtis Ford property fire extinguished by water workers. Roland Taggart and wife left for California. Emma Husted to Altamont to winter with son Tom Husted. Week’s transfers include several land and lot transactions in Martinsville and Marshall for $1 and $760 to various grantees.
Ella Kirby and husband transfer to William H Garver land in 8 and 9 11 13 for 2 dollars. Mary J Newman transfers to Harry Ralph Atkins and wife land in 25 9 13 for 1 dollar. Nancy A Kaufman transfers to Otto R and Sarah K Nation land in 19 12 12 for 3000 dollars. Leonard G Washburn and wife transfer to Wm McNary land in 7 10 12 for 850 dollars. Eliza Boyer and husband transfer to Rachel Joslyn lot Martinsville for 1 dollar. C D Hackley and wife transfer to Wm Short lot Casey for 700 dollars. Rolla Walker and wife transfer to David Walker land in 26 10 12 for 1 dollar. Jene Walker et al transfer to David Walker land in 26 10 12 for 1200 dollars.
Cows given six to eight weeks rest and generous feeding before calving typically yield more milk in the next lactation. University of Illinois dairy expert W B Nevins notes thin cows due to poor pastures need better fall feed such as clover hay, especially for late fall or early winter calvings.
Community notes cite visits by Nera and Vera Millir and Margaret Heales in Mattoon with Mrs Tempa Cray. A 9 pound son named J A Pierson was born last Sunday to Mr and Mrs Lastine Pierson. Agnes Fasig spent the day with family. Westy Kelley returned from Robinson after weeks with his daughter. Mrs Russell Warters recovering from typhoid. Mr and Mrs Levi Barnhart returned to Auburn Indiana after a short visit. Rev V O Barnhart and wife. birth announced for Ralph Ax and wife last Saturday. Records show visits by E W Childs and wife from Detrokh. their son Will noted.
A recommended concentrate mixture uses 200 pounds ground corn and 100 pounds ground berley or 300 pounds ground corn with 200 pounds ground oats. Feed three to six pounds per cow daily based on condition, plus high quality clover hay. After freshening, increase protein in the concentrate mix.
Urbana Illinois November 25 Fall molting, a problem for chicken raisers, is often caused by improper feeding and management. Poultry extension specialist John Vandervort of the University of Illinois notes pullets may molt in fall, but a key prevention is feeding so pullets gain weight rather than lose it in early winter.
The article advises poultry producers to keep pullets in good body condition during late year. It stresses periodic handling to gauge body condition and adjust grain intake to ensure strong laying through the winter.
A critic recalls Beethoven’s conducting method showing extreme control and showmanship. At pianissimo he crouched behind the desk, and as the crescendo grew he beat constantly until at fortissimo he sprang up with arms extended as if floating on clouds.
A Grimsby doctor reports a man who died during dinner had pneumonia for several days and notes people may have pneumonia without realizing it. The In quest discussion highlights silent illness and diagnostic surprise in death cases.
The article notes that cork trees in Algeria are stripped once every nine years after reaching fifteen years of age and produce an average of 15 harvests of 100 pounds each.
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