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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1914
Page
5
Local social items record numerous residents and visitors in Marshall and nearby towns. Names such as Parsons W Whalton, Silas Weir, Hartman, Redford, Keifer, Bertlesman, and Briscoe appear among long lists of trips, family visits, and countryside moves.
Illinois County announces Boys State Fair School for ages 16 to 21 with scholarships. Selection by a committee tests observation, listening, and writing reports from August 1 1914 exams. Delegates named by county superintendents must be sent to C F Mulls in Springfield by August 8 1914.
The Banner Times reports multiple social items: Mr and Mrs M B Squires left Wednesday for Chautauqua New York. Mrs OB Williams left for Manhattan Kansas to visit her daughter. Dr Boyd was called to Toledo Ohio due to his mother's illness. TJ Slusser and wife visited their daughter Mrs J N Smith in St Elio. Watts family member John W Watts secured a patent on a telegraph instrument. Mrs Sarah Lippincott died Friday after kidney disease. John W Watson and wife left for a trip to Seattle Washington.
Bangor Maine game warden Hodgkins narrowly escaped a wildcat attack while hunting with dogs near Hound Brook Lake. William Ryer, proprietor of local sporting camps, fired a pistol from a branch, killing the leopardine cat as it lunged. Hodgkins called it the closest call of his life.
A rare optical surgery at a Baltimore hospital removed three large skin grafts from Miss Sarah Tregg’s arm to form a new upper eyelid for her left eye. The grafted skin began to take, and the patient can partly open and close the lid, preserving sight after exposure injury.
The Rijksmuseum hall for Rembrandt's The Night Watch, painted 1642, was built to optimize lighting. The scene is kept lit while the hall remains dark. Earlier lighting and space were poor. in 1715 the painting was moved to the town hall and fabric strips were removed from its sides and top, damaging its balance.
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