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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1919
Page
6
On Feb 1 the Terre Haute Daily Star raised its price to 4.00 annually but the Herald offers a combined subscription for 4.50 per year for both papers. This bargain keeps readers with the Herald despite rising daily paper costs.
The article discusses how battles acquire names, noting historic labels like Marne Verdun and Jutland. It predicts that World War I battles such as Arras Messines and Amiens may later be remembered by those places, reflecting how naming settles over time and across fronts.
The 91 year old George F Edmunds, once a leading Republican figure and longtime senator, is remembered for his steady conservatism, support for reconstruction, civil service reform, and anti polygamy efforts. He served twenty five years in the Senate and twice sought the presidency.
The passage notes that Edmunds was highly regarded within and beyond his party and would have secured broad support, yet the ticket did not name him for president. It recalls Edmunds’s seven additional senate years, his Sherman anti trust act role, and his later prominence as a lawyer and writer. Vermonters kept him in enduring esteem as the Green Mountain Boy.
The United States spent twenty two and a half billion dollars in eighteen months of war, more than twice the world’s total gold and silver money. The period shows the scale of modern credit as gold mined since Columbus totals only three quarters of that sum, while bank deposits nearly equal it.
The piece argues many Chinese in Shensi Shanai and northwest China rarely eat rice while the south central region relies on it. It suggests sweet potatoes play a larger role in the national diet and warns against muttering supposed truths.
L. B. Andrus of Grand Rapids Michigan, head of the Merchants Heat and Light, leaves a casket manufacturers convention hotel as flu talks pervade the gathering. A man fresh from influenza recovery suggests Turkish baths to expel the poison, while another cougher asks if baths prevent severe illness. Andrus requests removal from the flu conference in Indianapolis.
An ancient edition of the life of Christopher Columbus, written by Fernandez, son of the discoverer of America, and published in Venice in 1571, has been sent to President Wilson by Postmaster General Tord of Florence, a collector of rare manuscripts. Plans called for presenting it on Columbus Day.
A long ago Edgar Allan Poe contribution to Graham’s Library of Fiction No. 1 now resold from 25 cents to $1,000. The twist of value would likely have surprised him and echoed his modest earnings as a classic author.
Charles Scribner's Sons paid the top price of 216 dollars for a Thackeray letter to John Oxenford inviting him to a Vanity Fair dinner. The autographs sale totaled 2752.45 dollars.
A mother with two sons faces distress when one son is wounded in France and she urgently calls the other son home. The piece contrasts a tense home scene with the danger abroad and a tragedy closer to home as news unfolds.
General Pershing announced that official orders and endorsements by American military personnel in France must bear legible signatures. He stated many officers sign so poorly that their names cannot be deciphered, and he intends to ensure signatures are readable on all documents.
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