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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
6
The Pythian Theatre Perfection Pictures presents Shirley Mason in The Appletree Girl a five act comedy drama. Also shown is Official War Review with admission 11 cents.
Friday review copy states Gladys Brackwell star in a two reel Fox Film Comedy The Devil's Wheel about a woman who rules the Paris underworld. Shows at 7 p.m. with admission 10 and 16 cents.
Readers learn Moore and Hazel Dailey in Brown of Harvard as a coming New Year production. The line hints at a collaborative show featuring these performers in a Harvard themed drama.
An Associated Press report notes American troops in Brest cheered President Wilson as his train departed for Paris with Breton girls in local dress singing a translated version of Hail, Hail the Gang's All Here. Also mentions pledge cards from Anderson Darwin Douglas Wabash and Marshall townships due at Dulaney Nail Bank, Merrick Cox, chairman.
Harry Leseure visits from Detroit. Numerous locals return from camps and training schools. Christmas trips, weddings, and family gatherings fill the week. Influenza and pneumonia cases noted at camps, social events hold at churches, and several marriages announced in Danville and Marshall.
German attempt to lure Pershing’s pilots near Verdun failed as three dummy balloons and seven German craft triggered a counterattack. Twenty four allied planes arrived, and four German planes were shot down in flames, with two real balloons destroyed as the engagement ended.
The United States Department of Agriculture at Arlington Virginia has erected the largest experimental plant in the nation to produce nitrogen from air. Ammonia is formed by combining nitrogen with hydrogen for use in explosives and fertilizers. The Haber process is being applied and experiments seek greater efficiency under high pressure and heat.
The Bible picture class for children under 12 meets at the minister's home each Thursday at 4 15. Boy Scouts gather there Friday at 7 30. Lieut Lyman Booth shares aviation experiences. Mission Study meets in the church Friday at 1 pm bring lunch. Sunday school at 9 30 with classes for all ages. Morning service at 10 45 "Pressing On" Evening 7 "Conquering Hill No 1919" with music. Pastor C R Dierlamm.
Subscribers to the Peoples' Mutual Telephone Co. behind with toll or switching dues are urged to pay immediately to the secretary.
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