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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1927
Page
2
A reflective column contrasts the hardships and poverty of the past with modern comforts from railroads, electricity, and mass media. It argues that future generations will view 1927 as primitive and will view Lindbergh’s era as a social and business revolution comparable to the rail and auto ages.
The president travels to the Black Hills of South Dakota to rest and regain strength amid a crowded 1925 campaign year. Congress faces a packed calendar with tax policy battles, flood relief in Mississippi, and re election pressures as 1928 looms. Public attention centers on Mellon's expected tax cuts and farmer aid amid a tense political climate. Mrs Lindbergh has received over a thousand messages of support following her son's perilous flight.
Jim and Kate Fenwick, office colleagues, begin a romance that blossoms after a Sunday lunch and riverbank walk. Jim, already engaged to Edith long distance, confronts his feelings as Kate reveals mutual affection, ending with both men quietly content and engaged.
The American Historical Association adopts a resolution asking Congress to broaden the fifteenth census to record counties estates of birth for natives and foreign born people and to detail local government units. Officials say richer figures will illuminate migration patterns and support a $1,000,000 historical research endowment led by Albert Beveridge at Columbia University.
Dr. W. E. Gudger of the American Museum of Natural History compiles accounts back to 1567 of live fish entering human throats during fishing. Fished between teeth, fishes lodge in the pharynx or esophagus causing painful injury or death from suffocation if not quickly removed.
A fierce storm from the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands drenched a small fishing town with salt spray. Winds drove salt across roofs, windows, trees, and streets, leaving a glittering, odd appearance as the sea receded.
E. L. Gardner of London, secretary of the English Theosophical Society, arrives with a wide assortment of scientific apparatus to prove there are fairies. He comes to the branch seeking to demonstrate the fairy hypothesis.
Leeds designers unveil a 1200 mile jungle route airliner based on the Rolls Royce flying boat. The triple screw craft would serve from Khartoum through Central Africa to Mombasa and Kismayu in the Kenya colony, using airborne landings at safe spots along lakes and swamps.
Beginning Saturday June 25 the sale runs through Saturday night July 2. Prices promised as big savings with all purchases to be paid in cash at Le Seure's Cash Store.
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