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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1909
Page
5
A fragmented OCR passage lists county officers and deputies with mentions of election timing and meeting days. It references regular Friday publication and upcoming sessions in March and September, noting convening on Mondays and Sundays without clear dates or full names.
The Scientific American analyzes historic ships in a New York celebration of Hudson exploration. It compares the Half Moon and ClerMont end to end with the Mauretania among today’s giants, noting speeds around six knots and dramatic size differences.
Benjamin F. Shaw editor and proprietor of the Dixon Telegraph dies, marking the loss of a longtime Republican organizer and staunch supporter. Shaw helped form the party at Decatur in 186? and served as a delegate in state conventions, including the West Republican convention at Bloomington. He was a stalwart voice for Republicanism and the paper’s advocacy.
An inquiry in Kansas City Kansas schools finds about 200 marriageable girls in the second largest city have never seen a live hog. A humorous incident of a student mistaking a pig for a pie prompted the canvass across high schools to document porcine familiarity.
Flora Clay county former mayor R M Adduddell was sentenced to thirty years after a jury found him guilty of murdering City Marshal Zacht Shipley last January. He lured Shipley by firing a shotgun to draw his attention and then shot him in the face.
Reports from the Illinois field show the worst drought in four years with Wabash River and creeks at low levels. Drilling continues as weather allows, with wells in Clinton Sandoval Odin and Sandoval targets and a 7 barrel per day producer in Marion County.
Sixteen hundred applicants will be appointed as census special agents around January with tests on November 3 in Illinois and Indiana. Jobs pay from 3 to 40 dollars daily. tests to be held in Cairo Champaign Chicago East St. Louis Freeport Peoria Quincy Springfield Terre Haute. Women may apply but advancement limited. Also notes on bank wrecking at Bluford and local obituaries and town votes.
Correspondence notes guests of Mr and Mrs C S Buckner in Marshall. May Weldon hosted Marshall young ladies. George Rains family visited Centralia. Mrs Jane Randaugh of Bell Air visited uncle Thomas Cooper. James Cooper of Effingham county visiting family. James Weldon left for Colorado. George Ferguson family visited Robinson. Mrs F K Buckner shopped in Marshall. Mack Simes of Indianapolis visiting. Dan Gilbert building a concrete cellar. Mr Fletcher of Fairfield visiting relatives and revival at Christ church. Large Christchurch audience heard Toles. Ora Bradbury’s eldest son injured by horse but not serious. E A Thomasia visiting his mother at New Lebanon. Mr and Mrs Clem Thomas of Rosedale visited brother Johno Thomas. Robert Athey family of Annapolis visited. Buckner sold Coryell property to Wes Life and barber shop to Lewis Life. Severe earthquake felt between 3 and 1 am. Mrs Martin Newlin hosted several ladies. H G Hodge offers name and address out of post stamps for 10c. John Bond cutting willow and cottonwood for paper pulp. Wheat sewing nearly over. Nut crops expected light. corn not as good.
Rev J W Gammon pastor of Mill Creek circuit moved his family and household goods to Auburn for the present conference year. Several Martinsville visitors came to Auburn this Sunday including George Brandenstein and family and Anderson Lowe and son Carl. Various residents hosted family visits and a frost occurred with no damage noted. hauling corn appears common activity this week.
Homer Wheat crops and small acreage noted while stock hogs bring modest prices. Clint Cleaver roofs his barn. Will Berkley buys Jim Daugherty property. Robert English visits Marshall for spring mule purchases. Jim Daugherty conducts business in Redman. Bethel folks attend McKeen Baptist church dedication. Sunday visits include Brossman family and Henry Smithcamp near Grandview. Lora Pittenger Five Points Emma Athens Auburn Ira Brossman dine with Jessie Husted.
York Martha Cox moved to the Ed Bailiff place in Melrose township. Miss Ora Graham has returned tas her wp. W. H. Hodge spent Friday at.
Residents report ideal autumn weather. Mrs J J Tobias is poorly with asthma. Norman Forsythe and family visited south of Marshall with Will Spotts and family. Mrs Anna Hutchison and Miss Mena Hutchison called on relatives here. Attendees joined the Baptist church dedication at McKeen. Melville and Mrs Fawley hosted friends from Lower Wabash. Local attendance marked the Methodist church first anniversary in Oliver.
Eckel and ChavO Williams attended the Ridge Farm wedding of Harry John Renner son of the couple and Fred Renner of Grand Turn. George Renner and family hosted the gathering. John Meehling and family from Grand urn visited Frank Stewart and family Sunday. Miss Orlie Laufman of Marshall stayed with Miss Blanche Williams Wednesday night. Ira Neff of Terre Haute visited Dan Neff and home folks. Dan Neff and family visited Kohl area friends Sunday. Rev CL Peters of Westfield preached at Grace Chapel Sunday evening.
Records show marriage licenses for B. Fitzpatric and Lula Emerick Casey dated 24 23. Birth entries list Joseph and Alice Law's daughter Joan A and Margaret Medley with parents. period notes include Marion Richards Orange and Susan Kelier with a boy. Additional entries reference Fred A Covert daughter and other birth notes from Sept to Aug.
A string of property transfers and quit claim deeds appears with names such as Hosea Hill, George Weir, Ananda Founts Rose O Halloran, Silas Noland, Clarence Gilbert, Andrew Rausey, Ernest Goodman, Mary Ko Thompson, Nancy King, Maggie Wits, Belle Jones, John Thumpson, Ann Lowne, Firman Champaen, Wm Kuykendall, John Christine, and Harry Millhouse. Transactions reference various parcels and county lands, with amounts and locations inconsistently stated across entries.
Under a June term decree of the Circuit Court William E Bell guardian of minor heirs Edgar W Bell and Dorothy F Bell offers for sale real estate in Clark County Monotown. The property includes parts of sections 27 28 29 28 and township 12 north range 11 west totaling about 165 ½ acres with rail line frontage. Sale set for October X 1909 at 11 am at the Marshall Court House with one third cash and two deferred payments bearing 6 percent interest.
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