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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
1
County notes report a 2030 foot test well in White County abandoned with no oil found. Other items include land sale near York for 316000, a successful suit verdict for Wilbur Cox, and community updates on meetings, road work, and local events.
Foley's Honey and Tar promises immediate relief for asthma in its worst stages and, if taken timely, a cure. J. L. Keifer and Son advertises the remedy.
McNutt and Cook from Pomona California visit old friends in town. Chas Stoltz travels to Greencastle to enter DePauw for training in literature. Thos Hendricks and family from Farnwood Oklahoma visit for a few days. Mrs Koffman and daughter from Houston visit Mrs Alice Gooch. V Pree ships a new house pattern to Ed Mosier in St Vincent New Mexico as Mosier plans a southwest home. John Williams of Manitou Oklahoma visits sister Mrs Geo Spence. Jacob Cribilar and wife depart for relatives in Ft Gibson Oklahoma. Miss Marie Peters leaves for Sept Marys of the Woods to study. Mrs Chas Garrison and son head to California after visiting A C Garrison. Jake Howe family arrive from Glenwood Washington to visit Wm Howe. Elwood Jim trotting horse wins at Terre Haute with best mile 2012. Dave Claypool and wife move to Kittson county Minnesota to manage a farm there. S R Schofstall Geo Floyd and John Wringer of Johnson Township ride to Doniphan County Missouri and Palestine Arkansas. Paving crews begin Main Street work with teams and laborers and curbing in progress.
Farmers report wells running low and fodder cut, with many fields still green. Local residents attend a Baptist association, plan meetings, and a series of farm improvements continue. Premiums awarded at Clark County fair. bridge work and grading costs total 3062.78 with county share. Astronomers warn Halleya comet may affect next winter, while Foley’s Orino Laxative advertised.
Fragmentary notes show Leckard family facing farm hardships as drying conditions force relocation to Indiana. Mentions Marshall, 7 farmer, 6 phone, and Bee Cleaver in a vague fragmentary context.
P J Daly of 1247 W Congress St Chicago describes his feeble mother gaining flesh insomnia relief and steady strength from Electric Bitters. The remedy targets stomach liver and kidney complaints and is sold under guarantee at Robt Prewett's drug store for 50 cents.
Reidsville North Carolina resident J C Goodwin says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured a bad leg ulcer with no scar. Ad promotes it as effective for piles sores and burns, priced 25 cents at Robi Prewett’s drug store.
Lockard sets everything. Marshall. Mr. Scofield builds a new house north of town. Ora Williams and wife were Marshall callers Monday. Three clover bullets reported Friday. Pike’s See plans work on delivery bay in Paria. A young man opens barber shop on Pennsylvania avenue. Several attended the Terre Haute fair last week. School opened the fourteenth with Ray Burkybile teaching and enrollment 365. Sam and Jacob Barnes went north to cut corn and broom corn last week. Andy Sizemore and wife visited Boone Colvin Sunday. Herman Welsh, at Terre Haute, visited home folks Sunday. A daughter of John McMullen visiting here returned to Terre Haute Sunday. Box supper at the schoolhouse Oct 3 to benefit the library. James Isaac moved from Doo little grove to east end of Pennsylvania avenue. Ernest Doolittle will move into vacated place. Foley’s Honey and Tar widely sold for coughs and colds. genuine in yellow package contains no opiates. Guard health by refusing any but the genuine.
Marshall hears that Lockard sells all possessions amid local chatter. Russell from Oakland preached last Sunday. Sickness is widespread. John Snedeker writes from Oklahoma loving the country. Taylor Shirley visited home folks and preached during the visit.
Allie Mathow and her grandmother visited relatives in Kansas last week. J. B. Owen will leave soon for new work. We wish him success and hope our loss will be his gain. We thank him for his earnest and faithful work.
Obituary notices recount the deaths of Sarah Gilbert Wright, William Henderson and John Frederick Haueisen, plus infant Marion Martin Wyrick. They detail birth and death dates, family survivors, church affiliations, and funeral arrangements. The notices note long lives marked by faith and devotion, with expressions of gratitude to friends for support during illness and death.
James Neely leaves for California and Alva Davis works on the M. and Endsley farm. Mrs Geo Hammond visited her son Lyman. School started at Johnson last Monday with Claude Newman teaching. Mrs C A Newlin and J P Davis visited Mrs Sydney f Lacy. Mrs Geo Garver of near Arcola visited here. Milton Wilson and wife with daughter Ella Connelly visited. Lyman Hammond and wife visited Chas Newlin and wife near Kansas. Sig Davis and James Neely joined excursion to St Louis from Charleston. Everett and Lyman Connelly attended the Westfield band concert Wednesday night.
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