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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1916
Page
2
The Herald notes classification rates including 1 per year for description and 25 cents for cards of thanks. Death notices and poetry not published. Announcements charging admission will be billed per line. Editorial revision reserved. The Herald boasts Clark County's largest circulation.
A reflective piece contrasts the electoral college with a history of its purpose and limits. It challenges current practice by noting electors as registering machines while tracing shifts after 1805 and 12th Amendment. It links constitutional view to temperance debates, arguing liquor laws reflect social aims and historic regulation.
A new National Industrial Conference Board was announced in New York to unite 12 national associations of industrial employers with 7 million workers under their scope. The board aims to push an eight hour day as part of a broad wage fight led by railroads and the American Federation of Labor, with the Adamson law under challenge and government readiness for aggressive action from Washington.
A Chicago Tribune report notes Mr Gregory’s inquiry into alleged southern black moves to northern states before the election. It questions whether voting rights were misused and whether northerners faced accidental or intentional influence amid party tensions.
The attorney general seeks to determine if some African Americans who had voting rights in the South escaped to the North to vote where they had none, examining a potential misalignment of rights and privileges across regions.
The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record cites official U S figures showing war munitions exports for the first nine months of this year five times those of 1914. Allied nations and colonies bought over three quarters of all exports, led by the United Kingdom with about 1.374 billion dollars, France 630 million, Canada 426 million, and Russia 364 million.
An offer invites readers to mail five cents plus a form to Foley & Co. Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley's Kidney Pills and Foley's Cathartic Tablets. The promotion uses the familiar old time mail order tone and requests name and address for delivery.
A New Jersey baby sickened with fever and lassitude was kept at home under quarantine. A physician later argued it was spinal injury from a fall, with a servant confessing to dropping the child. The quarantine ended as the child began to recover, despite earlier paralysis concerns.
President Woodrow Wilson declares Thanksgiving Day on November 30, 1916, urging worship across the United States and asking citizens to aid war‑stricken peoples. He notes war sorrow worldwide, and calls for relief contributions from abundantly prosperous Americans.
Canada bars Hearst newspapers from postal service and circulation. No one may possess issues, with penalties up to 6000 dollars fine or five years' imprisonment or both. Warrant issued by the Canadian postmaster general under war measures act.
A guide for an intimate family Thanksgiving table with decorative crepe paper country scene motifs. Instructions cover centerpieces fruit baskets vegetable ornaments napkin turkeys place cards and festive touches plus simple games and costume ideas.
In a fierce blaze next door to the Arbuckle building the Post press staff kept the presses running. Firefighters and editors worked through smoke to shield bundles and finish the edition. The Post building was saved by quick action and courage.
A curios note traces the typewriter from 1717 patent in England to a practical machine built in 1829. The piece contrasts early writing tools with the later steel pen and notes the shift in writing devices over time.
Mrs Sam Small of Clayton New Mexico reports her grandson suffered whooping cough at three months but recovered after using Foley’s Bloney and Tar and Foley’s Honey and Tar. She extols the products for whooping cough croup and colds and notes the house holds them ready.
Congressional returns show a fragile balance in the newly elected House with Republicans likely holding a plurality of four or five seats and maybe a slim majority after considering an independent from Massachusetts and a Progressive from Minnesota who may support the party for organization. Congressman Mann of Chicago is named as the Republican speaker candidate.
The ad promotes Dr King s New Discovery with antiseptic balsams to ease stuffed head and sore throat. It claims relief by clearing the head and loosening phlegm and urges full course until the cold ends. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
An old advertisement claims rheumatism or neuralgia follow all day rain and that Sloan's Liniment gives quick relief without rubbing. It touts penetrating action for sore muscles and joints and offers a 25 cent bottle at local druggists.
Mrs. Mattie Everhart, widow of engineer Charles Royerhart, sues Harper Daniels estate seeking 10 000 damages after Daniels allegedly drove an automobile onto a railroad track near Danville causing the Florida Limited train to derail. The wreck damaged eight coaches and equipment, and engineer Royerhart died from injuries days later.
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