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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1885
Page
8
From Our Own Correspondent reports a lively Fredonia scene with a large community dinner, social visits, and notes on wheat, rainfall, and illness. Memorial services honor Grant, schools close with picnics, and local elders plan a new store while residents discuss crops, threshing, and upcoming lectures.
Residents report a contagious bowel complaint affecting Homer and nearby areas, with deaths and sickness. a relief subscription aims for 7000 dollars for J. M. Failing’s family. Camp meeting attendance rises, plans to extend to two Sundays next year. Albion updates include dire events, new bicycle, cigar factory, church plans, Indian encampment departure, local deaths, a monument at Albion cemetery, and a threshing machine tournament set for Union City with 50 dollars entry.
The document lists a estate division among four children with names and monetary shares, and a public notice advertising a drain contract letting in Fredonia Calhoun County on September 14 1435 with details of the route and officials. It references heirs Mrs Rebartan Ina and Wima Kinbey George Leotard and Mrs Anderson.
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