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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1918
Page
7
The Washington Star notes that peplum blouses, though popular in France, have not gained traction in America. Designers overcomplicate simple tastes and many blouses remain plain, while a simple cap collar peplum shown in sketches is praised for smart simplicity but remains hardly adopted by U.S. women.
In western Maryland and eastern West Virginia mountains locals still imitate a Daniel Boone tale about using a ground vine as a swing to flee pursuing Indians. Observers report seeing long grapevines cut near ground and used for daring swings from tall trees above steep hillsides where grass is worn by youths.
Vogue argues the veil is a defining invention for women, shaping charm and social perception. It notes how veil style and wear reveal a woman's character, declaring the veil both luxury and necessity depending on beauty and propriety across cultures.
A garbled fragment describes cleaning methods for a substance with references to brushes plates and infusion of black items. It mentions washing with gasoline as an option and suggests careful handling to avoid damage or injury.
The article argues cats are valuable poultryyard sentinels defending flocks from rats and hawks. It notes rat damage exceeds losses from cats and hawks and describes training methods to curb cats from preying on chickens, including a controversial technique involving a dead bird tied to the cat.
The passage reflects on the rare idea that a single explanation could clarify the universe. It notes how such thoughts often arrive around four o'clock in the morning and leave one pondering the earlier explanation upon waking.
The lacustral settlements served as refuges for pastoral and agricultural groups with dry, light dwellings signaling a shift toward permanent homes. Their innovations include spinning and weaving, agriculture, animal domestication, and the discovery of metal, marking the iron age. Similar habitations appeared in the East Indies and among Amazonians in Maracaibo, and in Thrace during Herodotus's era.
A London Chronicle correspondent reports a parasite believed to ride on immature spiders. The immature spider cannot spin a web yet, but its movements resemble a miniature traveler moving between places. If confirmed, this could advance peras t and commensalism study.
A World Outlook writer notes Yale University’s China program Yale in China trains native leaders in medicine and hygiene Its nurses training school prepares 40 white capped nurses for Chinese patients The effort includes a hospital and growing medical schools as 200 students graduate The work of Dr Hume and Dr Yen boosted Sino Western ties during the 1910s and Yen’s plague control earned a gold medal
The Omaha News argues Edison’s light and later phonograph and films diminished reading aloud in families. It praises reading aloud for bonding and language development, citing Whitman Swinburne Robinson Crusoe Tom and Huck Little Women and more as examples of poetry and prose enhanced by spoken sound and shared listening.
A readjustment of Italian commands follows the Rapallo conference naming General Cadorna as empire military counselor. Younger leaders Diaz Badoglio and Giardino rise in ranks after notable wartime commands and victories including Sabotino and Sebotine.
Instructions describe testing glue quality by remelting frequency, water content, heat level, and resistance to breakage. Clear and red glue should require more water and form a hard, tough break, while poor glue breaks easily with a white edge. Apply hot glue immediately after boiling and press until set.
The column notes a gas plant likely to be municipalized, chilly days with minimal home heating, and a variety of local items. Russell Stark, former South 6th Street boy, is now a Santa Monica Methodist preacher and temperance leader helping Santa Monica enact a bone dry law. Glendale erected a 76 foot flag pole with three flags and 184 service stars. A rugged man delivered pipe stock and 12000 feet for a ranch near Burpink, identified as Jim Jeffries, once the heavyweight champion, now owning a large Los Angeles area ranch.
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced reforms relaxing physical standards for men in the national army. The War Department will accept many with remediable defects for general or special service, with local boards narrowing immediate rejections and routing doubtful cases to medical advisory boards.
A reader testimonial promotes Foley Kidney Pills as fast backache relief that stimulates sluggish kidneys to eliminate poisons. It claims the pills quiet nerves, stop pain and rheumatism, and improve overall strength. Another note credits the product with a full recovery from kidney trouble.
Large sheets for transferring embroidery patterns offered by the Herald Office. Ideal for copying designs onto fabric and other craft projects. Regular stock available with prompt service for crafters and needlework enthusiasts.
A wartime editorial urges vigilance against any notion of German collapse and stresses Russia’s failure to feed its people as a threat to allied victory. The page notes damp weather harming Marshall residents’ health, promotes Doan’s Kidney Pills, and ends with a World War era newspaper subscription offer for the Globe-Democrat.
The Globe Printing Co. in St Louis Missouri urges readers to study the Mones ca ing Proposition and return their order at once. The notice lists a price of 2560 dollars per year with a schedule of two readings weekly and a yearly rate of fifty cents.
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