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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1926
Page
5
The 1923 24 survey by the Bureau of Education notes 8,742,969 pupils in U S city day schools with 4,389,974 boys and 4,352,995 girls. Women teachers number 214,605. total schools 23,225 and buildings 14,922. term average 185 days.
Maud Wingfield, postmistress of the destroyed Ritta fourth class office in Palm Beach county, Florida, asks for complete paraphernalia to reopen the post and handle mail. She will set up a small house for service and needs stamps, cancellation stamps, pads, and pouch lock keys. The Acting Postmaster General quoted Herodotus on courier duty in response.
During the revolutionary period Houdon faced a trial over a Saint statue. A quick thinking friend claimed the sculpture depicted Philosophy, sparing the artist from charges.
Quote from Greeley Cole in Tribune-Republican cautions that better brakes increase danger to rear fenders, reflecting a cautionary automotive saying.
A historical note describes Viking ships as small, likening them to lifeboats used by Atlantic liners. It references Lief Ericsson’s voyage to North America around 1000 AD and contrasts ancient craft with today’s rescue boats.
The article explains that whales are not fish and must surface to breathe. It notes their large lung capacity allows long submersion and life in oceans rather than in water as fish do.
The heaviest substance known is osmium, a rare metal in the platinum group. It weighs about 22 percent more than equal volumes of water and is closely related to platinum in its metal family.
The High Life party of Illinois certified its candidates in Springfield on September 25. James A Logan of Amboy seeks US Senate, J Brown of Chicago state treasurer, Harvey Sindlinger of Danville and Charles D Harrison of Chicago run for Congress in the party slate.
The house fly shows wings beating 835 times per second while the honey bee produces around 440 vibrations per second, indicating differing wing frequencies in common insects.
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