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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
2
A discussion on eliminating the middleman argues that while it saves money, most city dwellers lack time to source goods and farmers prefer not to sell door to door. The piece weighs time as a major factor in modern commerce and acknowledges the middleman's role in efficiency.
England taxes earned income at a lower rate than unearned income, arguing active workers contribute to society while inheritors and securities holders do not work. The idea views nonworking wealth as less wholesome, linking social utility to taxation.
Nevada tale of Hawthorne the prospector who once vanished in the desert and spoke of a rich cinnabar deposit near two petrified trees. George Keough then rediscovered the mound and ore, staking a claim as a mining rush followed in New Boston Nevada.
The best barrier to chinch bug migration is a row of six to seven furrows with trap holes inside the line at intervals. Protecting ecornmields stops movement into corn and destroys the pest. Soap solutions can kill infested insects after they reach the corn. Winds sections report severe chinch bug damage. full control details come from the state entomologist in Urpana.
A fragmented report notes Japanese sailors endure bad fortune after crossing the Pacific in a sixty foot sampan. The rough voyage highlights peril and struggle in harsh seas.
Eight Japanese detainees were captured last week at a village on the coast north of Vancouver B C and will be deported. A Canadian fishery cruiser searches for the sampan that carried the men after they landed. The group says there were twenty seven aboard and that they paid the captain from ten to one hundred dollars each to sail toward Seattle and possibly Alaska via the Aleutians. Eleven passengers were landed.
Senora Madero arrives in Washington with claims that Emiliano Madero was murdered in his palace room during captivity and that Captain Cardenas boasted of killing him. She questions whether Suarez was killed and cites a brutal pattern of careless fires and explosions in various states. The piece condemns lax enforcement of safety laws and labels those responsible as "bone heads."
Local business leaders denounce mail order houses while buying government envelopes printed to keep work from leaving town. They urge residents to support home printers who produce town job printing and write articles urging spending at home.
The Fuel Oil Journal notes U S daily output near 666000 barrels with 67000 new barrels in June in Oklahoma Kansas Texas and Louisiana and 1000 inNew York Indiana Ohio Kentucky Wisconsin Pennsylvania. California shows a small rise to 265000 barrels daily.
The passage notes a year of disillusionment as political figures falter from lofty status to ordinary levels. It references Mr. Bryan and a lecture tour, suggesting public sensibilities have declined with each fallen hero.
Buffalo Bill Cody’s wild west show faces closure after an attachment issued by Judge Perry and backed by the United States Lithographing and Printing Co of Chicago. The sheriff took charge and the company will remain until the $66,000 claim is resolved, while 114 Indians on tour are sent back to the Sioux reservation in Dakota.
Mrs. May Hilderbrand, 35, becomes the first woman juror in Decatur or southern Illinois. She served with five men on a five hour trial of an auto mail collector cited for violating city traffic laws, and the jury found him guilty. She said she never voted before but would exercise her right after serving.
Vandals damaged a threshing machine at Charles and Will McCoy’s farm by hiding horse shoes in straw and shocks of wheat. A box of matches was found in a sheaf, and another box was run through J. T. Shore’s separator but was extinguished by the plower before flames could start. The community reports strong anger and seeks to catch the offenders.
Fred Hrodek a 23 year old chauffeur driving the motor truck that killed Patrick J Condon was found guilty of murder in Chicago with a fourteen year sentence in the penitentiary. The verdict follows another murder with a fourteen year punishment handed to a motorist in Cook County within the last two months. Fred Cordes who was riding with Hrodek at the time of the killing.
Jury found Hrodek not guilty on the murder charge after trials over a fatal car crash. Testimony showed he urged not turning the car to extricate the victim, arguing the man was already dead. The jury of two auto owners and others deliberated two hours before conviction on speeding and related charges.
In Carpentersville the drys won 172 to 155 with 151 women voting. Dry women outnumbered wets two to one, marking the first Benton local option test where women voted and the dram shop ordinance was defeated 526 to 408 with 14 women for saloons.
The piece profiles Mike Kelly and Sockalexis as near miraculously great hitters affected by alcohol. It praises Raymond as a pitching marvel, recalling his Atlanta debut against Boston stars and his flawless motion. It contrasts ideal talent with the dangerous lure of fame and drink.
Mr. Charles Smith the jeweler reports a new fine pearl purchase on Monday. The pearl is a button of the finest luster weighing 16 grains, amid a season of valuable finds in the vicinity.
Texas based advertisement by Dr. E W Hall promising cures for kidney and bladder ailments including diabetes and rheumatic pains. Claims to dissolve gravel, regulate bladder in children, and offer mail order treatment from St. Louis Missouri. Proclaims testimonials and druggists as sources.
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