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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1913
Page
2
Notices warn that obituary poetry items were not purchased and that lodge resolutions and member deaths may be announced with charges. The text references a five cent per line admission fee for certain announcements or entertainments at the state level.
An exchange advises avoiding needless destruction of thirsty dogs and explains rabies as a rare, water-relief disease. It outlines simple remedies such as providing fresh water via buckets or jars and warns against mislabeling distressed dogs as mad.
Former Representative James E. Watson reports that Uncle Joe Cannon will seek election in 1914 as the representative from Illinois Eighteenth district. Watson says strong district sentiment favors a return, despite last year’s 768-vote defeat amid a Progressive challenge.
The passage explains ostracism in ancient Greece as a political check where voters scratched names on shells to banish a powerful citizen for the good of the state. It notes the Senate could accept a formal resolution inviting exile for a few years, preserving civic stability.
Denver hosts a German American Society of Turners convention with enforcement of local liquor hours. Attorneys push recall as petition gathers signatures to trigger a vote on the recall and a possible special election to fill a vacancy if the measure passes.
A garbled excerpt questions who would enforce laws under a certain law, asking who would act without fear or favor. The fragment mentions enforcement, fairness, and the concept of impartial authority within the legal system.
Fly remedies include burnt pyrethrum and formaldehyde solutions, white clover, and bichromate of potash. Keep curtains drawn to lure flies to a single slit, then drive them out. Federal search underway for Mildred Orman, 15, missing in Evansville amid white slavery concerns. authorities and locals cooperating.
An advertisement from Buffalo New York touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a universal laxative for constipation indigestion and dyspepsia. Paul Mathulka praises the product saying they are a blessing to his family and he keeps a box at home. The ad notes a 25 cent price and lists City Drug Store Taubenec & Davison as recommenders.
A Maryland lawyer joined the Confederate army as a scout at the start of the Civil War. After months of successful work he was captured in Washington and sentenced to hang. He escaped in Haz ardor Service stories by W G Beymer recounting weeks of secret pursuit and a dawn confrontation where he faced hostile forces and a bold bluff.
The Sunday Magazine of The Record Herald offers high quality short stories and serial novels at affordable prices. It features works by Conan Doyle Rider Haggard Jack London and others with illustrations by Flagg Fisher Coll and more. The 310000 prize contest has raised the magazine to top rank among literary features.
Catarrh is described as a blood or constitutional disease. internal remedies are needed. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as an internal treatment that acts on blood and mucous surfaces. The claim includes testimonials and a Toledo Ohio address for J Cheney & Co, with druggist availability and a note on constipation films.
Lawmakers pass an act making it a misdemeanor to sell trade or give away any toy pistol constructed to shoot blank cartridges. Violators face fines from five to twenty five dollars. The measure targets both adults and children and seeks to curb dangerous toy weapon use.
Statisticians report the past year saw 819 million dollars spent on films from 3.6 million spectators. The industry invested over 80 million dollars with more than 200000 people employed and about 10 million feet of film produced weekly.
A historical ad touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as a pleasant candy that expels worms, regulates bowels, and restores health in children. A testimonial from Mrs J Aw Brisbin of Bigin OL claims lasting success, with guaranteed availability from druggists or by mail.
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