Schumaker named sales manager for Walter Bledsoe Coal Co
Edgar Schumaker of South Bend Ind a business visitor in Marshall Wednesday. He has been named sales manager for Walter Bledsoe Coal Co for Michigan. His son Everett also works for the firm in South Bend. The Schumakers formerly lived in Marshall. Funeral attendance noted for Mrs Henry Irwin with relatives from Chicago Streator and Indianapolis visiting Marshall for Easter.
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Edgar Schumaker
South Bend
Ind
Marshall
Schumaker
Walter Bledsoe Coal Company
Michigan
Everett
Schumakers
Classified notices and community happenings in Marshall area
Local column lists rental and sale ads for corn and seed yellow dent, farm equipment and home goods. Notes about auctions, loans, bake sales, and a 50th wedding anniversary celebration with families in Marshall plus various visits and travel notices from surrounding towns.
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Agriculture Dept. Marshall High School
Local social and family notes from Marshall area
Miss Virginia Knipe and Dan Fawley visit with parents during Easter break. Russell Hodge of Findlay and Ralph Gregory's family visit Edith Cole. John Hawker hosts dinner guests from Hazel Dell. Wm. McDaniel illness and death prompts calls from relatives Myrtle McDaniel of Washington DC arrives. Lewis Franks wed Lillian Burnsides in Terre Haute with Squire Thomas Craig officiating. Dewey Williford hospitalized with pneumonia in Terre Haute. Burdette Emerson to Indianapolis for work. Arthur Guinnip welcomes baby Robert Edward. Violet Hurst visits Walnut with mother Burns Hurst. Dan Emmerson of Springfield visits Marshall. Jordie Lewis of Champaign visits wife.
Barley: An Ancient Staple Across Civilizations
Barley described as the oldest human food with several varieties including a sacred birley of ancient times. It was cultivated in ancient Egypt and served as a chief breadstuff for Hebrews Greeks and Romans.
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Egypt
Printing Errors Cite Wide Range of Typographical Mistakes
A printer notes numerous minor misprints throughout the issue, suggesting hundreds of single-letter swaps and transposition errors in the text, raising questions about production quality and proofreading standards.
Flystone fly poison used with water in early practice
A historical note describes Effective Fly Poison Flystone as a native arsenide or cobalt compound used as a fly poison by grinding it and adding the powder to sweetened water.
Intense Heat From Oxyacetylene Flame Reported
The Bureau of Standards states the oxyacetylene flame can reach about 6 000 degrees Fahrenheit, indicating the extreme heat produced by this flame in industrial use and metalworking.
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Bureau of Standards
Center of Match Making in Barberton Ohio Leads Nation
Barberton Ohio claims the largest output of matches in the country and perhaps the world, a production scale that positions the city as a center of match making activity.
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Barberton
Ohio
Who Is the Legislative Voters League
The speaker names three men forming the Legislative Voters League. One is the secretary employed by the Chicago Tribune, another by the Chicago Daily News, and the third apologizes for using his name on the letter head. Walter E. Cork disavows endorsement by the Chicago News paper Trust.
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Legislative Voters League
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Fault Not His Speech Sparks Legislator Exchange
A constituent challenges a legislator over misunderstood remarks. The member replies that fault lies in incomplete understanding, arguing that without full comprehension disapproval is unfair. The exchange highlights tensions over communication and accountability.
Along Life's Trail by Thomas Arkle Clark
Samuel Thomas ArkIe Clark’s essay traces a scholar’s path through study and faith. It outlines the moral compass guiding a dean at the University of Illinois, reflecting on education service and lifelong learning.
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Thomas Arkle Clark
Ifen
University of Ilinois
Parable Lessons On Charity And A Scholarship Choice
The piece reflects on the parable of the talents and how effort determines rewards. It recounts a Western Newspaper Union item about a $100 scholarship fund weighing two needy students' futures, favoring the candidate who can leverage money, with a 1928 moral frame.
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Western Newspaper Union
Peculiar Rainbow Foghbow Described In Fog
The term fogbow denotes a faint whitish or rosy tinted arc seen in fog. The name fogbow resembles a rainbow in appearance and is a meteorological curiosity noted in reports.
Utopia priced by Lynd on sacrifices and world peace
The quotation argues that if humanity had matched wartime sacrifices with peacetime efforts, Utopia could have appeared on the world map long ago. It emphasizes financial and moral costs as a path to global harmony.
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Robert Lynd
Round Church at St Sepulchre in Cambridge
The Round Church at St Sepulchre Cambridge is a Norman structure dating from around 1100 and is among England’s four surviving circular churches.
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St. Sepulchre
Cambridge
England
Bright Aluminum Restored by Lemon Juice Rubbing
Aluminum items regain brightness when rubbed with a cloth dampened in lemon juice and warm water. The method emphasizes gentle polishing to remove dullness and restore shine.
Death of William Madison McDaniel at 73 in Marshall
William Madison McDaniel, 73, died at his Marshall home after a brief illness. The funeral will be held today with burial in Clayton Cemetery, Indiana. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, Myrtle of Washington, D C, and Mrs. John Amerine of near Alton.
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William Madison McDaniel
Marshall
Clayton
Indiana
Myrtle
Washington, D. C
John Amerine
Alton
Mrs. Lovell 90 Dies at Livingston Home
Mrs. Sarah Lovell aged 90 died at her son Thomas Lovell's home in Livingston on Tuesday. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 PM yesterday at the house by Rev. J. A. Sweet. Interment followed in Livingston Cemetery.
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Sarah Lovell
Thomas Lovell
Livingston
J. A. Sweet
Livingston Cemetery
Canada Pine Resource In Ontario and Quebec Noted
The uncut stand of eastern white pine is estimated at 4 billion board feet with most in Ontario and Quebec. Annual cut runs about 95 million board feet, reflecting a substantial forestry resource reaching into the provinces.
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Ontario
Quebec
Happiness Secret From Adams Clarke
The quote asserts that happiness lies in keeping energy moving and avoiding stagnation. It reflects Adams Clarke’s view on active living and personal growth as the path to joy.
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Adams Clarke
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Robert Maurer
Dease
New York
Mr. Dease
Wm. Maurer
America Buckner
Casey
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Noah Mills
Earlsboro
Oklahoma
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Anna Anderson
Marshall Sanatorium
Jay Swern
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Danville
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Mark Stewart
Robert Bays
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Robert Bays Jr
Ralph Knipe
Wm. Knipe
Hoe
Urbana
Harry Sockler
Miflikin College
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Terre Heure
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Chris Amacher
Virginia Knipe
Illinois University At
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Millikin College
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Fred Hawker
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Rear Alton
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Cincinnati
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Dewey Williford
Union Hospital
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Robert Edward
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Miss
Violet Hurst
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Jordie Lewis
THE
Walter E. Cork
Grendel F. Bennett
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