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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1910
Page
4
We are authorized to announce Charles S Short of Casey township as a candidate for the Republican primary nomination for sheriff in September. We are authorized to announce George Morgan of Marshall as a candidate for the sheriff nomination in Clark County in September.
The article compares wages at Washington Navy Yard and other yards for molders, ordnance men, painters, and clerks, noting fixations by local rates and highlighting broad discrepancies with other countries and regions. It discusses protective labor policies, emigration impacts, and mentions officials like Wanamaker and Pennsylvanian labor conditions.
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Eleanor Bartow accumulates savings through years of frugality, facing illness and poverty yet persisting. A bank teller advises investing in stock, guiding her to buy shares. After years of growth and a pivotal fraud scare, her snowball climbs to over $50,000, managed by the bank’s teller who becomes her husband.
The Sunshine Producing Company drives a large oil district takeover centered on Widow Carson’s land amid reports of a protracted prospecting effort. Moses Perkins, once a farmer’s son earning 21 a day, becomes entangled in the case as geology yields a new dip, while the widow and her children endure poverty and fear loss of privileges. The episode ends with Perkins facing dismissal and the deal unfolding under public scrutiny.
Melrose Township open day events and school terms start. Mrs J R Trump and daughter Amy shopped in Martinsville. Miss Myrtle Pendleton began spring term at Harrison school in Orange township. Ongoing outbreaks of measles and whooping cough reported. Election day results show Republican shift with most offices. Arlie Dodd returns from Terre Haute to study local.
West Union residents attend funeral of John Bradbury in West York. Gospel meetings begin at the Christian church this week. Local visits include Guy Murphy and Alma Couch in Marshall with Geo Canady and wife. Weather hopes for rain. Mrs Wade McCrory returns from Terre Haute hospital for cancer treatment. Mrs H F Wharton returns from Sodoris. Edith Lindley leaves for Cleone to teach spring term. Ed Williams shops in Marshall. Pearl Cannady takes teacher exam. Mae Mount visits Walnut Prairie. Mint Ingram attends teacher exam in Marshall. L Denham seriously ill. Ora Frakes returns to Charleston to resume Normal school. Mrs Briscoe of Marshall visits Elsie Cork. Infant of Epee Floyd lis seriously ill at Spite.
Mahlon Musgrave of Huttonville greeted old friends in West Union on Monday. Miss Jeanette Briscoe of Marshall visited relatives Friday and Saturday. Mrs. Heiliene, aged resident west of West Union, died Monday night. Jane France died last Wednesday and was buried Friday. John McClure closed his York school and retired to his farm east of town. Death touched Dave France of Robinson and John France of Oliver with the passing of their mother Jane France last week.
Auburn residents and visitors frequent Marshall on Saturday and Sunday. The Rev Dr Haase and Rev J W Gammon led services. Mrs Rosa Shade and Mrs O F Vangilder visited, and many locals including W T Johnson and Charles E Cunningham were seen about town.
Fragmentary notes report Marshall visitor Cal Swain from Grandview involved in a clash with Clarksville Bradley last week. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
Fred Wieland is improving property. In fencing this spring Hopewell gave a Prohibition lecture at the Baptist church last Wednesday. Roy Miller and wife visited Marshall Saturday. Lou Allred visited relatives near Paris Friday to Sunday. Tom Graham and Chas Wieland were in Martinsville Thursday.
A light shower fell Sunday in Choctaw. Will Carpenter and wife shopped in Marshall Friday. A large crowd attended the baptism Sunday. Will Wyrick and family and Frank Miller visited Enoch Wyrick Sunday. Mrs Mae Thompson of Farmersburg Indiana visits grandparents Mr and Mrs Tom Walker. Grace and Mae Blizzard of West Union were home for the weekend.
Program notes list various departments and speakers including Mrs Mary Jackson Miss Nora Nichols Mrs Cora 1 Mrs Cary Marvin Miss Mae Chadwick and Albert Wright The schedule mentions training for teachers and class prep guidance plus a Loyal Army and a Greatest Book item with several named participants The text indicates weekly summer meetings each Saturday night but details are unclear
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