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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
5
An itemized sale-like fragment lists canned goods and pantry staples such as pumpkin, corn, baked beans, kidney beans, hominy, tomatoes, prune blocks, molasses, syrup, coal oil, tea, pickles, and paper products. The jumbled note mentions savings on the line and references WBC and generic pricing hints.
Local column notes post office and date details for reporters. Lambs travel to Chicago. several residents visit kin in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo. Penfield Macabees head to Battle Creek for initiation. multiple ill and visiting residents noted. cobblestone lecture series pending. summer relocations and social visits across Marshall, Concordia, Fredonia, and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs Bradshaw of Lapeer visited with Mr and Mrs Brant last week. Mrs Mark Goodwin is visiting at Aral Goodwin's in Potterville. Mr and Mrs George Garmes of Belleville spent Sunday at Mrs Spencer Sweet's. Mrs Charles Pierce of Parma visited friends here Saturday. Guy Henning of Battle Creek visited Whiting Hutchinson's Saturday. The week of prayer was observed in the Baptist church with a union service. Bearlake ice arrives thick and good. David Fero of Emmett moved into the village. Ladies Mission circle of the Congregational church met with Mrs Lewis. Mrs Charles Ray to undergo tumor operation. Congregational church annual meeting set for Saturday Jan 12 with noon dinner. Gale brothers shipped lauths and hoga. The omission of the Coresco correspondence two weeks ago due to late letter.
Local news from Marengo and nearby towns recounts visits and trips by residents including Miss Kate Guffrey of Marshall and Mrs Gino Ver Vakin of bio. Social events are noted with Ladies Aid, church lectures, and upcoming weddings. school activities, family visits, and farm moves are recorded alongside a grand New Years supper and community gatherings.
Frank Carns, a young educator in the county, died of typhoid fever after traveling from Kalamazoo to Battle Creek. Funeral at his childhood home in Penfisth with burial at Bellevue cemetery. His mother is gravely ill from the news. Also notes on a basket social January 15, local visits, a land sale, and various community updates from Carverville and nearby towns.
ATHENS reports Foufié and wife visiting daughter Mrs David Lewis in Jackson for two weeks. Edgar Doty of Los Angeles stayed with relatives Saturday to Monday. RP Wisner and wife and EP Rogers and family attended the wedding reception of Robert Longman at Arthur Longman’s Kalamazoo home. The OF 8 holds an experience social at Micenie Temple Wednesday evening to raise funds for the harpet. W M Albertson attends Marshall board meeting. Mrs D Kellogg travels to Caledonia for her father David Dutcher’s illness and death. Mellogg visits from Battle Creek, George Moreland in Ohio on business. Ruth Carpenter remains ill with slim hopes of recovery. Mr and Mrs O Grill host Maude Sweet of Battle Creek. Mrs Wm Perrott suffers tonsillitis. The infant of Mr and Mrs Dwight Clark died from spinal meningitis. Nowlin has business in Jackson. Thomas Aiken of Homer visits for egg trade. A social at Will King’s to raise funds for the school library. Charles Dunham sells a valuable young horse in Concord. Logs cut and hauled in Van denburg woods at a lively pace.
Chicago markets show moderate demand for grains with prices mixed. Wheat unsettled. corn higher. oats nervous. barley sold readily. pork, lard, and short ribs steady to higher. potatoes and butter quoted. eggs easy. live poultry steady. New York round reports reflect weaker wheat and firmer corn. cattle, hogs, and sheep varied with overall higher hogs and steady sheep.
Clarice Wright, journalist and royalist leader in Mawaii, committed suicide by carbolic acid on December 31. He was found dead in the Independent office on New Year’s morning. Aidan L. Noone, speaker of Mawali’s House, and a leading Samoan figure, died at home in Honolulu from paralysis.
Washington reports a sharp rise in stamped paper issued by the five largest offices for the quarter ending December 31 1899 and 1900 totaling 6 925 908 in 1900 up from 5 121 684 in 1899 with New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston and St Louis among the offices cited.
Chicago January 9 William Jennings Bryan told the Bryan league banquet that he is a private citizen with good prospects of remaining so and does not want to be considered a candidate for any office He suggested free silver advocates might accept coinage on a paid basis and stressed party unity and continued belief in liberty including support for Filipino independence Kroger mentioned kings and emperors and deathless fame.
Judge A R B Dewey of the Sixth Iowa district ruled the biennial election amendment to the state constitution void. The decision delivered in Washington Iowa centers on the amendment not being submitted by the legislature in proper form. The ruling affects term extensions for all state office holders.
Nagel proclaims a one day sale with deep discounts on lamps, pails, basins, pans, and assorted hardware. The ad touts bulk prices like 24c Opal Hodes, 24c tins, and 9c to 5c items, urging customers to come early and shop the bargain counters.
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