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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1916
Page
4
Four farm listings advertise acreage for sale with low down payments and easy installments. No 1 offers 38 acres at 50 per acre with 200 down. No 2 offers 344 acres at 30 per acre with 300 down. No 3 offers 120 acres at 40 per acre with 800 down. No 4 offers 140 acres at 75 per acre with payments arranged.
Newt Bean plans a new barn as Garver mill resumes work on Perry Loughers log yard. Frank Schwartz travels to Terre Haute for school. Farmers hope for rain to soften ground for plowing. Miss Mamie Ross visits sister near Filson. John Hurst Jr and family visit Cecile Marrs north of Westfield. Harlan Breedlove from Charleston vacationing with parents. Clapp family visits West Union. Otto Coons and John Beachout drop by while en route to Westfield. Clapp trio head to Olney to visit Hutchings family. Hutchings return home. Ralph Davis to Brown's Business College this week, plans restaurant work after class. Mrs Sophia Montgomery and Dave Montgomery called to Martinsville for Fred Gallatin’s surgery. he recovering. Tom Fitch leaves school to become rural mail carrier on Martinsville route 7. Emery Davis fills term. Dolson touted for tallest corn stalk in county, but atop a tree. Blue Grass township Sunday school convention planned with guests. all urged to bring dinner. Mrs Mable Hurst finds brick from Fairview church wall bearing father Charles Kester’s name and 1884 date. March 1914 reference ends.
Mr and Mrs Tony Duncan mourn an eight month old babe. Mrs William Hacker dies after long illness. Mrs James Kite of southeast city dies aged about 59. Mr and Mrs Karp of Rushong Ark visiting at John Korp's home. J W Etchison Sr and wife from Lebanon Ind visiting son J W Jr. Dr J Y McCullough of New Albany Ind visited friends. Emrich brothers and James Collins go to G A R encampment in Kansas City. Tilden Rogerson family move to Anderson Ind. Mrs Millison of Indianapolis visits sister Mrs J S Leggett. Clyde McAnaulty and bride from Tulsa Okla arrive Casey to visit then Ohio trip with parents.
Cole and Cole of Marshall Illinois advertise insurance on farm and city property with strong companies and low rates. They invite requests for terms by writing or calling.
Prof. Lloyd Morrison left for Parkersburg West Virginia to teach. Siebert Wilhoit suffered a broken arm last week while wrenching rods on the Phillips lease in Parker township. The Fender lease well northeast of town finished at 570 feet and proved a dry hole. Miss Virginia Thrall of Harrisburg visited her brother Rev C H Thrall and family. A large number of Westfield residents attended the Patterson Springs chautauqua Sunday and heard ex president Taft’s address.
Upper Anderson reports sickness of Sol Kraemer with no improvement. Local residents plan to attend the Martinsville county fair. Several residents visit and travel, including John Jackson and wife with Winfield Wyrick’s family, Riley Davis moving Ed Coons goods to Marshall, Philip Vaughn with his daughter, and multiple social visits among neighbors in Marshall, Walnut Prairie, Glenayre, and Terre Haute.
Miss Maud Drummond ends her position to enroll in Marshall High School for the coming winter. A social gathering at George Geheb’s home on Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. John Remlinger and daughter Lily, Andrew Geheb and family, Jake Meehling and wife, Mrs. John Meehling, Bill Meehling, Miss Zoe Pearce, Ruth Vaughn, and Frances Vaughn.
W F Romize is seriously sick. Ralph Jeffers built a concrete silo. John Beachout and wife went to Westfield Sunday. Otto Coons and wife drove from Terre Haute Sunday. Harry Husted and family were from Evansville last week. Hart Shaffner reports theft of several chickens. The Pinnell brothers from Westfield bought several mules. Fred Maus returned to Indianapolis Thursday after a two month visit with his grandparents.
Democratic candidate C A Purdumn asks voters in Clark Coles and Douglas counties to support him in the Wednesday September 13 1916 primary. He urges all Democrats to participate.
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