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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1899
Page
1
A humorous musing compares scaling a flea’s jumping power to a man. With Philadelphia to Pittsburg at 354 miles and the earth’s circumference at 24,002 miles, seventy leaps would span the globe. The piece imagines quick jumps to pass the wait for customers, then asks if witch hazel or ram would help.
Recorder Brown and two others attended as Alderman Miller was chosen temporary chair. Alderman Joy called the engineer Courtright to report on sewer work and relied on receipts to release the city from further claims. The newly finished bridge required painting. $3,800 paid of $4,205, with $50 kept back upon completion. Alderman Miller moved $140 to be retained. the motion passed. Marshal Hibbard updated council on water mains in front of John Storrs residence and steam exhaust from American laundry, recommending higher exhaust, which was approved. He also proposed linking the city tramp hinge to a water main. A disruption interrupted the session as Alderman Anson’s remarks ended the discussion.
Arthur Lewis accepts post with I F Page. Kelleher buys FE Van Dusen shoe business. Methodist state convention to be held at Albion in December. Statesman prints a day early due to Thanksgiving. Junior league to host magazine social at church tonight. High school senior banquet hosted by Roscoe Clayborne’s home. S M Seely left estate probate case in Branch County. Homer pursues cement factory prospects. past dispute resurfaces. Teachers leave for Ann Arbor for Schoolmaster's club. R S Garwood treasurer. Horace Anson dies at his Homer home. uncle to Alderman Anson. Contractor Seymour shifts railroad equipment to Olivet. hopes to lay track soon. New railroad grade reaches Grand Trunk crossing northwest of Olivet. Seymour awaits developments. Rev L N Pattison elected first vice president of Albion district Womans Foreign Missionary society at Hanover. Anna Marshall Elsie Wagner and E Earl Houston Frits Bently visiting for Thanksgiving. Mrs Jerome Zimmerman bound over for trial. Local readers urged to consult Dr W My Hovey, recently established with base at stone barn. Christian Endeavor districts hold convention at Bat tle Creek. papers read by Mrs Chas Dell and Ernest Hatch. Union service at Baptist church, W C T U presiding. Roy N Pattison speaks on “The Armor of the Reformer.” Battle Creek forms stone-pressing company. buys 85 acres gravel land. F A Stuart of Marshall donates $1,000 Chickering piano to Olivet College for a Whitney opera house project. Mrs Eliza Bagley dies at South Grand Street, Marshall, age 85. Funeral Tuesday. Rev J B Walton officiates. Exchange notes church seating causes late arrivals to be moved to front benches.
The Battle Creek Record accuses Prosecuting Attorney Hatch of bias as it claims Marshall and Albion would be drawn into a mass action to move the county courthouse. The Albion Mirror retorts that Battle Creek pockets fines, commends a recorder's court, and mocks the Record's fearmongering.
Clérk's Office records show fourteen license applications including Vandergrift and Mary of Battle Creek Alice and Mable Bing Ralph Me GiletsChicago and Rens B Fuller Albion Herbert Day of Fredonia and Baesio Avery of Marshall Wilkie B Collins and Osee Baker Fredonis Liva V Cuse Estella L Labertean Marshall Wellington BR Adams and Mary O'Dell Burlington Edwin D McCormick Eckford and Mariel Howe Parma William Keck Irene Wiselogel Sheridan.
John Butts married his niece Miss Bugden in a union viewed as illegal. Butts lies about kinship to County Clerk. investigation reports him an uncle to the bride. The couple’s whereabouts are unknown and will be separated when found. William Butts pressed perjury charges before Justice Merrill, pending a warrant.
The attempted murder case against Mrs. Maurie Butterfield Sanderson of Battle Creek, charged with killing her aged husband by feeding ground glass in his oatmeal, is the first case set for the circuit court convening next Monday. It is scheduled for Tuesday, December 5. Sheriff Williams and Turnkey Furner subpoena the witnesses for the prosecution on Saturday.
A map posing as Edwin H. Calkins of Solvay New York tours the country, demanding five dollars from every bicycle rack owner. Calkins asserts a rack patent and threats of court actions for noncompliance, claiming violations of patent laws.
Hulbert G W Meshem and B C Nichols filed their appearances with the county clerk in the $200000 suit Charles R Mains began Wednesday. They moved to require Mains to post security for costs and to strike the suit from the docket.
Battle Creek to Record Mains scoffs at rumors of launching a daily paper. He says most county papers come from unreliable sources and that he would not start a paper unless it could educate the public, noting he might drop such an idea if he could not run it effectively.
The Lailes of the Monday Club held a pleasant session at Mrs Snyder's home on Monday afternoon. Papers discussed contrasted life stages with topics such as the alluring side of life by J Baxory and women and children as wage earners. A pronouncing teat led by Mrs Perrott followed the readings.
A school board faces opposition over plans for a Hanover street back yard high school. Taxpayers warn against a 20000 cost and poor sighting, urging modernization of the present building instead. Backers argue a nearby new structure aids supervision and heating, estimating 210000 unfurnished plus site costs from 35000 to 70000 beyond the 220000 already voted.
Frank Tucker's company plays at the Opera House through Saturday night and fills the house. The acting is generally good with notable rendition of Jerry the tramp by Mr Tucker and the specialty work earns praise.
Monette Nye of Kalama returns from Assyria with news of a coal and oil boom near Barry county. A local company has begun exploration with promising results and reports say Standard Oil is interested. Rumors claim two wells will reach 3,500 feet and both coal veins have been found, with mines to follow soon.
Judge Smith updates Calhoun County circuit court terms to the second Monday of February May and November and the first Tuesday after the first Monday of September with the change effective after January 1. The bar lists 47 members with Battle Creek 24 Albion 8 Athens 1 Homer 2 Marshall 11. At December term Charton R Maina of Battle Creek will be removed and Charles OC Green and F L tees place names will take their spots.
A Michigan railroad president, likened to David Harum, parts with a roadster to a farmer for 175 but defends its value at 500. The farmer tests the claim with a paper and two listening men, while a freight train incident interrupts the exchange. The tale highlights a wheeler dealer persona amid a local dispute over horse value and rail status.
Detroit Free Press interview with Washington Gardner outlines support for gold standard to curb debt and stabilize prosperity, trust regulation to protect the many, continued war effort in the Philippines, and cautious stance on colonial legislation for Cuba and Porto Rico. The notice also includes local notices about theft, a veterinary service ad, and a personal testimonial about Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption.
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