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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1910
Page
7
The article argues many farmers cling to moon signs and folk beliefs about weather and crops, while science shows microbes drive milk spoilage and rain is governed by atmospheric patterns. It cites moon lore, dehorning myths, and weather forecasts, contrasting them with rational explanations and aviation science notes by Newcomb.
A vintage ad notes where a man’s earnings go to doctors and medicines for stomach liver and kidney trouble. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a quick cure at slight cost for dyspepsia indigestion biliousness constipation jaundice malaria and debility. The offer appears at Robt Prewett's store for 25 cents.
The Engineering Magazine editor weighs whether the flying machine has a real utilitarian and commercial future. He notes aircraft require vast space, heavy propulsion, and large room for safe maneuvering, comparing it unfavorably with trains and ships of conventional freight and passenger transport.
Sore lungs and cough relief are claimed by the ad for Foley's Honey and Tar as a fast cure for throat and lung soreness. Sold by all druggists, the remedy is presented as restoring normal health.
The article argues that business progress depends on liberal policy and forward planning, warning that laissez faire leads to graft, dirty streets, and poor management. It stresses that without prudent control and long term vision, practical depletion of resources will force change.
An account mixed with aggressive frontier imagery describes a violent chase upriver against native canoes. The narrator claims deadly combat with harpoons and rifles as he pursues warriors into villages and destroys huts before drifting canoes downstream.
An excerpt discusses legendary appetite episodes from Soliman the caliph and Louis XIV. It cites Gibbon and London Saturday Review describing Soliman’s meals near Chalcis and Mecca and Louis XIV’s feast with multiple courses, soups, fowl, and desserts, highlighting extraordinary voracity.
The piece compares Lord Alfred Tennyson and Henry Taylor on looks and presence. Descriptions from Cambridge peers note Tennyson as tall and Shakespearean in visage, while Henry Taylor is said to grow majestic with age, with observers likening him to Jupiter.
Mazzini argues that history has no role for chance and that every event has a necessary cause. He contends rulers like Alexander Caesar Napoleon are products of their time and nation, with Caesar only able to seize power when the republic was already dying. He notes earlier figures foreshadowing Caesar, yet lasting outcomes depend on timing.
In Manchester tradition tugs at Liverpool as locals trade jests about city status. The old Lancashire banter recalls stagecoach guards asking who is inside with jokes about gentlemen from Liverpool Manchester Cowdham and Wigan.
Judge Humphrey sustains receivers objections to the attorney general's answer and orders that portion expunged. The case proceeds to test whether the railroad can realize a reasonable profit charging 2 cents per mile for passenger transport, given competing routes and non competitive points.
Truman Daniel Carpenter, youngest son of John and Florence Carpenter, was born May 1, 1909 and died Jan. 28, 1910. Funeral services were held at the Ohio church Jan 30 1910, conducted by Rev L G Fasig, with burial in the nearby cemetery.
In the circuit court March term 1910 Edith Eden vs Marquis Eden in chancery. Affidavit of non residence filed. Non resident defendants summoned returnable March 14. If not appearance decree by default. Clerk Daniel Emerson. Marshall Illinois February 7 1910. Complainant’s solicitor Wm T Hollenbeck.
The administrator of the estate of John Whitkannack, Clark County Illinois, announces he will appear at the Clark County Court House in Marshall for the April term on the first Monday to adjust claims. Creditors and debtors must attend and settle amounts due. Dated April 5 1910. Signed by A. D. Met etc.
Real estate options and loan/insurance offerings listed with multiple properties around Marshall and nearby towns. Entries mention acres, location distances from Marshall, farm layouts, good buildings, wells, fences, and per acre prices. variations include 60 to 225 acres and ranges from 40 to 70 dollars per acre with quick-take notes.
An old classified notice advertises Dr W S Weir as physician and surgeon with office upstairs in the Weir building. It lists office phone Wabash 1713 Farmer’s 682 and residence Wabash 171 Farmer’s 683.
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