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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1914
Page
2
Card of thanks priced at 25 cents. Obituary poetry not published. Lodge or society resolutions on a member's death priced at 1.00. Announcements of entertainments with admission charged 5 cents per line.
The Herald reports a larger circulation than any other Clark County newspaper, asserting its dominance in local news readership and market presence.
Joseph W. Wallace of Auburn Township announces candidacy for County Sheriff subject to the Democratic primary. The notice identifies Wallace as a Democratic candidate hopeful in the upcoming election and signals his bid within the party.
Mike Moore will run for Commissioner of Highways in Marshall Township in the Democratic primary. He seeks to lead the county road program and oversee local transportation projects if elected.
Town records announce Joseph L. Carley as a Republican primary or convention candidate for Town Collector in Marshall Township. O H Mack Robson also seeks Township Collector in Marshall Township under Republican rules. John Noland enters the race for Wabash Township Collector, subject to Republican primary or convention.
In Washington the speaker addressed a mass meeting and argued that most legislators are honest public servants. He cited that 99 percent leave Congress poorer, noting errors are due to judgment not intent. The piece praises Congress as highly probity and cites Shelby Cullom’s career and estate.
In a Wilson Bryan Democratic League of Illinois address Senator Owen argued Illinois primary law allows only a plurality nomination no runoff. He claimed without preferential ballots progressive candidates could win control in the Democratic Party.
In a tight plurality race for the Illinois Senate Sullivan faces a disfavored field. If opponents unite behind a single candidate they can deny Sullivan the nomination and force a general election as the people’s choice. The piece argues the electorate must decide, not a party machine.
Sullivan endorses a decisive return to the Senate race as Chicago leaders reject any compromise candidate. His camp plans a broad state campaign with thorough canvassing of every county in the downtown district following a widely publicized banquet.
Des Moines Capital argues Wilson and the Democrats wronged voters by promising lower living costs via tariff cuts. It notes months of tariff relief with no price drop and questions who benefits from free wool cattle hogs and meat while farmers pay more. The piece urges exposing political rhetoric.
A pamphlet from a leading express company announces a unified rate structure across regions. It promises simplified blocks and sub-blocks, with substantially reduced prices such as coffee from St. Louis to New York dropping from 65 to 22 cents and a New York to Denver shift from 80 to 45 cents. Insurance up to fifty dollars is free, with low costs beyond.
The piece notes express companies now offer door pick up and home delivery of small, valuable items in iron bound trunks. Parcel post and Interstate Commerce Commission rulings spur competition, potentially lowering costs for farmers and consumers while reducing middlemen in the supply chain.
Philadelphia columnist notes Egyptian and Babylonian artifacts hint at ancient technology. Describes granite drills, artesian wells, a Rameses II jury trial, Babylonian lenses, and early astronomy, then shifts to Coles County rural education with a two week course for 36 boys led by Roscoe Farrar and M Y Farrar, funded by the county.
An Evansville dispatch reports the Henderson Kentucky sale of Newton, the proposed utopian city opposite Evansville with James A. Crawford investing $50,000. Four thousand five hundred dollars bought several acres and concrete buildings including a power house and administration building. The project, promoted by J B Brown and linked to New York philanthropists, planned a self owned housing model on land projecting into the Ohio River, but rising river levels halted progress and the local capitalist failed to recover his funds.
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