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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1908
Page
2
County correspondence reports Typhoid illnesses in Clark county. F B Ennis dies at 1 year 5 months with dropsy. Funeral by Rev Thomas Davis at Clarksville Baptist Church. Other items include sales in North Dakota, school openings, road dust, summer kitchen addition, and local builders Casey and Pence advancing projects.
Foley's Honey and Tar offers immediate relief to asthma sufferers in severe stages and, if used promptly, may effect a cure. J. L. Keifer & on.
McNutt and Cook Moonoshine. Perry Neighbarger's new house is completed. Tom Geffs' new house nears completion. Several locals attend the Clark county fair. Jacob Howe of Washington visits family. H L Custis and brother Dan buy the Bellair butcher shop. Uncle Billy Tyhurst 18 shows no improvement. Elmer Deverick has typhoid fever. Marshal J Farmer's Phone 195. Lockard sells everything.
An advertisement urges immediate use of Foley's Kidney Remedy for kidney troubles to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes. Claims delay worsens the condition and cites J. L. Keifer & Son as the source.
Cleone reports neighbors visiting and families sharing Sunday gatherings with Arthur Hammond, C. A. Pence, and others. A small group served on the petit jury this week while references to university study and community meetings appear in scattered notes.
A Reinsville North Carolina man, J C Goodwin, touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a sure-enough knocker for ulcers. He says a bad leg sore last summer healed with no scar after using the salve. Guaranteed for piles sores burns. 25 cents at Robi Prewett's drug store.
P J Daly of 1247 W Congress St Chicago describes his feeble mother improving with Electric Bitters. He cites increased flesh, cured insomnia, and steady strength as proof. The remedy claims to aid stomach liver and kidney complaints and is sold with guarantee at Robt Prewett's drug store for 50 cents.
Parker Harrier Houghton works on a clover hull er. Pat Madigan lost a valuable horse recently. C. L. Barbee visited Marshall Thursday night. R. C. Echad returned from Oklahoma Thursday. J. B. Newlin and J. C. Stillwell in Martinsville Monday. Lyman Connelly with Taylor Barbee Thursday night. Lyman Hammond visited his father Geo. Hammond Friday. Wash Alrey and Wess Inman back from North Dakota. Charleston parties worked at Connelly cemetery Wednesday for the Walker family. C. A. Newlin returned from Oklahoma and Texas Wednesday. He visited his brother Lee Newlin of Oney, Oklahoma.
A baldheaded man in a barber shop asks for a suit measurement rather than a shave and questions the barber about inference. The barber replies and proceeds to shave as the man mumbles about improving barbering insight and profits.
Epicures study hotels and restaurants to explain why they choose one place over another. They note preferences beyond food such as waiters music and seating. A trout and chicken order dispute highlights avoidable errors regulars remember.
John Heath joins state fair police. Lafe Williams leaves for Sapulpa. Chas Bean buys a new car. Wells run dry amid drought. Miss Elsie Freemaan heads to Drayton for winter teaching. Chick Davis tours West leading to Denver. Hendricks family visits Farnwood. Mrs. Snider and Mrs. Shaffer guests of Harry Huston. H. M. Grant returns from cattle talks in Gillett. Geo. Woodburn visits. Pierre school secured for a son. Cooper seeks stop to stolen oil payments. Dr. and Mrs. Bruce host Court Guthrie and Bertha Tugell. Heacock kin visit Homer Foster. Hescock, once of Johnson township, returns after twelve years. Myers family reunion at Waveland. State militia to organize here soon. Ray Royer to reopen Casey Opera House. C W Shimel breaks ground on east Main lot. Crane to attend regimental reunion in Ohio and Indiana. McCambridge family back from Lima. Barbee trades farm for North Dakota land. School board leases church for next term.
An old advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Remedy cures kidney and bladder disease in all forms. It promises to strengthen kidneys, prevent Bright's disease or diabetes if taken promptly, and credits J. L. Keifer & Son with the product.
McNutt and Gook Homer Lockard sells everything. Marshall. Jess McFarland is on vacation. School commenced at No. 5 Monday. Mrs Will Linton was a Thursday visitor. Frank Church and wife were here last week. Ira Brosman new buggy damaged in runaway. Will Glenn of Greenup friends Sunday. Someone swiped Will Gallatin's Sunday trousers. Harvey Hurst had a clear field in the sheep exhibit. Grandmother Lowry died Friday at home of her son Joseph. Daniel Snyder writes they are coming back from North Dakota. Quite a serious fire from Van engine on the Clint Gallatin farm. Mr Curry and family of Hymera Indiana autoed over to visit friends. Mrs Tom Husted captured 20 first and 14 second premiums at county fair.
A Vermont user reports long use of Dr King’s New Life Pills for relief from stomach liver and bowel kinks. The manufacturer guarantees satisfaction at Robt Prewett’s drug store for 25 cents in Pittsfield Vermont, with no fuss or friction.
A concise note traces the origin of blue naval uniforms to an 18th century decision sparked by a duchess riding dress. The British royal influence popularized blue for sea service, replacing earlier French gray, a trend followed by navies worldwide.
A teacher asks students to translate Latin motto sic semper tyrannis from Virginia seal. Bobby answers with a blunt retort Take your foot off my neck, prompting a judge to adjudicate.
A diplomat traveling from Tokyo to Yokohama was insulted by an American in the car who asked if he was Chinese or Japanese. The diplomat responded in polished English asking the same about the speaker, highlighting cross cultural taunts recorded by the Philadelphia Ledger.
Choctaw Lockard sells goods and Marshall report notes Robert Brewster now rides a new buggy. Miss Edna Wyrick visits relatives in Wabash. Tom Walker and wife visit daughter Mrs Henry Miller. Misses Cora and Maggie McCollum visit cousin Miss Blanche Craig. Joe McCollum and wife dine with Enoch Wyrick. Joe provides music with his graphophone Bert Eckles and family visit Perry Allen and wife in Wabash for weekend events.
A humorous exchange recalls the eastern question about value and worth. A speaker notes his year in New York as a contrast to the posed inquiry. The quip underlines a timeless joke on East versus elsewhere and money.
A St. Paul Pioneer Press note reflects on two neighbors who have seen each other as appish but discover mutual decency upon introduction, revealing how initial judgments can soften into respect.
A reflective line from Cynic's Calendar notes that life holds plenty of serious matters without framing oneself as one of them. The brief aphorism comments on perspective and personal responsibility with a laconic tone.
An article explains that a solar day is the interval between successive noons, not a full Earth rotation. It notes the Earth completes a 360 degree turn in 23 hours 56 minutes and that the year has about 866 2/3 turns, due to orbital motion around the sun.
Co A Dixon touts the John Deere sulky and gang plows as world standard. An ad from Feley’s Orine Laxative promotes a new remedy described as non gripe or nauseate, pleasant to take and guaranteed by J L Keifer & Son.
In a humorous St. Paul Pioneer Press snippet, Cholly jokes about vast engagements. He says his former fiancées have formed an organization and adopted a distinctive yell, inviting playful disbelief.
A judge recalls a witty court-side exchange about engagement and marriage where a woman gleefully concludes the speaker has never proposed before because he was not yet wed. The remark underscores social expectations of betrothal and propriety in a bygone era.
In Springfield Illinois on September 8 Benjamin Wolaver 35 and Almer Wolaver 45 horse dealers living in Edinburg, well known across central Illinois, killed themselves following a death by own action pact. Financial troubles drove the brothers to take their lives with poison and drowning respectively.
The advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package has no opiates and offers benefits for coughs colds and lung troubles. It warns against imitations and urges guarding health by choosing the genuine product from J. L. Keifer.
The Peoples Oik Co power house serving the Elder Lee farm burned Wednesday night. The origin is unknown as the pumper was away. Also noted: Leona Arene Stark two weeks shy of five months died, and local students attend colleges with rising early-semester enrollment.
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