Answers to readers questions from The Marshall Herald feature
A collection of reader inquiries and expert answers on topics from Louisa Alcott and Clara Barton to bank failures and first aid. Includes questions on liberty statues, abolition societies, drowning救 methods, building insurance, stock definitions, sugar beet farming, Captain Kidd, women as railroad investors, Henry Clay, presidential elections by House, and weather cooling effects.
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Olorado
Michigan
Captain Kidd
New York City
London
Bounding Main
Pennsylvania Railroad
American Statesman
Henry Clay
Hanover County
Virginia
Clay
United States
House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy A
Dams
House 9 of Representatives
William H Houk obituary notes Wisconsin birth and Indiana death
William Harvey Houk born December 7 1857 in Beetown Wisconsin died July 2 1924 at his Marshall home aged 66 years 5 months 5 days. Survived by wife Alice White four children two daughters in law Mrs Walker Spotts and Mrs Dean Houk of Marshall and Mrs Philip Coats of Terre Haute Indiana. He joined the Christian church about thirty years ago and was a member of the Ancient Order of Red Men and Modern Woodmen. Also survived by one sister Mrs Etta Hunt of West Terre Haute eight grandchildren and many friends. Funeral at home Saturday at 10 09 officiated by Rev J I O Neal. Burial Livingston Cemetery.
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William Harvey Houk
Beetown
Wis
Marshall
Alice White
Walker Spotts
Dean Houk
Philip Coats
Terre Haute
Indiana
Christian Church
Ancient Order of Red Men
Modern Woodmen of America
Etta Hunt
West Terre Haute
Ind
J. I. O'Neal
Livingston Cemetery
Card of Thanks for sympathy after mother's death
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and death of our mother Mrs. Lydia Mathews. Gratitude to the Rev Evans Mr Cole the singer and for the beautiful flowers from the children.
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Lydia Mathews
Evans
Mr. Cole
Village Deacon's Advice on Not Seeking Attention
A village elder counsels humility before the world, noting the sun remains central and existing under age-old contracts to observe it rather than focus on individual vanity. The message emphasizes patience, perspective, and communal steadiness.
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Deacon
Man as a Battery Machine Says Dr Crile
Dr George W Crile of Cleveland argues that man is a complex device powered by electricity and chemical reactions. He describes a human as a machine composed of twenty eight trillion electric cells.
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Alan
Cleveland
Poisonous Plants Sensor Sparks Departmental Warning
The Department of Agriculture warns that over 100 different plants in the country are poisonous to various people and are often mistaken for poison ivy, prompting calls for caution and identification.
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Department of Agriculture
Flea Jump Powers Compared With Man
Sir Arthur Shipley of Christ College Cambridge weighed nine fleas and found an average of thirty eight hundredths of a milligram. A man at 70 kilograms would weigh far more. The flea’s jump is under 18 inches, while a man with similar power could leap thousands of miles, reach the moon, and would burst into flame at the first lift.
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Arthur Shipley
Christ's College, Cambridge
Deep Earth Heat Reaches Scalding Depths in Global Boreholes
Reported drilling at Carnavon South Africa reaches 5 080 feet with water 32 feet from surface. Thermometers show 157 degrees Fahrenheit at the deepest measured level while 73 degrees is present year round at 55 feet. The San Juan Del Ray mine in Brazil records 117 degrees at 6 726 feet.
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Carnavon
South Africa
San Juan del Ray
Brazil
New Jails Emphasize Light, Barless Design In California
Lincoln Heights jail units under construction abandon heavy bars and dark cells. Chief August Vollmer oversees the barless prison with cheery surroundings and ample exercise and fresh air. Workers may earn $2 a day for lawful labor.
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Lincoln Heights
California
August Vollmer
Army Gas Cures Colds, Says Popular Mechanics Note
Popular Mechanics reports the Chemical Warfare Service tests on 900 patients using small amounts of chlorine gas. About 75 percent were cured, while four-fifths of the remainder showed improvement. A device releases minute gas quantities in a room, circulated by an electric fan, with about an hour of treatment claimed to cure severe colds.
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Army
Medical Research Department
Chemical Warfare Service
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Reclaimed El Dorado Coonsowner Recovers Pet from Dogs
Nelson Bisagno of El Dorado Kane took a pet coon home after catching it last year. The tame animal wore a collar and chain and enjoyed captivity until it escaped. A week later Bisagno hunted with dogs, the coon treed, was shaken free, and he rescued it still wearing the collar.
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Nelson Bisagno
Eldorado, Kane
Bisagno
Indianapolis News
Balley of Concord Reaches Nineteenth Milestone
The Boston Globe notes Warner Balley from Concord New Hampshire has reached his nineteenth decade. Balley learned painting and earned 3744 cents a day while paying 72% cents weekly for board. He painted the first sewing machine Howe ever made.
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Warner’ Balley
Concord
N. H
Boston Globe
Balley
Howe
Pat and the Mules on the Roadside Ark Question
A man named Pat struggled to hitch two mules to a cart and used forceful language until a clergyman appeared. The clergyman offered help and Pat asked how Noah managed to fit two mules into the ark.
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Pat
New Radium Deposits Found in Czechoslovakia
Rich deposits of radium promising great potential have been discovered in Durtmaul on the east slope of the Bayerscher Wald. Pitchblende lies just beneath the surface near defunct copper mines.
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Durtmaul
Bayerscher Wald
Czechoslovakia
The Old Church Bell Reflects on Love and Forgiveness
A silent old church bell recalls joy and pain across a town. Its clear voice spoke of love, faith, and service, promising peace and forgiveness despite dust and neglect. The poem by Margaret E. Sangster emphasizes timeless grace.
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Margaret E. Sangster
Christian Herald
Echoes Across Caverns and Cathedrals in Legends and Lore
A London Tit-Bits piece surveys famed echoes from Dudley castle cave to St Pauls dome and Pantheon caves. It links echoes to poetry and music with examples from Sulla's wife tomb to Pisa and Killarney as tales of reverberating sound.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
Black Country
Dudley Castle
Sulla
Pantheon
Rome
Pisa
Tennyson
Killarney
London
Scientists Capture Sea Lightning Bugs for Study
Prof. Kurt Hamdorf of Hamburg has captured noctiluca, a common source of sea phosphorescence, in the North Sea. Kept in a bottle in a dark room, they glow like fireflies. German scientists visit to observe the marine iridescence after months of effort.
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Kurt Hamdorf
Hamburg
Detroit News
Hamdorf
North Sea
Germany
Oil scandal sparks sharp jokes about its worst feature
In a biting public discussion, commentators vote the oil affair's worst feature as the constant jokes it has inspired. Commentators note the scandal’s political miscues and the way humor underscores public distrust.
Salt Privilege Ends After Two Centuries in Austria
In 1818 the Hapsburgs decreed Vienna and Styria would receive thirty carloads of salt yearly from the Hallstatt mine. The tribute persisted through empires until 1920 when Austria’s republic halted the flow, fearing constitutional abolitions. The institutions challenged the grant in court and lost at every step, including a recent supreme court ruling.
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Austria
Vienna
Styria
Hallstatt
Hapsburgs
Supreme’ Court
Guernsey Leads Empire In Telephone Penetration
London has one phone for nineteen people while Guernsey exceeds with one line per twelve residents. Guernsey telephones are state owned with one penny calls and £2 10s annual rent. A tariff of £6 10s grants 8,200 free calls, later calls at four pence.
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Guernsey
London
Cardiff
Hull
Leighton Buzzard Whist Drive Chooses Longest Sitter
A Leighton Buzzard whist drive awarded the prize to a schoolgirl who sat longest at the table named London Mall as the event celebrated novelty and skill among participants.
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Leighton Buzzard
London Mall
Honeymoon Echoes Weigh on Man as Finances Surface
A man reflects during a honeymoon that his luxuries are out of reach. He speaks casually of items he cannot afford, revealing strain beneath joyful moments.
Non resident Patrick Gaynor cited in Illinois probate case
The State of Illinois in Clark County County Court at Marshall advertises that Patrick Gaynor is a non resident defendant in a mobile forfeiture action against Patrick Gaynor Thomas Gaynor and a 1924 Ford Coupe. A petition was filed June 26 1924 returnable August 4 1924 at the County Court. failure to appear will admit the bill and a decree will be entered. Everett Connelly states the matter for the state.
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State of Illinois
Clark County
Mlineais
Patrick Gaynor
Thomas Gaynor
Marshall
Japanese religion urges daily soil worship
The text states that the Japanese religion requires a man to worship on the soil every day. It notes that princes and rich men avoid this by sprinkling dirt in a corner or on a small cement square prepared for ritual use.
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Marshall Herald
U. S. Press Association
Continental Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Louisa M. Alcott
Clara Barton
Miss Alcott
Miss Barton
General Butler
Lincoln
F.rhs
American Red Cross Sect
McKinley
American Red Cross Association
Washington
North Carolina
Vo Othe Dads
Uena
New York Harbor
Taberts
Yorh Weill
M. de
Quakers
Philadelphia
Indies
Vals
Union Station
Will Houk
Pet Coon
Care
L. H. Atkins
Illinois
Everett Connelly
C. D. Mitchell
Mitchell Bldg
West Side Square
Wabash
CORK
Insurance Agency
Walter I. Cork
Marshall, Illinois
James J. Rosh
M. D
Marshall. Il
Shaw
Arthur Sweeting
Best
Red Crown
The
Standard. Oil ‘Company
Middle ‘West
Standard Oil
Socklers Garage
Havanal
Trueblood
Kannamacher
Shade’ Bros
Auburn
Murphy Bros
Clarkeville
Standard Oil Company of
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