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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1896
Page
8
Weather, crop damage, and local notices from MARENGO ALBION and Homer reflect heavy rains injuring wheat and oats, cattle killed by lightning, and a series of social events including picnics, church gatherings, and a KOTM memorial resolution amid town news and ads.
Aug 6 report from Lee Center notes Miss Fannie Cooley of Marshall visiting Miss Bertha Wood while Mr Geo Raymond of Battie Crack visits his daughter Mrs Will Menter. Aggie Rey from the same place joins them as a party picnics at Pinelake. Raymond recounts a thrilling bathing performance. Olivet led by a Phi Leo Center ball team played a game with the Olivet super. score details unclear.
Mrs Nathan Holland of Mershall visits her brother Benj Fréien and Bert Bine of Clarendon during a week at Lyon lake. Mrs Pearl Failing Emma Pettine of Tekonsha attend the Lyon lake event. Rob Van Dusen of Marshall visits Ethan Alles at Fahey cottage. Sunday school picnics unite Lyon lake M E church and nearby congregations. An ad closes praising De Witt s Colic Cholera Cure as a reliable remedy for dysentery and diarrhea.
Ang Ellis and Baker family illness news. Mr Baker ill at sister Mrs Assephei mer’s home. Will Calvin Henry and Viola Goodrich and Miss Wagoner of Marshall visited Athens friends and attended the Friday Athens celebration. Mrs Frohm hosted a birthday surprise for her husband with ice cream and cake after a party. English preaching at 11 am at the Evangelical church. Dr Hathaway & Co advertise medical reference book for private diseases, requesting two 2-cent stamps for postage.
In ABSCOTA July 31 reports show rain affecting crops including mint and wheat. W C Baker has seventy bushels of wheat in a ruined shack. Miss Coral Johnson visits Union City at A J Pratt's while Miss Alice McCollan visits Sherwood at D B Buell's. Bert Carey of Newton harvested 800 bushels of oats on ten acres of Siberian variety. Lana Buell returns from Sherwood for a month’s vacation. Mrs James McClellan and son Harry visit D B Buell's.
The text urges people to stay healthy and seeks a cure, praising a blood purifier as essential. It claims health hinges on pure blood and asserts the purifier uniquely cleanses and revitalizes the blood, offering permanent cures when other preparations fail.
Aug 6 report of Mrs Fre Long's return from confinement and local social updates. Mentions Glenn Carus of Takonaha Normal visiting home, a Marshall outing by a group with sweethearts, and advice on thrift. Notes Russian thistle pest spread and a farmer who once hoped for profit now regrets hoeing. Clarke Dickinson visiting Grand Ledge and Lansing with grandmother Mrs Kibler. Local health remark about indigestion and DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a remedy.
Dr and Mrs Moran of Detroit visit Mrs Hasbrouck in Convis. Mrs Brackett goes to Bay View for testing for several weeks. A M Hawkins contracts with highway commissioner to install a public roadside water tank opposite his residence.
An advertisement asserts that sick headache billiousness indigestion and constipation result from neglect or unavoidable causes and promises DeWitt’s Little Early Risers will speedily cure them all per A. O. Hyde.
The late Lord Bath was among the first southern magnates to open his country seat Longleat to the public Visitors can walk freely around the 14 mile circumference park inspect the gardens and grounds and take boat rides on the lake The house with its library and art treasures has long welcomed thousands yearly The stables were built by the late lord The wooded hill known as Heaven's Gate offers a magnificent prospect The Bath estates in Somersetshire and Wiltshire now in excellent order after prior neglect in 1837
A Bristol market woman with a £10 Bank of England note tricks a bank into exchanging ten £1 notes, then reads the note’s promise to pay in cash and jokes that the bank is broke unless she gets gold. The cashier yields, and she exits in triumph.
A humorous dialogue shows a teacher and a boy trading marriage excuses. The boy recalls his mother and sister Jennie helping with crying siblings and sewing while the teacher insists it looks like one of his scrawls. The piece blends childlike mischief with parental tasks in a weekly shorthand style.
A fragmented advertisement mentions a bed of flowers and a decorative display described as wonderful and elaborate. The readable portion hints at a floral arrangement promotion and artistic garden styling.
Len Henry recounts a perilous narrow-trail rescue above the Grande Ronde river. Trapped on a 20 foot wide landslide with a 29 foot drop, he used a rope over a crag to haul his horse across inch by inch, then led the animal to safety as the chasm loomed behind.
The Lewiston Journal notes that old warped glass once affected witnesses ability to testify about what they saw through it. Modern glass eliminates that doubt yet raises questions about reliability of sight in evidence. The piece cites Cambridge village hotel glass as an example and reflects on historical norms in England and early America.
Lord Palmerston argues that Turka manners yield at first but lack substance in detail. He advises using measured force tied to justice, clear demands, and rational explanation to make a lasting, credible influence. He warns that without such approach the Turk will only superficially agree and rely on you.
A Chicago Tribune clipping recounts a proofreader’s near miss with a Franco-American joke in a morning paper. The editor, chatting with a visitor, recalls a misprint that turned “100,000 pairs of pants” into a comic line, exposing the perils of typesetting and translation.
A visitor teases Bobby about arithmetic claiming he can deduce his parents ages. Bobby answers he can tell papa’s age but not his mother’s, saying arithmetic has nothing to do with it. The exchange shows a playful street conversation cited from the Chicago Post.
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