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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1926
Page
2
The crowd and money flood in as fans celebrate the World Series. Rogers Hornsby showed leadership amid grief after his mother urged him to not fail the Cardinals. Her faith helped drive his success and the team’s victory.
The message endorses Frank L. Smith for the United States Senate, praising his sobriety, party loyalty, and public service. It attacks George Brennan as unfit, labeling him the worst in America and accusing him of license and lack of party faith.
A list of statewide and local races including state treasurer Garrett D Kinney and superintendent Francis G Blair. The slate covers clerk of the supreme court Charles W Vail and trustees Laura B Evans and Helen Grigsbyween, with many county and district posts across Illinois and surrounding areas.
Fall dipping is recommended to prevent winter infestations of lice mange mites and ticks on horses after shedding. Spraying or dipping twice for lice with 14 to 16 day intervals, four or more sulphur nicotine dips for mange, and ear treatments for spinose ear ticks using pine tar and cottonseed oil are advised.
Several from this vicinity attended Benjamin Maurer s funeral at Bethel last Sunday afternoon. Harold Taylor and his wife of Tustin California spent the weekend with Leroy Sears and wife. Edith Geisert and Emily Geisert and daughter Minnie were Terre Haute visitors Wednesday. Leroy Sears and wife were dinner guests of M N M Landers and family south of Terre Haute Sunday. Gernard Black spent Sunday with Cecil West and family of Tate Flaute.
In Days Gone By W H Peters of Mattoon starts a livery stable at the old Eaton stand for traveling public. Methodist Sunday school elected officers October 1: J W Wilkin superintendent S G Murray assistant superintendent Mrs Ann Archer lady assistant superintendent D E Pritchard secretary O P Liston assistant secretary Mrs Anderson treasurer Archer Anderson librarian. Dr C C Bates of Dolson will marry Miss Luella Garner of Paris tomorrow evening. Mrs M Frost and son Harry leave for Philadelphia and New York for about ten days.
Fort y years ago Emanuel LeSeure moved into his new stand on the east side last Tuesday. Scholars in the two highest rooms at the college petitioned to dismiss school on show day and the directors granted the request closing schools all day. Bell and wife moved from West Point Iowa to live near Lyman Lycan's with Mrs Bell securing the McClure house. Mrs Bell is the eldest daughter of Will Hlack. Dave Tingley of Iowa is visiting his brother George after a stay in Terre Haute and will return home soon.
Burns Hurst and wife are the parents of a baby boy born Sunday night in Anderson township. James Hooper has moved his business to the Tiler building on East Main Street. Deuel of Pittsburg, Barnsdall special representative, says Marshall will push natural gas work rapidly with 39 men initially and add more as possible to lay mains within 10 days.
Ten years ago I Me Farling Albert Sockler and wife C M Bubeck Sheriff Wallace Ir F PF Haslitt Dr E M Duncan and Morris Logue will go to Indianapolis tomorrow to see President Wilson. A number of books have been donated to the city library including 51 volumes from Eva McMul len and other liberal gifts from Mrs H B Dulaney Miss Gertrude Shaw and Mrs Mary Mitchell. A concrete sidewalk is being laid on North Fifth Street from Main to the dail. Work progresses rapidly on the new residence Pat Foley is building on his farm south of the city in bungalow style.
Springfield Illinois October reports from S J Stanard director of the State Department of Agriculture urge Clark County farm bureaus to warn against white snakeroot grazing in woodland pastures. Livestock trembles and human milksick from contaminated milk rise as cases mount. inspect shaded pastures and discontinue milk from cattle fed on the plant if symptoms appear. The plant grows one to five feet tall in woods and fields with opposite leaves three to five inches long and white summer flowers in clusters.
Mrs Katie Carpenter and daughter Margaret and Mrs Mary Shotts visited John Carpenter's on Friday. Malinda Williams of Scotland stayed with Otis Williams and family. TA Carpenter visited Lucy Chambers and children Friday evening. John Carpenter of Marshall stayed with his Uncle Friday night. Helen and Donald Carpenter visited Darrel and Doris Shaffner Sunday. Matt and Mary Van Fleet visited Marion Bartlow’s Friday. Golden Carpenter and wife spent Sunday at Ray Staley’s. Mrs Mary Shotts returned home after weeks with her daughter Mrs Thomas Carpenter. Thomas Carpenter and wife and daughter visited Mrs Mary Shotts and family Sunday.
Since early 1926 the people of Marshall have called our telephone to ask about transient advertising schemes. We express gratitude for the confidence and offer our opinion on advertising value for desired results.
The column records multiple Sunday visits among local families including Thompson, Freeman, Walk er and Wright households with guests from Paris Walnut Prairie and Aven. It also notes the Handy farm being sold to Arthur Meeker of Hurgonville and his plans to relocate there later.
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