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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1916
Page
4
The Benton area reports farm work as corn cutting and sowing wheat and rye, with casual visits among residents. Several locals attend fairs in Terre Haute, and a clover seed crop shortfall is noted as the clover killer has passed through.
The section reports light voter turnout in the primary, new resident Clarence Goekler moving to Marshall to farm small fruits and poultry, and several local incidents. A two year old suffered a severe mule kick, frost events hit early with yardage and fodder still uncut, and school terms began with listed teachers and homes. Farther items note auctioneer Claude Newman’s return from Chicago, teachers assigned to various towns, and neighbors visiting or traveling between Dolson, Martinsville, and Terre Haute.
McClure community notes report Rae Fawley and family visiting Terre Haute on Sunday and teaching duties at McClure school. A. P. Fawley’s group spent Sunday with Curt Burns. Several family visits and a funeral are noted including John Reynolds party attending Milton King’s service.
George W. Baker unveils a gas oline hay press as R B Batts visits Martinsville. Voters turnout strong on Wednesday primaries. Medicine and book agents harvest in the area. Darrell Family show billed this week. Mrs Anna Wilson visits relatives from Council Bluffs Town. FP G Hasten and Mr Hasten in Martinsville. Circus wagon scare causes near damage but no injuries. Petty theft worries residents as Abe Martin notes work not to be dodged.
J Re Watts and wife left Wednesday for a two week visit in Denver Colorado. CG W Shimel left Wednesday for Hoerington Kansas to attend a national Old Trails convention. Mr and Mrs Joyce Dunbar of Flint Michigan are visiting at the home of her brother af B Squires. George Orndorff, member of Co A, who had been with his regiment in San Antonio Texas, has arrived home.
The Casey area records visits by Lulu Crane and Mrs. Margaret Tank from Indianapolis and Davenport, Illinois. talks of oil prospects on the Robinson farm near Terre Haute. a frost marks the season. the First National Bank owns the burned Main street corner. reunions include Ills. Inft and Wilder Brigade with Comrade Joel Weaver hosting a dinner.
Hutsonville report notes the death of Rev M W Hathaway a longtime Christian church minister aged 76 years. Verum Lowe, son of Mr and Mrs Usher Lowe, broke both bones of his left arm after a fall from horizontal bars at school. Lee Draper and Miss Lucy Correll quietly wed at the bride’s parents home in Mt Ephraim vicinity. A Hutsonville community social and religious survey began this week under John M Ratcliff secretary of the Illinois Universalist Rural Church Commission, with village churches and high school aiding research for possible improvements.
Dr Kellogg of Providence explained zone therapy at the Pittsburgh Osteopathic association lecture. He claimed pressing a toothbrush to the roof of the mouth can cure headaches and pressing a finger on a hard object can stop hay fever, using a comb to “carb” the disease. He asserted the method will cure many fits that medical science has not, and noted Caesar crossed the Rubicon once while Rome did not.
A hullabaloo rises nationwide over a widespread organization that allegedly extorted about a million dollars from victims. The article argues the victims deserved it and notes the ease of coercion when the blackmailer has compromising information.
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