Land Contest Over Michigan Grant Faces Open Hearing
Marquette Aug 2 London Commissioner Hermann Kina sent back to the Marquette land office the contest between the Michigan Land and Iron company and settlers. This opens a contest over 460,000 acres of land tied to the old railroad grant, risking titles to many homesteads. The company seeks patents on swamp timber and mineral lands, while settlers oppose the Open hearing, warning proving the grant under 1887 act will be difficult.
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Marquette
Aug
Lond
Hermann Kina
Marquette Land Office
Michigan Land and Iron Company
Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagen
Ling Iron Marquette
Budget of News from Many Ports of the State
Oliver Petterson, a traveling man, was found dead in bed at Saginaw. Mayor Maybury is an aspirant for governor on the democratic ticket. Port Huron saloon keepers are being prosecuted for violating the Sunday closing laws. The will of the late Michael Winkler of Saginaw leaves $10,000 to widow and children. The Plymouth Fair association plans its thirteenth annual event at Plymouth September 14 to 17. Valerian Mariner injured by a falling tree near Petoskey. Apples scarce while peaches and cherries face market pressure in Michigan. Hastings hosts a county fair and horse show with cash prizes. Skeleton remains found near Lansing as excavation continues. War department notes troops at Mackinac unlikely to return soon. Tax sales near, with substantial penalties collected and assets including rail lines and property discussed. Willard I Bush and others engage in political and personal matters in various towns. The Native Copper Times reports Calumet & Hecla net profits in 1895 at over $4.7 million. A Boston traveler completes 60,207 miles, presenting receipts. Sheriff and Police Chiefs of Michigan hold their annual convention in Port Huron with Coling presiding.
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Saginaw
Maybury
William J. Grege
Marshall
Congress
Port Huron
Eldon
Clair County
Michael Winkler
Plymouth Fair Association
Plymouth
Valerian Mariner
Petoskey
Chief Simon Pokagon Faces Lease of Ancestral Lands
Chief Simon Pokagon of the Potawatomi warns of the risk to his homestead in Van Buren County and plans to lease land for the afterlife. He is famed as author of The Redman's Greeting and participated in early Chicago events and the World’s Fair. His father Leopold Pokagon sold Chicago lands at three cents per acre, a claim still unsettled in litigation. A 190-strong community occupies a narrow northern strip in Van Buren and neighboring counties.
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Leopold Pokagon
Chicago
Prices rise as homegrown potatoes lag market demand
In New ananen Negaunee on July 1 buyers faced a 4 cents per bushel premium in retail potato prices. Farmers have not yet started digging, three weeks before homegrown spuds hit markets, with old stock in demand and large yields anticipated. Local bulletin notes weather favors harvest but delays hampered by excessive rain in central Michigan. reports of crop prospects and farm activity fill the page along with other regional notices.
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Newananen
Negaunee
Thienne
Vie
Michiwany
Death notices and local tragedies in Pinckney Michigan
Deaths include Thompson Grimes of Pinckney born 1824 in Cortland county New York who helped build the town and died of paralysis. Also mentions a two year old drowning in Lansing area and various brief notes from Deerfield Crystal Polls and other Michigan towns.
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Maneer
Pinckney
Thompson Grimes
Mr. Grimes
Cortland County
N. Y
Michigan Sneating
Castoria and Voyage Through Memory Ledger
Fragmentary text shows references to Castoria and a voyage, with mentions of Wake and Maekione Tabane Mirelncd dine Chast Latte The Dak nae steered pias se tamer steamers. It also notes a wedding between Sean and Pepe and a list of unrelated names and places, including Detron and LOY. The legible pieces hint at a mixed column or advertisement page with scattered phrases.
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Brave Patedan
Sean
Pepe Biey
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Safe Relief and Quick Cure
A testimonial touts the Pyramid Pile Cure from Pyramid Drug Co in Albion Michigan as a safe effective remedy for all forms of piles. It claims cures in weeks with no opiates or poisons and reports multiple complete recoveries using a 50 cent to one dollar treatment. Readers are invited to request a live book detailing the disease and cure.
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Vmitaturg
Pay
Hanes
Regan
Pyramid Drug Co
Albion
Mich
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Dr Williams Pink Pills Endorsement Memoir
Misa Maury Worn of Bay City Michigan credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring her health after months of weakness and near collapse. She details color loss, recovery following treatment and urges others to consider the pills, supported by sworn statements from local witnesses and physicians.
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Afrih
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Bay City
Michigan
John Alnorn
Bay County
Mary Torn
Tye
West Bay City
Wil Tunis
Wil
Ciny
Lawrence
Dori Ng
Dr. Wallies
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