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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1896
Page
5
A note requests a 2 cent stamp for a set of handsome ToF Daxon Soup pictures. The item appears as a lighthearted or novelty inquiry with no clear purchasing action or catalog detail. Further context or verification would be needed to process.
Nellie Butler hired at EBG Brewer’s store. Mrs Lott building on South Jefferson. Birth: daughter to Fred Kauer Mayer couple. Local illness rising, esp. among children. Rev Dr Graham at Methodist church. Free Press and Statesman cost 50 cents. Rally Day sold 355 tickets to Battle Creek. Son of Fred Kocher family dies at age 6. Albion camp meeting opens near Albion. J M Parsons moves to new office next to Perrin block. Eckford and Marshall plan ball game tomorrow. Public notices: subscriptions, political meetings, and sheriff nomination talk. Dem county convention set Aug 20 at Arbeiter. Delaware county party activity noted. Bicycle meet Aug 11 program, admission 10 cents. Calumet and Kalamazoo river notes. farm picnic at Lyon Lake. Diphtheria in Rosa Sandy's family. multiple marriage licenses listed. Gogone lake water caution to bathe externally. Campaign mood and possible Democrat Populist amalgamation. Woolsey eyed for probate. McKinley Club delegates to Grand Rapids. Ladies aid sale Aug 11 for organ fund. Thunderstorms feared, but wind calm. Scotch Medicine Co. touring Marshall with free matinee and prize watches. Calvary Lutheran services Aug 9 with German program. Doctors Joy and Smiley operate on Earl Holmes’ wrist. condition improving. Cyclone losses adjusted by Michigan Mutual Insurance. Train accident near Kalamazoo child saved. Ferdinand Becken dies in Chicago visit. Calhoun County Veteran Battalion reunion Aug 19–21 at Burlington with officers, parades, and lodging. Republican caucuses planned for Aug 10–13. Advent of tax collection notices in Marshall.
A collage of trivial observations and curiosities. It cites population figures and titles, battles, physiognomy, London nurses, a record eel, Phidias ivory work, noble robes, Henry VIII’s majesty, vampiric beliefs in Thessaly, blocking eyebrows, burnt cork makeup, African elephant records, blue tinted paper origin, Irish place names, the Latin empire, gold plate dishes, East’s publishing savings, historic art sales, Daudet and Hugo fortunes, Queen Victoria’s descendants, the Christmas tree’s origins, and Moguiea utilis as a silica rich Brazilian plant used in industry.
An advertisement touts Buckten's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for owuia bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapping chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It claims to cure piles with no pig required and guarantees satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. Sold by W T Drake.
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