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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1898
Page
3
The passage discusses teacher authority and discipline, urging avoiding rigid rules that punish whispers or minor missteps. It argues for individual assessment of student acts, merciful handling of mistakes, and warns against turning classrooms into rigid chains of punishment. It notes teachers' examinations and school notes from Penfield and nearby districts.
Miss Jane Addams has joined a committee to aid Tolstoyan refugees, aiming to colonize Russian sect members in Canada with 160 acres per unit and temporary provisions. The Philadelphia committee includes William Dean Howells, Hull House's Jane Addams, William Lloyd Garrison, George Dana Boardman, and others with Isaac N. Seligman as treasurer.
Gen. Gomez writes to Senor Que Seda in Washington, asserting confidence in U S promises and a forthcoming Cuban republic. He notes military occupation as necessary to evacuate Spain and stabilize politics, pledging defense and eventual triumph of republican government despite long labor and age. The piece ends with an unrelated ad for Enill's Dyspepsia Tablets.
A village merchant, T. Sranahan, promotes tables and textiles, urging customers to compare before buying. He highlights his assortment of partners and items like overcoats, stressing best values and fair pricing at his Marshall shop.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions Rochester and Railiator with garbled names and a farewell, suggesting a stray item or stray notice. The readable bits indicate a local brief with names and a signoff, but the full meaning is obscured.
A detailed fashion note describes a soft lavender silk morning gown with a black ribbon front outline, a cinched thick belt at the waist, and five pale green and lavender lisse draped panels. Sleeves feature ruby lisse, with slight shoulder gathering for a tailored look.
An almond white velvet Roxane toque, linked to the famous actress, is praised for theater wear. Described with winged side trims reaching near the collar, the hat is presented as a bold, pompatour accessory with elaborate preparation tips and maintenance notes. A Thanksgiving dinner menu follows, including oysters, chestnuts, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and dessert courses.
A garbled account describes a wedding procession with red motifs. Groomsmen, bridesmaids, and bearers carry red banners bearing party pedigrees. A bridal veil and ornate attire are noted amid unclear dialogue and items.
A reader poem examines whether crows truly speak or merely mimic, noting a man who claims to understand crow vocabulary. The piece questions limits of ornithological interpretation, arguing practical observation may outpace theory while stressing cautious, non sensational conclusions.
A fragmentary historical column mixes a Cunard passenger anecdote with a sketch of banana trade profits. It references a sailor with a head cut and a woman’s curious sympathy, then pivots to crude notes on banana byproducts, hemp and trade goods, ending with garbled phrases and names.
A fragmented report describes infant scurvy among sailors and others, noting its slow, varied onset with peevishness and apathy in infants aged up to eighteen months. It highlights skin manifestations on thighs, legs, collarbones, and joints, and observes higher incidence in well-to-do children due to diet, often artificial feeding. Treatment discussed includes changing to more diverse foods and fruit, especially grapes and dates, to improve appetite and health.
The excerpt surveys Maori views on marriage, divorce, and female agency, noting rights over choosing a first husband, possible remarriage, and social consequences. It mentions widow practices, views on suicide for widows, divorce norms, and the practice of betrothal and multiple admirers shaping a girl's prestige.
The Municipal Year Book of Bertie notes a single woman aged years is mother of twenty children. In 1806 families with many children are listed: five with nineteen, six with eighteen, seventeen with seventeen, thirty-two with sixteen, sixty-three with fifteen, eighty-three with fourteen, and 128 with thirteen. There are rare cases of large broods including a mother with eight children. A monarch's remark about throne affairs is quoted amid varied dialogue.
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