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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1916
Page
10
The excerpt lists that metals and graphite are highly conductive while india rubber and gutta percha are strong insulators. It also mentions rejuvenating aged rubber by glycerin bath and heat, and includes miscellaneous humorous quotes.
Real estate listings near Marshall and Walnut Prairie offer several farms for sale. An 8214 acre farm 5 miles northeast at 40 dollars per acre and a 120 acre farm 6 miles northwest at 40 dollars per acre. A 60 acre farm 4 miles west at 3300 total price with easy payments. Additional rich alluvial land in southeast Missouri priced 30 to 35 dollars per acre. See contact details for particulars.
Marshall area residents travel and visit relatives across towns including Mattoon Paris and Indianapolis. Local dignitaries and workers attend meetings and church events while road improvements and school projects progress, with community notices about gatherings and accommodations.
Local fragments show ads for framing by Bubeck and Gallagher and general goods from Keifer Drug Co. Farmers’ loans offered by Edgar Summers. Listings include farms for sale, 80 acres near Marshall, 6 room house, 75 cultivated, a 65 year old driving mare, a Jersey herd, apples pears and stoves for sale, and services from Pulver’s Garage and Herald office engraving.
Captain Theodore De Booy arrives in New York from Santo Domingo with nine cases containing two thousand items. He describes a rare water bottle carved as a male death god found in a cave unused since before Columbus. The expedition also uncovers native burial practices and artifacts now housed at the American Indian Museum in New York.
President Wilson signed the eight hour bill on Sunday to avert a railroad strike and then signed it again to ensure constitutionality. The measures now become a public record bearing the president's signature twice with dates September 3 and September 5.
A Saturday program presents a Mack Swan feature directed by a renowned comedy director with Essanay shortin three acts A Little Volunteer starring Joyce Fair. Five acts in two showings at 7 15 and 8 30 with a child actress headline.
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