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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1948
Page
6
Devotional focus highlights Ezra 7 6 to 10 and Nehemiah 8 9 10 with Psalms 119 29 16. The passage centers on study prayer and obedience guiding readers toward renewal and worship today.
The piece recounts Ezra leading a religious revival in Jerusalem around 500 B C and Nehemiah rebuilding walls, stressing that revival comes from hearing and living God's law. It warns against fashionable but hollow revivalism and urges personal conviction and daily acts of faith.
A compact reflection attributes ruin to hate not enemies, declares Christian service its own reward, and defines discontent as want of self-reliance and weakness of will in Emerson’s voice.
In Hyrum Utah Jerry Nielsen 16 and Dean Baxter 17 rode along Hyrum dam when the bank gave way sending Baxter and his horse into the water. Nielsen unable to swim rode her horse into the water. The horse reached Baxter who was struggling in heavy riding clothes and pulled him out as he disappeared a second time. The horse carried them both to shore.
Mrs. Helen P. Berlage, 45, wife of a Maryland farm owner, slipped from her son Thomas N. Berlage Jr’s grasp during a struggle and fell eight floors from an apartment window near the White House. She died within minutes. Her husband, a farm owner from Olney, Md, said she had undergone surgery and been depressed since Easter.
In Los Angeles a suit seeks to declare Lester Burnett father of Lester Bryan eight and Rose Marie Burnett six born to Angelina Pizzuto while she was married to Burnett's son. The elder Burnett allegedly acknowledged paternity and supported the children while the younger Burnett never claimed them. The filing recounts an age-contrast marriage plan and a shared home with the young couple after their ceremony.
In Boston a pair of 18 month old identical twins were brought to Beth Israel hospital in comatose states. One twin, David Renda of Revere, suffered from a rare blood disorder while his brother Daniel, healthy, lapsed into a coma by sympathy. Daniel recovered hours later and went home.
Philadelphia reports a 60 year old storekeeper Mrs Cornelia Vitorelli swooned at the sight of a pistol held by two young robbers. She recovered to find the intruders had opened the cash register but found nothing. All the money in the shop was in her pocket.
Washington officials warn that one fourth of the nation’s cropland faces irreparable damage by 1960 if erosion continues, with another 25 percent at risk between 1960 and 1975. They project a 20 billion dollar loss and a shifted cereal heavy diet as population climbs from 140 to 170 million by 1970.
Pittsburgh engineer C. M. Lear of Westinghouse Electric builds a model auto weighing a quarter ounce that speeds 131 miles an hour in about a second. The CO2 capsule powers the car, which runs without gasoline on a 60 foot race track in speed trials against other models.
Mrs Eva Craft a 72 year old widow faced neighbors complain about 53 cats in her residence. Inspector Harry S Smedley Jr says he lost count after 53. Craft says she does not know how many cats she has and calls them the sweetest things. Smedley urged finding other homes for some of them.
Garrison North Dakota launches a wheat campaign to raise 75000 dollars for a community hospital. Instead of cash gifts, farmers are asked to donate a hopper or two of wheat during the harvest. The wheat will be sold to fund the project.
FAIRBURY Nebraska police found Ardith Jones after 12 days concealed under a porch rather than join a Yellowstone vacation. The 13 year old lived on stolen canned goods from a fruit cellar while her friend’s house hid her until she was located and returned home.
In San Francisco court Victor M. Nielsen disputes his wife’s claim of squandering family funds on horses. He testifies with a black book of bets, stating two years of wagering on pari mutuel tickets, starting from $4,500, cost $311,000 and yielded a profit of $26.41.
The guidance advises herds receiving reduced concentrate amounts to use a mineral blend of equal parts salt and steamed bone meal by weight. Prepare two pounds of this mixture for every 100 pounds of grain fed to cattle.
The text asserts the average man can exert about 1 to 10 horsepower in a day with no fixed limit on daily horsepower. The statement references a notion of limitless daily capacity and mentions Ke in the fragment.
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