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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1920
Page
7
Steel Pen Industry Holds Own Amid Fountain Pen Rise
The steel pen trade remains strong as fountain pen use grows. Estimates show about four tons of best steel used daily in pen factories, with each ton yielding roughly 1.5 million pens.
Words and Deeds in Maryland Women’s Protest on Motto
Newly enfranchised Maryland women protest the motto Deeds are masculine words feminine on state coat of arms. The piece argues women lead social life and speech, while men gossip, and credits women with bearing pain and building the home and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Political Attitudes and Historical Voting Habits
In earlier times fierce political emotions ruled streets and polls before the Australian ballot. Tensions rose over party loyalties and colors at voting, while public officials faced sharp scrutiny. Now many hide views, debating politics as business judgment, though tolerance may breed indifference. A brief note on Lord Readings and a Madrid wedding business tie closes the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hars
Spain
Madrid
Sweethearts Reunited by War in Coblenz Germany
In Coblenz Germany a U S Army MP Private Arthur Schultz discovers his childhood neighbor Bertha Borgolte now grown and engaged. The two first met in Toledo Ohio where they baked mud pies as children. Bertha plans to join Schultz in the United States as Mrs Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Germany
Bertha Borgolte
Bertha
America
Arthur Schultz
Schultz
Moselweis
Coblenz
Bertha Borgotte
United States
Appreciative Eyes
A fragment notes a homely man with a shave and shabby clothes may still be the handsome figure a boy awaits at home, pressing his nose against the window pane. The line attributes timeless admiration from a child toward a father-like figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansaw Thomas Cat
Freak Pig With Three Eyes Draws Attention in Batavia
Rochester readers report Ida E. Ess of Batavia owns a pig showing extraordinary traits. The pig allegedly has three eyes two snouts and two mouths and can squeal from both throats while all eyes see. The animal is part of a litter of 11 pigs and is expected to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Ida E. Ess
Batavia
Man Spends Day in Tree Escaping Angry Bull
In Hagerstown Indiana B. J. Reid sought refuge in a cherry tree after a ferocious bull charged him on his farm. The animal stood beneath the tree all day while Reid remained perched until neighbor W. M. Martin returned and drove the bull away with a club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Ind
Itn
B. J. Reid
Brownsville
W. M. Martin
Mr. Reid
Whitesburg Youths on Trial in Mountain Murder Case
Edith Sergent seventeen denies loving mountaineer Uriah Bates accused of killing Elijah Sergent. Bates and brother Bobbie Bates stand trial for murder amid revelations of a marriage scheme after Bates was indicted for jury fraud. Elijah Sergent slain and body found in a ravine weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitesburg
Edith Sergent
Uriah Bates
Bobbie
Elijah Sergent
Sergent
Aspirin and Quinine Seen Harmful by Spanish Doctor
A Spanish physician reports after a year of study that mixing aspirin with quinine is undesirable and possibly dangerous. Scientific American notes aspirin may convert quinine into a quino toxin, a poisonous derivative. No fatal cases are recorded by the investigator. Dreaming of wind signals opposition illness or departure, with a gust bringing a harrowing experience, and a windmill foresees a loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Almanach de Gothar French almanac overview
A description of the Almanach de Gothar first published in 1763. It covers genealogical details of European sovereign and mediatized houses, princely and ducal families, and non sovereign houses. It also notes officers of administration and world political divisions statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
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M. D
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Agt
Martinsville, Illinois
Prudential
N. 6Th Street
Owen H. Rolison
Marshall, IL
Pathe
Undertaking and Howse Furnishings
Yank
Tintin
Farmer
Mountaineer
Almanach de
Gothar
Boyer
H. M. Dewey & Co. Furniture and Undertaking
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N. G
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