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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1921
Page
6
An opinion piece argues communism failed in Russia by claiming farmers lost incentive, production collapsed, and cities starved as Soviet armies seized surpluses. It asserts droughts and unequal reserves left Russia begging the world for aid.
The piece cites Yale professor Irving Fisher arguing for stabilizing the gold standard as prices rise with plentiful gold. It notes 1921 price trends with cotton, sugar, coffee, tea and silver up, and calls for enforcing Prohibition with public support, urging citizen backing of local officials for a cleaner community.
A compact declaration of journalistic ethics urging fairness to all readers and advertisers, independence from wealth, restraint in exposing wrongdoing, and dedication to professional conduct and public service in journalism.
A historical note recalls organized efforts to enforce prohibition, citing raiding a still and arresting distillers. It urges county and township cooperation, comparing past horse theft prevention with the need for organized action to uphold prohibition statewide.
Indianapolis News notes a wartime questionnaire circulated by a post office inspection branch. It asks married status beer drinking flower preferences bank withdrawals rent impact, family relations, wages, duties, and confidential spouse opinions. It seeks names of more capable earners and fair salaries.
The V W C A in Stockholm has launched a mobile kitchen to teach domestic science to working women in factories. Ten factories hosted complete courses with positive results as the program travels to reach tired workers who cannot attend evening classes.
The report notes motorcycle registration has decreased for five years, citing Mr. Miller as the source and citing Peete. The data reflects a downward trend in motorcycle registrations.
Harkins and his children walk across fields during holidays when Louis encounters a cow for the first time. The boy learns about horns and asks which horn the cow will blow, while the father explains calmly in a tender country moment from Harper's Monthly.
Ottawa reports a general drop in Canadian farm exports to the United States after the emergency tariff act took effect. July figures show butter and substitutes at 104,310 pounds versus 1,690,158 a year ago. cheese 3,620 pounds. beef and pork 966,800 pounds. milk 167,848 gallons. potatoes 1,322 bushels. cattle 6,533 head. wheat products 3,931 barrels. wool 469 pounds. with other declines across categories.
The 65 Neal institutes for the treatment of chronic inebriates in San Francisco close after twelve years of service. Owner says business dwindled from 100,000 treated before Prohibition to about two arrivals per month since the Volstead Act. He notes the decision is a cold business choice, not a protest.
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