Women Speaker Urges War Work and Sacrifice in Wheat War
Mrs Kate Wood Ray state advisor for the Woman's Council of Defense spoke at the county court house urging women to conserve wheat beef fats pork and sugar. She warned the sixty day period to redeem Americas reputation and stressed child welfare and national registration of women to map available resources and service.
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Kate Wood Ray
Woman's Council of Defense
Court House
America
Lark County
Wethen
Bunyan’s Quiet Final Years End in Tragic Rainstorm
The late 17th century preacher John Bunyan spent his final years in Beulah while continuing to teach and preach. A charitable journey from Spedford to Reading led to his illness and death after a storm drenched him on the way back to London. He died within ten days, likely in August 1688, at about age sixty and was buried at Bunhill Fields in Mr. Strudwick’s vault.
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John Bunyan
Froude
Bunyan
John Morley
America
Beulah
Emmanuel
Reading
Spedford
London
Mr. Strudwick
William
Bunhill Fields
Sale of Real Estate by Administratrix of Nancy Corndorff
Rosetta Davison as administratrix petitions the Clark County Court for leave to sell the deceased Nancy Corndorff estate at public auction. The sale of Lot 2, Block 34, Original Town of Marshall Illinois occurs June 8, 1936, at the courthouse east door with cash in hand.
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Oun
Clark County
Rosetta Davison
Nancy Corndorff
Marshall
Iolineis
Towit
County School Notes and Local Industry Updates
County Superintendents notes rising school costs and longer terms as boards plan the next year. Wages for teachers at several districts show increases, with detailed figures for months and salaries. Hutsonville reports gas service cessation despite strong gas wells. The Shea tree is gaining commercial attention for edible nuts and butter, with Europe importing and potential uses in chocolate and candles.
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Sabos
Cleta Parker
Naomi Wilhoit
Maude Cox
Emmar Wilson
Halene Moore
Casey
Thompson
New Township
Europe
Ganassciurers
Blotting Paper Origin From Damaged Stock
A Berkshire paper mill accidentally wasted damaged stock when sizing was omitted. The proprietor used a sheet for ink absorption and discovered it worked, creating blotting paper. Early blotting paper was pink or red, but color did not affect usefulness, enabling recycling of waste material.
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Berkshire
England
Natural Mortar Beds and Ancient Inventions
The article discusses early mortar invention linked to prehistoric makers and the Greek Retorus. It notes natural mortars in Texas and Kansas called roortur twds, a sand clay lime formation that once flowed as fluid and now forms rock. It compares artificial sidewalk stone to natural rock, noting grooved slabs and enhanced durability.
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Texas
Kansas
Shame and memory gaps among criminals on the edge of insanity
Dr. Leon Emile Duval told the Clinical Society of St. Elizabeth's Hospital that ashamed acts are often forgotten by mentally unbalanced men. He explained that disgraceful deeds conflict with social norms and are quickly relegated to the unconscious.
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St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Washington
Leon Emile Duval
Speed of Fulminate of Mercury Compared to Train
A Writer in the Illustrated World compares the expansion rate of fulminate of mercury used in torpedoes to an express train moving at 60 miles per hour. He imagines 24,000 feet per second instead of 60 feet per second to convey the explosive’s extreme speed and its impact when held in the hand.
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Illustrated World
Smileamlouts
Bern
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Glaypool’s Stock Farm
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Ty Mamonoth
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Geo. Claypool
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Suishing Gay
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County School Notes
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Wabash Gas Company
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ER Burrell Elm
Duncan
the Dulaney National Bank
Harry B. Dulaney
Bert Bryan
F. Ww, Greenough
Assi
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Kirchner & Williams Lumber Co
Black & Hutchinson, Grocers
Prunes
the City Drug Store
North Side Square
Terre Haute Star
Marshall Herald
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