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Newspaper

Marshall Herald

Location

Marshall, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1919

Page

8

Five Bottles of NATSKI Claim Big Weight Gain

Mrs J W Parrish of Rexall store Mounds Oklahoma reports a customer gained about 60 pounds after taking five bottles of NATSKI with a claim that another five would add 60 more The ad notes NATSKI is sold locally for rheumatism nervous debility kidney trouble skin diseases and eczema via Kiefer Drug Co and The City Drug Store.

J W Parrish Rexall Mounds Okla Natski Medicine Co Oklahoma Kiefer Drug Co City

A Marshall Woman Comes to the Front

Nancy Downey of 408 9th St testifies to relief from back pain dizziness and kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills obtained at Duncans Drug Store. She recommends the product and cites price 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY manufactures.

Marshall Nancy Downey 9Th St Dean Duncans Drug Store Doan Boan Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs Buffalo

Indian fisherman survives fish in throat at Rangoon hospital

An Indian fisherman convalescing near Rangoon attempted to hold a small fish by the head while rebaiting his hook. The fish slipped into his throat and became lodged, prompting an emergency incision to remove it and avert choking to death.

Ir & Rangoon Hospital

Rice Consumption Per Capita Compared Across Nations

A historical note contrasts U S rice use with England France and Italy. It states Americans eat about six pounds per person annually, while England consumes twenty seven pounds France thirty four and Italy ten.

United States England France Italy

Arabs Raids Cavalry Clash At Waziri Stronghold

Mugambi warns Arab raiders led by Achmet Zek to leave. A brutal siege follows with Waziri archers defending a bungalow. Jane Clayton and Mugambi resist, Mugambi mortally wounded as Arabs overwhelm forces and abduct Clayton. Mugambi survives amid flames and vows revenge as the raid ends.

Mugambi Achmet Zek Acmet Zek Mucambi Greystoke Mugamb F Orce Shoutlu U Wavig Irlows Aleve Wunel Lttle Jane Clayton

First Methodist Announces New Evangelistic Program Next Sunday

The church outlines a three month intensive evangelistic drive starting next Sunday with 9:80 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. worship and a 7:30 p.m. evangelistic service. Pastor P Raymond Powers leads sermons including What Is Sin and If Jesus Should Come to Marshal. Ruth Noakes leads devotional, Watch night service Wednesday 7:30 to midnight, and a Sunday school board meeting with various activities.

Jesus Epworth League Pilgrim's Progress Ruth Noakes

Four Women Appointed as Census Supervisors

Cam L. Rogers reports that for the first time in U S census history four women are named as supervisors for the 14th decennial count. The work will begin in January with these appointments guiding field operations.

Cam L. Rogers

Debut of Miss Harriet Lowden Amid Threat Letter

Chicago reveals secret service agents attended Miss Harriet Lowden debut, tied to a threatening anarchist letter sent to Governor Lowden. Post office inspectors seized the letter, received by Mrs George M Pullman, noting the threat cites punishment for mingling with plutocrats and capitalists.

Chicago Secret Service Harriet Lowden Frank O Lowden Postoffice Lowden George M. Pullman

Mrs Basheba Ennis Dies at Martinsville Home

Mrs Basheba Ennis died at her daughter Mrs Daniel Snider home in Martinsville last Friday evening. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday forenoon and her remains were taken to Blue Grass cemetery for interment. She leaves many relatives and old time friends.

Basheba Ennis Daniel Snider Martinsville Blue Grass

Mt Carmel Grocer Elisha Grimes Shot. Suspect Convicted

Mt Carmel grocer Elisha Grimes was shot last Wednesday night by James J Adams of New Albany Ind and died Thursday afternoon. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2 20. Adams was arrested tried convicted and sentenced to life in prison before Grimes body was buried.

Elisha Grimes Mt. Carmel James J. Adams New Albany Ind Adams Grimes

Special meeting of Marshall Lodge No 133 A F & A M

Special meeting of Marshall Lodge No. 133 A F and A M is set for Monday January 5 at 7 30 p m Work will be in the BA degree C C Carroll acting secretary.

Marshall Lodge A. F A. M

Facts Versus Fiction in a Boston Transcript Moment

A shopgirl surveys novels and public commentary, noting a feud between two authors as a witty dig about their imagined romance. The Boston Transcript caption frames literary feuds with sharp, everyday humor.

Boston Transcript

Largest Prussian cake records a royal bake

A monumental cake created for Frederick William I of Prussia measured eighteen yards in length and eight yards in width with a thickness of one and a half feet, reputed as the largest cake ever baked.

Frederick William I Prussia

Minnie Wants Gas Lights After City Visit

Minnie a five year old from the country visited town and saw electric lights. Upon returning home she rejected the kerosene lamp and urged her father to switch to gas lights saying give our lamps away and get us some gas lights.

Minnie Town

Defining Success Shapes Our Worldview

Rabindranath Tagore contrasts life’s indefiniteness with the human drive to mold it into a definite form. He traces how conquerors from Alexander to modern magnates mold themselves into a symbol of power, like a sword or a mint, to define and achieve success.

Alexander Rabindranath Tagore

Something to Be Proud Of

A quotation extols honest labor as noble and worthy of pride. It contrasts sweat from hard work with royal gems and notes that such effort brings happiness to the world, unlike sovereign adornments that may not share that virtue.

Crooked Exeter to Hampton Road Traced to Bear Chase

An old New Hampshire road story explains the Exeter to Hampton route’s bends. Early settlers tracked a bear from Wigwam Row through light snow to Squamscott Falls guiding the road’s path.

Exeter Hampton New Hampshire Squamscott Falls

Smallest European Bird the Golden Crested Wren

The golden crested wren is Europe’s smallest bird with an average weight around eighty grains. It would require seventy two birds to weigh a pound. Feathers measure about three and a half inches with a round body length when featherless.

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T. ED Davis Friends For the Liberal Patron A. BR. Sisson Jewelry Co East Main St John Randle John Randle Day Randle Elizabeth Archer Terre Haute Kestgrs Drug Store Hippards Dry Goods Lewis’ Dry Goods Company William Lucy Anderson Mason Illinois Maple Avenue Methodist Church Silas Walker John R., Jr Pittsburgh Robert B Ernest A Ely Nevada Alice Gorham Casper Wyoming John Catron Pocatello Idaho Christian Bible School Fred Chelan First Methodist P. Raymond Powers Wiinels Mrs. Basheba Ennis C. C. Carroll Sittlett Tointtaini Doty Dry Goods Co Doll's Grocery North Side Square Black & Hutchinson, Grocers
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