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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1919
Page
3
London battled German air raids through aerial aprons, searchlights, and fast scout planes. British defenses forced raiders high, tangled them in ropes and flares, and used coordinated barrages to keep almost all Gotha raids from reaching the city.
A cow owned by Albert Wood near Adele has given birth to four calves showing strong beef potential. The owner notes the birth reflects rising beef costs and a future steak period expected within about a year.
Col. Oscar J. Charles, a famed young army officer, was wounded on September 29 by a shell fragment that pierced his leg. He refused medical aid, removed the canteen himself, refilled it, and directed water to wounded near him while maintaining command of the 316th Infantry in the 79th Division. He previously served as West Point adjutant, fought in the Spanish war, Moro campaign, and sought line service in the recent conflict.
General Sykes outlined progress in early air travel including 20 Channel trips in four months with 8,085 miles flown and 1,843 passengers carried on 71 flying days. The government sought a weekly India mail service using 25 machines at a few shillings per ounce, plus plans for Cape Colony to Cairo flights. He cited a Zeppelin resuming flight after four days aloft from Bulgaria to Africa and back.
Grace Wilson and Georgie Clark, vagrants at a San Francisco isolation hospital, drank alcohol tainted with formaldehyde. The mixture caused violent explosions that wrecked a room, triggering police disturbance arrests.
Thomas J. Rose of Pottsville Pennsylvania, a Civil War veteran, is awarded back pension after a 50 year clerical error in Washington. The back pay totals several thousand dollars. Seven congressmen worked to correct the record, but gains were made only with the current war triggering new records.
In Italy the YMCA has been renamed to Societa di Fratellanza Universale to avoid public suspicion of sectarian aims. The organization now uses S F U in place of Y M C A as it works in harmony with Italian society amid wartime conditions and public mistrust.
In 11 Oregon communities women are making home made driers fireless cookers and iceless refrigerations under the home demonstration agent. One woman saved ten minutes per meal with a 50 cent dish drainer and wire dishcloth, equating to about two weeks or 12 hours of leisure per year, prompting the question was the investment worthwhile.
A fashion digest from New York details Georgette crepe dresses with bead embroidery, tucks and girdles for long lines. It covers drapery, sashes, peplums, georgette veiling on prints, and evening looks featuring black velvet sashes and spangles. It also notes smocks in bright colors and sleeveless tops to transform gowns. Lucy Carter.
A statewide call defends the $60,000,000 road program against profiteering and war price fears. The author argues most materials are stone and Illinois quarries can supply it cheaply, urging cement makers and private firms not to profit excessively. The piece urges state control and vigilance to keep roads honest and within budget.
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