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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1954
Page
7
A fragmentary reflection links Jesus teachings on suffering and healing with a Japanese proverb about temperate living. It argues health and happiness come from a fit body as habitation of good, though it condemns physical decay from abuse and poverty in stark terms.
Church notices outline Sunday schedule with services at 9 30 and10 30 and youth fellowship at 6 45 Evangelistic service at 7 30 with a daily prayer and praise time at 1 30 Each evening The message invites those not in the habit of attending Sunday school and church services to worship at the friendly church with Lyon as a host participant.
The Pilgrim Holiness Tenth Church announces three nights of evangelistic services conducted by Rev H S Martin starting tonight at 7 30 p m through Sunday with Miss Geraldine Parr and Pauline Watson as musicians. Sunday school at 9 30 a m worship at 10 45 a m and 2 30 p m mass meeting. Family day planned for next Sunday.
Church notices from Trinity Lutheran with service times and sermon themes. Livingston Circuit reports Auburn and Pleasant Grove services plus Fifth Sunday meeting. University of Illinois dairy and livestock advice and rabies prevention guidance cited.
The article recalls early American whaling and exploration from Nantucket captains to Pacific voyages, noting 675 whalers in 1840 with 15 000 crew, and trade of turtle shells, sandalwood, guano, edible birds nests and sea slug. It mentions Captain Timothy Folger and Benjamin Franklin, and Massachusetts figures like Nathaniel Brown Palmer. It ends with a note that Civil War voyages slowed and today no American whaler sails under the flag.
Washington reports British and Belgian scientists have confirmed deposits of gold uranium ores and other minerals in Africa's Mountains of the Moon a 70 by 30 mile range forming a frontier between the British Protectorate of Uganda and the Belgian Congo Once thought to house Solomon's mines the range was first mapped by Ptolemy and named for the moon touching its tips according to travelers accounts
Don Robinson editor of The American Press argues newspapers must take a major editorial role to calm rural and suburban readers amid fears of an impending economic depression. He cites economists and urges editors to provide pertinent facts showing prospects of greater prosperity over the next five years.
Secaucus N J Assemblyman C Williams Haines introduces a bill to regulate garbage fed swine in the Secaucus area and grant the Agriculture Department a seven member supervisory council. The aim is to cut vesicular exanthema by eliminating pig wastes and help farmers sell pigs beyond New Jersey despite a federal quarantine.
Frank Powers Jones claims a hard tack biscuit mailed from Camp Cuba to Richmond in 1898 is the hardest bread ever. He writes on the biscuit with ink supplied by the American Red Cross, and later married the recipient in Richmond.
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A clerk moves floors and chats with Martha Tilman, an elderly shopper who sits daily in the third floor furniture lounge to escape loneliness. She explains she is seeking company and wonders about employment possibilities. The scene shows shop floor life and casual outreach between staff and a regular patron.
Sunday dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Richard Lee and sons of Terre Haute and others from West Terre Haute near Livingston. Visits to Maude Kenderdine and June. Reed family ill. community meeting at Liberty School Friday January 29 with pot luck refreshments.
An 85 year old Wisconsin native recalls homestead life in Montana and Wisconsin. He describes log schools with dirt floors, homemade soap, improvised books, and tough journeys barefoot in springs and winters. He recounts a mischievous classmate named Big Bill and a sausage anecdote from home.
In Clark County Illinois probate court the executor of Sallie Dawson deceased will present her final report on February 15 1954 at Marshall Illinois seeking discharge from duties. Interested parties may attend and resist the application. Jessie Dawson Plank Executor Claude W McDaniel Marshall Illinois attorney.
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