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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1916
Page
7
Amanda Smith recalls Liberian schooling where children fear a stick as a beating tool. The passage notes warlike discipline shaping behavior, resistance from villagers, superstition in illness causing school collapse, and improvised classroom tools like banana leaves and a bench serving as desk.
A note from Metropolitan Magazine recounts a grand Russian battleship project begun in 1905. Plans and steel were drafted, workers assembled in Odessa, a launching ceremony occurred, but two months later the ship supposedly sailed only to sink in rumors. An investigation revealed no hull ever existed.
A description extols a remarkable boring tool claimed to be the female ichneuron fly's ovipositor. It is said to consist of three fragile black filaments five inches long that fit together, glide along grooves, and bend with a breath. The device supposedly bores several inches into hard wood to lay a single egg.
The text cites the oath of office for the incoming U S president as the shortest and simplest duty. It notes the pledge to faithfully execute the office and to protect, preserve and defend the Constitution to the best ability.
A Detroit Free Press quote highlights a disciplined, unsung competitor who rises to the challenge each minute, proving harder to beat than a renowned overconfident foe, who only half tries.
A fragment from a prose skit depicts Mrs Scrappington reading as she describes a gas asphyxiation plot while her husband sleeps. Mr Scrappington calls her very considerate, joking that wives wake husbands to talk them to death.
The Yonkers Statesman quotes a witty remark about finances from a Bensonhurst reader. It contrasts old days when a child could metaphorically put a toe in a mouth with current struggles to “make both ends meet.”
A philosophical aphorism notes that benevolent acts are followed by rewards in this world. The line emphasizes moral cause and effect and the harnessing of virtue for present benefit.
The American consul staff handles vast duties from aiding citizens abroad to supervising relief shipments and promoting trade. Consuls distribute relief funds across Russia and other regions, manage prize-court cargo questions, and report to the State Department while steering Pan American trade growth amid wartime restrictions.
A promotional slip invites readers to mail 6 cents to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley remedies including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold everywhere.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Texas Wonder as a remedy for kidney and bladder problems across genders, claims it dissolves gravel and cures diabetes and rheumatic issues, and offers mail orders from Dr. BE W Hall of St. Louis.
The District of Columbia prohibition movement gains support for a special session and a national amendment. Senators Sheppard and others back the effort while leaders in anti saloon leagues push for action by Congress in December. Sloan's Liniment advertised as quick relief for rheumatic pains and injuries.
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