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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
5
City notes report a Petrie family camping at Lyon Lake and a Campbell wall window cut at the probate office. The September term of the effectual court promises a heavy calendar. Locals attend excursions east, real estate sales and insurance inspections occur, and road and weather impacts are noted along with social events and church planning.
George Huntington sells his 80 acre Pennfield farm for 7600 to Samuel Dinger and buys a Battle Creek residence at Penn and Clay streets for 4000. He plans winter rest and future business. The issue notes figures, locations, and local context of property transfers and a broader regional crime and social news roundup.
An old column blends a nostril of patent medicine marketing praising Elec tr or Bitters as a blood purifier, with brief anecdotes of children debating a million dollars. Separate jokes quote a coroner mislabeling a railroad attorney, satirizing public figures and professions.
Read of numerous visits and travels by residents including Chas Parker in Jackson. Mrs. Arthur Gauss in Kalamazoo. Irving Favor at Gull Lake. Julia Baty in Kalamazoo visiting R. R. Fisher. and many others like attorney W. B. Wara in Battle Creek, Miss Marguerite Sawyer in Battle Creek, and Mrs. Lyon in Elkhart.
South Bedford residents share visits and travels with neighbors and relatives. Frank Orns and wife and daughter toured Nashville Tuesday to Sunday. Dan Francisco and children from Ceresco called on E E Boyer from Asturesy to Tuesday. Herbert Day and family visited near Marshall Thursday. Irvin Terry and Buffalo NY relative stay with Melvin and Mrs Terry for the month. E B Boyer hosted on Sunday. Mrs Fred Thoman of Marengo and FP Clari with sons of Eckford visited. Cras Clark and children, Mrs Ma Le Hipp and daughter, and Wesley Thornes of Marshall joined the gatherings as Henry Simons visited his daughter Mrs Harry Mauzer in Hattie Creek Saturday.
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