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Marshall council debates Rowley street railway ordinance. Ald. Miller defends scope, cites safeguards for city interests, neighbors with Albion council for joint action. Frisb ie filing urged redraft to protect streets, paving, water, safety, and city finances amid potential 30 year franchise.
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Ala
Townsend
Ald. Miller
Miller
Frisbie
Mr. Frisbie
Frisbe
Mr. Miller
City of
Marshall
Rowley
City Tire Department
Macadan
Kalamazoo
Battle Creak
Ald. Joy
Common Council
Detroit
Marshall City
Ald. Anson
Frisbin
Albion Council
Albion
Ald. Greenfield
Mgr. Smalley
Second Ward
Recorder
Board of Registration
Council Hammers Out City Funds After A Long Week
Amounts totaling 111.71 were spent to remove the “beautiful” last week. The marshal continues work today and will present another bill at the next meeting. The council adjourned for one week.
Hyde Case Continues Before Justice Merrill
Hyde, aged 84, appeared for a continued examination before Justice Merrill on Monday. Chairman Henry, the investigating committee’s witness, testified about bills Hyde allegedly realized through county misappropriation. Attorney W H Porter pressed for acquittal as the hearing adjourned to next Monday for circuit court proceedings.
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A. QO. Hyde
Merrill
Mr. Hyde
Henry
W.H. Porter
Big damage suit on court schedule in Battle Creek
A Battle Creek man seeks damages after an accident as cases from the week’s court recap include the People versus Anns Lorning alias Ella Keith and Ernest Keith. Arraignment occurred with pleas of not guilty, and a remand for examination was granted. A separate case covers forged checks tied to Goshen and Detroit.
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People
Anns Lorning
Ella Keith
Ernest Keith
Detroit
First National Bank
Leander Nichols
Win
Hesse
Heise
Nichols
Coldwater
Tekonsha
Frank Cowles
Hastings
Kalamazoo
Homer Banking Company
van Raden & Wheeler
New York City
New York
Homer
H. E. Winsor
W. J. Porter
Bank
Poultry New Pre
M. H. Nichols
J. E. Foley
W. W. Kellogg
Traverse City
Homer Banking Co
Thomas Aicken
T. van Raden
Thomas Owens
Austin
Geo. L. Cantwell
John Brennan & Co., & Corporation
Oren Lawant
Albion
Perry Pearce
Battle Creek
Fred J. Hill
J. J. Crandall
Bedford
Wa. H. Lusk
Eckford
Geo. W. Frye
Lee
Alfred’ J. Morgan
Leroy
James Williams
Marengo
Leroy G. Poole
Pennfield
Committees Appointed at Calhoun County Agricultural Meeting
The Calhoun County Agricultural association held its annual March meeting at the Royal hotel. Key actions included appointing standing committees and department superintendents for the coming year, with lists for executive, grounds, auditing, attractions, finance, and numerous superintendents across departments.
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Calhoun County Agricultural Association
Royal Hotel
W. J. Foster
W. U. Arthur
T. J. Shipp
T.J. Shipp
W. H. Arthur
W. E. Bkesley
T. J. Ships
Wm. Gray
A. Lepper
F. Bobbing
T. J. O'Leary
G. Lk
Hogue
Wm. Radford
J. Wartman
Woolsey
Jas. McDonald
David Walkinshaw
Owen L. Townsend
James Hughes
L. Harris
Manley Houston
Jacob Wartman
Gates
Smith
International Concert Delights Church Audience
A Tuesday night Christian church event capped the United Brotherhood lecture course with an excellent concert. Elizabeth Simpson performed Chopin and Schuman pieces, Mrs. Mattie Reynolds Colby and Clarissa Dickie gave a charming violin solo, Prof. Mark B. Beal read Longfellow, and Mrs. Adelaide Needham offered a sweet soprano solo. The program drew a large appreciative crowd despite poor walking, and the course cleared about fifty dollars for the Brotherhood.
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Christian Church
United Brotherhood
Chopin
Elizabeth Simpson
Misa Simpson
Wieniawski
Mattie Reynolds -Colby
Clarissa Dickie
Mark B. Beal
Longfelow
Sicily
Adelaide Needham
Chaminade
Miss Simpson
Schuman
Beal
Brotherhood
Man fatally injured in factory belt accident damages sought
A factory accident left Cantwell with severe head injuries and a broken skull after his arm was drawn into a belt pulley. He seeks $5,000 in damages while witnesses, doctors, and attorneys from Detroit and nearby cities testified. The trial moved toward a jury verdict as lawyers argued the case. Separately, Joseph Smith, assigner of Asaph Allen, faced a court order requiring security for costs of $100 within 60 days.
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Charth
Dr. McGuffly
BE. J. Cantwell
M. L. Martin
McGuffin
Cantwell
Martin
Cantawell
Brennen, Donnelly and Vandemark
Detroit
H. EB. Winsor
Grand Jury Indicts Ingham County Officials and Others
The Lansing Journal lists indictments by the Ingham county grand jury including fraud in public office charges against Wythin Fo W. L. White Harold A. Smith Eli R. Sutton and J H Brown two bribery cases against Edgar J. Adams and D Judson Hammond and a false certificate for payment of money by Fred A. Maynard. The People v. D Judson Hammond appears for two cases.
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Lansing Journal
Ingham County
Va. Wythin Fo
People
W. L. White
Frand
Harold A. Smith
Edgar J. Adams
William A. French
Eli R. Sutton
D. Judson Hammond
Brivery
Fred A. Maynard
J. H. Brown
Married 65 Years as Boehms Plan Quiet Anniversary
Mrs. Phillip Boehm of 19 West Green Street marks her sixty fifth wedding anniversary this March seven, a milestone she reaches aged 65. a quiet family celebration will honor the long marriage shared with her elderly husband as few couples reach such a span.
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Phillip Boehm
West Green Street
Ehlor
Boehm
Beets Meeting for Kalama Factory Fails to Draw Farmers
A sugary beet meeting at Arbeiter hall yesterday to secure celery? for Kalama sugar factory drew only a small crowd. Representing the factory were F. H. Salter and Win. Strong, with George S. Woolsey and J. H. Beamer planning further efforts this week. Salter holds a contract for 100 acres at Albion and 20 at the local area. The company uses output from 8,000 acres in a season. Another meeting will be held soon to urge beet cultivation.
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Aluet Sng
Arbeiter Hall
Adieruvuy
Kalamasco
Messrs
F. H. Salter
Win. Strong
George 8
Woolsey
J. H. Beamer
Salter
Albion
Sleighride in Honor of Mina Ames at Marshall
Mrs. H. Gorham Gavon hosted a jolly sleighing party Wednesday night for guest Miss Florence Ames of Jackson. The party rode from Marshall to Merongo, joined by a fiddler and banjoist, then enjoyed a bountiful spread and dancing at Mr Adams home with attendees including Mrs. E. M. Webster and several others.
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H. Gorham Gavon Jolly
Mina Ames
Jackson
E. M. Webster
Walter Perrett
Miss Wright
Amer
Amer, Miss Allen, Mesers. Wm. Church, W. T. Phelps, A. Osborne
G. B.wright
T. Gorham
Star Lecture Course Reports A Loss For This Year
Promoters release the financial report showing a deficit of 109.25 on receipts of 580.40 for the post season attractions printing and incidental costs totaled 661.60. Last year the course yielded a gain of 36.20 with receipts 551.15 and expenditures 312.95. Despite higher spending on attractions patrons did not respond, and organizers hope for renewed courage next year.
Thanks for kindness after death of Mrs Kelsey
Major Kelsey of Lansing writes to The News thanking friends in Marshall for kindness and sympathy shown to his family during his wife’s illness and death. He notes such acts are never forgotten and signs off as WN J Kewsey.
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Major Kelsey
Lansing
Kelsey
Marshall News
Marshall
WN. J. Kewsey
Annual Meeting of Christian Church Planned for March 10
The annual meeting to be held Sunday afternoon March 10 at 2 oclock will present a full program. All members are urged to attend as officers and committees will be elected at 3 30 and various reports heard including Pastoral Financial Spirituali and Ladies Auxiliary. A general supper closes the day after 5 PM.
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The
Christian Church
H. G
Brooks
Evans
C. E. Society
Amelis Klugman
Flossie Alexander
Myrtle Bénder
United Brotherhood
Wilford Coffee
U. ©. Church
Not Guilty in purse theft case at Albion store
The trial over Mrs. Zimmerman accused of stealing a purse ended Friday with a quick jury verdict. After two ballots the panel declared Mrs. Zimmer man's innocence unanimously, following defense witness Mrs. Rona Gillette's testimony.
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Rona Gillette
Chicago
Miss Gorton
Zimmerman
Winsor
Cosgrove
Hatch
Innins
Mrs. Zimmerman
School Report Suffers Ill-Readings From Erratic OCR
Supt Lohr prints monthly city schools report for February 23 with many garbled figures. The text shows visitor counts and enrollment incomplete or corrupted. mentions beginning and ending month totals, enters and withdrawals, and attendance percentages but numbers are unreadable. Overall, the fragmentary data prevents clear conclusions on enrollment or attendance.
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Lohr
Tota
Alent
Tragedy of wasted life and a stomach remedy
A somber meditation on lost potential underscores the fragility of youth and genius. The piece extols Eniox Stomach Tablets as a direct, non stimulant cure to strengthen the stomach and improve health, urging readers to obtain via mail order from Knox Chemical Co.
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Lancoln
Grant
West Point
Knox Chemical Co
Battle Creek
Miah
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Hyde Case
Justice Merrill
Geo. Cantwell Sues Brennan & Co. of
Grand Jury
Lansing Jourinal
Ales
Firat Balot
Mra. Zimmerman
Supt. Lohr
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