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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1925
Page
8
A large crowd gathered in days gone by as farmers arrived to trade and discuss corn and livestock while Martin and Greenough prepare a new north side square building. The second floor will hold offices including one for Burns Archer.
Forty years ago last Tuesday to Thursday nights were notably cold with frost risk if skies cleared. Farmers watched for a bright night frost while Willis Harmon improved late last week. Squire James Foster of York hatched pullet laid her first egg August 14 and kept laying daily by August 22. Ben McKeen of Collinsville visited the city midweek.
Twenty years ago a breakfast picnic organized by several young women honored Miss Edna Barr of Paris Miss Katharine Vanorisdale of Terre Haute and Miss Florence Hodge of Guthrie Okla The group gathered at Big Creek at 5 am cooked coffee and breakfast then returned to Martinsville by 10 am The attendees included Helen Pritchard Jennie Green Hattie Clark Clara Black Nellie Warriner Maude Laufman and Wm Shafer chaperoned by a white bulldog A man living five miles east of Martinsville was kicked by a horse last Friday breaking his neck though he remained alive awaiting outcomes of an operation to remove part of a vertebra The operation offered little hope for recovery Mrs Mary Hamill hosted a large group for an afternoon and evening with flinch and enchre as amusements both well received social events of the season.
Clarence Anderson suffered a severe foot crush while baling hay on John Hiller’s Hatton farm. Miss Mary E. Miller’s piano recital features Glen Ritter Kathryn Baird Charlene Montgomery Mabel Wright Olive Sweet Marie McCarty Alma Davison Helen Baird Marie Swinford Pearl Meehling Hazel Lutz at the M E church. A Macon Georgia visitor John Harlan attends until after niece Margaret Booth and Donald Jameson wedding. Lyman Booth J H Simon Lawrence Kiplager and Don Winterrong at a Paris tennis tourney won by Paul Davis of Hume. A provocative Baltimore Sun quote about handling a tragic cop appears.
A church urges universal support for Rally Day on Sunday October 4 in Marshall. The campaign aims for a community goal of 1000 and calls for immediate action to boost attendance and fund-raising as the largest turnout in Marshall’s history is sought.
Pastor Coombs preaches at 10 45 on the second and fourth Sundays with Sunday school at 9 30 and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 each week.
On October 4 the Bible school invites all to attend Rally Day with services at 9:30 a.m. and preaching at 10:45 a.m. The evening service honors Marshall men with the theme A Full Grown Man. Junior Endeavor meets 3:00 p.m., Senior C. E. 6:30 p.m., choir rehearsal Friday 7:30, and prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30.
Christian Science services are held in the Pythian Temple with Sunday school at 9 30 a m and Sunday services at 11 o'clock on the topic Matter A Wednesday testimonial meeting is at 8 00 o'clock A reading room and circulating library for Bible and authorized literature is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 4 p m The public is invited to attend and use the reading room and library.
Pastor J. E. Evans urges Sunday school as usual next Sunday then attends the Epworth League program in the evening. He notes ministers are off duty Sunday to hear a bishop preach. Rally Day is October 4 with an attendance goal of 650 and a community goal of 1000.
Congregational GEO. G. ROSS minister will lead services Sunday with morning and evening worship at the usual hours. Transfers listed include Clarence E. Davis to Isaac Hicks for land valued at $100, and multiple other property dealings among local residents.
Eight years after the Smith Hughes Act Congress funded vocational education through secondary schools. Illinois now supports 163 vocational agriculture departments, aiding salaries up to 60 percent. The program blends college trained teachers, farm labs, and six months of supervised farm practice per student to prepare youths for farming and local agricultural needs.
A farmer borrowing from the Federal Land Bank pays at cost with six and a half percent amortization over thirty four and a half years, with semiannual payments. The piece promotes the Land Bank as lowering interest and eliminating debt, urging contact with local organizations or Farm Bureau offices. It cites Major Julia C. Stimson noting wartime nurse numbers and potential future service.
President Coolidge demanded Bert E. Haney step down from the Shipping Board but Haney refused. The piece notes broader policy shifts favoring Rear Admiral Leigh Palmer and hints congressional overturns may decide the dispute. Also covered are radio developments including a New York station, international program plans, and future demonstrations of radio controlled devices.
The Bryan Memorial committee may choose Washington as the memorial site. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels is slated to lead the effort to arrange an appropriate tribute to the late William Jennings Bryan amid varied public suggestions. Admirers press for a fitting remembrance reflecting the Commoner's legacy. Marriage licenses list several local couples including Frank Poffinbarger and Baith Lee Johnson, Kash C Irwin and Aretha M Harvey, H Ellis Martin and Louisé Staley, Ray Layton and Reba Davis.
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