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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1914
Page
2
The notice sets price points for card of thanks obituary poetry not published and lodge resolutions. It notes five cent per line admissions for entertainments and says all communications are subject to editorial revision.
The Herald announces candidates for county offices Joseph W. Wallace for Sheriff and Melvin L. Behner for Treasurer, both subject to the Democratic primary on September 9. It notes a failed Senate attempt to amend the federal constitution to grant women suffrage and criticizes the Democratic party’s resistance to expanding suffrage.
The Inter Ocean critiques California’s proposed $250 per day minimum wage for under 18s, predicting enterprise crippling effects and urging caution. The piece cites England’s medieval folly as a warning and notes Argentine beef imports offer limited consumer relief due to packing companies’ dominance. It also questions insurance incentives and presents coroner Hoffman's findings on home accident risks versus street hazards in Chicago during 1912 and 1913.
The article examines repeated use of congressional franking to mail speeches and literature, noting potential misuse, high postage costs, and limited enforcement. It highlights the role in the postal deficit and calls for limits before expanding with new government ventures.
The article compares Ireland's growing crisis to the U S lead up to the Civil War. It notes four months of organization before Fort Sumter, says Ulster has formed an army over 100 000 strong, with officers resigning to avoid fighting against unionist supporters in England.
The Chicago Record Herald reports Raymond Robbins state Progressive chair has found apathy among county Progressive chairmen and, without initiative or referendum, has recalled about half and appointed replacements. It notes the Progressive stampede from the Republican side as a revolt against bossism and arbitrary power. The piece ends with a light remark about German humor.
The piece riffs on April as spring rebirth with signs of warmth, renewal, and social change. It humorously imagines housewives voting campaigns, yard work, garden plans, and itinerant sellers arriving as seasonal bustle, predicting civic and domestic shifts amid playful satire. Names, places, and organizations are referenced in a period voice.
Mrs David Moor of Saginaw Alabama touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a cure for a fifteen year cough in her husband and eight year cough in her son. The ad promises relief from hacking coughs grippe throat and lung ailments with a money back guarantee and prices 50c and 1 from local druggists.
Raymond Robbins state chairman of the Progressives spoke here last Saturday and is seen as a warm advocate of the single tax theory that land should pay all taxes. He did not mention it in his address, suggesting it was not a favorable moment. The piece also notes that free trade democracy harms about 200000 Louisiana sugar cane workers as plantation owners struggle to compete with Cuban sugar.
Army medical officers report three typhoid cases in 1913 across stations including Alaska Philippines and China. Two recruits who hadn’t had treatment within days of enlistment contracted typhoid. The data support the value of antityphoid preventive care and protection against typhoid among troops.
Miss Plessie Irwin visited last week with relatives at Spiketown and returned home with her cousin Sara Norton. Miss Letitia Eliott stayed with her uncle W P Elliott and family, and Miss Grace Liggett of St Marys visited relatives in the neighborhood last week. Miss Cora Wyrick spent Saturday and Sunday near Livingston. Epworth League holds Easter night program conducted by Harry Matthew with recitation by Miss Cora Wyrick and a duet by Misses Ruth Weaver and Setzer. Florence Liggett and Ruey Irwin attend State Normal at Terre Haute. Goldin Lowe visited her sister at Hutsonville last week. Clyde Elliott spent Saturday night and Sunday at home.
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