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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1926
Page
13
The letter from J D Magill reflects reader reactions to Potter and editorials in the Northwestern Christian Advocates. It praises some analyses while criticizing substitutions and structure, noting admiration for Dr Babb at a Chautauqua and a son's reaction to a lecture.
In Days Gone By column fifty years ago the fever season prompts calls for public health guidance as doctors are busy. Mrs Os Arbuckle and son plan a Chicago move. several locals attend R S Tenant’s Centennial vision. Wheat crops grow. a public library project progresses with books and furniture. A Ford owner reports theft in Terre Haute. Frank H Cooper and Miss Bessie Mayer wed in Wabash township before departing for Terre Haute where he works as a builder.
Wilber H. Hickman attends the Old Settlers' Reunion on Oct 9 in the state. five hundred invitations for a fine dinner. young settlers urged to attend with nets and pills. Gas main work progresses. a bus accident injures a boy Bruised legs but no bones broken. Congress 18th District debate notes Hickman on debt strategy versus Holaday vote, favoring American farmer rehabilitation.
The text explains that voting by balls dates back to ancient Greece and Rome with black and white balls to indicate votes. It notes the term ballet derives from the French ballotte meaning a small ball and that this system was used in all political elections.
The Attorney General of Illinois has filed a chancery bill in Vermilion County Circuit Court against numerous Illinois corporations including The Artisan Mill Work Company Casey Water Power and Mineral Company Marshall Milk Company Southern Illinois Oil Company and Union Hospital of Casey. A summons has been issued and returned undelivered for all named corporations with the October term set for Danville.
Marshall readers call Phone 16 for transient advertising advice. The Herald offers opinions on advertising value, aims to help buyers and sellers, and will signal when Herald ads suit the purpose or not.
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