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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1901
Page
5
Community notes from Marshall and nearby areas describe visits among families, harvest progress, and local events. The wheat crop suffers from heat and poor rain, with binders and awns in use as farmers work fields. Celebrations include a wedding at the bride’s home and reunions after years apart.
Julius Hutchinson and family from Kalama zo o visit Whiting Hutchinson. Edith Smith and Chicago friend visit with A D Smith and wife. W B Smith’s house struck by lightning with no major damage as family inside. Battle Creek friend J Wait visits. Russel Fountain’s face injured by exploding cannon cracker. Whiting Hutchinson visits Detroit. Mrs Charles Godfrey ill but improving. Mrs Charles Michel visiting husband at Big Rapids teachers school. Shuert Reid of Albion on vacation. Russel Pierce daughters spend summer at home. two teach at VPS l anti and one taught in Washington state. Fred Mott and wife leave for Lansing to reside. Mrs W D King hosts two visitors from Caivsys. Haying underway. harvest good, crop better than expected. V S Phelps leaves for Kalama zo o to sell cigars. Wheat harvest begins and profits poor. Pheva hay cutting underway. A daughter born July 4 to Thomas Dawson and wife. A son born July 4 to Lewis Howar d and wife. Fred Clark and Elva Kern of Jackson guests of Burnie Newton and wife. Harry Horton of Albion ships two carloads of cutthend hoges July 4. B P Butler moves barn across road. Charles Rividides and wife of Jackson visit. Lo Coller Wasptrunk struck by lightning. horses uninjured. Haying season strong. few cherries but good strawberries. Lottie Lester earns a teaching certificate for fall. Knox Brough shows liver health ads and blood purification remedies. The weekly News, priced 4 dollars per year.
Mixed commodity report shows flour dull, corn and rye firmer, oats higher, and barley steady. Hog, veal and pork prices rise with brisk cash trades, while butter eggs and live poultry hold steady. local Marshall price list details grain, livestock, and farm products with varied quotes.
Michigan Central will operate an excursion from Marsh Gil to Battle Creek and Kalamazoo on Sunday July 14. Trains depart Marsh Gil at 0 30 46 AM and return from Kalamazoo at 6 30 PM and Battle Creek at 7 06 PM. Round trip to Battle Creek costs 0 cents and to Kalamazoo 50 cents.
In Commons discussion London July 5 Mr Brodrick said Gen Kitchener allowed Com mandant Gen Botha to send a cipher message to Kruger with a reply. De Wet and Botha and other Boer leaders issued a proclamation demanding independence and stating fighting would continue. Boers still field 13,000 men and warn the war may last into next year if not ended within two months. Morning papers urge vigorous government action and no further negotiations.
In San Juan Porto Rico July 5 the first general Fourth of July celebration was made possible by the passage and signing of the free trade resolution uniting the United States and its colony. The joint assembly session lasted three hours, and the measure passed unanimously. Gov Allen signed the resolution, triggering a day of parades capton firing fireworks and mass meetings with a palace reception. The city was decorated with bogs and bunting as thousands joined the national holiday.
President Shaffer of the Amalgamated association announces a high level wage conference in Hotel Lincoln Pittsburgh next Thursday at ten to resolve the steel strike. He says officials from across the country will attend and that a rapid settlement is expected despite Wellsville furor. He predicts a speedy end to the dispute.
Topeka reports drastic drought and heat across Kansas with corn withering, hay scarce, and crop losses estimated near 10 million dollars. Western Kansas fairs better than eastern, with some stock moving west for fodder. Nebraska and Iowa face extreme heat. Lincoln tops 107, Cobertura. Europe endures widespread heat from Spain to Scandinavia with Paris and Copenhagen recording deaths and crop damage from hail.
In Denver on July 10, 62 year old Armenia Bullis was stabbed to death on a lonely road near the east city limits. Jessie Millpoort, 14, was assaulted and mutilated at her West Ninth Avenue home. Farmhand Christian Jensen, in custody, confessed to Bullis murder, saying she charged him on the road and he feared a gun. Police doubt Jensen committed Millpoort assault. motive for both murders appears unclear as robbery did not occur.
Alarm by mother when returning home revealed bed empty and bloodstains. Physicians report the girl is expected to recover.
A sprawling 1900s era bulletin notes Gen Gomes on Cubans joining the United States, Boer guerrilla warfare, a Brooklyn bridge jumper's death, Alfred Vanderbilt buying Adirondack land, and various European and U S events. It covers shipping, finance, politics, labor strife, and notable incidents from New York to Manila.
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