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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1911
Page
2
A run of correspondence reports residents visiting relatives in Ohio Arkansas and Missouri, with scattered moves to St Louis and Bellefontaine. Townsfolk plan trips to the Martinsville fair, a high school district vote is scheduled, and local farms report crop activity and sales. A water service interruption and a hospital recovery are noted, plus various family visits and community events.
Three confirmed bachelors Henk John and Joseph Dickinson of Catlin Illinois depart with Jake Swindall for a multi year journey across many states in a widened wagon bed. They plan to travel through Missouri Oklahoma Texas and the Dakotas with a spring return possible after two to three years.
A Manville Wyoming neighbor testifies Mrs W P Spaugh says Dr Kings New Life Pills cured her obstinate kidney trouble and made her feel like a new woman. The ad claims relief for stomach liver and kidney troubles and lists 25 cents at Robt Prawetts.
Mrs David Lee left Tuesday for Van Buren Ark to visit an aunt. M Kimball left last Friday for Riverdale Al to take charge of a sugar factory. Mr and Mrs Harry Fogler left last Thursday for Independence Town where Mr Fogler teaches. Briscoe Lee reunion was one of the very best yet with 146 relatives and friends dining. The foundation for the new water project is underway and pumps are being installed. Opening exercises of Westfield will occur Wednesday morning Sep 13 with a strong faculty indicated.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to mention land and property with unclear names and dates. Likely a legal or public notice item about ownership or claim, but specifics are unreadable.
When a doctor orders rest the ad defends work and promises quick strength from Electric Bitters. It claims users grow strong from the first dose and that thousands bless the tonic. The dealer Robt Prewett offers bottles at 50 cents with a guaranteed satisfaction.
Sunday to Friday activity covers deaths of a horse owned by Dave Montgomery and a Har vest Home picnic in Kansas. Rural movements include Dr Marlow moving to Clarksville, Miss Priscila Turner planning a trip to Kansas, John Hurst and wife visiting relatives, and Mrs Iva Stapleton visiting family. Concrete work at Doles cemetery and Clarksville bridge abutments are described amid scattered town updates.
The article discusses John Jacob Astor and argues that even the very wealthy must follow ordinary decency and social rules. It notes that possessing great wealth does not shield one from penalties for flouting conventions or from scandalous outcomes.
The Eldorado Republican reports the arrest of Arthur Colvin known as Monk in Carrier Mills and George Pinnell in Cairo, linking them to a southern Illinois Indiana Kentucky Tennessee counterfeit gang active over 18 months. Federal agents believe Colvin and Pinnell are the sole gang members. Colvin allegedly produced and cashed fake ones, often bragging of “sign painting.” The scheme involved passing counterfeit twenties for small buys, with the two traveling across states. Secret Service Captain Potter and Marshal Ode led the pursuit, and Pinnell was jailed in Danville after capture.
Workers at the Cathe Milling plant reported an incubator error after discovering a newly hatched chick in a oats bin near a dead hen. Investigators traced evidence to a nearby incubator container, with unclear origin of the chick.
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