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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
5
Edgeford notices include Will Hoffman clerking for Geo Butler while away on business. Reports of visits by Battie Doolittle of Colorado, Lt Peters party at Gail Lake, P W A club meeting August 21, and numerous community happenings. Details cover family visits, birthday parties, travel, church events, hospital reports, and local social gatherings across Edgeford and nearby towns.
Burlington notes report social visits in Battle Creek Eaton Rapids and Albion. residents attend church and teacher exams, discuss an electric road project, lamp purchases, and drain work. Eldred family reunion, local steeple repairs after a lightning strike, and a Sunday School social are listed among community updates.
Local notes show residents and visitors enjoying a Pine Lake outing Wednesday. Families gather at several farms and lakeside spots with reports of Miss Adams returning from Eckford and visits among Ackerson, Pond, and Garrity households. A Brockfield lodge march is noted along with a special price on picture framing.
LEE CENTER M Evans and wife visited Battle Creek recently. LAS will serve lunch at the LO QOF picnic at Pine Lake Saturday for convenience and more space. Misses Mabel Wood and Louie Hoyt visit Mia Kimbal of Dimondale and Myrtle Pope of Bowling Green Ohio with the Wil lison family. WOTU contests set at Partello church Aug 23 Lee Center Aug 30 Brookfield Sept 6 Rice Creek Sept 18 followed by a gold medal contest and a collection to fund medals. Dwight Peters and wife of Spring Port visited Peter Willigan. Rundel and Fish on a Pan-American trip. Death of Mrs Weddle of Olivet, former resident, mourned by the community.
Charlotte Fisher Pennfield Marshall and Mary D Keardaley spent part of last week with friends. Jon Shaw and family visited Charlotta and relatives. Woodworth lost a cow to lightning in the recent storm. Emma Swith visited Battle Creek while Dwight Vanvalkenberg returned after 20 years away. Herbert Porter and wife from Plainwell visited Mro A A Foote. Mert Willison and wife with McAllister family at Gull Lake. Mrs OQ J Smith visited Hastings. Farmers Institutes at Hicks school house Aug 27 with picnic dinner. Bert Lampuier of Battle Creek visited home. Fannis Ward spent a week at Belle Vue visiting friends. Pine Lake picnic attendance. Mr and Mrs Lyons at EOL Lemphire’s. George Walboth and children at Fredenis. Jennie Jollusion with Grace Watkin of Bellevue at W H Ward’s. LBO next meeting with Mrs Theodore Bull Thursday Aug 25. For low price fine rockers, Good & AmSYOTZ funeral directors advertise.
Clayton Doge returns from Marengo while Blanche Edgelt recovers. Geo Hagleshart and wife visited in Battle Creek. Gracie Beck fractured her shoulder. Rev D C Martin will preach at Stanley. Sabbath schools plan a Lee Lake picnic. Nellie Littlefield and Erma visit from Battle Creek. Petty thefts alarm farmers as pork and hens are stolen. The Eyre family held a reunion at Genac Lake with 43 members and a big dinner.
North Marengo Bert Milburn Clyde Murray worked for the Treadwells at Pine Lake Wednesday. Ray and Walter Holliday of Marshall visited last week with sister Mrs Bert Milburn. Earl Sleeper of Battle Creek visiting relatives here. Mrs Henry Preach’s child scalded by boiling water. Lunch served at farmers picnic Wednesday. Cora Milbourn and Mrs Harry Milbourn attended LA S at Mrs Ines Conant’s Walton Thursday. Chat Hart with brother in Eaton Rapids. Alva French and wife of Charlotte visited Henry Preach. Merrick of Charlotte visited niece Mrs Harry Milbourn. B Ball and wife of Hillsdale visiting here. Mrs Avery of Kansas visiting relatives. Mrs G Lather visited Mrs Jennie Wortman last week. Maude Keyes visiting Ethel Chorton in Eckford. Jos Hollosteck and wife and E B Hollowlwck at J O Thornton’s in Eckford. May Doolittle of Girard visiting cousin Rosale Doolittle last week. Obas Newomu of Woodmen Barry County visiting friends here. The weekly News, $1, one year.
Marengo hosts a village picnic at Spectacle lake and an ice cream social on the village lawn as locals gather for multiple events. Health improvements, civic updates, and social visits are noted. weddings, new households, and repairs are recorded among residents and nearby areas.
A playful exchange in a newspaper snippet shows a doctor confirming a boy is well again. The dialogue reveals a curious boy asking how he took his pills and the boy replies he used them in his blowgun, highlighting a humorous misinterpretation.
Manila reports Capt Brown of the First United States Cavalry with troops L and M and a company of the Twenty-fifth Infantry engaged insurgents led by Malvar for five hours in Batangas. Two cavalrymen died. insurgents fled. Cavalry dismounted, drove enemy from several positions and burned quarters. Enemy losses unknown. The rest of the text contains unrelated funeral thanks and local notices.
Markets report mixed grain and provisions as Chicago quotes flour steady and corn soft while New York shows flour firmer, wheat and oats mixed, eggs steady, butter strong, and cattle prices varied. Marshall market lists wheat and corn bids, with hogs, beef, and beans noted. local ads advertise clothing and grocery items.
Letter to the editor defends Folding Bath Tub Co against rival claims about government endorsement of rural mail boxes. It states that fourteen rural box types were adopted, not including the Folding Bath Tub model, and describes an inquiry by postmaster and free-delivery chief. The writer urges fairness and cautions about rival agents’ statements while noting no current endorsements or coercive sales pressure.
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