20 Aug 1897
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1897
Page
1
Government procurement covers baking powder for households of army officers in Cleveland. The move aims to support officer families and ensure pantry staples while serving the nation.
Long list of visitors and locals in Marshall Michigan area including Miss Elena Carrier visiting friends in Battle Creek, Mrs Dyroth Howe with two children at the Royal, Miss Lizzie Frink of Taechson, and others. Several residents travel to Buffalo, Minneapolis, New York, and St Louis for business, family visits, or health, with notes on local incidents, burglaries, court cases, and community happenings.
The mayor and recorder present a detailed cost estimate for one block of macadam road on Eagle street and for paving State Street from the west end park to Exchange Street, plus brick pavement costs. They note gutter changes and urge taxpayers to study pavement costs as a step toward better roads, with several figures and notes on materials.
A garbled OCR fragment lists assorted items and asks about hardware stores and factories. It mentions Beateh water supplies and Pitebes, with references to Petth Factory, Marstt all, and Hagel At YR. The text is partially unreadable but hints at local ads and services with odd spellings.
An advertisement touts the Universal Food Chopper as the only chopper that handles all foods without mashing. It urges readers to call and examine the device, sold exclusively by O'Leasy Baros Hardware.
Tap Your Own Shoes offers a full line of half soles leather cement tacks and supplies for mending shoes and harnesses. Half soles ten cents per pair. Complete repair outfit one dollar eight one. O Leany Bros Hardware.
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