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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
8
A noisy meditation on appointments highlights the universal irritation of delays. A middle aged man and a boy recall waiting, the impact on courtesy, and how small acts reveal character through punctual then impatience.
A May 19 article argues moral punishment is more effective than physical. It cites quiet guidance such as keeping skates on the desk or delaying social activities and warns against leaving children idle. The piece endorses play and family interaction as essential to character, quoting Mrs. Burton from Mothers Magazine.
Fragmented OCR text hints at a quotation praising patient teachers who instruct without harshness or punishment. The lines reference wisdom, neglect of force, and a call to approach learning with gentleness, though the passage is garbled and incomplete.
A second lieutenant in an Irish regiment chronicles a No Man's Land patrol on the Somme front. He describes chaotic shelling, multiple machine gun bursts, and a rescue of wounded comrades while collecting identification disks. The trek through mud and cratered ground ends with grim discoveries and a lifeboat of grim humor as men press on.
Paris authorities impose a strict quarantine against Terre Haute to stop a smallpox spread. One case, traced to a man named Summers from Terre Haute, is quarantined at home. Contacts are observed and vaccine points are activated along the line.
Agricultural notes urge attendance at the Marshall farmers meeting in the Pythian Theater at 2 p m on January 5. Pictures show experiments from the state experiment station and emphasize planning for summer crops. The piece urges farmers to adopt modern methods, attend farmers institutes, and keep up with progressing times to improve soil fertility and profitability.
Sarah Farmer, founder of the Green Colony which drew wide attention, died at Enon May 7. The long time leader, age seventy, had faced internal rifts within the group STC 5 but remained a central figure in its history and its 2016 asylum declaration.
Publisher L. Day of SES San Luis Obispo testified that about 800 newspapers in the United States suspended publication since the outbreak of the European War. He noted price changes and said some editors value impactful action over jokes in turbulent times.
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