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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1920
Page
2
A collection of aphoristic lines on trust, jealousy, honesty, and social behavior. It contrasts public image with private belief, notes how boastfulness distorts truth, and warns that cheerful enemies can be the most dangerous while friendship tests loyalty.
A reflective piece notes that wisdom outpaces peers in some minds while summer resort owners face protests. It laments modern comforts and argues money may tempt but lacks substitute for children’s joy as home life changes with telephones phonographs and cars.
Farmers discuss billboard use on barns and farms to advertise local products. Some oppose large outdoor ads as marring property while others favor neat painted lettering to guide neighbors to farm lines and offerings.
Fragmentary OCR describes bars quitting due to poor earnings and crime concerns. Unclear names or dates are readable. main action is establishments leaving venues over economic and safety issues.
Readers learn of school programs and student efforts, with parents urged to keep children enrolled amid rising gasoline costs. The article notes increased fuel use from autos and trucks, potential supply strain, and calls for continued local backing of schools.
Editorial arguing that the United States suffers from a one man government under President Woodrow Wilson. It criticizes his failure to delegate to Cabinet officers, notes his health and wartime burdens, and calls for systemic reform to prevent future executive overreach and ensure steady governance. It cites delays in communication with the president and cabinet as evidence of dysfunction.
The piece argues the vice presidency is chosen in haste after the presidency is decided and notes the office often lacks influence. It suggests letting the VP have voting power in the Senate or a Cabinet seat to gain real duties and broaden the pool of strong candidates. It also favors separate presidential and VP ballots to ensure stronger nominees.
High paper prices and pulp scarcity push researchers to substitutes. Flax straw pulp yields nine tons of material per ton of pulp, with portable mills near the crop. Not yet a cheap paper solution, but a potential high grade pulp breakthrough. Prices and shortages suggest careful usage and conservation now.
The chipmunk is a provident creature that hoards food for winter, gathering a prodigious amount of nuts and grain. It hides in a burrow with a closing entrance, braving enemies like hawks and owls until the cold season arrives.
Turkish working classes drink alcoholic beverages despite Mohammed’s laws. The practice has long been common among the upper classes, dating back to when prohibition in Turkey intensified under the grand vizier who tried to bar foreign diplomats from importing wine.
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