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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1922
Page
8
Experts map ideal temps for buildings from churches to schools and prisons, with ranges from 50 to 75 degrees. The piece shifts to Byzantine Constantinople handbags, noting rich trade in brocades and embroidered silks from Persia, India, and China during the eastern empire.
The crow’s main activity is foraging, but its attraction to glittering objects leads it to wander. Crows are easily tamed with patience and can mimic speech. Pliny notes a crow saluting Emperor Tiberius in the Forum. The saying: a man should own his farm and debts paid for good sleep.
In Burma no lady would think of a promenade without taking a stock of cigars.
West York reports a large crowd at M E church Easter services. Local residents G W Green traveled to Vincennes on business and Misses Cecil and Norma Bell, visiting Paris relatives, came to see their mother Mrs Ike Seymour and niece Barbara Bell.
The editorial argues for wider hard surfaced roads to accommodate future motor traffic. It critiques narrow paving as a fiscal shortcut and urges eighteen feet as a minimum on main roads, citing European practices and lessons from canals and locks to warn against short sighted narrowing. It warns wider pavements prevent congestion and support drainage and safety.
The Humboldt California Ferndale Cow Testing Association, with 106 members and 2 to 150 cows, tested 4 546 cows last year making it the largest and one of the oldest dairy testing groups in the United States. Their cows averaged 884 pounds of fat per 4 014 cows. At 70 cents per pound, Humboldt dairymen earned about 233 215 dollars.
A broad coalition including highway engineers dairy farmers fruit growers grain shippers and motor truck operators oppose hasty resistance to new road laws in several states. They argue higher fees and tighter rules were enacted without adequate study. Illinois pursues a measured approach with a 64‑section experimental road under construction to test designs.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt features a wandering speaker offering to tell his life story as a more interesting tale than magazine fiction, while negotiating breakfast and payment. The dialogue contrasts a practical request with a boastful promise from the traveler.
A Florida Times Union item notes a prohibition enforcement officer with a remarkable achievement. He reportedly collected as much as twenty gallons of moonshine from a villa via a filyver, highlighting unusual methods and the officer's perceived qualifications.
Advice on salt for dairy cattle. Cows need an ounce or more daily but should not be forced to take more than they want. Offer a small amount with feed and place rock salt in yard boxes for voluntary licking.
One of the great advantages of dairying is that after a farmer has fed all his crops and sold his produce he still has the machinery left for producing more of the same kind, while when the steer is sold a new animal or machine must be purchased.
Fall freshening cows yield more milk across the year than spring fresheners. The peak production aligns with highest milk and butterfat prices, a key factor in dairy profitability.
In New Guinea behind the coast and mountains lies the Tapiro tribe, four feet seven inches tall yet well formed. They wear grass helmets with bird of paradise plumes and carry a bag for fishing gear and fire sticks. Fire is made by rattan rope worked against a hardwood stick, igniting leaves to cook food. The practice has sustained them for generations.
Since 1919 the Meurthe et Moselle department formed 203 cooperative societies to repair and rebuild war damaged areas. By December 31 1920 urgent repairs covered about 12 000 buildings with 124 480 000 francs disbursed, and 621 farm buildings were begun representing 88 percent of such projects.
Miss Fleming of Aberystwith reports findings from 2,500 children and 1,000 women noting women have broader heads than long, darker eyes and hair, and a less developed skull. Reexaminations show head width often exceeds length by about an inch in both sexes and red hair tends to darken to brown around age twelve, with earlier darkening in girls.
A new diagnostic stethoscope helps locate engine faults by listening to internal noises. It features two ear-pieces to exclude external sounds and a jointed rod placed on the suspected part to magnify noise for quick, precise fault detection.
Mrs Bunker complains about her husband Mr Bunker whose invention a golf ball that registers causes friction on the course. She notes golfers have little tolerance for the device and its impact on scoring and play.
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