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Newspaper
Marshall News
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1900
Page
5
Local report notes the marriage of Misa Lillie Wood and Frank Walker on Wednesday evening November 7. The couple earns best wishes from many friends as officers and families send greetings. Other notes mention travel, visits, and upcoming social events including the Fredonia Farmer's Club meeting.
Mrs Goodrich traveled to Barre Creek then Chicago to meet her husband before heading to Wichita. Margaret Grant visited Ed Lewis and then went to Chicago. Commissioner Burnham visited local schools. The Parker Concert Co was postponed due to travel issues. Two election bets paid on Saturday with Miss Olive Gibson promising a wheelbarrow ride if McKinley won, then a white horse parade through Main Street with Klondykers and banners.
Dr Wilkinson of Grass Lake visits brother J J Wilkinson. Mrs Butts death announced from Stone Church Pennsylvania. W Cleveland injured at mill. finger nearly severed. Geo Carter welcomes baby girl. Miss Hoyt hosts teacher reading circle November 17. Wiefma monthly meeting at J Coopers. temperance meetings at church. Attend temperance event. Hawilton lecture draws fair house. Emmony class ages eight to seventeen. Lula Hovt to remain home due to ill health. Ghag Sauison seen in village. cornstalk threshers active. Wred Qase of Jackson visiting.
Mrs Landon is it. Fanny McDouall commenced the winter term of school in the Richy district Monday. Walter Hayes sits part of his stock and cooks at auction Thursday. The rest he will ship to Kentucky. A daughter was born to Leonard Andrus and wife Friday Nov 2. Emus, the ten year old daughter of Wu Hamilton died very suddenly of brain trouble Sunday night, Nov. 4. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. Now is the time to get your pictures framed. EH. B. Hughes. NEWTON. W. I Spooner of Batavia called on friends here Saturday. Misses Mary May and Addiaj Schultz of Marshall spent Saturday and Sunday with their parents.
Wim Bennett leaves for Battle Creek Sanitarium for sight and hearing treatment. Agnes Burrows, summer worker, to stay with Sedgwick parents. Genevieve Underwood visits from Marshall. HET Schwarkl first name unclear. visits J A Underwood at Marshall. Aunt Abby Wilback returns to Burlington. Mrs Murray and two others depart for Owosso for State Sunday School convention as delegates. Albert Bennett returns from Cheboygan. Phelps plans three week upper Peninsula hunt with brother. Maccabees host Friday dance at Ray home. Edmand Vary of Battle Creek visits O Godfrey. Rev Lumphier and Rev Goodrich of Olivet lead inspiration meeting at Congregational church. William Wrightman hosts sister’s family from Battle Creek. Charles Felt takes over Reids grocery wagon duties on Michigan Central. AL Stevens moving to Edward Road house. W A Powell of Marshall attends Ladies Aid with Mrs James Stiles. Mrs VY 8 Phelps hosts Mission Circle. Invitation to see new milliner at 211 West State Marshall. Chas Simmons visiting Union City. Leah Lucas visiting Battle Creek and vacation fringe. Pattie Pratt visits Athens relatives. David Bossard and wife visit Murenge relatives. Leah Lucas completes term and begins vacation.
Weather kept attendance light at the 8 BLO meeting where Dr Eric Lindsay spoke on South Africa. Local trips included A J Wolf’s Assyria and Maple Grove journey and Mire A. W Riley’s return from Ohio. Mrs A E Kocher visited daughter Mrs Lucy Pennell in Richland. Gertie Templeton joined Battle Creek sanitorium staff. Price five cents on Cox coffee.
The report covers community notes from Pulaski and nearby areas detailing orders and shipments like a carload arriving from Wheeler & Lawn, school term start, teachers Miss Bull Price and Edith Ryan, visits from Roy Gibba and family, road work by Beebe, local sausage and liverwurst at Washington market, a social hop at UC Cortright's, a Friday dance at Dock Lake hall to fund an organ for North Brick school, and hunting trips. It also mentions the Olga steamer ashore near San Francisco, and a presidential call receiving session with various officials, plus Mayor Van Wyck admitting stock ownership and sale.
Messy OCR notes advertise farm products at J. S. Cox's Washington Market and a "Coach sale on Mr. B. Hughes" in Marshal Michigan. Martin Dedrick of Las Center lists a sale Tuesday November 20 at 225 Hampshire grade lambs 70 fine wool sheep 50 Hampshire ewes and Marin Depart.
President McKinley tells his cabinet at the White House that he wishes all members to remain through his next administration. Secretary Hay, Gage, Long, Hitchock, Wilson, Griggs, and Postmaster General Smith indicate support. Secretary Root is absent. The meeting also discusses Congress and war revenue tax reductions and the Nicaragua canal in his coming message.
A discussion on a London Times dispatch about Chinese government demands followed by a cabinet meeting update in Washington. Some officials viewed Morrison's report as fair, others doubted the Chinese regime could execute the top officials named. The November cabinet session focused mainly on the president's upcoming message to Congress.
A New York Sun correspondent notes late September wild grape harvests in Connecticut. Vines climb stone walls, yielding highly prized purple and white berries used for jellies, preserves, and a rough wine similar to hard cider. Most fruit stays local. export is unprofitable due to labor and quantity limits.
Columbus dispatch reports Michard Gardner colored was executed at 12 05 Friday in Ohio penitentiary for the murder of Ethel Long in Ross county on May 22. Gardner confessed after two weeks of protest. The girl was killed after being struck with an iron bar and her throat cut. Also notes Pensacola strike stops electric cars since Thursday morning and a couch sale at B. B. Highes.
Chicago market notes show wheat slipping while corn holds steady and barley weakens. oats, eggs, butter, and flour display varied movements across spot and futures. Hogs demand soft, with price ranges reported for Plas and other packing lots. Marshall Market adds commodity prices for wheat, corn, hay, butter, eggs, and hogs.
New York officials report two corpses recovered from the Tarrant Building ruins after Thursday’s explosion. Hamilton Matthews, driver for Tarrant & Co., was found with mutilated remains. Benjamin Moorehouse, 51, shipping and stock clerk at the firm, still missing since the blast, is identified as the second body. Moorehouse held the storage book listing explosives. its fate remains unknown.
The Daily News proclaims its status as the largest and best paper with a cheerful boast that Cox's Washington market tops for good sausage and 18¢ coffee. The Daily News promotes a ten cent weekly price and firm market presence.
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