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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1923
Page
2
A Philadelphia rewrite desk received a 2000 word news story dictated remotely by a San Francisco star correspondent. The late hour 1:30 a.m. eastern time forced quick transmission and the telephone system set a new record for distant news delivery.
A Clark county farm note urges advance planning for clover on most farms. Soil acidity causes most failures, so testers advise soil tests and limestone orders for fall spreading. At the Clark County Fair, hundreds of soil samples from the Farm Bureau Tent showed most soils were acidic.
The Department of the Interior reports fines totaling 130 734 dollars for violators selling liquor on Indian reservations. Bureau of Indian Affairs officers filed 2 441 cases and secured 1 228 convictions. A total of 97 938 gallons of intoxicating liquors were confiscated.
The Harding Memorial Stamp will replace the George Washington two cent engraving for three months. First stamps printed by September 1 and from then until December all postmaster requisitions will be fulfilled with the new two cent stamps.
July shipments of fabricated structural steel reached 113 331 tons, with firms reporting a monthly capacity of 224 640 tons. A letter seeks surviving Civil War era veterans born 1846 47 48 49 50 52 to join a list for future advocacy. Respondents should send name birth date and unit to A L Howerton in Marshall Illinois.
A total of 141044 railroad cars were loaded with revenue freight in the week ending July 28, the largest weekly total in U S history, surpassing the previous record by 12117 cars.
General Zebulon Montgomery Pike’s famous peak is again in the spotlight as his descendant, back from the Pike farm at Salisbury, Massachusetts, joins reforestation on Pike’s Peak. The piece ends with a quip that good substitutes exist for nearly everything except work.
Obituary tribute to Warren G Harding from the Disabled American Veterans Weekly praising his care for veterans. It recalls his leadership of the Veterans Bureau, support for those maimed in war, and his balanced stance on the adjusted compensation bill. The piece ends with a hopeful note on posterity and a solemn farewell.
Secretary of Labor Davis returns from Europe survey endorsing a selective immigration program. Officials abroad would register and surveil prospective immigrants for five years to determine desirability for admission to the United States.
Over the last two years applications for registry of patents and trademarks averaged 9,000 per month. Despite the increased flow of new ideas, the pace remains stable as offices handle filings.
A dog owner summons Sir Morell Mackenzie the famed throat specialist for the canine. Mackenzie, displeased by the call, prescribes a treatment and levies a hefty fee as a playful payback. He then further tricks Whistler by claiming a front door painting request. The artist rushes to the appointment, expecting dog news, only to encounter a misdirected summons.
The Duluth Herald quotes Muggins describing country life with some inconveniences and noting the last train home at night as what he misses most about living away from the city.
The Osage Reservation in Oklahoma produced 3,439,534 barrels of oil in June. Indian Bureau data show government royalties from oil and gas totaling about 1,360,000 dollars in the same month.
The German government informed the United States Post Office Department it has revived the practice of admitting gift packages free of customs duty and extended the weight limit for this classification to 82 pounds. After World War II many European nations waived duties on gift parcels mostly from the U S containing food or clothing.
Special attention to treatment of the eye ear nose and throat. Glasses fitted by Marshall Hl.
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