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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1916
Page
2
The Marshall Herald outlines postal status as second class mail, subscription price, and policy on obituary poetry, lodge resolutions, and entertainments notices. It endorses the Republican ticket with Charles Evans Hughes and Charles Warren Fairbanks and notes Dr R B Boyd as a county coroner candidate subject to primary.
The piece argues against Wilsonian tax and foreign investment policy in Mexico. It asserts defense of life and rights under Mexican and international law, critiques private capital driven development, and highlights the potential uplift of peasants after serfdom abolition. It also discusses Russia’s peasantry and plausibly forecasts upheaval as peasants gain freedom and face future choices.
The St Louis Globe Democrat discusses Venustiano and Ceccenzas note on American Mexican policy, praising restraint and spiritual concord. It cites Col Lowden’s East St Louis address urging practical measures, state finances, and troop withdrawal considerations amid rising government costs.
The Indiana Magazine of History highlights an 1875 Vincennes deed in which Piankishaw chiefs ceded land from Merom to the Wabash mouth to Louis Viaviat. The document lists blanket, fabric, knives, kettles, lead and tobacco as part of the consideration, and notes further settlement actions and final reports pending in Clark County.
Civil engineers chief Mr Ceil J Allen describes scoop troughs used by steam engines to lift water from troughs as trains pass. He notes an express engine may use 30 to 35 gallons per mile and a 2264 mile daily run can consume about four tons of coal and forty tons of water.
Partially legible timetable snippet from Vandala Line shows train times and destinations. Reads as a railway time list with station identifiers and numerical schedules, though many words are unclear.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recounts a curiously never completed deal linking Gibraltar to Florida. It notes Cromwell, 1704 victory under Admiral Brovkoe, Suez Canal later, and Britain’s sea mastery depending on control of the Mediterranean.
A promotional puff declares Sloan's Liniment eases muscle soreness after exercise and relieves sudden toothache stiff neck backache stings and bites during vacations. A vacationer testimonials that they would not travel without it and use it for cramps and toothache.
Large sheets for transferring embroidery and other patterns advertised at the Herald Office.
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