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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
8
A lively ad lists low prices on canned goods coffee tea molasses and pantry staples. It promotes sour pickles steak coffee hard wool polish clothing cloth buttons and eggs and butter with Saturday sales and a motto Honest goods at honest prices. It urges customers to try various items including salmon catsup baking powder and fruit can rubbers with promotional price prompts.
Alderman Court adds large lettered street corners in Kalamazoo and earns praise. Michigan Democrats travel by special Chicago and Alton train to Kansas City July 2 for 812.50 round trip with reduced fare. July 4 plans at Lyon Jake resort feature Wilson Bros concerts and a male quartet by George and Arthur Wilson. Daily News, 10 cents weekly.
Delegates at a Ferry aligned convention saw Wright 120 and Honglin 97 with 8 scattering. David Walkinshaw of Marshall led nominations. fifth ballot required after 284 votes. Wooden of Battle Creek and Greenfield of Athens tied for fifth delegate with 119 and 111 votes. Reed and Bidwell named next, secretary cast votes for Dickey of Marshall and Litin of Homer, with Stearns receiving no support.
Ringling Bros circus trains, three in number with 47 cars, travel through the Cincinnati Northern early Saturday to Battle Creek for matinee and evening shows. The troupe departs Saturday night or Sunday toward Dayton Ohio for a Monday performance. Anxious crowds are expected to attend as unloading proceeds.
Kempf telegraphs that 2,400 troops are marching toward Pekin for the relief of the legation, including 100 Americans. In London, Mrs. Gladstone dies after a long illness, reported from the same dateline.
The June 13 market report shows flour firm and demand firm, wheat and corn unsettled, oats higher, rye and barley steady, and pork and lard offerings moderate with prices easing. New York notes firm flour and steady oats while live hogs ease slightly amid active trading and mixed futures.
A cyclone struck just before noon Wednesday near Ceresco, tearing down barns, windmills, and telephone poles. Edward Wilcox’s large barn and many fruit trees were destroyed, with extensive grain and timber damage across Emmete and surrounding farms. The storm caused thousands of dollars in losses, with crops heavily damaged and wide orchard harm reported.
Albert William Lane and Edith Marie Colcord both of Battle Creek. Jeremiah H. Cronin and Mary Louise Ryan both of Marshall. John W. Middleborn and Mrs Helen A. Ward both of Marshall. James B. Gillie and Alice L. Kibby both of Battle Creek. Daniel W. Edwards of Chicago and Minnie B. Ostrander of Battle Creek.
Marshall high school athletes travel to Battle Creek Friday afternoon to join the Kalamazoo River Athletic association meet with Kalamazoo Battle Creek and Marshall. Officials expect Marshall to finish high in points though their team is smaller, aiming for seconds and thirds in events led by Devel Brewer Moses Graff Grant and others in sprint jumps hurdles and throws.
Turnkey Furner brought John Mc Auliffe of Clarence township before Cadi Merrill on an assault and battery charge against Herman Vogt. McAuliffe pleaded not guilty and asked for examination set for the 2nd of the month.
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