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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
14
Local residents share visits and news from Bedford North Bellevue Battle Creek and Charlotte with neighbors and relatives. Measles spread concerns as residents report exposures while social events birthdays and family gatherings fill the week. Gurdock Blood Bitters advertised as a remedy for tired weak blood.
Clarendon Geo Ratney lost a valuable horse last week from indigestion. A W P Doolittle traveled to Petrol on business Thursday. Viola Doolittle stayed with cousin Bessie Doolittle Thursday night. H B Foot on sick list. M E Sunday school preparing program for Easter. Joseph Stinchcomb reports a sick horse. Claude Ruthrud and family visited L A Prichard Sunday. Mrs Frank Blake visited sister Mrs Wesley Blake. Wesley Schillings has house reshingled.
East Conis C, Mudica buzzed wood for E. W. Scott Friday with his gasoline engine. There will be Easter services at the Union Church next Sunday at 1 30 to which three are invited. Rev Geiger spoke to a fair sized audience at the fall Sunday. Mr. Turchard of Marshall accompanied him and assisted in two vocal duets which were highly appreciated. Mrs Freer was a caller at Terrell Hill's Sunday afternoon. Mrs Jay Carver is slowly recovering from her recent illness.
A mild easy action of the bow is achieved by a single dose of Dean's Regulats. The treatment cures habitual constipation. Priced at 24 cents a box, consumers are advised to ask their druggist for them.
Mrs Waltz visited Union City on Saturdays and Oak Grove hosts Sunday afternoons. Mrs Simon Lester entertained the ladies Thursday afternoon with a short program as rain reduced attendance. The society plans a May meeting with Mrs Leo Palmer. Some broom corn was grown last year and used to make broom products.
Mrs A F Johnson visited Mrs B Wattles in Battle Creek Saturday. Emil Rodgers tra Lewis and 8. Mr Rolfe went to Albion Tuesday as delegates from Sonoma camp to the county convention of the MO ALC. Roy Morehouse and family of Pann visited Sonoma relatives. Sonoma Woodmen plan neck tie social at their hall on April 14 to benefit the Sonoma baseball team. Everyone invited.
Visitors at Estabrook last week included Robert Fuller Ellery Rundle and Johan Woods. Sulia Barrett spent weekend with her parents. Bert Treadwell Sylvester Gailus and families gathered at J C Wetmore's Sunday afternoon. Nina Hicks traveled to Charlotte to work in a millinery store. Shatthew and Martha Woods were at Frank Stutta's Friday night. The piece riffs on literary monarchy, citing Scott Byron Goethe Hugo Tolstoy and Morley, and ponders how language and literature endure and renew.
A compilation of anecdotes shows the Scottish comedian Harry Lauder practicing thrift in New York. At the Astor wine party he declined wine to fetch a fine old Scotch from his room, and in a separate outing he swapped cigars, pocketing most and smoking the rest. Later he negotiated a swap for ten cent cigars, ending with five times as many cigars as he began.
Archie Bell recalls in Cleveland Plain Dealer how the era's greatest actor, despite royal title and court favor, never received an invitation to Buckingham Palace. His clothes bore tagabolnia, and he mingled with crooked nobles and undesirables while entertaining the old Sheet's guests.
A Twain reflection on courage, arguing fear is a natural force and true bravery lies in facing peril. He contrasts fearless creatures with humans, noting even the boldest are touched by fear yet endure. The passage emphasizes fear as a constant presence from perilous times to modern streets.
Tom my Gill or Thomas Ett inspired The Original Paul Pry, a figure recalled by Dr Breyer as the source for Theodore Hook to craft Gilbert Garner. Recollections note his obsession with intimate domestic details and finances, his press ties, and the habit of revealing whereabouts to vex others.
Electricity honors great names in its terminology. Ampere, Ohm, Volt, Farad, Coulomb, and Watt each have a named unit credited to their contributions.
40 acres under cultivation in Sacramento Valley near Willows Glenn County. Suitable for sugar beets. live stock and dairying profitable. Easy down payment. Write for particulars to James Slocum at 414 Ford Bldg Detroit Mich.
A promotional notice for a free book titled Por Every Living Thing on the Farm and a home remedy chart. It lists remedies for sprains, lameness, rheumatism, throat issues, worms, coughs, colds, diarrhea, miscarriage prevention, kidney and bladder disorders, skin diseases, and indigestion. Sold by Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co. New York.
A fragment examines Carlyle and solitary happiness versus marriage, noting unequally shared ideals between personal sacrifice and companionship. It then shifts to a quip on mortality, estimating life expectancy and global deaths, with striking figures on daily and hourly fatalities.
A London Opinion quips about a wife and husband as they discuss a man who offered to trace their pedigree. The husband claims the man learned more than expected, and the wife questions the sum paid. The husband admits paying fifty pounds to keep him silent.
In a humorous exchange, a young wits questions George about drawing money from a bank. He responds that you must first deposit money, noting it has always been his experience. The quip highlights traditional banking practice with playful wit.
A light exchange between Thiraga Revord-Merald and a confidant centers on fashion judgments. The critic praised for blunt remarks acknowledges the severity of his standards while the other remarks that improvement is needed if he is to advance.
Historic timetable lists limiteds and local trains east and west from Jackson with multiple daily departures to Detroit and Lansing. It notes列 various departure times for limited cars from Jackson to Lansing and return services, including weekday and Sunday variations and Detroit connections at Jackson.
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