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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
2
A partial OCR reads as a brief local notice or item from a newspaper page. Readable elements suggest names, places, and actions but many words are garbled and uncertain. The fragment provides limited context for a concise, factual card.
Capt Bigelow heads to Yowa and Minnesota while Miss Heath takes trimming work in Kansas City. Garver family reunion in Decatur. Livery sale to a Charleston-area buyer and oil well drill near Dolson abandoned. Church baptisms and warnings of drought amid revival turnout. Richwoods school hires R A Wilhoit at seventy dollars monthly. Cleone and Westfield win a tight game 10 to 9. We plan to turn the tide on September 2.
Advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as immediate relief for asthma in severe cases and claims it can effect a cure when taken in time. The note credits J. L. Keifer.
McNutt and Cook Foom visit Mrs Maggie Jennings and daughter of Fort Pierre South Dakota. Visitors arrive from Castle Rock Colorado. Death in Ohio prompts Nash family trip. W S Lowery of Hankison North Carolina guests of Casey friends. Professor Wallace of Marshall visits Casey. Slusser builds a nine room cottage on E Jefferson. Theron Miller returns from western Kansas and Colorado. Pritzer family from Hydro Oklahoma visiting Perry family. Gilnore family depart for six weeks in Ohio. Turner family returns from European trip. Tipsword family back from Anthony Indiana. Broom corn cutting to begin late next week. broom corn canary moving. Margaret Biggs dies after short illness.
An old notice warns customers to refuse non genuine bottles of Foley’s Honey and Tar in yellow packaging. It states the product contains no opiates or drugs and promotes its use for coughs colds and throat troubles. The warning urges guarding health by choosing the genuine product.
P. J. Daly of Chicago reports his elderly feeble mother gained flesh and slept better after using Electric Bitters. He says the tonic quickly relieves stomach liver and kidney complaints and improves strength. Sold with guarantee at Robt Prewett's drug store for 65 cents.
MeceNatt and Cook Simon Best were Martinsville visitors Saturday. J A Melton is improving after recent days away. Wm Tichenor of Martinsville came to town on business. Charles Tarble stayed with relatives in Casey Saturday night and Sunday. Oscar L Warner and family visited A H Warner Sunday evening. Mrs Elva Tarble spent weekend with Miss Elsie Freeman in Casey. M L Behner near Cleone held a sale Thursday and plans westward departure. Carpenters lay the foundation for CAL Bence's new building Friday. Rumor says the Rete family will move into the renovated Be ie ad Pye Beele home.
A scattered Coles County item list notes attendees at the Coles County Fair, land purchases such as Ben Duran buying ten acres from John Heimer, and visits by Mina Bertie Claypool to West Union. It also mentions John L Huket’s residence work, plans to travel to Clarke County Iowa, and lodge activities.
J C Goodwin of Reidsville North Carolina says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve knocked out a bad leg ulcer after several applications and left no scar. The product is guaranteed for piles sores and burns and sells for 25 cents at Robi Prewett’s drug store.
Jesse Hanson and children returned home Friday. Howard McCord of Paris visits relatives here. Mrs. Wm Berger of Terre Route visits friends. Several from here attend the Chautauqua at Merom Sunday. Wm Reynolds and Robert Reynolds of Duncanville visit friends here Sunday. Henry Mattison and Ernest Barker take an excursion to Danville. Infant child of James Grant brought from Charleston for burial Saturday. Capt Allen Keys wife and daughter leave for the Soldiers' home at Quincy.
N H Brown of Pittafield Vermont praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for years, claiming they ease stomach liver and bowel kinks without fuss. The pills are guaranteed to satisfy and sold at Robt Prewett’s drug store for 25 cents.
Lockard sells everything. A quiet Sunday with practical talk. B Machlan and wife in Ohio. Oliver and Horn new at tower. Jo Wallace visited Thursday with wood saw. Operator Newman takes a 20 day vacation. Youth picnic at Wolfden Wednesday. Bussard of Marshall made a business call Thursday. Rev Frank Ramsey and wife from Redfield Kansas are visiting. Homer Bresman operated a sorghum factory recently. Bridge contract set for Saturday 20 feet with cement abutments near No 6. Tom Husted and wife hosted neighbors for dinner on Sunday with melons served.
An advertisement states Foley's Kidney Remedy can cure kidney and bladder disease in all forms and strengthen kidneys to prevent Brights disease or diabetes when used timely, endorsed by J. L. Keifer & Son.
Parker Luther Hammond spent Sunday with Everett Connelly. Wm Jonegz was at Kansas Monday, Lee Newlin at Terre Haute Saturday. Mr and Mrs Frank Cartwright visited Mrs Julia Newlin Friday. James Johns of Westfield was visiting in the neighborhood this week. Wilbur Hammondy and wife visited Hasagid and wife Friday. Susie Agla attended a concert at festival. Weaned? Vee ca ee ay.
A fragmented note warns against delaying Foley's Kidney Remedy while urging use for kidney troubles. Mentions Bright's disease and Seefenfield, with unclear attribution to I L Keifer.
Lockard sells everything. Mrs H F Wharton is ill. A band concert is planned for Saturday night. Miss Pearl Barnes visited Marshall Monday. Kerns family returns from Ohio. Mrs Clara Baker visits relatives in Shelburn and Indiana Douuts. Mrs Harry Prust visited Martinsville relatives. Miss Kile of Terre Haute visited B F Poorman's. Dick Handy Will Moore and George Cline building residences. Rev Parker Shields preached at Friend's church. Rev D H Munson to begin revival meetings at West Union Friends' church Tuesday night. Hagenbeck Wallace show seen in Terre Haute. Len Lathrop and family move to Arkansas. Band will miss Len as a musician. Christian church to sponsor ice cream supper on lawn Saturday evening Sept 5. Banks along the Wabash noted for fishing and camping. Mrs C D Harrington and sons Joy and Lemar visited with Cary Marvin family. now living in West York. Mr and Mrs John Taggart hosted dinner with Dr S W Weir H C Dolson Fred and Harry Taylor. Brick Cemetery trustees meeting set for Sept 12. Mrs Joe Cork and sons Joe Newton returned from Texas visit to Thomas Poorman. Grandson Joe Poorman accompanied her. rest of family to join later.
Readable text shows scattered references to Wayne County and a farm purchase. Content mentions a Sunday event, a person named Mel Danteler, and a place called Martis ville with unclear details. No coherent story or dates emerge.
Lockard sells everything. Marshal Jas Chapman builds a cattle barn. Otto Crandall spent Sunday at Robt Doran's. If rain, send to Cleone. Moonshine store being painted inside. People prep coal for winter. Bill Misner visiting uncle in Ohio. Perry Niebargar's new house near Ty completed. Blacksmith shop erected at Moriah. Basket meeting at Dogan Sunday attended by Dibble Swainson TM Whitson and others. Mrs Ellen Geffs deiling Jim Smith and others with repairs noted.
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