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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1919
Page
5
Display advertising rates are 5 cents a line per insertion. Cards of thanks 25 cents. Lodge resolutions on a member’s death 1 dollar. Entertainment announcements with admission 5 cents per line. Communications subject to editorial revision. No printing job is too hard for the Herald. prices are right.
In a 1917 statement the president warned that illegitimate means to influence Congress threaten constitutional government. He cited bargaining, patronage, interference in Senate contests, overbearing actions, and substituting orders for laws as immoral and destructive, risking the leader's fame and power.
Senator Fall of New Mexico will head a senate foreign relations sub committee investigation into alleged violations of Americans rights in Mexico. The effort aims to push the administration to act decisively amid reports of murder and mistreatment of Americans.
Kent a Morgan county man recalls wartime exploits in France and Germany with the American armies. He broke his right hand striking a Hun who refused to remove his hat as the Star Spangled Banner played in Grenzhausen, Germany. He arrived in New York with Pershing's Own of the First division and was excused from parades. He recounts four horses killed by a shell and riders escaping unharmed due to horse bodies. He later joined the First division circus and performed song and dance. Now visiting West Union with sister Mrs R J Poorman. parents live in Nortonville, Til.
A stingy man sends his son to borrow a neighbor's paper. A sequence of mishaps follows: a bee swarm, a fence wound, a cow in the corn field, a cream spill drowning chicks, false teeth dropped, milk spills ruin a carpet, a daughter elopes with a peddler, and the dog and calves cause more damage.
A fragmented historic pledge expresses belief in schooling, teachers, and youth. It affirms the dignity of teaching, value of practical work, and faith in daily life, opportunity, and future promise. It emphasizes beauty, laughter, love, and divine joy in living.
Readable fragments describe a dated scene with unclear events and no identifiable persons or organizations. The text is highly garbled, offering little discernible detail beyond generic references.
An aside questions whether pleasing a woman is easy and suggests displeasure can arise from small, everyday actions. It observes social expectations and hints at attention to communication and respect in relationships.
Harry W. Mager, age twenty-nine, becomes the youngest chief of revenue agents. He began hunting criminals in Chicago in 1914 and will supervise 2,500 men and oversee liquor law administration and narcotics controls.
A Washington dispatch is corrected by Dr Merrill who notes the 1913 act and a treaty based law grant full federal power to protect migratory birds. New York extends duck shooting season on Long Island, prompting concern over relaxed game laws amid France’s preserved wildlife.
In Boys' Life naturalist Dr E F Bigelow explains how ermine turn white in autumn or winter. William E Cram notes the tail tip stays black, making the animal oddly visible against snow when shadowed or fully covered.
The elder Pliny described the owl as a pestilent and funeral bird and singled out the horned owl as a lugubrious night monster. Romans feared these birds as death messengers especially when the horned owl entered cities. A stray horned owl into Rome sparked consternation and prompted general purification.
A French patented process improves making imitative fur objects from animal or plant fibers. The material is frozen in ice, sawed and surface melted to free hairs partly, glued to a flexible backing, then freed from ice as hairs cling to the support.
A fragment describes Mike Molloy starting a job at a joinery works and a foreman attempting to provoke him. Mike calmly agrees to file steam, then the foreman is surprised by his response as the exchange hints at a practical joke.
A new electric flashlight pistol from France is designed to scare criminals. It emits a bright light when the trigger is pulled and makes a noise resembling a real weapon.
Clara Anderson administratrix of Robert V Anderson deceased seeks leave to sell one half interest in Lot 17 in section 19 township 9 north range 11 west Clark County Illinois. Public sale at courthouse in Marshall on October 16 1919 between 10am and 4pm for cash. Samuel M Scholfield attorney.
Notice is given in Clark County Illinois Circuit Court that James Bruner filed a bill of complaint against nonresident Alice M. Bruner for divorce. A summons returns on November 10 1919 and requires appearance on that term. Clerk Jay Swern, September 13th, Arthur Poorman, Complainant's Solicitor.
A compact reflection on kinship and social bonds noting that family ties do not always translate into harmonious relations. It explores how blood connections can coexist with conflict and distance within households and communities.
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