04 Apr 1878
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1878
Page
1
A fragmentary reminiscence details Mary, a refined woman, and MacMarmy, a young man in a Western trader’s store. The narrator recalls Mary’s commanding presence, MacMarmy’s charm, and a tense scene as their interactions unfold amid shopkeepers and onlookers.
A dramatic narrative recounts a strained engagement, a crumbling family led by Mansfield, and a dangerous heater incident that ends in the wife’s death and Mansfield’s perilous injuries. Amid scandal and longing, Mary resists a marriage proposal while caring for children, and the household faces ruin before a fragile, hopeful reunion.
A long list of medical remedies and theories is presented including kerosene and morphine for burns, dietary cautions for dyspepsia, gum treatment with carbolic acid solution, nasal bleeding remedies, heart palpitation methods, and descriptions of rheumatism and distilled spirit inventories.
The text notes that married people show greater longevity, citing studies from France Belgium and Holland. It observes mortality differences by age and references statistics suggesting married individuals aged 25 to 30 live longer than nonmarried peers, with cross-country similarities.
In Columbus Ohio Geo Weineman aged 36 and his father plus proprietor of a steam pump firm died in a murder suicide incident. The elder man died after a frame building scene with mutilated wounds while the son was shot outside. The two men had recent family and business disputes over control of the patent. The tragedy occurred as the elder man allegedly set up a plan to shoot and then himself. The bodies bore brutal injuries with evidence of a concealed fight and a later attempt to carry the elder man to his home. Both men were prominent in their trade and well regarded for skill.
The Supreme Court held it lacks jurisdiction to review a case where the final judgment was reduced to meet the five thousand dollar threshold. Benjamin F. Butler sued Alexander A. Thompson in Massachusetts, securing a verdict of five thousand sixty six dollars and seventeen cents, later reduced by remittance to eight five thousand. The writ of error was dismissed as improper. The Court ruled reduction to affect appeal is improper and that jurisdiction is based on amount, not form or coin type.
A reader describes Salt River Arizona carrying pure fresh water from White Mountains to fifty miles from the Gila where a side stream pours intensely salty brine from a mountain, twenty to thirty feet deep, fast flowing and heating the Salt River. The note suggests diverting the brine to basins to produce salt or other products for global supply.
A mosaic of literary jests biographical blurs and reader anecdotes as a column lists stray quotes, domestic skits, and nursery tales. The text mixes humorous exchanges, moralizing tales, and snippets about cats, presses, and family life with scattered references to places and newspapers.
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