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Mar hall, vas. April 3, 1936
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Age 70 /ears.
Personal History
lir. Clarence Cole of,Engliah descent was born in a log house,
about miles from Matshall and has lived in that vicinity all of
his life. He is in the hardware business, and is also clerk of the
village.
mr. Cole -has a twin brother. At the time of their birth, twin
colts and twin calfs were also born on the farm. The twin colts
grearto be a team and belonged to the twin boys. Their tarm was 1Pil
then called the ',Twin ]?arm."
Mrs. Moran
Marshall was first called. Howard. City for a man who bought
much ,of the land in the vicinty. He in turn, sold out to a Mr.
./k fire' destroyed. much of the village which then came into
the name -of Bird's Ruins. Mr. Bird. afterward. sold out to Mr.
HantchetVand the village was called Hantchetville. It was next
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nage d Howard City then sold to Marshall and. Porter and: called by
i;tiiPresent-- name of Marshall.
Two splendid. organizations, of Marshall are, tho- Marshall Civic
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Chci,iga,,, organized two years ago about thirty-five men .and women
lirik-e,4iirp1.1f,;tet; and the Marshall Cornet Band, of which Mr.' Cole is a
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membei-4,, itiz-.`fhot*--1'.-: he, is the only charter: member of the:' organization
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whi, -kW founded Noy.- a, 11,190. This•' band, enjoys'. the reputation of
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never having been disorganized- since its founding and ov never having,
refused to play whenever aksed. Band concerts are held every Saturday
night during the summer months, in the band stand on the main street
of the village
Marshall is the home of the first free High School organized
in the state. It has an interesting history. das first a bTorwegian
School or Seminary, in which Prof. Rasmus Anderson was interested
In. The Norwegians abandoned it and moved to Decorah, Ilowa; where 3
they starte'd the well-known Lutheran school now located' there. A
little story is told about the controversy betweeri the Norwegians
and the people of the townships who bought the building from them.
-The Norwegians refused to give them the bell so they paid it was
not in the agreement'. The township people insisted _that having
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bpught the building, the bell belonged to them. Ohe of the factions
decided to_ settle it in this *ay they ;removed the bell from the
echool,and slink it in the mill pon, to gain what they considered
their rights.
The Main, street of the village is unusually wide measuring 6o
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feet from curb edge to curb_ edge. In olden' days horse racing was
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alii0e, a fe4tuie- 6k; taiik holidey„ celebrations, _such as FourthOf
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Julr:Andz Labor, •Da*,\:',1 Itarshal1, had norrace -trick tho ifr 'wide Main..
A furnishe d,, the iade courSe, to the,se ex() iting events r
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The grade was all laid out for the
of the land and the railroad. company
company abandoned it and. out off the
Marshall is '‘vithin the city liimits but is a mile from the Main streett
coadensory are of course
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railroad id Marshall, but the owner
couldn't come- to terms ,so the
village. The present depot at
its business district. The lumber yards,
built near the railroad. Consepue-atly the village spread over
considerable territory.
The principal industries
Creamev and its iondensary, a
of Chicago. Then too there is
Waterloo Creek as it is sometimes called.
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of illarshall are the Farmer's Co-op
branch of the huge Bowman Dairy Co.
the old grist mill on liaunasha Creek on
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Mrs. W. J. Devine
2314 Rugby 2ow
p. 4208
PERSONAL HISTORY
Mrs. d. J. Devine was born in Porta;e, disconsin,
in 1870 the daughter of John Franklin Culver and
Amorette Aoselle Chapman Culter. Much of her girlhood
was spent in.Portage on the Fox"and Wisconsin divers.
Mr. Culver her father being one of the early
river pilots.