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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary notices discuss mail rates at Marshall post office and annual subscription prices, with obituary poetry not printed. Report on Col Goethals predicting transit through the canal by 1915 and commentary on liberty and liquor with a polemical stance on saloons and personal rights.
The piece condemns aggressive real estate scams selling barren or unsuitable land as farming property. It warns of frauds like misrepresented drained swamps and misrepresented hybrids. It also attacks local corruption in Cairo and Alexander county with calls to clean out the police department and jail staff.
Congressman DeArmond, a notable Missouri member of the House, perished yesterday while attempting to rescue his six year old son from a blazing home. The boy also died in the incident.
The Chicago Peoria and St Louis Railroad begins 3 cent per mile ticket charges on routes with no competition after securing a federal injunction. The move is seen as a wedge against Illinois 2 cent fare law enforcement. Bluff Line’s injunction shields it from state court interference until merits are heard. Attorneys argued the 2 cent rate amounts to confiscation and losses in the passenger department.
Two Wabash extra freight trains bound for St. Louis obeyed the sixteen hour work limit and abandoned their loads in cornfields near East Alton. Firebanks, bunking in cabooses, and a later push by a second train allowed the cars to reach town after a three hour delay.
Guaranteed antiseptic salve claims to treat eczema salt rheum tetter ringworm running sores chapped hands pimples blackheads barber's itch sunburn insect bites fever sores and nasal catarrh priced at 25 cents.
Ross Buckner announces a public sale at his residence four miles west of West Union on the Martinsville road Tuesday November 30. Horses cattle hogs and farm implements will be sold. Local notice states sale details and venue.
Capt. and Mrs. L. B. Trites of the Volunteers of America led Sunday services at the M. B. church in Terre Haute assisted by Sig. Quintini Vis cont and Mrs. Elsie Tiler Ravena Tex. A letter from Mrs. Tiler praises Sutherland’s Eagle Eye Salve saying it cleared her vision after blindness and was worth its weight in gold at 25 cents per tube.
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