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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1917
Page
12
A wartime diary fragment recounts British soldiers touring Paris bi weekly at Blighty Corner and visiting Jeanne d Arc church. A priest gifts a Joana of Arc keepsake, noting only three Catholics among the visitors yet affirming they all serve the same Master and General.
A 2-year-old girl slept on railroad tracks as a fast Ocean City bound train passed over her. Engineer L H Wallace did not notice until feet away. brakes were applied and crews freed the uninjured child Annie Roah who cried after awakening. She belonged to a family from a nearby canning factory at Mardela.
Drifting mine fields are reported along the Norwegian coast from Listerland to Christiana fjord. Off Halle twenty mines were seen drifting northward and many explosions heard from Halvao. A mass of drifting wreckage surrounds the mines as Norwegian boats salvage wine margarine and whale oil.
Elizabeth Ann, longing for home, meets Richard Bennett on a Fifth Avenue bus after losing his handkerchief with two dimes inside. He returns it, hints at love, and she agrees to a second chance at romance as she clutches the sodden handkerchief smelling of tobacco. Copyright 1917.
A fragment notes how people cling to bad customs, comparing it to street car strap hangers. The quote reflects social habits and oddities observed in daily life.
A fragmentary notice discusses engagement and welfare efforts for widows connected to agricultural households. The text cites recurring reforms and public assistance terms. Further specifics are unclear due to damaged OCR.
The Paris dressmaking trade shows resilience as war changes buyers. Spain leads lavish orders, with Spain and Norway buying heavily through private channels. French ateliers, led by Mme Yvonne, ship via England while using rabbit fur masquerading as nobler pelts.
The Philadelphia Inquirer summarizes Brandes views on Shakespeare women. Katharine shows self will yet affection, Beatrice is witty and energetic, Rosalind intelligent and loving, Viola patient and strong, Lady Macbeth brutal under love and ambition, Portia genuine and self surrendering, Helena noble yet mistreated, Tamora fierce intellectually defiant, Juliet ruled by principle and passion, Cordelia kind and loving, Cleopatra erotically charged, Marina noble, Isabella pure, Imogen resilient and hopeful, Hermione gracious, Ophelia devoted though troubled, Desdemona admired for virtue, Desdemona’s tragedy noted as Othello’s victim.
The mining world employs over 6 million, with 3.8 million in coal and 2.2 million in metal mines. In the United States mining is hazardous, killing about 1 in 1,000 workers annually and injuring about 200 per thousand per year. A 50 percent accident reduction could save 1,500 lives yearly and reduce non fatal injuries.
About 40 to 60 species and varieties of snow and ice worms have been observed. Mature specimens are yellowish to dark reddish brown or black, about one inch long and very thin. They were found in February and April 1916 on open snow fields at elevations from 2750 to 6600 feet, including slope areas sheltered by fir and hemlock. They have not been found on solid ice or glaciers, but on snow below ice from Nisqually glacier moraines. The snow they inhabit is seasonal, melting in summer, suggesting some life stage in or under the ground.
The piece recalls Robert Hooke’s 17th century note on signaling over a distended wire and quotes his claim of rapid sound transmission. It argues the telephone existed conceptually long before practical development and suggests the world waited two centuries for the modern instrument that now saves much of humanity’s time.
Silk worms reach full growth and seek a thread to attach themselves. They wind 500 to 1,000 yards of thread around their body over 36 to 48 hours, forming a silk envelope. If left, their internal organs dissolve into jelly then reorganize into butterfly structures within a week or ten days.
Dr. Sanvelor A Pract of Buenos Aires, in Chicago, outlines a German plan to overthrow the Monroe doctrine by war and by using commercial power and intrigue. He says Prussia aimed to conquer the western hemisphere long before 1870s and that Teutonic South Americans could influence U S public opinion and policy.
Fragmented report describes munitions works near Y and a November event wiping out fifty five acres of forest. References to dramatic destruction compare to wartime blasts in Austria and hint at broader horrid implications discussed by contemporaries.
A Decatur Illinois company promotes a multiple jet carburetor claiming far greater gasoline efficiency. Inventor Charles Gillespie and associates tout its economy as crucial for wartime fuel conservation. Company seeks investors with authorized capital of 75 000 dollars, offering shares of 1000 dollars each through A R Sisson in Marshall Illinois or by mail to Decatur Illinois.
A Navy officer recalls the Jacob Jones torpedoing where a life raft carried excess weight and two sailors leaped into the icy sea. Both men were later found and saved, illustrating the American forces unyielding will to sacrifice for others' survival and deter attackers of civilians.
Advertisement for Texas Wonder by Dr. E. W. Hall claims to treat kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, diabetes, back pain, rheumatism, and bladder irregularities in men women and children. Two months treatment costs 1.60 with mail order options and testimonials available.
Alvis Sowers describes eight years of back and kidney pain ending after using Foley Kidney Pills. He notes swelling relief after three boxes and that secretions improved, claiming the product strengthened kidneys and restored health.
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