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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1914
Page
2
Card of thanks 25 cents. Obituary poetry not published. Lodge society resolutions on death of a member 1.00. Entertainment announcements with admission charges 5 cents per line. All communications subject to editorial revision.
The Herald reports it has the largest circulation among Clark County newspapers, denoting leadership in local news distribution.
Joseph W Wallace of Auburn township announces his candidacy for County Sheriff on the Democratic ticket subject to the party primary. He seeks the position in the upcoming election and urges party members to support him in the primary contest.
Mike Moore and Edward Renner plan to run for Marshall township Highway Commissioner positions in the Democratic primary. Each seeks the party nomination to lead local road projects and maintenance.
Town records show Joseph L. Carley and O. H. Robson seeking the office of Collector for Marshall Township subject to Republican primary or convention. Thomas B. Griffin and M. L. Whitlocke also listed for Marshall and Democratic primary respectively. John Noland seeks Wabash Township Collector position pending Republican primary or convention.
A Maryland bill bans slit skirts high heels and tango dancing as lawmakers push style limits. The piece notes political chatter about Roger Sullivan’s nomination prospects amid party dynamics and past election shifts. The excerpt also covers anti liquor campaigns in Danville Springfield Joliet with women leading the fight and mixed verdicts in Oklahoma Senator Gore’s assault case.
A Chicago Record Herald poem quotes William Jennings Bryan and Roger Sullivan in a combative exchange. It depicts bluff and confrontation with public interest hints while hinting at political conflict and possible revelations.
A speaker who visited Washington extols Mount Vernon as the nation’s greatest asset not for size or wealth but for an atmosphere of dignity and restfulness. The piece praises the site as a sublime memorial to George Washington and notes Congress once nearly sold it to a beer garden. It credits patriotic women, especially in the South, for safeguarding this national shrine and discusses its elevating influence on visitors and the public.
The piece discusses chronic delusional paranoia in the context of public administration and sociology. It questions whether a national government can become politically paranoiac and invites practical probing of this concept as a timely topic.
A proposed around the world air race aims to complete a circumnavigation within ninety days as part of the Panama Pacific exposition. Start at San Francisco, travel to New York, across the Atlantic to Labrador Iceland the Hebrides England France Germany Russia Siberia Manchuria Korea Japan and back to San Francisco. If successful it could honor Langley father of flight and shift opinions on air travel.
discussion grows from the American Academy of Political Science study and New York legislature push to replace large boards with a trained county manager. advocates cite expert, efficient control modeled on Dayton and Springfield. The era of open negotiations with vendors is cited as a test of honesty.
The Corona Oil Co. drilled in the Panuco field in Mexico and completed a 1807 foot well producing an initial 100000 barrels daily. An 8 inch line allowed 37000 barrels before throttling to 15000. A 55000 barrel tank filled quickly as 800 men and 400 teams rushed to build sumps.
The bobsted team won the championship in a recent race at Grindlewald Switzerland. They covered the 344 mile course down the mountain in one minute and 15 seconds. The sled carried five men from multiple nations including two Americans one from London one from Rio de Janeiro and one from New Zealand.
The Milwaukee Journal notes a boy winning a prize alongside Seward and Goethals as an empire builder. The fragment emphasizes a prize in a potato contest as a symbol of achievement and ambition.
An old advertisement from Buffalo New York promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as the king of all laxatives. Paul Mathulka says they soothe constipation and keeps a box at home. The tag line urges readers to get a box and get well again for 25 cents at City Drug Store.
Lippincott's Magazine reflection argues the white race has expanded globally while yellow powers were once dominant in Asia. It notes historical shifts from Mongol and Turkic empires to European and American reach, concluding a yellow conquest is a fantastical dream despite alarmist talk.
The Globe editorial notes foreign opinion on U S policy in Mexico. It warns that if Villa is found guilty the United States bears Monroe Doctrine responsibility and the further burden of arming Mexican rebels, risking lawlessness and harming British lives and interests. It argues President Wilson must not retreat from his stance and may need to act further.
Henry Harbaugh, reputed Illinois's oldest person, died Friday near Danville aged 109. He reportedly used tobacco for 100 years and was a moderate user of Antoxicants most of his life.
L W Henley resigns after years as managing editor of the Terre Haute Star to become secretary of the Indiana State Republican Central Committee. A $35 million Tailway construction bill for Alaska passes the House after Senate approval. The piece also notes reflections on training, parenting, and personal discipline, with various aphorisms about worry and self-control.
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