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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1909
Page
2
A timeline noting the ACORN newspaper from January 71, 1880 to April 1, 1907 and its successor The REPUBLICAN starting April 1, 1907, indicating a continued publication lineage and name change.
In Edgar County the Powder Horn guerrillas attempted a raid to drive out Union soldiers stationed in Paris. A wagon loaded with muzzle loading rifles was driven into town. Alf Kennedy was fatally wounded, Brewer and Davidson captured, and Captain Henry Van Sellar’s troops repelled the assault. One soldier, Mark Boatman, was wounded during the melee. Brewer and Davidson later enlisted in the Union army.
The article discusses farmer boys and town youths attending meetings, praising the growing enthusiasm and beneficial work. It suggests a State Fair congress uniting farm and city boys to study exhibits and showcase their skills, proposed by Colonel Charles Mills of Springfield as a likely success.
The paper promotes a Winter issue with a hundred complete articles and sketches by Tepewa writers, plus space for two dozen short pieces. It invites subscriptions for 1910 and notes calendars, covers by illustrators, and a note on local guest Bert Martin. It also mentions local residents Abel Johnson and Mr. Adam Hon in brief city notices.
Campbell family visited Mrs Campbell's mother in Carmel. George Turner stayed in Shelburn from Saturday to Monday. Clarence Mount moved to Terre Haute for work with Standard Wheel Works. Rev. Mr. Toles gave farewell sermon. Emma Doyle funeral noted. burial in Angue cemetery. Several townsfolk attend court in Marshall. multiple visits to Terre Haute and West York mentioned.
Auburn residents Mr and Mrs George Barrett visited Marshall on Saturday and Monday. The two month old daughter of Lyman and Hattie Lowry was buried here last Thursday. Attendees joined the Levi Claypool sale in Dolson township last Saturday. Grover Siverly, 17, was buried here last Thursday. Miss Murriel Stevens came from Deere Haute to visit relatives, and John MSE VG De busmis Johnsen visited his.
Ecker Fred Neff of Martinsville spent Sunday with home folks. Quite a number from here attended a quarterly meeting at the U B church in Marshall Sunday night. Mrs Frank Stewart visited relatives near Grand Turn Friday. Mr and Mrs Harry Childs of near Marshall spent Sunday with Frank Stewart and family. Miss Lilian Craig of Marshall and Jean Sheplar of Terre Haute visited Blanche Williams Sunday afternoon. Miss Carrie Henderson has gone to Oak Grove for a short stay. Eckel school pupils and teacher Blanche Williams prepared a Corny Day program with songs recitations and essays. Many parents were present.
The Hicks Almanac for 1910 is advertised as a premier year book on astronomy and meteorology with original Hicks Weather Forecasts. Priced 85 cents by mail, 30 cents on stands, free with a Word and Works subscription, and discounts for bulk orders. Agents wanted. Word and Works Publishing Co. 2001 Locust St., St. Louis Mo.
A group including John McMurray Dwight Leslie Cleve Logue Dan ONeal W W Ralston Vern Huston and Henry Musselman attended the Rose Butler football game in Terre Haute on Saturday. Also listed is an item offering a ten room house for rent with bath electric lights gas and jelly water and a note that Apples at Doll 60 a bushel in the first close location.
The University of Illinois football team crushed Indiana 56 to 6 on Saturday. After the win, around 400 students in Champaign attacked theatres, damaged property, and hurled objects while police struggled to restore order. Rose Poly students in Terre Haute celebrated similarly with a shirt tail parade through downtown, speeches, and banners, ending only after nightlong revelry.
John Meloy John J Davison Sheri Davis Cap Shafle and Ever ett Connelly appeared Friday as witnesses before the Federal Grand Jury in a bootleggers case in East St Louis. Also an advertisement shows land for sale detailing acres and locations near Clark and Wabash rivers with rates and a barber shop on Main Street.
An 1900 tale recounts the Puttkamer clan of Reinfeld facing a Prussian officer suitor nicknamed Mad. A family council test drives the match with a staged inspection and a dramatic kiss clinching Johan a Puttkamer’s choice despite parental scheming.
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