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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1928
Page
2
An examination of rural competition as farming modernizes with machines, noting enduring pride in yields, livestock quality, and youth clubs. It contrasts past chieftains with present machinists, urges vigilance against intolerance, and reflects on Sunday as a universal holiday amid holiday abundance and religious observance.
The article describes a proposed Hindu purification ceremony for Miss Miller in Bombay tied to her betrothal to the ex-maharaja of Indore. It details pre-ceremony fasting, Ganges water baths, Pancha Gavya, sacred fire rites, and the conferment of a Hindu name, followed by sapta padi, mangalsutra, and ceremonial wedding customs including saffron rice, silk dress, and a grand reception.
In Amassia Turkey peasants mobbed the arriving steam engine on the Samsoun Sivas line covering the locomotive with kisses. Crowds cheered Ismet Pasha the prime minister and sponsor of the republics railroad program as the region rich in apples wheat and fruit anticipates benefits from the new transport links.
The Navy department states that the first experimental radio models were mounted in 1899 on the old battleships U S S New York and U S S Porter marking the start of wireless communication on American warships.
Frank Haenig and R. O. Fix announce candidacies for Road Commissioner in Marshall township. Both filings state runs in the Democratic primary. Advertisement notices note official candidacy and subject to primary results.
The Herald notes Frank Cooper of Marshall Township enters the Republican primary race for Highway Commissioner, subject to voters in the party.
Charles Smittkamp declares his bid for Highway Commissioner of Marshall Township in the Republican primary, seeking party backing and voter support. He frames his campaign around local road maintenance and township infrastructure priorities.
Road commissioner for Wabash township Fred Saiter announces candidacy subject to Republican voters. Everett Macke runs for town clerk of Wabash township in primary convention. W A Williams seeks Marshall township assessor nomination under Democratic voters.
In Clark county the circuit court March term 1928 Estella Linn vs W B Linn in chancery. Affidavit of non residence filed and summons issued. The non resident def must appear March 12 next or the bill will be taken as confessed and a decree entered. Clerk Russell L Riley Marshall Illinois February 8. Scholfield solicitor. Advertisement 6-4.
In Clark county Illinois 1928 Helen E Cox sues Noble E Cox for divorce in chancery. An affidavit of non-residence has been filed and the clerk announces summons to the defendant for March 1928. The bill seeks relief as prayed. Russell L Riley Clerk and Solicitor advertise June 4 1928.
A sentence in the fragment notes that during the An er occupation of Caphat following China with Spain and Walter Rec of the United States Medical Corps showed both malaria and yellow fever spread by mosquito bites. The army hospital in Washington was named for him in recognition.
The first college diploma was awarded to Miss Catherine Brewer at Wesleyan Female College in Macon Georgia. Brewer, later Mrs. Benson, was the daughter of Admiral Brewer and is noted as the first woman in the world to secure a college degree.
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