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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1921
Page
7
A reflective note on financial risk and personal integrity. The comment likens hypocritical behavior to a squirrel faced mask and suggests progress is littered with ignored obligations from those who do not care.
E H Beckstead, a noted hog breeder in Iowa, says he stopped paying high prices for stock foods and hog remedies and now uses a five pound mix of ordinary mineraline with bran to feed his hogs. He claims minerals keep pigs healthy and growing, and offers to send enough material to make 100 pounds for two dollars from The Mineraline Chemical Co. in Chicago.
State of Illinois Clark county circuit court chancery term 1921 Lydia E. Smith by Guardian seeks relief against Robert F. Smith Amos Smith Lucy Hedges Anna Cavender and T M Sallee. Nonresident defendants warned to appear by March 14 1921 or risk decree by default. Clerk E W Hodson Marshall Feb 5 1921. Rogers Smith Everett Connelly solicitors.
By decretal order of the County Court, Nelle Warriner, guardian of Richard and Charles Haynes, to sell minors interests in two oil and gas leases. One sixteenth in an 1905 lease to R. M. Smith et al covering 80 acres in section 2, town 9N, range 14W. and one twentieth in a 1919 lease to Charles and Maude Phillips covering 10 acres in section 2, town 9N, range 14W. Sale on March 10 1921 at 1 PM at the east door of the Marshall courthouse, cash.
A professor narrates jokes about married life and its effects on men. He recalls Old Doolittle who fears his wife and seeks a doctor, Gooseworthy overwhelmed by female relatives, and Major Sendoff forced into household chores. The anecdotes critique marriages with humor and sharp observations.
The Russian empire before World War I covered 3,764,586 square miles, split by Cyclopedians into four regions: Russia in Europe including Poland and Finland, the Caucasus, Siberia, and Russian Central Asia. Nyssia in Europe measured 1,911,682 square miles.
The article notes that among French presidents, M. Poincare was the fifth to complete a full term. It cites Thiers as the first president who served only three years, followed by Mac Mahon with a similar term. Faure died after four years in office, and Casimir Perier resigned after one year.
In the Ville Courier Journal dialogue, a character quips about knowing nothing of the high cost of living beyond merely existing, highlighting a sharp social exchange in a concise, period voice.
A Maine Supreme Court decision upholds a plaintiff who refused to pay for infested hotel rooms after a summer boarder left early. The piece lampoons the fly, citing the Journal of the American Medical Association and literary quips about the pest.
Popular Mechanics describes a Dutch project to reclaim land from the sea by building an 80 mile dike across the Zuyderzee outlet. The plan uses a thick foundation of bundled tree branches and a heavy stone layer before masonry, despite depths up to 83 feet at Friesland shore.
Figures from the plant disease survey of the Department of Agriculture estimate heavy losses last year across crops and fruit. Wheat losses reach 112 million bushels, oats 50 million, corn 40 million, potatoes 60 million, sweet potatoes 40 million, tomatoes 185 thousand tons, cotton 850 thousand bales, peaches 5.4 thousand bushels and apples 16.1 thousand bushels.
The article notes a declining trend in tuberculosis in western countries once plagued by leprosy, with deaths falling about two percent since 1805. Improved ventilation, social conditions, nutrition, and less overcrowding are cited as causes, while World War I worsens spread in Austria and parts of Europe.
Motor magazine previews a new horn praised for its polite yet powerful tone. The device offers adjustable volume to suit any level of noise while still delivering a clear warning to pedestrians, improving safety without offensive sound.
In a Birmingham Age Herald excerpt, a head waiter and assistants are flustered by a visiting chef who has just dropped in and offered a seven course dinner, stirring great excitement in the kitchen. The scene centers on unexpected guest cuisine and the restaurant's buzz.
Dawdie asserts he has had chances enough but they were poor. The Boston Transcript notes that whenever opportunity knocked Dawdie usually knocked the opportunity, highlighting a pattern of squandered chances.
The article urges residents to buy at home and support local merchants to build a stronger town. It stresses personal responsibility, quotes a poem about towns and individuals shaping their community, and notes concerns about gambling among golfers and crime defenses using improvised deterents.
The passage notes strong support from the rolling pin makers for opposing general disarmament, suggesting they will be ably seconded by the manition manufacturers in their stance.
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