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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
10
A Springfield bill proposes raising representative salaries from 2000 to 5000 for a two year term and adds a 10 cent per mile mileage fee. Critics warn the plan would loot state treasury and burden taxpayers while claiming efficient, quick passage of needed laws.
A wealthy man insists on paying a high fee after a doctor removes a salmon bone from his throat. The physician justifies the price by noting the bone’s status as a luxury and contrasts it with cheaper fish bones, ending with the patient paying the half guinea price.
The article surveys baby naming customs in various lands. It notes Mohammedans draw a name by paper slip from the Koran, Egyptians use three burning candles to pick a Biblical name, Hindoos name on day twelve with lighted slips, and Chinese practice of numbering girls and re naming boys at twenty.
A preliminary contract around two million dollars has been signed between Chile and Bethlehem Steel to supply coast defense guns for Chile. The deal, won in competition against Armatrongs of England Krupps of Germany and Creusots of France, is viewed as a precursor to larger orders for Chile’s extensive seacoast and harbors.
Theodore Roosevelt in the Outlook discusses his athletic past and tells of a prize fighter who visited the White House seeking clemency for his nephew charged with desertion from the marine corps. The fighter offered to have the offender beaten, admitting his sister’s favorite son had musical tastes Roosevelt notes he granted the fighter’s wish without detailing the method used.
Fragmentary notice mentions lands east of the court house in Maraball. No clear action or dates readable. Further details unreadable, leaving key names and stakes unclear.
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