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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1911
Page
8
Several lots of Women's Everyday Shoes priced at 2.50 dollars each go under the hammer as clearance items in a clean-up sale. The auction highlights include varied sizes and styles remaining for final bid.
Reports indicate growing hostilities after a Turkish retreat and Italian seizure of Tripoli. The crisis points to early termination of war prospects. Also noted are the Johnstown flood disaster and a Illinois General Assembly session, with obituary of Commodore Perry Bartlett born 1851 and died 1911, detailing family, faith, and burial in Ohio cemetery.
The article describes a historic ice construction on the Neva built under Czaria Anne of Russia in 1789. It details a fifty six by seventeen by twenty one foot single story palace with ice windows statues and furniture all painted to imitate real objects and a live elephant statue with ice lights and a hot bath in an ice tent.
The narrator recalls two envelopes of fees from Englishmen who paid unwrapped, explaining English custom frowns on unwrapped tips. He notes American practice differs, with patients often presenting money plainly, while English etiquette can embarrass a physician unused to such courtesy. The piece contrasts cross Atlantic manners in medical billing.
The London Standard notes William Penn founder of Pennsylvania was born on Tower Hill October 14 1644 christened at All Hallows church studied at Lincoln's Inn and joined the Quakers before preaching with George Fox in Lombard Street. He lived near the Strand close to the river to aid escape from duns and was imprisoned at Newgate and the Fleet.
In London TitBits the community recalls a deceased sister praised for charity and sharp speech. Neighbors describe her as salt of the earth yet also vinegar and mustard, a blend of virtue and severity in daily life.
An OCR fragment notes St John the Baptist Church in Bristol perched above the Avon gateway. It describes the tower and spire visible from the road, highlighting the church as a landmark and its notable position beside the ancient city entrance.
A terse, garbled clipping notes a light vaudeville exchange and mentions a youth seen by a doctor. The doctor says nothing serious, only a back neck pain, with disjointed dialogue about eye care and a dream motif.
An English traveler recounts a German railway incident with ticket class confusion. A third class ticket led to a six mark fine for an alleged infringement, the clerk admits an oversight, and after a delayed platform dispute the station master allows travel with a penny adjustment.
Mme de Heger Mann Sjudencrone recounts at Compiegne the major domo demanding tips from guests. A lumped sum of 600 francs, with specific rates for ambassadors ministers and officials, caused a heated debate on royal pomp and perquisites.
A whimsical legend links the stickleback fish to nest building. It says the fish helped seal a leak in the ark with its body, saving Noah and his sons from a flood and earning a whimsical yearly nest building punishment for the culprit.
The report notes rapid slackening of activity in Caryle Tesa as more tools remain at work. Wells completed in Hinds field last week include Crawford county 15, Panren 28, Clinton 34, Clark 3, Marion 2, Morgan 4, Washington 1, Perryatt Clay 1, Jasper 1. Total production listed as 4305 barrels with 14 dry holes.
An unreadable OCR fragment discusses a parliamentary matter with mentions of ending purchases and a list of unclear terms. It references twenty five items and a designation similar to a magazine name. The text lacks clear who what where when and outcomes.
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