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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
5
Ezra Tetlow tried to fire up a failing yard well. Lacking a team he dug and filled the well from the side toward the road, creating a new hole, then repeated the method until the hole shifted thirty feet into the highway as Judson Tolliver described.
Article describes Tristan da Cunha as a remote rocky isle 1,400 miles from its nearest land, with a 1,000 foot mountain. A small, self sufficient community sustains itself as farmers cattle raisers and shepherds. Potatoes beef mutton fowls and fish form most meals.
Prime Minister Hughes addressed about 20 000 Sydney supporters in Martin Place when 50 Light Horse horses without riders were led into the square carrying cloths asking who would fit an empty saddle. Mr Hughes urged Australians to enlist as the crowd surged with excitement as riders quickly followed.
A collection of reflections on systematic thinking and disciplined study. The text argues that organized thought and routine learning cultivate clear judgment, citing college training as a path to concise, deep thinking. It contrasts systemized effort with aimless labor and closes with faith in progress.
Mrs. Christine Frederick argues before the Women's City Club that the servant problem is really a mistress problem. She urges definite work hours and housing outside the home, allowing servants social life and recreation, and says standardized hours would attract higher quality workers.
A reflective note on человек realizing how easy it is to wrong others through careless speech and small acts of neglect. The passage warns against turning daily duties into hardship and self pity, urging gentleness instead.
George A. Kirk of Mattoon receives a letter from Cecil Straughn of Rockville Indiana revealing a check lost since 1900 found in a devastated north Mattoon house. The note shows payment for sixteen hogs to Lewis McGinness and Dave Greer, totaling $146.52, issued by the pair and remains uncancelled. An attempt will be made to cash the check.
A quirky essay humorously claims internal organs operate like wind-up toys and warns that the absent minded would forget to wind them. The piece parodies scientific tone and explores memory and mechanical metaphors.
Reports from the Chicago stockyards warn U S farmers against slaughtering immature cattle and hogs. The piece links wartime German policy to possible future meat scarcity and describes a Cook County food production bureau plan to increase farm crops and provide labor for planting, weeding, and harvesting.
The U S Bureau of Education asks all school boards to appoint a garden teacher for every 100 children aged nine to fourteen to spend two to three hours daily on gardening. They project produce worth about 3 million pounds or 4 million dollars could be raised by schoolchildren in the coming year.
A frontier remedy claim offers Texas Wonder to treat kidney and bladder troubles in men and women and regulate pediatric bladder issues. It promises complete cures with a two month supply for 31 dollars and mails testimonials from other states. Dr. E W Hall of St. Louis is named and distribution is via druggists.
Large sheets of carbon paper for transferring embroidery and other patterns offered at the Herald Office.
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