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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1919
Page
3
An instructional piece urging thrift as a wartime virtue. It contrasts American spending excess with French thrift, noting war prompted curb on waste and urging citizens to save, emulate French habits, and instill thrift from childhood. It cites Clifton Johnson and frames saving as national strength.
The New York fashion crowd showcases bold color combos from blue and red to white trims. Hats, georgette dresses, turbans, and varied sleeves reveal a vivid couture moment, while critics note dramatic shapes and intricate embroidery dominating the season.
War gardens fed nations during 1918 with 5 285 000 plots producing crops valued at 525 000 000 and saving 1 450 000 000 quarts of canned vegetables and fruit. Canada doubled 1917 value to about 50 000 000 with war garden tactics spreading worldwide. War gardens near fronts hospitals camps boosted morale and unity among allies.
In 1918 in Alhambra Madison county a University experiment field averaged 9.7 bushels per acre on 24 acres with soy beans on untreated southern Illinois soil. Beans sold for $4 700 per bushel and offer high feeding value comparable to cotton seed meal. They resist chinch bugs, yield hay like alfalfa, and improve soil for wheat. Planting densities range 20 to 26 pounds per acre with rows 28 to 32 inches apart or drilled solid.
Victor Berger, Milwaukee congressman, convicted in Chicago of conspiring to obstruct the draft under the espionage act. Judge Landis imposed the maximum twenty year term, seen as a message against Bolshevism.
Public sale at our dairy barn one-half mile west of Marshall on the Bryan farm on March 6 beginning at 11 a.m. will offer 24 head of first class dairy cows, all heavy milkers, with a guarantee. Also about 20 bushels of white seed oats and three tons of baled oats straw. Terms: 10 months credit with bankable note at 7 percent interest, 2 percent discount for cash.
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