Marshall Area Social Notes and Local Visits
Marshall and surrounding residents are noted visiting relatives, attending events, or welcoming guests from Terre Haute, Indianapolis, Danville and Chicago. The column lists weddings and engagements, school moves, and local talent events along with several public notices and a church service announcement. Highlights include Miss Kathryn Roach bride elect, Miss Isobel Robinson hostess party, and Miss Mary Roach reentering St Mary’s Academy.
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Terre ‘Haute
Millard “Tapscott
Samantha” Johnson
Auburn
Ss.s
Williams
St.Louis
Coun
Mary A
Roach
South Bend
Ind
St. Mary's Academy
J. F. Young
Vincennes
Matt. Huston
McPherson
Kas
Hollenbeck
Robinson
J. A.morton
West Union
Elizabeth Burnett
St. Mary-of-the-Woods
W. W. Ralston A
Indianapolia
Amo
Rodney Bell
Springfield
Ithe
J. W. Lewis
Champaign
Progressive State Convention
Isobel” Robinson
Mig Lane Morrow
Danville
Jas. E. Noonan
Kathryn Roach
James Finn
Hte
Lonnie Wilson
Oliver
J. W.,lewis
Harry Janney
Winfield Taylor
Mabel ‘Lewis
Marie Scholfield
Terre Haute
John B. McKinney
Sullivan
Clara Myrtle Hamill
Belleville
Ill
E. G. Raudingses
Emmett Payne
Houston
Texas
Marshall
Black
Hindsboro
Humboldt
M. E
Former Charleston policeman seeks speedy divorce
A former Charleston policeman petitions for a rapid divorce claiming his wife repeatedly threatened to cremate him. He alleges she sewed him in a blanket, poured rotted oil on him and tried to set the blanket on fire.
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Charleston
Fall From Their Pedestals
Illinois Democratic leaders who denounced Sullivan with vehement phrases before the primary announce they will now support him showing a shift to the common or garden politician type. York reports Cyrus Monroe painting a new barn, Rev Read's Sunday appointment, and multiple towns noting visits, family gatherings, and church events with a special M E church meeting planned for most of the week inviting all to attend.
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Illinois
Sullivan
Gammon
Mill Creek
M. E
Sullivan's Majority Reduced in Primaries Returns
Vote tallies from Secretary of State Woods show Roger C. Sullivan leading Lawrence B. Stringer by about 27 500 votes with three downstate counties missing Madison St Clair and Winnebago. Sullivan’s Cook County margin 49 847 yields a net 27 549. Moore of Carlinville named Democratic nominee for superintendent. Caroline Grote of Macomb in third. Rus sell leads Republican state treasurer with over 60 000. Blair likely largest Republican superintendent. Williams and Sullivan win Democrats for Congress at large. Chiperfield and Davis capture Republican seats.
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Roger C. Sullivan
Lawrence B. Stringer
Madison
St. Clair
Winnebago
Woods
Stringer
Cook
Sullivan
Robert C. Moore
Carlinville
Public Instruction
Caroline Grote
Macomb
Mone
Andrew Russel
Francis
Blair
Springfield
Supreme Court
Farm for Sale and Local Goods Advertisements
Parcel of varied listings includes 41 acres farm for sale 134 miles south of McKeen with a new 6 room house and barn near Spotts school house owned by Harry Fawley. other notices include 343 For Sale good store counters by Mrs Emma Lockard and 2 iots and barn on 344 blocks from the public square offered by C E Williams plus a second-hand base burner sought at the Herald office.
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McKeen
Spotts
Harry Fawley
Public Square
C. E. Williams
Proposed Bridge Construction Sealed Bids Notice 1914
State Highway Department invites sealed bids by October 3 1914 for a plain concrete abutment and bridge work in York township Clark county Illinois. Plans and specs available from the State Highway Commission Springfield or County Superintendent of Highways Marshall. Estimated 1100 dollars engineer’s estimate includes piles. Completion by November 14 1914. Zand Arbuckle Supt of Highways
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State Highway Commission
County Superintendent of
West York
Springfield
Ill
Zand Arbuckle
Notice of Publication in Illinois Chancery Case
In Clark County Illinois circuit court a non-resident defendant Charles L Huston is ordered to appear by November 9 1914 to answer the bill filed September 19 1914 by Abbie Huston in a chancery suit. If he fails to plead the bill may be taken as confessed and a decree entered. Marshall Illinois Sept 19 1914. Jay Swern Clerk Everett Connelly Compts Sol 38 4
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State of Illinois
Clark County
Circuit Court
Abbie Huston
Charles L. Huston
Marshall
Illinois
Jay Swern
Everett Connelly
S. Sol
A Curious Comment on Freshman Football Talent
An Oriental View notes anxiety at several colleges to secure good football material in the entering freshman class. The piece mirrors a Chinese commissioner’s report on a major American university describing a large athletic club. It recalls old-fashioned parents who saw children as labor-saving devices.
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American University
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