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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1919
Page
4
The page mixes family visits and travel notes from South Dolson and nearby areas, including the Buschmeyer family illness, Claypool relatives at multiple homes, and various traveling mentions. Also listed are discharged soldiers, New Year visits, a funeral in Annapolis for Mrs Athey, and local business updates with some weather details and postmaster changes.
The Westfield column notes deaths of Mrs Charles Steeples, Mrs Davis Swickard, and John A. Ewart aged 70. It reports Ersom Lee visiting from North Dakota and F A Bird joining her husband in Oil Hill Kansas. Rail interests push a revived Sidell Olney line with possible C E road operation. Influenza spreads with about a hundred cases locally.
Lem Seaton of Casey traded in Martinsville on Saturday. Bob Hammond of Dolson also visited. Rev Huggins of Marshall called in town. John Leinger of Casey conducted business here. Keester and Parry Fasig of Effingham spent Sunday in the city. Darber returned from St Louis with illness. Roparvt Wilson was discharged from the army and visiting home. The district superintendent questioned Rev Ate Lithesland last week due to illness. J J Katler and Wits of Terre Haute were noted residents in the area.
Sun day departure for St Peters burg Florida and trips to Harrisburg Oregon Terre Haute are listed. Obituaries report Samuel Whitaker a former Casey resident dies in California influenza camp aged 36, and Mrs Clara V Price dies Champaign age 68. A fire injures Mrs Daubenspeck and three children. Prohibition amendment ratified by Ohio Colorado Oklahoma Idaho senate expected to follow. A quip notes border warfare over parlor wallpaper.
A Los Angeles Times anecdote notes a cottage with a four star service flag. A persistent reporter learns the stars represent border tenants rather than sons, as an elderly woman explains the woman of the house, Miss Harlan, hosts boarders.
A southern European school uses waste power to heat water in a 1300 gallon tank with electric resistances. By night the water is heated to above boiling and stored, then circulated through radiators by day to warm rooms. A thermostat maintains the desired temperature.
The article surveys the ethnological kinship of Prussians to Lithuanians and Finnic elements, cites William II’s fondness for the Hun label, mentions Levisee’s view of Prussia’s origins, Teutonic Knights, Albert of Brandenburg’s secularization, and the hereditary dukedom of Prussia. It notes the first Hohenzollern duke’s controversial reputation and jokes on consistency to type.
England shines with surprise wheat crop success that released thousands of tons of shipping for overseas use. The home harvest also saved millions by reducing bread costs sent to Argentina and the United States. The island kingdom may never again let its ancient agriculture falter as in prior wars.
A prominent American preacher addressed a Canadian audience on Uncle Sam's war aims. In a 90 minute talk he peppered the speech with sharp slang about fighting to the finish and mocked the Kaiser as a high powered duplex, predicting American effort would reach France.
The United States Geological Survey reports 1917 Portland cement shipments totaling 100,703,474 barrels valued at mills $122,75,088, a 4.1 percent drop in quantity but 17.8 percent rise in value from 1916. Production reached 92,814,202 barrels, up 1.4 percent from 91,521,198 in 1916, a record surpassing the 1913 high of 102,097,131 barrels.
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