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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1916
Page
9
A political analysis urges the Republican party at the Chicago national convention to choose a competent candidate to reunite the party and end the current despicable conduct. It warns against factional attacks, stresses national needs, and argues the nation must not be subjected to another unwise Democratic or Republican government.
May tus cultivate 300 acres at the Oklahoma state prison farm for cotton. Prison labor will oversee the work. The land was once rocky and eroded by floods. Improvements include rock removal, drainage, filled gullies, and riprap dams. Bermuda grass spreads, boosting beef and dairy for inmates.
Washington official warns oyster purveyors and the public about soaking four quarts of oysters in one quart of water to create an appearance of five quarts. The department of agriculture labels such oysters adulterated under the food and drugs act.
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum saying he will train his memory and seeks a system to remember what to forget during interviews. The piece contrasts with a line about Death on the Green noting crucifixion as a historical common execution in ancient Assyria Carthage and the Roman empire.
A Buffalo News snippet captures a humorous exchange about paying a doctor and a lighthearted misquote. The fragment shows casual dialogue implying a patient and a clinician with a small cost noted as two units.
Patrick Green of Grant township and Milt Brady signed a contract in Danville Illinois. Green will pay Brady thirty dollars a month for farm labor and cover the automobile upkeep including gasoline and oil for the season. Farmers typically provide horse and buggy, making this the first known case of paying a worker’s car expenses.
Berkeley Springs West Virginia Peter Wy B Whisner an eighty year old hunter is West Virginia s champion. Over fifty years he killed 330 deer about 500 coons 500 turkeys and many foxes squirrels and other game. He notes he used muzzle loading rifle and could have killed more with modern rifles.
Fifteen inmates of the Walla Walla state penitentiary were released with total wages of 704 dollars earned on road work in Douglas county at 50 cents a day. The top earner took 92.70 dollars, another 85.10, six men had 60 to 80 dollars, and the lowest 15.80. An additional detachment of thirty men is to go to the honor camp by July 1, and twenty prisoners are set for the Meskill quarry in Lewis county on April 1.
Washington reports the U S Health Service warns discarded tin cans with rainwater breed malaria mosquitoes. An official bulletin says a hole in the bottom of the can could save lives by preventing illness, urging cans be discarded with holes.
L G H Beck of Berkeley amputated his left foot with a pocketknife to stop arterial bleeding on a dredger in Redwood City. He directed binding of arteries, rode to Dumbarton bridge, then by handcar to a section gang and finally to Huling hospital where doctors praised his grit and endurance.
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