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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1900
Page
6
The article reports on Art Taylor's death after a shooting scene in which he claimed Mrs Bert Henley shot him. Coroner's jury convenes to hear postmortem findings, with disputed witness accounts and theories about gun location and responsibility.
Cathomns county convention of the prohibition party set for Thursday at 2 o clock in Marshall. Delegates to the state convention in Lansing August 25 and 29 will be elected and a county ticket nominated. Expected to be the largest prohibition gathering in the county.
Prosecutions and investigations fill the Bartle Creek area with sessions in Justice Merrill's court. Hatch gathers testimony in Strable case as Hyde materials are turned to the prosecutor. Rockinger and Borst examined. John Monk pleads guilty to support charge, with case adjourned. Plucky Curran jailed for drunken behavior after a Sunday incident. Local notices lauding Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin appear as ads.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union in Marshall has outgrown its quarters. Mrs F Stuart King has donated meeting privileges at her home for two years. Joel Perrin offers to rent the front ground floor of his bank building for the society. The move aims to provide a headquarters with a public reading room and space for future temperance activities.
CHARLES DAY spent Sunday at Gulf ake A G Bronson at Battle Creek County Clerk Austin at Battle Creek Dan Dorsey at Homer with big parents John Nolan at Toledo Miss Jennie Raymond guest of Battle Creek friends W A Pradien of The News at Kalamazoo Miss Jennie Smith of Galesburg guest of Mrs Mark Woolsey Aeter Knickerbocker of Homer Index in city Mr and Mrs Bert Lewis to Gill lake for vacation Dr F L T Harris at Coldwater Mrs Chapman guest of her son Harry at feonmach G Merturt Thompson to Toledo to see son Lew Frank Lytin of Homer in city registering at Washington Hos Rugcee Clayburn to Toledo for a week with relatives Mrs W B Miller of Barre Crees back from Miss Minnie Bordine Agnes Itousa to Homer Friday to visit Bertha Davis Zak and Mrs George Myers of Indianapolis guests of Hupert Bentley in city past week returned Monday Mr and Mrs Francis Devel back from wedding trip going to new house Mulberry and Mansion streets F W Treseder of Battle Creek former manager of Annas branch store en route to Cleveland for two weeks vacation Charley Furner and wife back from Detroit Sunday Prisoner trip to House of Correction and Mrs Furner visiting friends.
Mary W Green transfers Lot 53 in Walter's addition Battle Creek to Walter Harrington. Patrick Hayes transfers Lot 183 in Marshall to John E Visel for 500. Ruby Laurvey Watson with Geo H Churchill transfers multiple lots in Frisbie's Park addition Butte Creek area for 2400. Jacob Smith transfers land near Nartawaseppe Creek in Athens for 1. Jacob Sith transfers select section 50 Athens. Jacob Nith transfers sw 14 sec 25 Athens. BW Cameron transfers two lots in Burlington section 1-4 to Win D Wood for 160. Jeyous F Culp and Hannah Culp transfer a lot on Burr Oak street Athens for 200. Floyd L Harning to Alice EB Merchant Sucres on gee 31 LeRoy for 700. Win Cusack transfers 1 sw 1-4 66 1-4 see 33 Marshall for 100. The weekly Newa subscription price 1.
Battle Creek Journal interview with Frank W. Clapp, former prosecutor, on Georges Hardy pardon efforts. Clapp maintains Hardy’s guilt in the murder of Mrs Leonard 23 years ago and doubts innocence claims while noting possible extenuating factors and reform. Hardy, now about 43, has already served twenty years and seeks clemency from the pardon board.
July events list races picnics fairs and celebrations from Plainwell to Battle Creek and Grand Rapids followed by a notice on liver health products and a local weighing scale. Includes calendars for Kalamazoo Grand Haven Albion Marshall Charlotte Hastings Hillsdale and Detroit with secretaries and organizers. Read The Daily News for local news. weekly News subscription details.
In Georgetown Kentucky on July 24 testimony by Lieut John Ricketts in the Powers case ties the Goebel assassination to events in Frankfort. Ricketts describes prior knowledge of the plot and indicates Goebel was likely shot from the second story of the executive building rather than Powers office on the first floor.
Cape Town dispatch reports Lord Roberts directing defence as Middelburg engagement continues. De Wet's force clashes near Lindley with Huntes cordon. Little's brigade sustains slight casualties and buries five burghers. Hamilton and Mahon advance east toward Ersten Fabriken, while a Boer train laden with the sick is wrecked. Machidodorp notes heavy artillery near Middleburg as Boers prepare to retire. Canadians captured at Greylingstadt are among prisoners. four German officers arrive to join Nruger's advisers for China service.
Henry C. Fry of National Glass announces removal of plants from Summitville Greentown Dunkirk Marion and Albany Indiana to Pittsburgh district near the city. The move aims to secure sites in the Ohio Valley and will bring over 2000 workers. Reasons include diminishing Indiana gas supply Pittsburgh gas superior and easy access to southern markets via the Ohio River.
Reports describe Mount Azuma near Bandaisan erupting on July 1 with two hundred killed or injured as lava engulfed villages. A Sierra resort tavern burned near Dunsmuir on July 21 with 60 guests safe. In Milwaukee and St Paul, two girls aged 11 and 12 drowned in the river after stepping on a boomstruck. US troops prepare to leave Cuba with First Infantry from Pinar del Rio and Guanajay, joined by Seventh Cavalry stationed at Guanajay.
Calhoun County drain officials plan a bid letting on a deepening and widening project of the Clute and Long Drain in Lee Township Calhoun County Michigan. The notice lists plans, sections, right of way, and requirements, with dates and party contacts for bids and specifications.
In a Saturday duel near Paris Count Bont de Castellane who married Miss Annie Gould of New York fought Count Orlowski with swords. Orlowski was wounded in the thorax and doctors halted the combat. The duel would continue until one could not proceed, arising from a quarrel over a newspaper article about Castellane’s house. A meeting was deemed necessary after failed attempts at settlement. Illness Democrata. Chicago Democrats will launch their state campaign at Peoria on August 1 with speeches by Samuel Alschuler and other leaders.
Repairs on the interlocker at Homer are finished and a new interlocker is planned at Britton on the Cincinnati Northern to guard the Wabash crossing. The Cincinnati Northern carried 241 passengers to Toledo on Sunday with 30 tickets from here and five to way points, offering a half fare to any point down the line between here and Toledo. A corrective medical ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for indigestion and stomach trouble.
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