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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1921
Page
6
A garbled collection of quotable lines spoofs public figures and current events. The passages touch on politics, taxation, war, and social commentary with casual allusions to McCormick Cox Bryan Pershing and other figures, stitched into a single jumble.
The piece argues congress and state legislatures neglect their duties to pass laws and raise revenue, becoming arenas for party politics. It laments extra sessions and the shift from general welfare to party advantage, calling for businesslike governance.
A traveling salesman recounts towns that thrived through local support and cooperation versus those abandoned for mail order dependence. He praises civic unity, local banks, churches, schools, and a loyal business community that boosts roads, housing, and industry while criticizing reliance on distant catalogs.
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