Jottings From Battle Creek Area Mail 1900s
Three years back President McKinley called for troops. WCTU meets in Albion as Adventist conference ends in Battle Creek. Various local notices include court orders, theatre plans, a new theatre to open by October, and a mass meeting for a German fraternal group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Enamly Organization
Albion
Judge Lane
John Tyler
Battle Creek
Kalame
Cream of Cereal Company of
Memorial Day address set for May 30 in Lowell
The Veterans of Lowell Michigan invite Rev ILN Pattison to deliver the Memorial Day address on May 30. The Cart Stark case, long tied up in probate court, was settled this week with legatees agreeing to an equal division of the estate. Smallpox reports rise in Battle Creek and nearby townships Emmett Marshall Newton. Islet of Albion College to discuss Methodist chancel ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islet
Albion College
Will
Battle Creek City
Emmett, Marshall
Newton
Il.n. Pattison
Veterans of
Lowell, Mich
Cart Stark
W. B. Wade
Jackson
Dan O'Leary
Detroit
Winsor
Niles
W. H. Porter
Three Rivers
Belle
Marshall
C. A. Dibble
St. Paul
Minn
L. N. Butler
A. C. Link and Son
Cincinnati
Ohio
Personal notes from Marshall area and surrounding towns
A clippings roster lists numerous residents and visitors across Marshall, Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Owosso, and nearby towns. Entries include illnesses, travel, and social visits, with mentions of legal travel and hospital treatment, plus an advertisement extolling American woven fence over traditional wire.
Seagull, Cat, and Neighbor’s Tale of a Feathery Dinner
A reader recalls watching a neighbor Jones care for a wounded gull aboard his home premises. The tame gull ate oysters from a fork and later used behavior to drop meat into the water and fish for dinner. The piece then shifts to Captain Foster, commander of the Clotilda, who secretly sailed to the Gulf of Guinea after warning signs, loading 100 enslaved people, evading U S naval pursuit, and burning the ship near Mobile Bay before disappearing from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Christian Advocate
Foster
United States
North
South
Gulf of Guinea
Mobile Bay
Custom House
Mobile
Tipping the Butcher and a Tale of a Daggered Dog
A humorous Old NY tip idea shows tipping butchers to spur service. An anecdote follows about Cardinal Pedro Gonzalez and a Blackayan priest who carries a dagger for protection against dogs, while reciting gospel to deter biting dogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Preas
Melchior de Santa Cruz
Pedro Gonzalez
Unclaimed Mail at Marshall Post Office April 26 1901
List of names including Geo B Anderson W H Adams Mrs Frank Banister Cluff Rosanna Chapman D G Haryes Thomas Lewis Provost Hattie Rhodes Edin Smith Merritt Tatil W C Willitts and organizations State Oil Co The Free Co. When calling for above say advertised One cent charged per letter advertised P M W H Anracr
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Post-Office
Anderson
Geo. B. Adams
W. H. Banister
Frank Cluff
Rosanna Chapman
S. F. Haryes
D. G. Lewis
Thomas Medical Institute
Hattie Rhodes
Edin Smith
Marshall Council Adopts Sewer Plan For State Street
At a regular meeting on April 1901 the Marshall common council resolution states the city will build sewers from near Palm Street on State Street to the east corporation line and from Linden to Mulberry on Prospect. AMay 13, 1901 meeting is set to hear objections, with publication in the Marshall Statesman for two weeks. An note on the dulcimer notes its ancient use in Persia and Arabia and its European introduction in earlier eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onferance
Battle Creek
BH. F. Lohr
Port Huron
Burlington
Barnes
Ellen G. White
California
Sanitarium
Kellogg
Congress
Queen City
Knights of Columbus
James Grace
Fred Zanger
T. J. Smith
Louis Bayes
Patrick Hayes
Fred Wooten
Wendell Morse
Welter Hoglish
Leo Kelley
Gus. W. Zanger
Marshall
A. W. Beckmeyer & Co
Detroit
Miami Avenue
Zanger
Marenall
Josephine
Frances Furlong
Chicago
F. I. Colegrove
Flora
J.T. Downs
L. B. Gilbert
The
Statesman Force
Milan
Leander Smith
North
Kalamazoo Avenue
W. Pletcher
Common Cownell
Common Council
City of
State Street
Waeneas
City of Marshall
Plam Street
Corporation Line
Linden
Mulberry Streets
Prospect Street
City Recorder
Recorder
Marshall Statesman
R. F. Grant
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H. J. Hyde
E. Sinte Bireet
John Miller
Cincinnati Northern
Sos
Athens
Calhoun County
Hande
Kalamazoo
Phelps Sanitorium
County Teachers’ Association
L L. Stone
A.G. Blocam
Kalamazoo College
J. H. Davis
Sandusky, C
John H. Twaddles
Davis
Lane
Mr. Davis
Samuel Dickie
Poset
Dale
Andy
Baptist
Universalist Church
Civil Service
L. B. Albough
W. B. Welles
Abbott Stock Company
Opera House
E. B. Hughes
Joliet, IL
Lloyd
C. H. Lehr
Hughes
Mansion Street
Gillett
Levant
Rogers
Board of Works
M. C. Gage
Smith
F. Snyder
Coldwater
Coldwater Courier
Toledo
Adrian
Gillsdale
Arthur Ganss
Maude Vickery
Ea Pels
Mueerrer
Elec
L. C. Painter
Union City
S. F. Dobbins
Grand Rapids
Bertha Luts
Ann Arbor
Arit
EB. Page
Knox
Ind
J. E. Mast
Mrs. Wyckoff
Buffalo
B. R. Mills
Burnham
Westchester, Pa
Ernest Burnham
Paxton
Ypsilanti
State Normal College
Persia
Arabia
Europe
Bosley
Ardware
Good & Amstutz
EB. B. Hughes
State of
Michigan
Calhoun
William A. Tene
William N. Hill
Clinton N. Hill
Marabal! Blatesman, S
William A. Lane
Wight
Ickerbocker
Apraé
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