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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1921
Page
9
An extended Sunday meditation in Rock Creek Park blends natural scenery with contemplations on life death and immortality. The writer argues death is a doorway to a better life and that consciousness and memory persist beyond mortal end amid social upheaval and war.
British authorities discuss three fog fighting devices for aircraft. One uses signals from a charged cable route to guide flight, another drops a weight to alert when landing in low visibility, and a gyroscopic artificial horizon helps the pilot detect tilt when the real horizon is hidden.
A Philadelphia woman refuses to drill children for an Easter program and begins a paid, year round role organizing miscellaneous programs. She plans practices, assigns parts for Sunday schools and clubs, often practicing at home, earning 20 to 40 cents an hour with occasional church offerings.
The University of Pennsylvania plans special study on ductless glands believed linked to epilepsy feeble mindedness cancer and other diseases A chair in endocrinology has been endowed possibly the first worldwide Experiments will occur at Philadelphia ear eye nose and throat hospitals and other university clinics The American Therapeutic Society seeks a nationwide curriculum in endocrinology for graduates and postgraduates in every medical school
A Indiana minister’s wife prepares for surgery as her husband and children show care. The seven year old twins Flora and Floyd quarrel echoing tensions, Floyd remarking on life after losing mother prompts a lecture about worry and family.
A domestic moment shows Harry defending himself after a neighbor boy involvement. His mother questions fighting and Harry explains past allowances with the kite and birdhorse, noting the neighbor left holes but failed to take them home.
A futurist public discussion envisions air travel as a future norm with people wearing wings outdoors. The dialogue cites skepticism about cars as the final word and hints at airborne mobility becoming commonplace in days to come.
In a quiet village Janey and Don Avery of Boston form a deep friendship that tests love and time. Don departs for war, years pass, but a later reunion rekindles their bond as Janey insists they cannot part. They vow not to say goodbye.
In a Martinsville office, Horace Tremont confronts his daughter Betty about her secretary Preston who is accused of courting Betty for gain. Preston defends motives, revealing ties to Garrett Bowdoin and a family feud. The scene shifts to a funeral notice for Ernie Petty Rose, with details of surviving relatives and service.
Henry Buckner was born near Melrose Illinois on December 29 1839 and died September 1921 at age 81 9 1. He joined the Union army March 14 1863 and served through the Civil War. On April 10 1868 he married Sarah Blizzard. she preceded him. Six children were born to the couple four survived. He leaves four children ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren along with two sisters and three brothers and many comrades and friends. The article closes with unrelated editorial remark on reading and the moral of a hare and tortoise story.
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