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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1914
Page
8
The ad touts Bear Brand hosiery in its fourth season, offering two rib options in fast black up to size 10 at 15 cents a pair, a lighter 3300 line at two pairs for 25 cents, and a 10 cent line in black tan and white. The retailer promises quality with strong customer backing.
Lunch baskets and boxes for carrying dinners are offered with fiber boxes priced at 10c and 1ic. Lidded baskets cost 5c 10c and 16c. Waxed paper is 5c per roll and paper plates are 5c per dozen.
Mrs Carrie Mikeworth, 82, known locally as Mrs Wilhite, returns to her Indianapolis home after visiting friends. Born in York, she recalls York as a key town between Terre Haute and Vincennes where the area boasted the only plane within a forty mile radius. Hutsonville Herald quoted.
Imitation essay notes facial foliage as a comic domestic trial. James Montgomery Flage portrays the beard as a burdensome harvest from breakfast time to bedtime, urging men to weigh family strain, dignity, and practicality before pursuing whisker culture.
The Abbe Moreux explains in Cosmos the smallest angular sizes the naked eye can detect and how telescope magnification affects visible lunar details. He notes 30 seconds as the naked eye limit, 6 000 square feet as a 1 second arc, and practical limits from atmospheric blur and 400x magnification.
The New York American notes that at Colon the tidal range is about 23 inches while at Panama it averages 13 feet and can reach 19 feet. It argues a sea level canal would hinder navigation, but a locked canal avoids the issue.
A reflective aphorism contrasts fame with laziness and wind. It argues that miserliness of spirit fuels pessimism and that true pleasure for a pessimist lies in misery rather than accomplishment.
A resourceful girl transformed a pink party frock into a lamp shade. The next evening she shows it to a caller, who recalls dancing with the same shade previously, noting the playful reuse and memory.
Barmer Comtosse criticizes the burden on lawyers amid government service, arguing officials must sacrifice lucrative practices when taking public office according to the quotation referenced in the Washington Star.
Historical note recalls cocoa beans used as money when Spaniards arrived in Mexico in 1519. They found about two and a half million pounds of beans in the national treasury as a form of wealth and trade medium.
Willis notes two stock methods one to buy outright Gillis jokes another to buy in wrong.
Stephen H. Cummins, 50, from a long Republican line and cousin of Sen A B Cumming of Iowa, is a lawyer and noted campaigner ready to represent Illinois in Congress. He seeks the party nomination with the slogan X Stephen H. Cummins. primaries set for Sept 9, 1914.
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