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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1913
Page
7
An ad claims spankings worsen bed wetting and offers a free prepaid package of a harmless remedy from the O H Rowan Drug Co Chicago to cure bed wetting and urinary control issues in all ages. It urges readers to write for the medicine and share results with neighbors.
Large sheets of carbon paper used for tracing patterns are kept at the Herald office for staff use and archival copying tasks.
Kansas City reports relative letters flood probate administrators after J. K. Zimmerman died intestate on October 6 leaving a 1,000,000 fortune. Sam B. Strother and F. P. Neal have found 27 heirs with many more investigated. Executors to receive fees. estate contains notes and chattels but no real estate, bonds, or stocks.
A public health commission hearing reveals 100000 workers, largely foreigners, live in insanitary labor camps while building projects across New York. Many shack homes use scrap freight cars, with wages partly withheld to keep workers aboard. Tuberculosis plagues 200 of 600 Indians on a reservation, prompting calls for nurse stations.
Eighteen Princeton students were brought to St. Michael's Episcopal in Trenton as strikebreakers for morning and evening services. The regular choir had walked out over rector organist interference and a substitute was hired. Strikers picketed the church and many congregants stayed away after talks with church members. The students sang the music well and returned to Princeton after the night service.
A Washington shoe dealer declares two women possess the perfect foot, naming Mrs. Hugh Roland French and Mrs. Philander Knox as size 1AA examples. He cites Miss Katheryne Elliott of Racine as another near-ideal beauty. He notes most local women wear small shoes, averaging size 3, with few asking for size above 6.
Brooklyn tailor Louis Drucker, jailed over a $15 debt to Samuel Cohen, is released after Cohen pays the jail costs of $6.33 following Drucker’s eight children and Drucker’s wife pressing Cohen for relief. The episode ends with Drucker returning to his family.
Harold de V. Howard, a blind student at the University of Pennsylvania, advances in Wharton Law School using a personal note taking and typewriter system. Instructors expect him to pass exams with honors as he plans to practice law in Philadelphia.
John A. Carver of Myerstown claimed a 1869 soldier’s land grant for 100 acres in Mississippi. He missed papers and assumed rejection, yet a Denver real estate firm offered him Mississippi land. He learned the title was in his name after 44 years, signaling a long, unclear chain of ownership.
Miss Stead described personal responsibility and self development in spiritualism, asserting belief in communication with the departed. She quoted messages from her father about battlefield horrors and the souls’ paths, noting some messages may be distorted by emotion and outer thoughts, with new American communications awaiting publication.
Elvin Wieschapelle of Grayling Michigan rises from poverty after his father, a Wisconsin lumber millionaire, left and never returned. The 21 year old will receive his share as the estate is wound up, with half going to an unnamed half brother.
Henry Eilert of Moonachie New Jersey saved Victor Hisasser of Moonachie from death at Woodridge railroad station. On a train with a passenger attempting to board Hisasser fell beside the rails and was stunned. Eilert jumped from the moving train to lift the unconscious man and place him between two moving express trains.
A son born to Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell on their farm. He is the eighteenth child, with sixteen children still living. The parents are described as prosperous farmers.
A buxom woman on an eastbound Emelid car in Cleveland sat amid a growing crowd and strung string beans from market to home. She explained the timing of meals and implied a man will benefit from the savings as she jokes about cooking on the streetcar.
A Hamburg compiled report says strenuous life in the United States does not shorten life while Europe shows higher centenarian counts. Bulgaria and Romania lead with about 3,300 and 3,320 such people, Spain and France around 400, England has few, and the United States under forty-five due to nerves and hurry. South America and Canada show higher counts with a more leisurely pace.
A cynical bachelor replies to a question about the income needed for marriage. He says a couple could be happy on 300 a year but could not live together on that amount, illustrating shifting conditions for domestic happiness.
Monte Carlo is not only a gambling mecca but also hosts theatres operas concerts tennis golf polo pigeon shooting and racing. Visitors can enjoy pilgrimages through olive groves and fortified Saracen villages amid flowers sunshine and the sea.
Louis Appel testified in bankruptcy hearings before U S Commissioner Gilchrist that poker ruined him. Attorney Stephen B Rosenthal pressed for casino names. Appel said he played at many gambling houses in the city and could not recall all of them.
Miss Vinnie Colt aged eighteen was found dead in a ravine in the Sierra Nevadas twenty miles from Trackee California. She had run away from home after a quarrel with her mother and was killed and partly devoured by a bear after a weeklong search across the mountains.
In a western town two farmers meeting after a cyclone trade remarks about the damage to their properties. One notes the storm shook things up while the other asks about the new barn and its condition, joking he hasn’t found it yet.
Garnets vary in value by variety and size. most production is abrasive grade by the ton. In 1912 U S Geological Survey records show 4 182 short tons worth 137 800, with average ton value just under 33 dollars. The 1913 output rose by 106 tons and value by 16 052 dollars, with New York New Hampshire and North Carolina as the leading states.
Sealed bids will be received by the York Town Clark County Illinois commissioners on July 19 1913 for constructing graveled roads in York Town Clark County Illinois with routes described from various section lines. Plans available at Farmers and Merchants Bank West Union Illinois. Bids opened at 2 PM at West Union by the town clerk and highway commissioners.
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