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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1913
Page
7
Rail timetable reads multiple Vandalia Line arrivals and departures with East West No numbers and Big Four South North listings. Times range from early morning 6:25 a.m. to evening 5:34 p.m. including trains No 14 8? and No 21 12:56 p.m. detailed by line and direction.
The column notes many locals preparing for harvest while illness hits Tom Husted and Nicholas Reed. Pear Garver builds a corn crib and carriage shed. A Casey housewife reports a mus tard patch mishap. Mrs Lizzie Baker visits relatives and Will Begbout attends a brother's funeral. Brosnan buys hay in St Louis at 21 dollars per ton. Fruit growers expect better storage weather this week.
Spanning Harmony class entry at High School. Vaughn rents a farm south of Terre Haute. Church group meets every Sunday. Residents attend Mrs. Ed Shonk funeral in Auburn. Clifford Washburn family visit Terre Haute relatives. Mrs. Eckel visits son Irvin in Rock Island. Cecil Irwin visits Beulah McDaniel. Roscoe Glovier family spend Sunday near Pike’s Peak. Gussie Gibson visits home folks. Mrs. Ira Winger and children visit Palestine relatives.
A series of casual reports lists visits among families from Lincoln Allendale Walnut Prairie West York and Terre Haute. Protracted chapel meetings attract good crowds. Oil rig work begins north of Graysville Sullivan County. Wisconsin visitor Mrs Jackson with daughter visits Hutsonville and Mr and Mrs Montgomery host relatives.
Relatives and neighbors spent Sunday with Ed Fairgrief and family. W. P. Elliott's group visited J. H. Elliott and family. Greeley Brown's party joined James Wyrick, Robert Wyrick, and families along with several others including Mrs. Chas Wallis and Mrs. Fred Liggett. James Liggett and sister Florence traveled to Terre Haute to visit Mrs. Ben Medley. Wm. Shirley and family were guests of E. J. Shirley.
The clipping notes Sunday church attendance at Auburn with the Broseman family and Henry Morgan and Amanda Mallory tied to a marriage inquiry. It mentions Myrtle Cunningham with her children visiting a farm last week and Mrs. Red Granvy Maria hosting relatives. Ralph Gilbert of Marshall visited over Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Charles Albright and John Saiter of Ernest spent Sunday at William Saiters. Uncle Tom Whitson and wife and Harry Maurer and family visited Ira Hunts Bethel. Miss Ruth Geisert spent Sunday with her parents. William Saiter stayed with relatives in Paris later week. Mrs Ed Geisert and children of Missouri and Ray Maurer of Oklahoma spent part of last week at Harry Maurers.
Westfield reports R C Swickard sold to C B Drake a 7 month old 870 pound sucking calf for 65 dollars. Rev W L Duncan underwent leg surgery to stop disease encroachment, condition favorable. If correspondence students increase, President H M Tips word will have little time to canvass. Daily mail brings inquiries about courses and remittance to join the work.
John Voorheis sold a 1200 pound yearling steer to H E Green for 100 81 at Hutsonville. Dr Ernest Bartmess of Annapolis wed Chico Apple in Richwoods with the bride’s parents hosting. Roscoe Richards and T W Richards traveled to Rochester Minn for appendectomy. he is recovering well. A canning firm rep eyed Danville pumpkins for shipment and canning. Mrs James Fawley visited Eaton with her son Bert. Over 300 Robinson students had dental exams. many children show indigestion and dental decay due to poor mastication.
The Illinois Supreme Court plans a rehearing in The People ex rel A B Cant v Crowley over Rock Island county township high school elections. The issue mirrors the woman suffrage act as a separate law and possible conflicts with the state constitution noting the use of male voters and 21 years.
Calhoun County apple industry may yield substantial earnings this year. Charles Temple editor of the Calhoun Republican notes 1911 produced 285 000 barrels at two dollars per barrel and expects fewer barrels yet a three dollar per barrel average this year. If outputs approach 1911 levels the total value will exceed a large sum for orchard owners.
The Alton Times notes that three quarters of a tallon’s dollars are tied to by products from the crop. Dried sapples, preserves and apple butter are cited as key outputs expected to push crop value near one million dollars.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal praises Joseph Gurney Cannon of Danville Illinois as a quaint and lovable character. It notes his long service from the Forty-third to the Sixty-second Congress, his strict party leadership, and his Southern roots born in Guilford North Carolina on May 7 1863. The piece records his defeat in the Sixty-second Congress but says he plans to seek reelection to the Sixty-third and end his days in Washington among friends.
The Danville Press Democrat notes astonishing progress in a century, from early electricity and steam to modern science, vaccines, and urban growth. It contrasts past marvels with today’s realities, praising rapid invention and the leap from Gutenberg era to magnetic century achievement.
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