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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
4
A testimonial from Sere Arthur I. Pierce of St Louis Missouri extols Peruna’s curative value for catarrh and travel fatigue. He claims it keeps him well during long journeys and notes Peruna tablets as a liquid alternative, endorsing the product to readers.
Fragmentary note from Herald office references large sheets for transferring em bravery and other patterns imprecisely.
Washington D C May 14 The writer tours the United States Insane Asylum at St Elizabeth perched above Washington observing patients and guards noting many patients appear happier than many outsiders and describing daily life and conditions with reflections on humanity and care.
A court held that the term Grand Old Party has become identified with the Republican Party. The ruling prevents an independent candidate for circuit judge from using the phrase in campaign materials. Lucey, the Attorney General, denied Reid of Aurora the right to run under the caption Grand Old Party in 88 AD.
A new postal savings leaflet explains that any person ten years old or older may open an account after July 1st. Deposits can be mailed or sent by money order, and withdrawals are allowed on demand. Foreign language leaflets will reach 22 languages to aid foreign-born depositors.
Simon Kellerman Jr. of Edwardsville, statistician for the Illinois State Firemen's Association, reports 1914 Illinois fire data show a total of 18 146 fires causing an estimated loss of 15 353 000 with 7 865 900 paid by insurers. The state fire marshal’s office reduced incendiary fires from 244 to 112 and prosecuted forty one arson cases. Submarines have as much revolutionized naval warfare this time as Ericsson’s Monitor did in 1862.
J B Gardner moved from Union township to Casey on Wednesday. Mrs Lada Mitchell of New York visits her father W T Abraham. W S Barkhurst called to Matawa Sunday by his father’s illness May 16. Presbyterians take church from U B denomination. Rica Kline of Rockville Indiana called here by Addison Kline’s illness. Geo Robertson contracts an eight room house at Main and Second. Pure Oil Co shot their No 7 on J H Hillard farm in Johnson township creating a 26 barrel producer. Oil well drilled on Wallace Young farm in new territory. G M Lafferty of Casey weds Miss Mayme Cashman of Russellville in Russellville. They arrive Casey Thursday depart for Portland Oregon.
An old advertisement promises a trial package from Foley & Co of Chicago including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The text mixes dialect commentary and a call to mail in five cents with name and address to receive the sample at City Drug Store.
The report praises passengers Al fred Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor for self sacrificing acts aboard the Titanic and Lusitania. Vanderbilt removed his life belt to protect an old woman, while Astor prioritized women passengers. The text notes uncertainty about the woman's survival.
Abe Martin muses that honest enterprises attract a few deadbeats, noting every venture begins promisingly but is tainted by unscrupulous elements as surely as springs resemble rhubarb.
Daniel Spittler offers stock for the 1916 season at his barn near Marshall on National Road. Croquis the Belgian stallion weighs 2200 pounds and has won top prizes in Edgar and Clark County fairs and Marshall horse shows. Paul Bert the Percheron stallion weighs 1750 pounds with prize-winning colts, and Stonewall Jackson is a registered jack breeder. Prices: Croquis 15 dollars, Paul Bert 10 dollars, Jack 8 dollars. Public invited to view stock. no liability for accidents.
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