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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1919
Page
6
The text describes Oriental rugs preserved due to bare feet and sandals, noting hunt scenes of phoenix and elephant, mounted hunters pursuing lions and deer. It also mentions an Alaska willow tree growing farther north than hemlock, spruce or cedar, highlighting cold resisting trees.
A European scientist estimates the electrical energy of a lightning flash lasting one one-thousandth of a second to be worth 29 cents in commercial value. The calculation reflects the energy magnitude of a typical bolt and translates it into a monetary figure for public curiosity.
The piece cites Herodotus on African pigmies near the Nile source and Stanley’s reports of small statured individuals. It then shifts to a note on scent production, stating odors arise from vaporized particles, not dissolved substances, with dampness intensifying aroma.
Fragmentary lines hint at a poetic exchange on taking action and easing burdens. No clear characters or setting are identified, leaving the piece as a brief, cryptic excerpt from a larger work.
A J Hutchings and wife shopped in Martinsville. Mrs Mary Goekler and Ruth visited Terre Haute with Mrs Harry Kohl. Orville Pattchett and family visited Clarence Goekler’s. Mrs Sophia Beachout and son came to see her mother Mrs E Meloy. Ben Tyler and wife visited Zenas Murphy. Joseph Duran wed Laura Keimer then left for Oklahoma and Kansas. Mrs Lawrence Sanders dies in Sullivan hospital and burial at York cemetery. Willis Chapel homecoming set for October 12.
Riley Farr owns a new dinner bell and attends a nearby sale at Harry Mauk’s farm near Ohio on Wednesday. Philip Kannamacher and family visited Wm. Garner’s before the school closure for repairs. Grandma Jackson visits Mrs. L. D. Coombes in Jackson. Wolley and Perry Williams harvest wheat with a new tractor. Herschel and Ormal Higginbotham return from Dolson prairie. John and Golda Blizzard spend the weekend in Terre Haute. Mrs. Mary Kile and children visit Avon relatives.
Names and visits fill the Martinsville and West York notes with many familiar residents. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Morgan host a Wetzel weekend, a new baby Andrey Louise arrives for Byrd Lucan, and a box supper at the Methodist church nets 21 dollars.
Westfield residents enjoyed a pleasant afternoon at the Ella Goble home. R W Webb returned from Indiana after drilling oil wells. John Montgomery of Sidell lands the contract for the First National Bank building. Mrs Mary Hincock takes a state hospital post in Anna moving with daughter Sylvia Rule. R T Wilmot visits Tren ton N J. Myron L Nicholls Jr born to Myron L and wife last week. J O Biggs visits family in Muskogee Okla. R M Porterfield and wife winter in Florida. Elizabeth Perigo leaves for Dayton to join Bonebrake seminary missionary course.
Lois Swallum returns to Terre Haute after visiting parents Mr and Mrs James Swallum. Roy Goodwin adds a 24 ton motor truck with stake body for household moving. Mrs Vernon Weir travels to Hibbard Minnesota to join husband, daughter to follow later. Will Abel and family ship goods to Rochester Illinois then move to a farm nearby. Mrs L M Haddix of Los Angeles visits sister Mrs Wilson and niece Mrs S W Lee. James A Harper returns from a long east coast auto trip with wife. Zeliter couple sell home on Jefferson Ave and buy Emma Harmon property on BH Adams. Doke and Ishler from Martinsville shop Casey Wednesday. James Claypool’s son Leroy, at West Point, writes about family bereavement and drill, recalling Verdun and Christmas.
The USDA advises poultry keepers to provide generous green feed in winter, with cabbage turnips beets potatoes and rye among suitable options. Cook potatoes and turnips and feed mangel raw. cut clover and alfalfa are good when soaked or ground. A small yard patch of clover alfalfa or rape can boost green feed. Fowls should receive about one daily helping of green feed.
J I Bryden Isaac Winters George Lindsey Glenn Gallatin Shelby Gal Latin Chas Fasig R D McIntosh and C C McIntosh join the dedication of the new Masonic temple at Oblong on Wednesday. Other events include I O F district meeting in West Union and visits by Orby Logan of Toledo. Evangelist Barber preaches in Charleston as Henry Kile and Joseph Campbell are noted locals. Chas Cunningham nears completion of a cold storage plant in the old Wood Brothers building.
N. J. Poffinbarger butchered a young hog Wednesday for home consumption. Dewey A. Connelley won first prize with a cane from a half acre plot, yielding 12 sideboard-loads. Chas Gilbert and son motor to Martinsville. Stillwell and Cartright shopped there. Hammond and forces worked on a water main south of Salt Lake landing. Mr and Mrs Jno Anderson and Agnes spent Tuesday at Martinsville.
In tropical South America the inner bark of a tree yields an excellent cloth. The fibers weave like loom fabric and, after washing and beating out the cellular material, dry into a light flexible fabric suitable for garments.
Demonstrations at a Purdue University poultry farm show milk in the ration boosts daily egg output and profits. A farmer who stopped using milk saw egg production fall to half in one month, then recover after reintroducing milk in the diet, with the following month matching spring levels and profit covering the milk cost.
The article notes wide variation in capons much like other meats. It explains standard requirements for top prices, stressing that both quality and size matter for capons.
A 1920s style domestic guide notes a dust bath is essential to rid fowls of lice. It recommends whitewashing as effective against vermin and kerosene on roosts and cracks to exterminate mites.
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