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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1901
Page
5
The News records unsigned local notices including moves to the village by Charles Mott and farming lease to Will Roche. People visiting, Arbors Day observances, club meetings at Carrie Rogers home, and social visits across Parma Homer Marshall Eckford and nearby towns are described with names and places.
Rick Creeb reports Wu Dunley on sick list. Misses Amy Trefry and Ruby Alexander visited Mrs Howe of Parma last week. Charles T Weekwan of Albion spent Sunday here. Clover seed threshers are in the vicinity this week. Mass Garnelis Bella of Albion High School visited her parents Saturday and Sunday. Farmers plowing for crops with four large acreage of beans and poor wheat conditions. Pred Simmons is building a new barn this spring. House cleaning is the order these days.
The North Marengo Ladies Aid holds its next meeting on Thursday afternoon May 9 at Miss Jennie Samson’s home with supper at 10 cents. Various local notes recount visits, illnesses, farming, and community events including a church address by Prof Goodrich and a school grounds decorations by students.
Maud Blair and her pupils enjoyed fishing and rowing by the river Tuesday. Reports cover visits, church Sunday schools, upcoming meetings of SAWE, social events, and local officials in South Albion, Carverville, and Pulaski with multiple household and farm mentions including renovations and small town activities.
Marshall markets show no.1 white wheat at .70 and No.3 red around .60 to .70, with mill feeds and various byproducts priced. Chicago futures push higher on wheat corn oats, with PORK LARD and short rib prices rising. hogs, cattle, and lambs quoted across multiple classes as liquidity and demand shift.
The itemized column covers early 1900s notes: a new ad from Dr. Green, commemorative Pan-American Exposition stamps sale, John Hiney leaving for Marshall Furnace, Wiseman taking over in Chicago, and talk of heavy Buffalo rate increases. Also reports on WOTU meeting postponement, Dr Anna M Lyons visiting Albion for health lectures, Michigan Central railroad annual meeting with 1900 figures, the Masten et al versus Homer case slated for May, and village legal defenses. The weekly News ad survives at one dollar per year.
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