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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1923
Page
5
John Blake argues that idle time should fuel thought not merely rest. For routine jobs, late hours become the mind's prime productive period, guiding future plans. Recreation and study in leisure can break the routine, foster better methods, and push toward better jobs and fortune.
A reflection on self control and the power of restraint during stress and temptation. It stresses mastering impulse through patience and thought, contrasts noble maternal love with destructive compulsion, and ends with a humor vignette about cows and foreign workers in Greenfield.
In a playful exchange two lovers joke about marriage as Percival asks Philippa to wait for him until he makes his fortune. Philippa answers she does not mind waiting, noting the longer the delay the better.
A brief note on the phrase sub rosa meaning secrecy dating to Pausanias and the Greco Persian intrigues. It explains how meetings in a Minerva temple’s Brazen House used roses on ceilings and roofs to signal confidential talk. The custom spread to Athenians Germans and Catholic confessionals.
A fragmentary quotation compares a peppercorn to season life and hints at a little woman at the core of joy. The text blends culinary metaphor with a romantic couplet attributed to Juan De Hita, though the excerpt appears fragmented.
A 1923 Western Newspaper Union recipe note outlines a green pea bisque using peas tomato soup hot milk sugar pepper butter and flour with croutons. Gooseberry pie described with pastry shell gooseberries sugar flour and a double crust baked slowly and edge sealed with a wet cloth.
Practical advice on mending china with alum glue, odor control for ice chests, curing tight shoes, birdhouse heights, and natural pest deterrents. Recipes include lamb pot pie, Duchess potatoes, ham spread, raisin date sandwiches, and melon peach cocktail with mint garnish.
A spring fashion feature highlights summer hats and lace rich gowns. Descriptions cover wide brimmed Milan hats with velvet facings, lace flouncing on crepe de chine gowns, velvet bands, and decorative embroidery in multiple colors. Elaborate bonnets, georgette tops, and poke shapes pair with lace and crepe ensembles, finished with tailored leghorn hats and a sporty satin crown look.
The Western News notes ample room in the city for schools halls art teas balls platform stage and more. Dennis McCarthy highlights a need to ensure space benefits the boys play and community activities.
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