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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1910
Page
1
Youth named Roth Endres, 11, was struck by a buggy wheel while helping hitch a horse after Baptist services. He was pinned against the buggy bed, carried several yards, and left unconscious. Doctors in Grandview and Haute treated internal injuries. condition improved with a hopeful recovery.
A party of Standard Oil officials on an annual inspection tour through the oil fields of Louisiana Oklahoma and the southwest visited the Illinois field during the week. A special train carried the party along the route with travel on the B&O and Big Four lines. The Mareball Ohio company airheads provided superintendents and vehicles for the trip.
The Royal Arch degree was conferred on Win Lute and H M Dewey of this city and Clarence of Casey by Marshall Chapter Friday night. A number of visitors attended and after the work companions and members were served luncheon by the Ladies Guild committees.
The Adult Bible Class Conference of the National Sunday School Association meets at the Methodist Church today with sessions at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM. State Secretary George W. Miller of Paris will be principal speaker. A crowded church is expected tonight amid a smaller afternoon turnout.
Whitlocke of the Star Bakery and Restaurant suffered burns when a gas oven exploded after he forgot to turn off the gas during a Saturday night blowout. The incident caused arm face and minor chest burns but no damage to the building. This marks a third similar accident at the Star Bakery with prior incidents involving Carroll Whaley and Karlie Nightlinger.
Dolson township resident Henry Millhouse announces his candidacy for sheriff. He came to Marshall in 1849 with his parents, served in the Civil War, and long worked as a wagon maker before farming in Douglas township. Now living in Clarksville, he previously served three terms as township collector and is endorsed for honesty and integrity.
Rev Pletcher preached on the relation of the church to public health at the Methodist church Sunday night. The sermon echoing the Illinois State Board of Health program urged efforts to stamp out tuberculosis. The Marshall Methodist and other church publications offered advice and national ministers engaged in spreading the message to millions.
Mark Twain reports on a banquet at the Palmer House honoring General Ulysses S. Grant. The toast to the babies draws laughter as speakers recall the General’s early days, Navy and Army deeds, and future hopes in a playful, period tone.
A rambling 19th century piece imagines Halley's Comet stirring public life with satire and superstition. It foresees sermons and politics influenced by the celestial visitor, with figures like Morgan Guggenfelder and Carnegie cast in a comic, cautionary light as eclipses loom in May and the nation contemplates reform.
A derailment at Sandford Indiana on Big Four express No. 40 after an open switch killed engineer R E Ely and two others and injured eight more. The crash injured or killed passengers including residents of Mattoon and Indianapolis. Coroner and railroad officials debated blame linking the switch operator and conductor with conflicting views on responsibility. The accident followed a previous Sandford explosion disaster three years earlier.
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