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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1926
Page
4
A telegram from the American Near East relief committee reports American doctors and nurses worked all night under tents amid the Armenian earthquake disaster in Leninkan. Twelve towns were destroyed, Erivan untouched, hundreds killed and thousands injured, with 600 houses lost and government martial law in effect.
Smithsonian paleontologists Dr. Charles I. Resser and Erwin R. Pohn report near the Great Salt Lake area fossils dating one to two million years old. The Cambrian trilobites dominate ancient seas, with about 2,000 species known from the Cambrian, and early life suddenly blooming after earlier beliefs placed oldest life in the Ordovician period.
The San Carlo season pairs Nove des Rosters, a French Canadian orphan from Holyoke who rose from poverty to study in Paris, with Lucretia Goddard, a seventeen year old Boston socialite debuting as Marguerite in Faust.
A small hamlet in Guerbigny France appears with about 315 residents. Among them twelve are over eighty years old. The text notes their life centered on hard fieldwork, simple meals, and red wine.
John J. Henley a boy scout from Evanston Wyoming saved a companion from drowning on August 15 1925 at risk to his own life. The national Court of Honor awarded the gold medal of honor the highest Boy Scout decoration along with a heroism certificate and a letter from Daniel Carter Beard. The announcement came from National Headquarters 200 Fifth Avenue.
Agricultural note warns of fertile eggs from unpaired roosters increasing in heat and devaluing quality. Advocates twice to thrice weekly selling, careful nest checks, and a home made egg candler to sort edible eggs.
Gapes is a disease of young chickens caused by a small reddish worm that attaches to the windpipe. It is also called a forked worm. Loosening worms can be attempted with a loop of horsehair or kerosene dipped feather, but prevention is key including killing infected stock, cleaning coops and rubbish, disinfection, plowing ground, and rotating runs.
A guide notes that proper egg packing minimizes losses and boosts profits in poultry businesses. It emphasizes simple, easy-to-follow rules to avoid waste in shipments to market and to improve year end results.
The article extols a trained eye as one of the poultry farmer's most valuable assets. It helps foresee epidemics, improve profits, and detect growth issues early, guiding correct actions and adjustments based on experience and reliable advice.
Fragment describes ducks as poultry adapted to commercial methods with incubators near dwellings. It outlines moving ducklings from a front house heated area to various buildings as they grow, noting care and housing needs during rearing.
Frank Sievens and Roy Landsberry of Huntington Park intend to walk about 400 miles from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 14 days with no food, allowed only water. They claim no sponsors or support vehicles and cite prior fasts and evidence like a 577 mile Chicago to Bald Knob trek for inspiration.
A Washington survey by the Labor Department finds a gradual widening of women in federal work but men still earn far higher salaries. The top pay for a woman is 6500 yearly, with only a handful earning 5200 or more and 85 at 8600+. While stenographic work offers more advancement in numbers, professional and scientific roles show greater opportunity for women to reach higher pay.
A long list of family visits and social gatherings is noted in Indiana. Names include Snyder, Ogle, Davis, Saiter, Lichtenberger, Miller, Haddix, Norris, Cornwell, Draper, Walls, Fessenback, Leasure, Manhart, Fewver, Myles, and others. Occasions center on Sunday visits, weekend get togethers, and birthday celebrations amid Walnut Prairie and Martinsville areas.
Audrian Linton spent Sunday with homefolks. Funeral attendees from the community joined Millie Bradley’s funeral at Auburn Sunday morning. Local families including the Morgans and Leggetts with Lorene Leggett visited Amos Morgan’s near Clarksville. Erma Hinkle, Lester Veach and Lloyd Hendrix joined Audrian and Hazel Linton for dinner. Rev J S ONeil and wife visited Ernie Bishop’s family. Willie Veach family spent Tuesday evening with Lon Linton and family.
Hugh White and wife served dinner to several Sunday. Allen Buckner of Terre Haute spent the weekend in the area. Ike Thompson and wife called on their daughter Stella Shawler Sunday. Mrs Chas Freeman was called to Paris hospital Wednesday where her daughter Alma Cooper was operated on for appendicitis. John Koppler and family visited Chas Freeman Sunday.
Mrs. Nora Statesman visited Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Oscar Boyer and Mrs. Bla Boyer. Neighbors Hugar McCoichie Free Harry Cash and Erwin Von Lan kin spent Sunday with Wilbur Cart right. Miss Cecil Liffick in Clarksville Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Webright visited Clyde Cash Sunday afternoon. Marcella McConchie and Mildred Von Lankin with Miss Beulah Hammond on Saturday night. P. W. Grover at Cleve Snyder's Friday. Irma Hinkle with Hazel and Audrian Linton of Five Points Sunday. John Gilbert and wife in Westfield Friday. Mrs. Mat Bardin called on Mrs. John Webright and daughter Lena Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Tom Brown spent last Monday with their son Carl. Elsie Ramsey and her daughter visited Mrs Mary Leach on Thursday. Hubert Brown and family visited Milton Brown and wife on Sunday. Mrs Ezra Harvey called on Mrs Ross Irwin Saturday. Ruby Ramsey stayed with her grandparents at West Terre Haute Mr and Mrs James Kirby Friday and Saturday. John Garner and children visited C R Ramsey and family on Sunday. Will Brown visited his father Tom Brown on Tuesday.
Hershel Cline and family spent Sunday with Mrs. Mary Carpenter and sons. William Norton and family visited Thos. Blizzard. Perry Jackson and wife called on Mrs. Ralph Jackson of Avon who is very ill. Wilma Cline stayed with grandmother Mrs. William Cline near West Union. Dollie Hollenbeck and children and Grant Hollenbeck and family visited Carl Norton and family. Opal Walker of Avon called on Mrs. Cora Walker. Edward Burger, William Norton, Maude Blizzard visited Marshall. Jesse Walker and family visited Enoch Wyrick and wife Sunday afternoon.
The pupils and teacher of our school were delighted last week when Mrs. S. S. McConnell of St. Louis presented a collection of books. The set includes two volumes of Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant and Our Islands and Their People, plus ten biographies and late story editions.
Mrs. Mary Carpenter spent Wednesday with Mrs. Clara Williams. Mrs. Henry Miller visited her daughter Mrs. Allie Reasor. Herschel Cline and family, Ben Miller and family, and T. A. Carpenter visited Mrs. Mary Carpenter and her sons Harry and Carl. Nellie Gard and son Henry Miller visited Dorsa Reasor and family Saturday.
United Brethren Pastor Sipes announces Sunday schedule with Friendship congregation. Sunday school begins at 10 a.m. and worship follows, inviting members and neighbors to attend.
In Sundey event at Marshall, Sunday school times listed as 9 percent and 30 percent intervals amid Endeavor activities.
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