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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1916
Page
8
Washington Post explains safe eye washing practices. Do not splash with regular soap. use clean water and gentle opening of eyes underwater for freshness and to prevent eye strain. Screens how squinting increases exposure and suggests daily washing in dusty modern life.
The Danville city council unanimously passed an ordinance authorizing a 250000 bond issue to construct a municipal electric lighting plant. Bonds mature in 25 years and bear 4 1 4 percent interest. For 32 years Danville has bought power from private plants.
Reported marriage of Miss Bernice Adams of this city to Mr Ray Melton of Kansas township at Paris yesterday. Also notes ongoing oil field interests and local movements as residents travel to Cincinnati Charleston and Terre Haute for family and work matters.
A collection of brief captions and jokes drawn from period newspapers. Bits include notes on canaries and hearing, a quip about history and repetition, a remark on perquisites and office life, a cartoonish exchange about interfering with business, and a playful line about kilowatt spelling.
The article recalls Frohman doubting Barrie and believing Peter Pan would fail yet ultimately accepting the play for its novelty and emotional pull. It notes Tree’s warning, Barrie’s bold fairy tale four acts, and Wolke’s Century Home discussion alongside brief cultural anecdotes.
A small gray stone statue dated to 100 BCE was found near the gulf of Mexico 100 miles southeast of Vera Cruz in 1902. Now in the United States National Museum since 1903 the artifact bears Mayan glyph inscriptions confirming it as the oldest dated antiquity in the Americas. The sculpture depicts a duck bill head with wings and bird legs carved in relief on a hard stone that stands about six and a half inches high.
The British liner Appam, flying a German flag with a German crew, arrived at Hampton Roads after being captured January 16 off the Canary Islands. The raider has since seized seven other enemy ships and the Appam will be interned there until the war ends.
Union prayer meeting at the Congregational Church discusses Christianity in the Home based on 2 Tim 11 6. Public sales include Bias Haddix selling horses cattle hogs and farm implements at Welsh farm 2 1/2 miles south of Darwin on Tuesday Feb 8 and Harry Harbor near Clarksville holding a livestock and farm implements sale on Thursday February.
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