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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1880
Page
2
A political admonition praising E S Lacayton Creakerate of Charlotte as a fit, unupbraidable candidate for the next congress. The piece lauds his integrity for the district, promising beaver-like industry and faithful representation once elected unopposed by acclamation.
Ben Wm H Barnum, chair of the Democratic National Committee, announces support for Hancock. The text rails against northern Republicans and praises the “solid South,” arguing Democrats can restore power by allying with southern veterans and disfranchising black citizens, framing the Civil War anew.
A fragmented, feverish tirade denounces Garfield and Reconstruction policies. The speaker condemns voting rights for freed slaves, opposes southern reorganization, and rails against Republican leaders, pledging loyalty to the Democratic cause and secessionist sentiment while attacking northern federal actions and the Union’s wartime debt.
John L Davenport, chief supervisor of elections, supervised clerks copying city counts to flag fraudulent registration ahead of an election. John J. Murphy a census enumerator was arrested after misreporting occupants at 119 Greene Street, listing famous names like Garfield and Arthur. He faces potential $5000 fine and two years in prison.
Years ago high taxes on coal oil whisky and tobacco burdened moderate earners. General Garfield supported a tax relief bill in Congress aiming to lower the coal oil tax and ease revenue pressure while addressing speculation in Pennsylvanian oil.
A sprawling column recalls political gifts to General Garfield and public duties, crop reports from England, crime and violence incidents from Missouri to Montreal, indecisive New York politics, and Hancock’s national prospects. It mentions bans, trials, hangings, train robberies, and frontier clashes with shifting allegiances and local tensions.
Washington Letter from Waaminater outlines Democratic admission of no October Indians carry, files petition to reverse a state's supreme court ruling on the constitutional amendment, delaying the governor election to November. Calls it a damning confession of defeat and urges Republican momentum. notes Garfield’s prospects and possible eastern doubts.
Malignant diphtheria prevails at North Raisinville defying doctors. Mrs Meyers buried her year-old son, the last of three deaths from the disease. In Detroit two men face a fatal altercation over grape picking, resulting in a knife injury and the loss of an eye. A Hudson political discussion drew about two thousand attendees with Capt Allen and John Tarspey.
Gov Blair explains his political stance in a prefatory letter to E C Reid Allegan Journal dated August 18 1590 The reply outlines his split from Republicans in 1872 his independent stance then voting with Democrats and later supporting McGowan on money issues He asserts he has never been a Democrat and sticks to honest case tariff reform civil service reform and a national banking system He condemns Democratic shifts and vows to fight on the side of the Republicans in the present conflict referencing Lee and Stonewall Jackson and Wade Hampton to justify his line
A story from Beecher recounts a senior year when a student faced heavy costs and an empty purse. He sold his belongings then sold watermelons by wheelbarrow to earn cash, later expanding into trades and paying debts. His determination helped him settle notes, cover commencement expenses, and sustain his goals.
A lengthy editorial denounces public hugging in parks, calling it an absurd threat to American rights. The piece ridicules opponents and urges defense of decorum while contrasting imagined misuses with a vivid, sprawling diatribe on social behavior and civics.
A fragmented tale recounts a duel over love where a suitor armed with pistols faces an opponent mounted on a donkey. The donkey rider, clad in a scarlet cloak and rattling a bladder, rides the arena as the suitor’s horse bolts past the boundary, ending the contest in ridicule and retreat.
A Fort Worth Standard excerpt mocks editorial rooms and a slang term as a man visits a newsroom and departs after a jokey exchange. Separately a San Francisco Odd Fellows prize offered a chair for the fattest baby ends with the winner unable to sit, prompting the triumphant mother to liken the men to her child.
An 1872 Marshall Michigan ordinance authorizes the city to work with the Marshall Gas Company to lay gas mains and install nineteen street lamps plus twelve more at specified points. The agreement covers lamp costs, gas consumption, and seven year terms with monthly payments by the city.
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