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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1911
Page
4
The piece discusses lighting design to reduce fatigue with a mix of directed and diffuse light. It notes bluish daylight and greenish walls reflect more, while orange yellow hues tire faster. It cites examples from mills and drafts rooms and suggests home use of balanced high and low intensity illumination.
John J Brown of Vandalia is added to Republican candidates for governor. The piece notes his strength and prominence while Indiana politics discuss the waterway issue as the legislature reconvenes and may run long. A separate item mentions aviators in a prewar air test at Tripoli Bay and reactions to La Follette among delegates.
A Chicago insurgent conference with delegates from about thirty states failed to define principles or publish a program. The report criticizes the movement as hollow and self-serving, while praising local county papers for their community impact and urging readers to support editors by contributing news and letters.
Big frost Tuesday morning. Mrs. Harrison Hurst is feeble. Mile O'Brien is hauling rock for roads. John Fix, of Orange, is now into town. The boulevard has been completed to Casey Buckwheat cakes and pumpkin pies are ripe. Mose Stricker was here Saturday from Auburn. Ex-Sheriff Wm Beadle was in town, Saturday. T. M. Sadlee has returned from his Kentucky visit. Wiley Phillipps and son Howard were in town Monday. Levi Tingley, of Oklahoma, is visiting his old home here. Tip Trader, who is feeble, has gone to the county home. Claude Spiers had a finger mashed hauling rock. J. Closson and wife visiting Joshua Woods at Holly, Colo. Cold weather needed to freeze sprouts on corn. Ike Baker traded his farm for a Casey residence. Harry Redman to return from Nebraska to Clark county farm. Mrs. Rose Thornton sold real estate to Chas. Low. they move west. Wm. Ax runs his cider mill at 2000 gallons a day. Apples go to the mill. expect hard cider. Vinegar may be cheap. H F Blankenbeker and wife and son Warren visited parents in Marshall Oct. 12 for their 32nd anniversary. Millard Paine of Orange had a runaway Friday. no damage, scare only. North side school builders hindered by bad weather. roof being added. Our view on local papers and magazines and the bank merger discussed. First National Bank purchased Farmers' and Merchants' Bank interests Oct 21. checks and deposits will be honored. Two banks are enough. both sound financial fixtures. A note on a language test from Han rebels and a biblical parallel via Judges is included, with archaic spelling and excerpts.
Excerpts show domestic exchanges and a business notice. Vivian’s proposal to leave the house. a wife keeps a time clock in the hall for her husband. A notice from Hornbrook & Bros requests settlements by November 15 to save costs.
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