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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1926
Page
3
Guidance on exterior colors emphasizes harmony with background and roof tones. Subdued rooftop colors suit skies while brighter tones can suit adjacent buildings. use varying shades of the same color and contrasting trim to avoid flat walls. White trims on light walls require wide, deep projections to avoid overpowering walls.
The article argues single pergolas can be widened to six or seven feet with row benches to match double pergola seating. It notes small garden entrances can be simple two post setups. It cautions against clinging to past methods and urges skill over habit for attractive, low effort garden embellishments today.
A New York Times based reflection on turning backyards into garden spaces. It argues that small urban yards benefit from simple formal layouts over naturalistic designs. The piece notes neighbor influence and the need for proportion in compact areas.
The text argues that the dwellings of a people reveal their strength and that civic ideals arise from thriving cities. It links architecture to improvement in industry and commerce, claiming beautiful homes inspire better living and urban vitality.
The article discusses the landscape architect as a hybrid professional who blends engineering science with nurseryman knowledge and design skill. This fusion aims to optimize growing conditions, material use, and grading while saving time and money for estate developers and clients.
Report notes general need for replacement of signs on rural highways. Winter weather erased or destroyed signs along the roads toward a coastal area, creating hazards and confusion for travelers.
A compact note outlines Thrift Homes claims of affordable, practical construction and a rebuttal to criticism. The item mentions potential buyers and local business responses in a brief public notice style teaser.
USDA guidance outlines critical feeding steps for poults from hatch through early growth. Emphasizes avoiding overfeeding, providing clean sanitary feeding areas, and using buttermilk and water strategically. Notes intake depends on available natural feed and range conditions with multiple daily feedings when confined.
The USDA estimates annual egg losses from spoilage breakage and mishandling total 45 million dollars. It concludes the loss is ultimately a farm loss as lower prices paid to farmers offset costs for poor and broken eggs reaching consumers.
The article notes baby chicks require grit along with grain mash and water. Crushed stone oyster shell or coarse dry bone should be kept available in proper boxes since birds lack teeth to grind food.
Michigan State Poultry Improvement Association figures from the International Egg Laying Contest show Leghorns as the most economical layers. Leghorn eggs cost 14 cents per dozen, while Rocks cost 21 cents per dozen.
Practical advice on chick feeding and management stresses moderation to avoid overfeeding. Notes include feeding frequency for two weeks, greens and grit, sun exposure, and keeping pests away. Warns against improper feeding causing high duckling mortality and suggests large, orderly brood management and cabbage as a laying nutrient source.
The University of Illinois engineering experiment station funds and conducts cooperative projects with industry. It lists 18 ongoing studies and 5 completed, covering fatigue in metals and cast steel, boiler water treatment, refractories, drainage, coal mining, reinforced concrete arches, railway stresses and signaling, drying of clay wares, and other engineering topics. Data ownership rests with the university and publication is controlled by mutual agreement.
Several thousand non student attendees join about 12,000 regular students at the University of Tlinois for 12 short courses and conferences last year. Agriculture leads with six courses including vocational teachers and tractor schools. Engineering offers five covering plumbing and hydraulics, ceramics, highway work, and meter men courses. The fall high school teacher conference draws the largest crowd and high school journalists also attend. Courses last 2 to 11 days, averaging 3 or 4, with participants from within and beyond the state.
A state wide effort tested 650 680 chickens in 61 counties for a bacterial disease affecting hatcheries. University of Missouri veterinary college found only 15 percent of 192 flocks infected, with some flocks up to 40 percent affected, transmission mainly through eggs.
John Douglas and wife spent Friday with Edward Burger family. Av on residents Ben Stréhm and William Norton visited T Blizzard Sunday. Carl Norton and family called on Charles Steppe Clarksville. Harry Higginbotham and Mary Ledermann picnicked river Sunday. Maude Blizzard visited Mrs. Sarah Nicol Marshall Saturday. Raymond Lambdin of Allright with Hershel Cine family over the 4th. Otis Williams and family of Allright with William Ledermann Opal Ruth Walker and Ruth Miller visited Wyrick couple Sunday. Amos Haddix and Terre Haute kin with C G Hollenbeck family over the 4th. John Martha Golda Buzzard visited Alice Lambdin and Herman Allright Sunday. Ralph Jackson and wife Avon visited Perry Jackson family Sunday. Freda Norton visited Mildred Setzer State Line Thursday. Perry Jackson family visited Jesse Walker family Thursday afternoon. Morence Mildred Ledermann Gladys Hollenbeck spent Wednesday with Anna Lambdin Allright.
The Methodist church lists Pastor Howard Leach conducting Sunday school at 9:30 and morning worship at 10:45 with an evening service at 7:30. Sermon titled Six Ways to Get Off the Earth. July Wednesday nights at 7:30 feature Women of the Bible led by Mrs W H Hollenbeck July 14, Mary and Martha led by Mrs Lillian Shepler July 21, and Dorcas led by Mrs Harold Bright on July 28.
The Missionary Tabernacle at 10th and Plum Street will hold a gospel service Sunday evening. The public is invited to attend.
Pastor Christian R. C. Mowery leads a Sunday schedule with Bible school at 9 30 a m, services at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m. Morning topic Why Followers of Christ Go Back Evening topic Saving Faith. Ladies Aid Wednesday afternoon, prayer meeting 7 p m with Bible school teachers and officers meeting at 8 00 p m. Junior Endeavor 5 30 p m Sunday evening.
Senior Endeavor meets at 6 30 p m. Choir rehearsal Saturday evening at 7 80.
Christian Science services are held at the Pythian Temple with Sunday services at 11:00 a.m. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. A testimonial meeting takes place Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. The regulating room and circulating library, open Wednesdays and Saturdays 2 to 4 p.m., offers Bible and authorized literature for reading borrowing or purchase. The public is invited to attend and use the reading room.
Rev Coombs pastor leads worship at 10 45 each second and fourth Sunday with Sunday school at 9 30 and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30. The notice highlights weekly schedule for the church program and midweek prayer.
The Egyptians teach children to study every crocodile they encounter believing it brings luck. The belief emphasizes watching croc behavior and spotting signs thought to foretell fortune.
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