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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1915
Page
5
Train from Marshall to Urbana departs 7:25 a.m. and returns at 8 p.m. Travel costs 1.75 dollars for a round trip. Service notes indicate a Saturday October 30 schedule with same day return following the football game between Illinois and Minnesota universities.
Sought at nearby stores are sorghum from trusted makers and new buckwheat flour per the long‑handled brand familiar to customers. Bulk pricing runs six cents per pound. sacks priced at 25 or 60 cents. Also advertised are coal at ten cents per gallon, oyster sheller bags at fifty five cents, and rolled oats from the new crop sold as the economical option with no extra packaging costs.
An OCR fragment markets due bills promising fair trade prices for produce. It claims most town stores accept the bills and cash, offering goods like hardware, furniture, shoes, and drugs in exchange for produce. The text is incomplete and garbled but suggests a barter-like promotion.
Indianapolis visitor Clark Lucan and others appear in town for relatives and business. Roaming guests include Misses Scholfield Swern and Miss Kate Walker with families, and outings to Merom and Danville. Community groups meet for auctions, bridge, and church events as residents attend sports and fraternal gatherings.
A veteran adviser extols handling earnings and investing surplus in sound securities yielding 5 to 6 percent. He argues bankers, railroads, packing houses, and manufacturers offer safe gains, citing common sense and experience as key. He warns against sentimental schemes and emphasizes choosing solid securities through experienced guidance.
A fragment describes fat crystals formed by butter lard and beet fat after slow cooking. It notes differences under a microscope, mentions normal butter crystals, and references varying crystal forms and changes in freshness and structure with processing.
For sale a fine 76 acre farm on Walnut Prairie three miles from the railroad and eighteen miles south of Marshall with a good house and barn. Land yields wheat corn and potatoes. Bargain with half payment over a long time. Also horse wagon and harness offered by Fred B. Keifer. Contact Mrs Bell Griffith 115 W 12th St Topeka Kansas.
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