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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1917
Page
2
Partial line shows Charles Scott as publisher with Marshall Illinois post office marking second class mail matter indicating a local newspaper distribution notice or imprint on coated mailing.
A New York Sun dispatch reports Senator La Follette ordered 300000 copies of speeches attacking the war revenue act from the Government Printing Office. The move strains the office and hinders circulation, as the senator uses franking to spread anti government material while the Post Office faces cost concerns.
An Associated Press correspondent describes American trenches in mud and wire, with infantry, French operators, and gas alarm bells. He notes machine gun emplacements, No Man's Land across barbed wire, and gunners enduring mortar craters while firing the first shell into German trenches.
A Chicago or Cincinnati commentary denounces suppression of free speech during wartime and criticizes U S policy on cotton exports to the enemy. The piece argues the State Department tolerated south cotton trade despite evidence it aided German operations and calls for enforcing the Neutrality or Enemy Acts.
In a London lecture Pr Woods Hutchinson argues the life cost of this war exceeds prior conflicts. He estimates three to four tons of projectiles per fatality and a five percent annual death rate among engaged troops. He notes artillery and aerial signaling raise accuracy and emphasize infantry advances amid barbed wire defenses.
The piece argues against soap box orators while noting the costly role of cotton supplied to German munitions makers. It warns officials might camouflage the real issue, urging the public to focus on the main factors in America’s effort to make the world safe for democracy.
The article notes improved care for wounded soldiers with high recovery rates. Dr Hutchinson cites 90 percent of those surviving wounds recover in six hours, field hospitals report 95 percent recover, base hospitals 98 percent. Benefits attributed to Pasteur Lister and Carrel discoveries. Science aids both sides in the conflict.
In New York Dr Henry Van Dyke declares the German people misled by Treitschke and Bernhardt and argues the war was driven by twenty two nobles under the Kaiser. He cites Lusitania medal symbolism and notes the May 5 1915 date as a grim reminder of the atrocity.
The piece celebrates "Private" John Allen of Tupelo as a cheerful southern humorist whose elected satire and maiden speech drew attention. It contrasts his light wit with others like Sunset Cox and Proctor Knott, noting his lack of caustic edge yet genuine charm and public-spirited humor.
Governor Frank C Lowden proclaims December 3 1917 the ninety ninth anniversary of Illinois admission to the Union and the start of the Centennial year urging county groups to assist the Illinois Centennial Commission in planning observances and schools to mark the occasion. a separate note recounts a two headed snake found and killed after capture.
The Harrisburg Register presents a snake story with proof on display in the Jackson drug store show window. Last Saturday Wilmoth Dallas son of A E Dallas a leading Saline county farmer found a small eight inch snake in a meadow on the Dallas farm in Brushy township seven miles west of town.
F E Livengood of the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief spoke in St Louis blaming Germany for broad Turkish cruelty toward Armenians and Syrians. He traced Kaiser Wilhelm’s aims, German officers directing deportations, and the use of German sentiment to justify massacres, noting ongoing relief needs and funding shortfalls.
The Quartermaster Enlisted Reserve Corps seeks about 3000 men in the neighborhood for clerks blacksmiths farriers horseshoers saddlers storekeepers tentmakers wheelwrights wagonmasters assistants wagonmasters and skilled laborers. Ages 18 to 46 eligible if not summoned for examination and physically qualified. Teamsters especially wanted. Rapid promotions for capable experienced tradesmen. For information and blanks contact Ralph B Innis Captain Q AL U.S. IL Room 855 Federal Building Chicago.
On November 7, 1837 Elia P Lovejoy of Alton was killed by a mob for attempting to publish anti slavery material. His death spurred abolitionists and highlighted press freedom battles in the era.
A New York report recounts Jerusalem's famine and devastation as British troops advance toward the city. Turkish and German forces block the way, with refugees describing starvation, disease, and atrocities. Jewish volunteers and the United States aid relief efforts as families cry for food and safety.
The October meteorological summary from Prof Heart J Cox of the Chicago Weather Bureau reports a mean temperature of 45 degrees, with the monthly average at 532.4 degrees. No warm days were observed, marking an unequaled cold record since 1871.
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