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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1900
Page
2
The report condemns Thomas N. Wright for drawing and mismanaging county soldiers relief money from 1896 to 1900. It lists irregular orders, unaccounted loans, and receipts, with affidavits from Peleg Roberts and J. Lewis Sharptsteen supporting misconduct. The committee urges Wright's resignation and a future audit by a county board.
Ellery P. Potter of Homer township has voted in every township election for 64 years except the first. Started in 1838 choosing Henry Clay, with 78 votes cast that fall for county officers. The Homer Index notes his unfailing civic duty and questions if any county voter equals this record. The Daily News reports the milestone.
An investigative committee reports numerous accounting errors in the Calhoun County treasurer's office from 1889 to present. They found misstatements in day books and ledgers, including uncarried sums and footing mistakes, totaling 17 488.47 with 4 840.00 already repaid. The panel urges legal action to recover the balance and submits broader office reviews from the poor, farm, probate, soldiers relief, and clerk domains.
Mrs W R Simons hosted a camping out party at her East Mansion Street home with about twenty ladies. Guests dressed as for a picnic at a lake and enjoyed tent decor, games, prize packages, and a fish-themed tasting. Mrs Ernest Burnham won violets. out-of-town guests included Mrs L Millard and Miss Tibbetts.
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