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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1916
Page
8
A political letter argues anti-Catholic sentiment influenced the 1916 election, praising a Wilson victory in Illinois and nationally. It credits the outcome with stabilizing the government, supporting wartime laws, and promising peace and prosperity for the next four years starting March 4, 1917.
A Booster's Club was established in the high school with representatives from all four classes athletic team captains one member from each school organization and six students elected by the student body to promote school spirit. Members elected were Lydia English Nellie Hunt Dorothy Davidson Alice Stateler Louis Kerr and Hubert Ferris. The school declined Terre Haute Tribune's offer to play a football contest for the Wabash valley title citing potential season disruption and Dec 9 as a possible end date if successful. Mrs Hawards WCTU vice president spoke to students, and the Agriculture Department with the Community Club arranged Dr Robi Stewart from the State Experiment Station to lecture Saturday Nov 25 at 1:30.
The note changes the Nov 25 meeting time to 1 20 p.m and warns that bare hillside land loses fertility each winter. It explains heavy rains wash away soil and nitrates, then suggests sowing clover, cowpeas, or wheat as cover crops and plowing rye in spring to keep ground protected and profitable.
The narrator recalls the Grand Canyon's vast network of canyons and the El Tovar Hotel on the rim. He describes viewing minarets and color towers at dawn or dusk, the tranquil night air, and celestial skies with Orion, Aldebaran, and the Great Dipper, calling it a sublime glimpse of divine creation.
One Woman Congressman Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana, is the first woman elected to Congress joining 434 men and beginning her historic tenure in the national legislature.
A storm began on November 13 bringing snow and a temperature of 16 above zero. The scene suggests the wind will not ease its harsh impact on exposed areas.
Readers are urged to read local newspaper ads and shun out of town mail orders to protect the community’s stores and taxes. Merchants are urged to clearly state offerings and prices, not just claim “headquarters” status, and to prove value with in town incentives and better wares versus distant catalogs.
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