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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1917
Page
6
G B Nitchman administrator announces probate proceedings in Clark County Missouri. He will appear at the Clark County Courthouse Marshall for the December Term to adjust valid claims and collect debts owed to the estate. Executrix Missouri Murphy and attorney Wm T Hollenbeck are named in the filing.
Notice to Contractors announces a contract letting for grading the approaches to Hollingsworth bridge in Douglas township. The meeting will be at the bridge site at 10 am on Friday November 2, 1917.
Notice of publication in the circuit court. Non resident defendants Carl Hart Fannie Hart Stella Sterner Irma Kaufman Dudley Towers Edgar Towers Charles Chronic and others must appear November term 1917 Marshall Illinois to plead answer or demur to the bill of complaint filed September 1917 or a decree will be entered against them. Clerk Jay Swern Compt's Sol Arthur Poorman.
Sealed proposals by Parker township Clark County Illinois Commissioners of Highways for Perisho Road work Contract numbers 3 and 5. Bids due October 25 1917 at 2 PM with $5000 certified check. bids opened 3 PM at Parker town house. Right to reject bids reserved.
Fee state of Amanda Murphy, deceased, appoints Amanda Murphy as executrix of the will in Clark County Illinois. Kernby gives notice she will appear before the County Court of Clark County at the courthouse in Marshall on the first Monday of December term to settle matters. All interested persons are advised to appear.
The article recalls John Philip Sousa joining the Marine Corps as a drummer boy, rising to director of the world renowned Marine Band, then a naval trumpeting star at Great Lakes. His leadership helped create the Navy bluejacket band at Great Lakes, the largest of its kind.
Washington reports the completion of sixteen National Army cantonments in three months. About 150 million dollars spent. sixty days saw 100 sawmills ship over 500 million feet of lumber. 93,000 nails, 140,000 doors, 686,000 square feet of wall board used. Modern utilities like telephones, electric lights, water and sewage added.
Distribution of men in the National Guard and National Army by state. A schedule lists camp locations and troop assignments for National Army and National Guard concentration camps, with addresses in the Northeastern, Southern, Central, Western, and Southeastern departments. It includes Camp Devens, Camp Meade, Camp Dix, Camp Meade, Camp Gordon, Camp Lee, and others, detailing divisions and nearby states for each concentration camp.
A roster of Fourteenth through Fifteenth Division camps across Missouri Kansas New York Texas and Oklahoma with R O T C posts Belvoir Fort Harrison Fort Logan H roots Madison Barracks Plattsburg Fort Riley and others. Aviation training stations include Belleville near Columbus Langley Field Mineola Mt Clemens Selfridge Chanute Field and more plus Army Balloon School at Fort Omaha.
In Madison Wisconsin the squirrels in the capitol park grew a war crop after being fed green peanuts from the legislature debates. Superintendent A F Blumenfeld shows the peanut crop grown from nuts planted by the squirrels in the park.
The Queen of Spain Victoria and her son Gonzalo enjoy the Sardinero summer sands with children playing and swimming. The latest photo shows the royal party at the resort and notes the king of Spain is often mentioned as a possible peacemaker.
In Bridgeport near the Cleveland and Pittsburgh tracks a man tore off and threw his mangled arm into the weeds after an accident at Kirkwood. Armetoog was struck by a train and found by pedestrians covered with blood. He was carried to Martins Ferry hospital.
Overella Loganeport Indiana reports Mies Mary Johnson the first woman employee at the railroad shops to wear coveralls. She works in the old room and says the coveralls with blue fabric and white stripes are more comfortable than overalls and she will continue to wear them.
The Department of Agriculture warns against selling brood sows to avoid reducing future pork supply. With hog prices rising, breeders face temptation to cash out, but the dept. stresses the sow’s value for long term profits. It cites wartime declines in swine globally and urges green forage crops to cut wintering costs.
A fragment notes the River Aa aims to top the list amid a harsh winter era and hints at a pressing peace proposal. It urges women to heed intuition for profit while men rely on reason and face potential regret.
Adah Marshall Redman of Terre Haute files divorce suit against Hilton Redman in Marion county circuit court citing their 1913 Covington Ky marriage and periods of separation due to his federal imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth. She seeks $2500 alimony and restoration of her maiden name.
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