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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1917
Page
3
The article surveys wartime labor shifts with women entering factories and notes pay gaps versus men. It reports Secretary of War Baker's stance on National Guard training in the North, and discusses American foreign trade in 1917 with totals for exports, imports, and trade balance, comparing year over year gains and historical peaks.
Mark Sullivan reviews Senator La Follette noting his war stance and his later tax plan. He portrays La Follette as capricious yet driven, combining stubborn obstinacy with disciplined effort and high intelligence. The piece lauds his long public career and credits him with solving new economic problems.
After war, enrollment in engineering lags while demand surges. Europe’s schools closed and engineers slaughtered. America must boost numbers. A Washington meeting favors government aid and public persuasion to recruit youths into technical studies.
Mary T Brown et al transfer to Cyrus E Dancy jot 10 bik 6 Walnut Prairie price 1. John Pentecost transfers to W Osborn Iot 46 Commercial Club add to Casey price 75. A E Bell transfers to Wm Danner lot 48 Commercial add to Casey price 125. Mathias Taggart transfers to IN Conference Assn 7th Day Adventist. Are sw 11] Conference Assn 7th Day Adventists to Southern Ill Conference 7th Day Adventists same price 765. J F Emrich to W J Yelton lot 35 Dulaney's 6th add to Casey price 650. Walter C Daugherty to 1st Presbyterian church Casey lot 8 blk 4 Dulaney's 4th add to Casey price 1500.
Evangelical Church Marshall S S at 9 15 am and preaching 7 30 pm Zion church S 8 9 15 am preaching 10 30 am Sunday school annual picnic August 22 at Mathias Abels Grove Emanuel S S 9 00 am Next appointment Emanuel Sunday evening Aug 19 Rev J L Buyer pastor
The annual convention of the Christian churches of Hilnots will meet in Taylorville from September 16 to 13. Churches across the territories are urged to send delegates. Regular services are planned for next Sunday.
The University of Illinois Dairy Department outlines August and September as hard months for milk production due to heat dry pastures and high feed costs. It recommends silage or soiling crops as pasture substitutes, with silage preferred for efficiency and cost. crop choices include cowpeas millet and alfalfa. A grain blend and careful daily silage surface removal are advised along with stocking up on alfalfa or cowpea hay for winter. Cottonseed meal and bran are suggested for August and September with October delivery in mind.
Paul LeMay returned from a ten day visit in Chicago on Tuesday. Mrs. L. Shute of Florence Kansas visited her sister Mrs. Morris Slusser last week. Miss Mary Mitchell of McGehee Arkansas stayed with her aunt Mrs. Wm Lucas for a week or two. Mrs. George Robertson recovering after Olney sanitarium operation. Edgar Bidwell of Toledo Ohio visited his wife here for a few days as she improves. Mrs. R O Cochenour and children go to Columbus and Chillicothe Ohio for a month. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Young go to Columbus Indiana to visit their daughter. Mrs. Roy Howe and family. Harry Davis and Roy Roberta go to Belleville to work in aviation. Mrs. W H Gillogly of Vevay Park called to Marshal for her father Mr. Gagen illness. Mr. Gillogly left Sunday. David Zeiter and family depart for Reading Michigan to visit Mr Setters’ father aged 94.
Advice on conserving edibles, boosting exports, and using substitutes to support Allies. Emphasizes hoovering duty, balanced nutrition, milk safety, and home preservation methods like dehydration to endure shortages and keep prices from rising.
Fragmentary listing shows large sheets for tracing embroidery and other patterns offered at a Meralé Office. The readable portion notes carbon paper and related supplies.
Assistant Surgeon Wal ter W. Cress of the navy warns long submarine service raises blood pressure and introduces health risks. He cites fatigue, sleep loss, overeat ing, and stimulant use among factors, notes weight loss and partial deafness from engine noise, air drafts, heat, and battery fumes, and advocates thorough predeployment physical and mental exams. Washington Star.
The article explains correct rose pruning to maximize quality and yield. For perpetual bloom varieties leave two to three eyes on the cutting branch, trim succeeding blossoms to the ground, and avoid leaving excess wood. If spring pruning was light, keep only one or two strong leaf buds to stimulate base growth, and remove side shoots after a bud forms to keep the stem clean and willowy.
The article advocates using fine old southern milled cornmeal without flour to bind, claims coarse meal fails, and shares a recipe with 1.5 cups cornmeal 0.5 cup milk salt butter egg powder and one egg, baked to a 1.5 inch batter thick. It notes a southerner in the New York Sun says coarse meal cannot make proper southern corn bread.
The text portrays the American buffalo as a hardened criminal among herbivores, describing them as vicious and vindictive toward humans, other animals, and themselves in a state of near continual warfare. It contrasts them with other continents' half-brothers and references threats from powerful predators.
A Columbus Ohio note observes pride as a social force. It notes men prefer being seen by younger neighbors than doing routine chores like garbage duty, while acknowledging the virtue of the latter done for a hardworking wife. The piece blends humor and social commentary on public image and household labor.
Fragmentary devotional note discusses patience as a virtue blessed by God. It urges charity toward others and suggests reliance on divine timing, portraying patience as a path to spiritual fruits.
Visiting is an art says Wowan's Home Companion. To make guests feel at ease in your house is the peak of home contact.
Fragmentary OCR text shows an uncertain phrase about death and a name Miip Dye Jena, providing no clear event, date, or location. Further readable details are unavailable to form a proper newspaper record.
A University of Illinois circular outlines practical coal savings for Illinois households and nationwide by proper fuel purchase and efficient operation of small heating plants. It details fuel properties, firing methods for soft coal, and economical equipment practices with charts, diagrams, and recommended chimney and damper designs. Copies available from the Engineering Experiment Station, Urbana, Illinois.
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