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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1901
Page
6
An advertisement urges readers to try Vinol a tonic made from cod liver oil with wine to restore energy and health. It cites Mrs T H Boyle of 56 Chestnut St West Newton Mass who reports regained strength after one bottle. The ad claims Vinol aids digestion improves appetite and strengthens all organs and offers a money back guarantee.
A fragmented Michigan page notes Hudson and Van Buren counties, with plans for a church fair before Christus and a new incubator factory near Praverse Cis. It mentions cannery growth in Van Buren, canning factories planned, and existing five institutions. Also includes dubious patent medicine ads for Kuill's Red Pills and White Liver Pills, and a local for-sale exchange listing a house and barn on West State Street with trade interest.
Thirteen excursion tickets sold for Detroit trip over Michigan Central. Detours on Sunday as two Grand Trunk trains wrecked near Bellevue with no serious injuries. Detroit and Chicago Traction plans three new crossings between Battle Creek and Ann Arbor, incl Jackson Varina and Michigan Center. South Haven & Eastern to build a large house at Lawton for grape crop transport, reducing dependence on Michigan Central.
The Branch County criminal calendar for the coming term will be very light. Judge Coolidge of Berrien County may call a grand jury to probe corruption. An injunction case involving Homer Village over water works bonds aims for immediate supreme court trial via mandamus. The circuit judge’s denial of dissolution stands.
J B Lang of Eckford has moved to the city and Wun Lee now has a phone at the laundry. A train is in the pest house at Battle Creek suspected of smallpox. Dr A W Alvord of Battle Creek tops the listings for the new State Board of Medical Registration. It’s reported that Representative Golton boosted funding for a state sanitarium and nervous disease treatment with a 200000 dollar appropriation. The bill’s passage could invite industrial work and stationing improvements at Marshall. The funeral of Mrs C W Loomis held at 2:30 pm at the Methodist Church with Rev L N Pattison officiating. many locals attended including Mr and Mrs J W Overbolt, Mr and Mrs Ek Whitfally, Ed Van Dike and his mother, and Messrs E D and Alfred Williams of Nashville.
Fragments show Mayor Ziegenheiln told World’s Fair finance chair W I Thompson he will sign a 5 million bond bill only if he and associates post a 1.006 million bond and guarantee surplus and interest proceeds go to the city. Details incomplete.
It proclaims Good Luck four from Rice Creek as the most satisfactory family flour in Marshall along with whole wheat and prabam flour. Available at all groceries or mill with a phone contact 178 for Harpy & Watson.
Last night the council met with little business completed. Alderman Palmer was absent. A letter from George A. Johnson of Owosso asked that a deed for a lot be made to him and J. Z. Maher, a dispute over ownership said settled. A committee was asked to consider a sewer petition on Prospect Street between Mulberry and Linden. City Muni Captain Courtright presented cost figures for sewer work. The waterworks committee reported on Kokomo brass founders forming an Industrial association. Alderman Egeler proposed cleaning walks over the bridges. Bills were read including four weeks of marshal time at 76.37. Meeting adjourned.
Will Wells of Albion visited the city Sunday. Register of Deeds Dashinm aided a Battle Creek business trip Saturday. The Misses Nina Nyleston and Guy Jeffreys of the comet house farespeak attended Battle Creek on Sunday. W T Phelps and Miss Mabel Phelps, previously in Chicago, returned Sunday. Merrills and Mr. Mile Odren with daughter Grace of Union City were guests of Mr. W H Merrill Sunday. Mes J M L Comstock of Chicago visited North adelaide with her parents Mr and Mrs O S Slater. Mrs Ty UW DeTowe and another Mrs Sarah Wren left Saturday for Flint for a stay. Long, who bought a house in the city, spent Sunday there.
Five children aged four to twelve die of smoke suffocation in a Bay View house at Russell and Clement avenues. A woman, left unconscious and badly burned, is hospitalized. Fire officials say an overturned lamp caused the blaze as parents were away, with Mrs Baywater caring for the children.
Dias for raising the wreck of the United States battleship Maine were opened Friday. Seventy two bidders offered plans from New Orleans to Chicago, including one to raise the wreck for nothing and share three percent of sales as souvenirs. Bids showed wide variety from balloon methods to cofferdams and pontoons.
Port of Spain dispatch reports Venezuela maintains a defiant posture toward the United States. It says Castro could send a regiment to eject Americans at Vitel Lake if reinforced, with Caracas warned to expect grave consequences unless large reinforcements arrive. US Minister Toomis seeks a settlement amid unfriendly government sentiment.
Steve Brodie a famed bridge jumper dies in San Antonio Texas from consumption after a long illness. He wished to be buried in New York and his body may be sent there. Born on the Bowery he became a newsboy and later a celebrity jumper and actor with a storied career.
A memorial oration recounts a push in Madison and Milwaukee to pass a Great War bill. The piece notes the Senate unaminously favors the measure while other debates touch on licenses, barbers, railways, and public observances. The Marshall county probate court petition details precedents and publication orders in the local paper.
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