Marsh Marigold
a genus of plants of the natural order Ranunculaceæ, having about five petallike sepals, but no petals ; the fruit consists of several spreading, compressed, many-sided follicles. C. palustris is a very common British plant , with kidneyshaped, shining leaves, and large yellow flowers, a principal ornament of wet meadows and the sides of streams in spring. It partakes of the acridity common to the order; but the flower buds, preserved in vinegar and salt , are said to be a good substitute for capers. It is often called cowslip in the United States.
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Marshal
a civil officer appointed by the President in each judicial district, and answering to the sheriff of a county. His duty is to execute all precepts directed to him, issued under the authority of the United States. Sometimes police officers in American cities are known as marshals. In some European countries the title of marshal confers the highest military distinction, that of Marshal of France being especially prized. Earl Marshal of England, the eighth officer of state; the title is hereditary, being held by the Duke of Norfolk.
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Marshall
a county-seat of Saline co., Mo., 85 miles E. of Kansas City, on Chicago and Alton and Missouri Pacific railroads. Its institutions include Missouri Valley College, Academy Notre Dame de Sion, opera house and a state institution for feeble-minded. Coal mines in the vicinity. Has lumber and brick mills. Pop. (1910) 4,869; (1920) 5,200.
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Marshall
THOMAS RILEY, Vice- President of the United States, was born in 1854 in Indiana, graduating from Wabash College in 1873. He was admitted to the bar in 1875 and soon attained considerable success and reputation as an orator. After being several times nominated for office by the Democrats, but defeated in the election, he was elected governor of Indiana in 1908. • While governor he favored the so-called progressive measures of popular election of senators, employers' liability laws, etc. His supposed opposition to the Democratic machine politicians headed by Taggart, won Marshall considerable popularity and also Indiana's support for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912. While not successful in gaining the coveted nomination, he did gain second place on the Democratic ticket and was elected Vice-President in 1912, to which office he was re-elected in 1916.
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Marshall (City and county-seat)
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) a city and county-seat of Harrison co., Tex.; on the Marshall and East Texas and the Texas and Pacific railroads; 40 miles W. of Shreveport. It contains the College of Marshall, and two large negro colleges, waterworks, African War of 1899-1902. electric and street railroad plant, Naand churches. It has a foundry, railroad shops, cotton compress, cotton gin, grist mills, pottery plant, furniture factories, etc. The city has a commission form of government. Pop. (1910) 11,452; (1920) 14,271.
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Marshall (II)
SIR WILLIAM RAINE, English Lieutenant-General; born in 1865. Served on the northwestern frontier of India 1897-1898; in the South Lieutenant-General Marshall succeeded tional banks, daily and weekly newspapers to the command of the Anglo-Indian Army in Mesopotamia on the death of General Sir Stanley Maude, Nov. 18, 1917. In March, 1918, his forces were victorious over the Turks at Hit and Kahn-Baghdadi on the Euphrates. On Oct. 3 General Marshall's drive began along the Tigris against Mosul. On Oct. 2, Kirkuk was won and a passage forced over the Sesser Zab, a branch of the Tigris. Oct. 25-28 Kalat Shergat was captured and on the 30th the Turkish Army on the Tigris surrendered.
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Marshall (JOHN an American jurist born)
JOHN, an American jurist; born in Germantown, Va., Sept. 24, 1755. He was educated at home; studied law; was an officer in the Colonial army from 1775 to 1779, where he won distinction, especially on courts-martial, in which he acted frequently as judge-advocate. In 1781 he resigned, and entered on the practice of law. He was elected to the Virginia Legislature, and in 1788 to the Virginia convention that ratified the United States Constitution, where he shared with James Madison the work of influencing its adoption. He went as envoy to France in 1798, but was superseded on account of his Federalistic views. In 1799 he entered Congress; refused appointment as Secretary of War. In 1800 took office as Secretary of State. In 1801 he was nominated chiefjustice of the United States by President John Adams, and confirmed unanimously by the Senate. This office he held 34 years, during which his decisions on constitutional questions established precedents in the interpretation of the Constitution that have been accepted ever since. He died in Philadelphia, July 6, 1835.
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Marshall Islands
a group of islands in the W. Pacific, bisected by lat. 10° N., having the Caroline group to the W., and consisting of two parallel chains of low coral reefs-one, the Ratak group, consisting of 15 islands, and measuring in all 48 square miles; the other, the Ralik group, 18 islands, with a total area of 107 square miles. Total pop. of group (1920) about 15,000, nearly all natives; most populous island, Maie- THOMAS R. MARSHALL ru; several of the islands are uninhabited. The cocoanut and pandanus palms and the bread-fruit tree are the principal sources of food, besides fish. Copra is the only export. The inhabitants belong to the Micronesian division, and are an ugly but good-natured cured and hospitable race, fond of song and dance, and skilful weavers of bast mats. These islands were annexed by Germany in 1885, but by the Treaty of Versailles were awarded to Australia.
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Marshalltown
a city and county-seat of Marshall co., Ia.; on the Chicago and Great Western, the Minneapolis and St. Louis, and the Chicago and Northwestern railroad; 75 miles N. E. of Des Moines. It is the seat of the Iowa State Soldiers' Home, and has National and State banks, public library, waterworks, glucose factory, grain elevator , flour mills, meat-packing plant, carriage and furniture factories. Pop. ( 1910) 13,374; (1920) 15,731.
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