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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1896
Page
2
Subscription rates listed for one year in advance and hot paid in advance. Statesman promotes high class job printing and low prices with prompt delivery. Readers urged to send news and comunicaciones with name to the office by Wednesday noon. Publication office at 426 State Street in Calhoun county with wide circulation.
A London reviewer contrasts Canadian Indian policy with that of the United States, praising Canada for granting lands and freedom, schooling, and self-reliance while noting a far larger American population makes the U S problem harder. The piece also covers New York consolidation plans, a Spain versus Cuba blocade note, and a speculative political anecdote on Sherman.
The piece surveys M W D Howells on universal and family brotherhood, inequality, and the duty to help others, then shifts to support for electing senators by popular vote, noting Kentucky’s example, and ends with a description of the Australian starting mechanism for horse races. The tone mirrors a late 19th century editorial blending social reform and political commentary.
The article depicts Commander Ballington Booths new American Army of Volunteers with a pure white flag bearing a centered blue star and a motto The Lord My Banner The Booths name their force simply the Volunteers The piece also contains an advertisement praising DeWitts Little Early Risers as remedy for digestion headache and liver issues.
Mrs Danber confronted a room intruder in her house, a thief later found to be well known. The pistol was unloaded but aided capture. The piece argues women should be trained to defend themselves with firearms or other means, condemning flight as unsafe and urging courage over pleading.
Matthew Marshall of the New York Sun defines banking as taking deposits and returning funds, including check collection and loan discounts. Profits come from interest and discounts after expenses, taxes, and losses, driving banks to attract deposits and sometimes costly customer inducements. The piece also notes issues from paper money, private coinage, and the Playfair Kitson case illustrating prudence in medical confidences. It touches on the new battleship Iowa’s design and displacement, and ends with debates over New York’s liquor law and the Raines law amid political machine concerns.
In Washington and April sessions, Senate debates touched on intervention in British affairs, proposed resolutions, and tie to India and Missouri river improvements. A tax bill on cheese drew opposition. pension and district topics filled House work. Morrill honored on his birthday as bond savings questions and Dupont case arguments continued.
Gerald Balfour introduces a broader land bill in the House of Commons aiming to purchase tenant holdings and curb rent on improvements. It draws on 1895 proposals, alters sale rent terms, and seeks to resolve Ireland's land question tied to Home Rule agitation. Redmond and Plunkett offer cautious praise as debate opens.
Arthur D. Coa, a leading northern Ohio piano dealer, assigned assets to Mrs Antoinette Muhlhauser. Estimated assets total about 76 000 dollars with liabilities around 120 000 dollars. Creditors include Biniah & Nixon of Cincinnati and several major piano makers such as Steinway & Sons of New York, Kurtzmann & Co, and Brown & Simpson of Worcester.
A Lakeside Monitor report recounts Calvin Galvin, a former Illinois infantry captain, who after thirty three years of rheumatism and locomotor ataxia regained strength and speech following treatment with Dr Williams' Pink Pills. He notes weight gain to 176 pounds, renewed mobility, and plans to work, crediting a government pension increase and the medicine. The piece promotes Pink Pills as a cure for rheumatic and nervous ailments and lists price and availability.
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