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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1923
Page
21
Families and friends visited Terre Haute and Indianapolis relatives on Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Wym. Lickert celebrated her 70th birthday with 76 cards and flowers. Community members hosted dinners and a church program on Vocational Guidance.
Lincoln Nebraska note states Jack Cline’s automobile injury claim dated April 12 is recognized by Woodman Accident Co. for 30 days disability. He thanks the company for courtesy and promptness in handling the case and mentions an $84.30 payment.
Classified note lists binding twine available at Williams Feed Store. Also mentions miscellaneous ads including farms, loans, livestock, rentals, piano lessons, typewriter ribbons, Kodak finishing, grain sales, real estate loans, and other small items typical of a 1920s classified page. Multiple quick items with names and places like Peoria Ill and West Union Tl appear in fragmented form.
Mr and Mrs B H Crandall left Thursday for Huntsville to visit both sets of parents and Mrs Crandall intends to visit her mother. In the fall Mr Crandall will enter Columbia University in New York. Mrs O Schmachtenberger of Op Dyke Ill and Mrs J F Parizek of Dayton Ohio came Tuesday for a visit with Mrs Washburn's sister and niece.
A flood of visitors and family gatherings stretches from Indianapolis to Champaign and Newton. Many relatives including Mrs. C L Forcum of Olston and Mr. and Mrs. Jno S C Nichols of St Louis travel to see kin. with graduates at Champaign, and multiple couples hosting weekends in Marshall and Danville.
A long list records weekend visits among Danville and nearby towns with multiple households spending Sunday together. Birth announcements note Warren Edwin and James Edwin as newborns, with several families sharing plans and recent travels including to Terre Haute and Washington, D C.
Army pilots report Moros view aircraft as divine emissaries or superhuman beings while others see the plane as a dragon. A Matmbun reconnaissance recounts a man waving a white sheet in supplication, fearing bombs and weapon confiscation.
A collection of aphoristic observations on restraint and aging. The text contrasts kindness with harm and notes how wealth, youth, and charm influence behavior. It critiques prohibition and the impact on natural resources and social conduct.
The Brazil oriole cannot enter the United States in captivity due to its history as a desegeded temperate zone native now living in the tropics. Naturalists note orioles were not originally Brazil natives but became tropical expatriates and remain barred from commerce as kept pets.
A fragment notes the Red Sea region’s herdsmen and condensed milk demand, and recalls the U.S. printing press at Harvard established in 1839. It mentions the Freeman’s Oath and John Eliot’s Indian Bible as famed early works.
A fragment quotes Cornelia Stratton Parker urging care for people over places, suggesting a larger world awaits beyond familiar corners. The note frames a humane, expansive outlook as a daily inspiration.
All owners or renters in Marshall are notified to mow their lots within ten days. The city administration plans to enforce the sewer connection ordinance, urging every property owner to act without further notice. By order of Mayor. Advertisement 24-1.
Reports describe experiments on radium action on growing seeds. Rays act as a stimulus with varying intensity based on seed thickness and intervention amount. Stimulus accelerates germination and growth up to a limit, after which results become unfavorable and plant growth slows or stops.
In La Joya Peru thousands of crescent dunes form from wind. An investigator measured a dune with 160 foot crescent span and 80 foot width. its convex side faces south winds. The dune weighs about 1,000,000 tons yet advances 125 feet annually.
The article explains bridesmaids receive gifts as a relic of a tolling ritual. Friends of the bride protected her from the groom’s party in a mock battle with sweets. The custom ended with the groom giving presents to all the bridesmaids.
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