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Newspaper
Marshall Messenger
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1868
Page
4
The column lists various town items including ex-convict lawyers at the bar last week, a Temperance lecture by Tar Rev. Mr. Fox, game hunting successes, a millinery store purchase, and railroad sentiment. It mentions Hog slaughtering, a medical society meeting, and bitter weather with a low temperature report.
The column notes absence of hickory walnuts and butternuts in season and asks for a bushel of walnuts at market price. It touts Dr Spencer as famed for cancer cures, warns about careless gun handling after a shooting near Livingston Illinois, and reports the town board's first meeting with clerk and city marshal selections. It also derides unpaid printing and urges merchants and printers about holiday planning and payments.
The document mourns Brother L H Schaffer and describes fraternal resolutions. It also presents a Graven School report from November 1868 noting full Primary and Intermediate classes, High School capacity, concerns over truancy, and urging parent cooperation and punctuality to improve outcomes.
An advertisement round up lists glove and hosiery stock at G. A. Hippard 82w8 Rivorx and Zephyr worsted in Terre Haute Ind. It promotes wholesale buying, Hats and Caps savings at Hughes, fur shop Furst Riddles 151 Main St, and jewelry stock sale by Reno G. H. Bascon 151 Main St at starvation prices.
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