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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1901
Page
5
The report covers local notes from Buck Lake Albion and nearby towns, including visits, births, illnesses, and marriages. It mentions Darwin Fitzgerald death in Springport May 14, property moves, barn construction, and community events. Residents attend gatherings, repairs, and farm work while municipal notices urge proper post date and unsigned submissions.
Connis Floyd Nickerson is on the sick list. T. A. Randall and wife now occupy their own home. Beatson Walkinshaw and Ralph Van Necker left for Buffalo to seek work. Chas Detterich returned to Turton after a visit with sisters. A J Carpenter and wife were in Bellevue for illness and burial of Mrs. Wesley Spaulding. About twenty couples attended a dance at Geo Walkinshaw's new house. EK Potter and wives attended a funeral in Maple Grove. Geo Bennett and family visited near Assyria Center. Z L Doty lost a valuable horse. LA 3 will meet with Mrs Edwin Zeenman May 23. Mark Brewer built a barn for hay. Miller works there. Miller sold about 240 tons of hay in the past three years. County School Commissioner Bart Hart visited Friday. Poverty social planned by LOTM for May 18 with 10 cent supper. Charles Pierce and Lewia Dilsaver went to Battle Creek for brick yards. Charles Rishel fractured arm again while killing a snake. School closed Friday. Charles Radford sick list. Henry Knickerbocker injured, low after fall from roof, 46 years old. J S Kenarick of Albion on business. New horse corn planters bought by A H Sherrard, Fred Benham, Charley Reichow, CO A Finley. Samuel French had two sheep and two lambs killed by railroad. Ed Amsterburg and Mr King dispute resolved by fence viewers. Convis: L A S of East Convis meets with Mrs Gilbert White May 22.
Chicago markets show flour dull, wheat unsettled and higher, oats rising, corn higher, rye steady, barley scarce, pork prices lower but lard steady. Potatoes, eggs, butter firm, live poultry steady. New York spot wheat firm with options up. Chicago hogs active, then Detroit reports strong cattle and hog demand with Prime steers at 4.78 to 5.00 and hogs trading around 5.60 to 5.65 per cwt.
Detectives arrest George Raymond Ulrich Rogers and Oscar Mushmiller in Pampanga north of Manila after a band of American brigands killed and raped in Bacolor and nearby areas. Others including Andrew Martin Peter Heise George Muho evade capture as authorities pursue them. Raymond wore a captain's uniform and both Raymond and Martin were former Manila policemen. In Hooksett New Hampshire three cotton storehouses belonging to Hooksett Manufacturing Company burned Tuesday night losing between 90000 and 156000 dollars with salvage affecting exact figures. insurance will cover the logs.
Reports from Peking, Berlin, and Washington detail China’s offer of 16,000,000 taels annually for 30 years in indemnities to the powers, with allocations from salt, likin, and customs. Ministers debate, while Rockhill notes 10,000,000 dollars yearly as China’s max, payable over three decades. Berlin and London discuss financial strain and possible tariff changes. Also reported: women activists fined in Topeka for raid, carpenters affected by wage disputes, and a Texas railroad wage increase pledge.
Mrs Louis Botha has secured consent to interview Mr Kruger and press for peace as she sails from Durban on the Dunvegan Castle. The voyage follows reports of British actions in Louistrichart and related engagements, with casualty and capture tallies noted in contemporary dispatches.
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