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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1888
Page
8
Special correspondence from Washington reviews how U S public leaders favor quirky hobbies and lavish funeral expenses. It recalls generals, senators, and congressmen with tastes for theology, fine dining, and expensive coffins, scarfs, and carriages, plus homage-filled orations and travel costs across the nation.
Minneapolis special report describes a new county building in square plan with a 250 foot tower and a 200 foot secondary tower. It will house county and city offices with fireproof tile partitions and cast iron supports. The interior features a 15 foot wide hall, marble wainscoting, tiling floors, and a ventilated climate system.
A detailed promotional feature explains a versatile house design with flexible 1800 to 93700 costs, focusing on compact, economy-minded layouts. It covers stairways, pantry and closet integration, vestibule efficiency, heating options, and varying finishes from 1500 to 3000 dollars, with attic potential and movable partitions.
Across the Atlantic notes discuss Sara Bernhardt fearing evil eyes and stage misfortune, with Adelina Patt tied to superstitions about conductors and Offenbach. A list chronicles fortunes of Lancashire and Yorkshire industrialists, from Whitworth to Barbour, with totals ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions, reflecting wealth shifts and notable deaths among founders and bankers.
Special correspondence from Washington notes a boom in vacant ministers' mansions during summer, a dog kept as housekeeper by a care-taker, and a legendary bulldog fight at the White House with President Lincoln and McClellan observing. It also recalls Lefevre's political machine in Ohio, auction culture, and famed Washington houses of Windom Cameron Robeson and others.
Mr Hall described years of hunting for a specific war portrait and the sudden appearance of similar works from obscurity. He noted thousands printed and alphabetized catalogs but many images elude search despite persistent effort. In a New York letter he recalls finding an illustrated volume from 1816 and paying a dollar, declaring the day a good days work and joking he would pay twenty dollars if asked.
Gladstone and Salisbury, once close private friends and political foess, clashed over church living patronage while both adhered to ultra High Church doctrine. Their shared longing for reunion of Catholic and Protestant communions under Old Catholic influence faded as political strife eroded their old amity.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a frustrated speaker in a dining setting, mumbling about stifled throat pain and countersalting orders. The garbled lines mention oysters as soothing and a march toward goading remark, with repeated exclamations.
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