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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1908
Page
9
Since school has begun, Gorham's offers boys heavy ribbed stockings at 15c per pair and girls fine ribbed hose at 10c and 15c. Also tan hose for misses and ladies, butterfly hair bows, stiff ribbon at 25c a yard, and plain or fancy handkerchiefs from 5c to 25c.
Martinsville notes sickness and recovery among residents, fair attendance with praise for quality shows, and ongoing drought concerns with no rain since July. Local events include Ed McNary’s Annapolis trip, Dobyns winning at Robinson races, new house building by Everett Cooper, and funeral notices. The fifty sixth Eldership meeting of the Church of God in Illinois will be held September 21 1908 in Martinsville with services beginning September 19 and 18.
The report notes arrests in Paris for bootlegging and liquor operations, a basement operation area, and displeasure with the Paris heating plant management. It mentions demolishing the old Hatsonville hotel building dating to 1835, a large Wabash pearl found near St Francis Wille valued around 7000 dollars, and other pearls found up to 1600 dollars. It covers a court term restarting Sept 14, an early riot trial in Springfield for a 15 year old, a fatal shooting at St Mary's, Mt Carmel electric line planning, and local notes on schools, obituaries, and community happenings.
Readers learn of a special Tuesday September 22 excursion by Pennsylvanian Lines to Louisville Dayton Springfield Xenia Cincinnati and Columbus Ohio. Tickets via Ticket Agent Ralston with engraved calling cards from the Herald office. The piece notes Linotype use and local printing press details, praising progress and public spirit.
The article reviews the pillory alternative known as the stretch peck used in England and across Europe for fraud and church offenses. It notes Titus Oates and Daniel Defoe as famous sufferers and cites Parliament's 1837 act ending pillory punishments after centuries of public shaming.
A fragmented OCR item references a local property matter and a writer’s note. Names and places are unclear, with stray phrases such as a city, a writer, and a possible district reference. The text quality prevents a concrete event or outcome.
Health ailments rise with McNutt Cook Sickness and Uncle Fred Ennis worsening while 1 John W. B. Hudhings improves slowly though his wife remains ill. Will Nicholson builds rooms in Clarksville for a restaurant and barber shop as squirrels appear plentiful. Cecil Hurst visits Low Alfred's near Swango Edgar county. Theodore Jones from Martinsville has read the Marshall Herald for 80 years. Rev. Thomas Davia and wife return from Louisville, Illinois. One Dave Montgomery colt dies with no cause found. Change to Grandview circuit eyed for Mars hill area churches. Local names and farm activity noted including Carmichael tenancy and livery.
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