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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1923
Page
3
Babson praises independent retailers while warning against auto era strain and chain stores. He urges groups for advertising and education, stronger supplier ties, and a focus on service to attract new customers and boost profits amid rising costs and store numbers.
A Richmond Times-Dispatch note describes a guessing game where a woman asks attendees to guess her age. An Irishman responds with a witty remark about not knowing her age but noting she does not look it.
A Judge quip has three freshmen comparing father income. One says his father writes a song and sells it for 25 dollars. Another notes 50 dollars for a story. The third boasts his father preaches and earns money carried to him by twelve men.
An American sergeant in Germany asks locals about the town's link to Martin Luther. A few days later a doughboy jokes that the tale was about a different Luther, noting the real Luther died 300 years ago. The anecdote appears in the American Legion Weekly.
A traveler finds his watch stopped in a village and asks a boy outside a general store for the time. The boy answers 12 o'clock, prompting the tourist to note the figure as 1 22, joking about the time. The boy explains the local belief that the time goes up to noon before continuing.
The administrator of Clark County Illinois estate of Seymour Hurst will appear before the County Court of Clark County at the Court House in Marshall for the September term on the first Monday in September to adjust claims. Debts owed to the estate should be paid promptly. Dated July 17, 1923. C G Claypool Administrator and S M Scoffield Attorney.
Gray Silver Washington representative of the American Farm Bureau federation argues against governmental price fixing. He warns it would skew prices and jam farmers between fixed buying and selling prices, urging cooperative marketing intermediate credits warehouse receipts and crop insurance to stabilize earnings and market supply.
A riverfront village marks flood height with a post altered to keep children from reaching the first mark. An astonished visitor learns the tweak was to raise the limit for kids. The scene precedes a tourist-tinged exchange about cost of living and pacing a neighborhood.
Mrs. Mary Harlan of Como Montana is the oldest woman postmaster in the United States at 83. She has served at Como since December 2 1889 succeeding her husband who led the office for eight years. The oldest living male postmaster claim by David J Tavenner of Philomont Virginia at 99 remains disputed.
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