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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1921
Page
4
The column lists visits and gatherings among farmers and families near Hindsboro Casey Tilson Paris Danville Hutsonville Adenmoor Hear Oudeld and nearby towns. Notices mention farm work cattle shipping lime transportation and a minor accident with a cut above the eye.
Mrs Ruth Walkerig is sick on the first. Clark Medsker and wife of Martinsville visited Hershel Cline family. Bonnie Carpenter visited Mary Jackson. Charles Hollenbeck and family visited Amos Haddix family at Darwin. Sylvia Homer Hollenbeck and Mary Ledermann visited George Ledermann family. Burns father of Walnut Prairie spent days with Frank Miller. Ray Davison and family of Paris visited Thos Blizzard home. Jennie Craig and children visited Cora Walker family. Mr Fix of Dolson Prairie shred ding fodder in this community. Maude Blizzard attended Mrs Bohns funeral at Darwin Thursday.
Westfield residents report returns from visits to Shelbyville and Vandalia while local events include a masqu e rade box project for soldiers monument light bulbs, lyceum at U B church and a boys birthday party. Notable incidents include W M Knapp sent to the state hospital and Lee Co. Av receiving a fractured leg from a gravel haul accident. Funeral services held for F R Parker at Maple Hill cemetery.
Local society column notes Thursday visits with Leander Wright and Hazel Bender in Terre Haute. Several Wright and Spittler family members host and visit relatives around Martinsville and Argola, with a closing joke line about husbands fearing wives.
Ang ie Burger of terre Hante spent part of last week with relatives here Alonzo Sweitzer moved his household goods to Marshall where he will make his home Roscoe Witherel and wife moved into property vacated by Alonzo Sweitzer and family Orphabelle Stephens and Katherine Dorcas Winters visited relatives here Fern Kissner of Palestine visited here last week Mrs Media Clark and Maude Whitman were in West York Tuesday How ae vote a Mrs Mattie Whittman Mrs Mary Murph and Miss Helen Baber were in Hutsonville Monday
A jumble of social visits and hospital mentions across Clarksville and nearby towns includes relatives in Marshall Paris and Terre Haute. Events feature box suppers at Clarksville High, birthdays, hospital stays, and an American Legion supper plan with the TeaP Crouse orchestra.
The item lists numerous visitors and travels among Casey residents, including Mrs. Philip of Petersville visiting Charleston. W. D. Scudamore party from St. Louis returning from Chicago. Mrs. Rhyne B. Boyd and daughter Winifred visiting Tulsa. and many others. It notes a Casey football win over Bridgeport 48 to 0, local gatherings, marriages, births, and funerals with details on individuals and towns mentioned.
A traveler asks a Maori about meeting an Englishman named Frederick Thompson. The Maori smiles and answers with a sharp retort, noting how such a meeting could affect reputations in London gossip.
David Bennett and wife from near Westfield visited Martinsville on Saturday. Joseph Swope of Olive Branch was seen in town using crutches. James Tibbs and wife traveled from Paris to visit Joe Tibbs and family. A barn belonging to Reuben Tingley near Mt. Pleasant burned last week, fire cause unknown, partly insured. Several locals and guests from Willis Chapel, Orange Township, Dolson, West Union, Troy Grove, and Troy Grove attended events or hosted visitors as Main Street light fixtures are being installed and Lem Atkins repaints. A new grist and feed mill is being prepared on the old livery barn site.
Attendees from West Union and Decatur gathered with American Legion remarks in Decatur last week. Frances Mitchell and Chadwick sisters spent weekends in Terre Haute while Presley Kent returned from Jacksonville. Irene Crowe Martha Crowe and Milo Prust visited Terre Haute. Charles O Highsmith watched a football game in Hutsonville Saturday.
Lucy H M Sculeb contrasts American and English women in a London Times supplement piece. She notes Americans are more cosmopolitan in manners and speech while Englishwomen are more terse. The essay discusses friendliness, early conversations with strangers, and gender roles across cultures.
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