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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1912
Page
3
A notice states card of thanks costs 25 cents. Obituary poetry is not published. Lodge or society resolutions on a member’s death cost 1 dollar. Entertainment announcements with admission charges are billed at 5 cents per line.
Mixed excerpts discuss Rhode Island contributions to Taft delegates, wireless steamship work, air ownership questions, a Chicago judge on aging men and insanity, Mississippi flood damages, New Orleans needs, Roosevelt and Taft voting outcomes, and speculative presidential contenders amid unclear fragments and garbled OCR.
The piece recalls the 1880 Republican convention when Grant Blaine and Garfield contended for the nomination. It notes Grant’s nonconsecutive term stance and the eventual break of the third term push. It links past debates to current Taft oriented anticipation, with Ohio and New Jersey as pivotal states ahead of the November vote.
In the Massachusetts primary Taft received more votes than Roosevelt and West, securing the majority of the state’s thirty-six delegates. The text notes expectations of Taft’s stronger showing and references the distribution among the leaders Roose, West, and Taft.
In Martinsville several residents report corn planting and local market activity with wool and hog prices. Visitors include Miss Clara Hurst, John Hutchings and daughter, and Comrade Will Richardson. A memorial for John Wallace and funeral details are listed, alongside Mother’s Day and church notices.
A fragmentary report discusses Dr Alexis Carrel's experiments on preserving organs and tissues outside a living body. It notes initial results suggesting tissues stay viable in a suitable medium and may even grow. It mentions transferring tissues between media and repeated intervals to extend activity, with mention of connective tissue showing activity up to thirty or more days after removal.
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