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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1913
Page
3
Dayton rebuilds after flood with record business and rising wages. Relief efforts expand. 9,000 plus families registered for help as saloons reopen, workers surge, and streets clear of debris amid wide scale construction and levee repairs.
An article notes varying female survival rates across ages, citing higher female longevity after age 35 and again after about 80, with reasons including greater endurance and subtler fatigue perception. It discusses a U S Geological Survey report on lands in the Embarras valley, its flood conditions, levees, ditches, and proposed reclamation, authored by Jacob A Harmon and issued as Bulletin 25 with price details.
The Ade le Blizzard editor reports wireless greetings to peers as Mawson Antarctic expedition quits and issues a monthly paper from its Mawson HQ. The first 26 page issue is a success though circulation is limited by wintering seals and sponges. Mawson party members are snowed in yet healthy and tending instruments.
A sudden freeze on Klawack Bay Prince of Wales Island traps millions of herrings in the harbor. Capt Simon Brotinn and the steamship Northland witness a dense sea of decaying fish as cannery interests rush to salvage what they can. Scientists fear disease from the widespread mass die-off.
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania a long outstanding board bill of thirty five dollars owed to a woman named Long Head was paid to her son Edward McCutcheon, superintendent of buildings in Washington county. The former boarder who sent four dollars with a letter refused to reveal his name. The letter recounts the delay and expresses remorse and asks to be heard by the son.
In Minneapolis a Milwaukee passenger train hauled away a baby that had crawled before it. Brakeman W J Morrison leaped to shield the child but slipped under the pilot as the engine departed. His right foot was severed and he is hospitalised in serious condition. the child Harvery three years old, daughter of Mrs C E Harvey, was saved by the mother before Morrison could reach her.
A Grand Rapids party of seven visited Mrs. Rebecca Dosbaugh in Casey. Ambrose Johnson left for Sterling Colorado to work in harvest. Judge Stark of Jacksboro Texas stayed with J W Price. Emory Davis to teach Casey seventh grade. Wm A Davis returned from Portland for a visit. Miss Bessie Starner arrived from Chicago for a few days with relatives. Mrs Pat Murray died after treatment at Effingham sanitarium. Mrs C L Bennett shipped household goods to Streator. Mrs Samuel Neidigh suffered a severe arm fracture in a buggy runaway last week.
Richard Allen a 50 year old farmer from New Madrid is jailed in Louisville to begin a two year term from a 26 year old murder conviction. Deputy Sheriff Chas Tucker cited extenuating circumstances. Allen escaped Liberty jail after conviction and was recaptured in Missouri by a Tucker relative. He is married with seven children.
The Jacksonian view declares that only men with temperament to vote Democratic are fit to hold postmaster posts.
A caller offers jobs for harvest hands in Kansas with pay of $100 per month plus board. The notice invites enterprising cabinet officials to escape Washington heat while earning spending money.
The guardian Henry L. Muncie will sell at Marshall Illinois on August 16 1913 at 11:00 AM the undivided one fourteenth interest in block ten Shuey and Brothers addition Westfield Illinois belonging to Harold P. Muncie minor. Terms cash. Arthur Poorman attorney.
Clark county supervisors convened for a special session to discuss state aid road improvements under the good roads law and other business. Minutes show appointments, warrants, officer reports, and a plan to apply for state aid roads with a five member committee and candidates for county highway superintendent.
An advertisement claims Kickapoo Worm Killer relieves children of worm infestations and restores health. It cites Mrs J. A. Brisbin of Elgin Illinois praising long term use and guarantees results. Sold by all druggists or mail order, 25 cents. Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co Philadelphia and St Louis.
Avery Dalton, last survivor of the Black Hawk war, died last Wednesday night at Elmwood at age 105. A lifelong Illinois resident, he arrived in 1830 near Farmington and became a noted authority on freshwater fish. Dalton served with distinction among some 1800 enlistees during the conflict.
John B Lamb of Terre Haute is named to succeed John J. Wilson as U S ambassador to Mexico. Wilson will not return from Mexico and will confer with President Wilson on the Mexican situation. The Huerta government is described as too friendly by officials in Washington.
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