Local items and notices from a Marshall region issue
Jottings recount health scare for Mrs Ed Bowers, a Lyon Lake dance, a potential home talent opera, death of Wa Seabolt at 48, a punch incident before Justice Merrill, a chicken pie supper for church repairs, Adventist services on Saturdays, wedding announcements for George Miller and Berenice Porter, sermons at Baptist church, funeral of Mrs W S Messany, deer kill estimates by State Game Warden Morse, dancing school popularity, Wm Newth opens barber shop, Ellis Diver wood chest showcase, and religious talks by Rev L Deyoot Britton with local civic interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Glenn
W. C. Hammond
Justice
Merrill
Lyon Lake Church
Methodist Church
C. B. Glover
Queen Street
George Miller
Misa Berenice Porter
W. H. Porter
Baptist Church
Bailey
Local notices and society items fill late edition
The page covers a mix of society reports and public notices. It notes a meeting of a local temperance or civic group and plans to boost membership, an abstract company transfer to Frenk Turher and new managers Fred Cavanagh and Leigh Turner, a small fire incident at Mrs Mary McHugh’s home with modest losses, and a sugar beet experiment by Seth McAllister showing 10,570 pounds at 14.6 percent sugar. It also mentions court decisions in Lansing, a Baville Milling case, a 70-person gathering hosted by S F Dobbins with prizes, and a Presbyterian church concert by Mrs Rhena Rodgers of Albion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pring Oe
Sithusiaam
Calhoun’ County Abstract Co. Limited
A. C. Wister
Frenk‘Turher
Battle Creek
Opera House
Fisher
Orchestra
Mrs. Pratt
Kalamazoo
Miss Day
Clarence Cole
Seth McAllis
Lansing
Supreme Court
Albion State Bankee
Knickerbocker
Viroult Court
Cantwell
Brenen
Albion Milling Co
Brewen&Co
Gia
F. Dobbins
East State Street
H. EB
Hollan
H. B. Hughes
The Baby and a Mother's Fat Fear in Lossful Pain
A fragment reflects a mother’s view of her baby’s evolving condition from plump dimples to frail hollows. She notes that fat once brought comfort, now absent, amid pain and fear as the child declines.
Rounding Gains for Housemaids Shelter and London Brigades
A benefactor provides a shelter for homeless women in London. Half of the residents credit the shelter with gaining courage to undertake new creative work. She also organizes the flower artists of London into brigades with fixed stations under police protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehalf
London
New Great South American Kidney Cure Claims Fast Relief
A sensational claim touts a six hour relief for kidney and bladder disease using a remedy labeled New Great South American Kidney Cure. It promises immediate relief from urinary retention with universal applicability to both sexes, attributed to exaggerated promptness and a doctor endorsement by W. H. Histon. The excerpt also cites German government subsidies to Strasburg’s medical faculty, remarking on Germany’s high research output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Histon
Sudden Deaths Rise in Chicago Amid Weather Shift
Chicago records show twenty nine sudden deaths over three days as doctors link rising and falling temperatures to the surge. Physicians warn that weather changes likely contributed to the fatalities across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Macalester College President Reappointed by Synod
Dr James Wallace has served as Macalester College president for six years and led debt clearance. The Presbyterian synod unanimously elected him to continue, rejecting calls for a younger successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pines
James Wallace
Macalester College
Minnesota
Presbyterian Synod
Mrs Rodgers Receives Warm Praise For Vocal Rendition
The review praises her performance of Gounod and Cowen arias and notes Mrs. Rodgers has studied with top instructors in the country. She plans to go abroad next spring to further her education, hoping to sing again in Marshall to please those who heard her Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gounod
Cowen
Personal mentions from a Marshall column
A Marshall column lists residents and visitors including Mrs W H Arthur visiting relatives in Ionia, Miss May McHale to Omaha, FP J Hatchell under doctor care, George Miller and Matthew Watson returning to Chicago, Ray Cole returning to Oshkosh, Hiram Ryder serving as juror in Detroit, Mr and Mrs F A Stuart and Mr and Mrs B B Stuart returning from Chicago, Mrs C Gill heading to Los Angeles for winter, John C Patterson and J M Hatch in Lansing on legal business, Mr and Mrs John Miller and son in Fremont for the death of Mrs Miller's brother Anthony Taylor, age 23. Also a dentist piece clarifies practice continuation at Dr Smiley house with pricing ads and caution against cheap work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Arthur
Ionia
May McHale
Omaha
Neb
J. Hatchell
George Miller
Matthew Watson
Chicago
Ray, Cole
Marshall
Oshkosh
Wis
F. A. Stuart
B. B. Stuart
C. Gill
Los Angles
Calif
John C. Patterson
J. M. Hatch
Lansing
Supreme Court
John Miller
Rawben
Fremont
Ohio
Orga
Dr. Smiley
Main Street
Pnublic
High School Activities And Upcoming Events
The Seniors host a mask social at Catherine Brewer's home tonight. The Senior-Junior debate moved from Tuesday to Thursday this week. A December 14 dance is planned at Eagle Opera House. The new high school roof is fully slated and exterior work largely finished. Delphic society presents a special literary program in the assembly room also on December 14, with public invitation. Sophomores debated the money versus education question this week, the affirmative winning. Superintendent Lohr was elected chairman of the State Oratorical Association executive committee, signaling the school’s strong standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Brewer
Eagle Opera House
Delphic Society
Lohr
State
Oratorical Association
Drummond Circle Explores Seventeenth Century Science
A Drummond Circle gathering at C. T. Cook’s home featured Mrs. Z. H. Denison delivering a concise talk on Scientific Ideas of the Seventeenth Century after the announced paper fell through. The discussion touched telepathy and Herbert Spencer philosophy, strengthening ties among attendees led by Wen. H. Porter on Curiosities of the Seventeenth Century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond
C. T. Cook
Z. H. Denison
Algo
Gradi
Herbert Spencer
Wen. H. Porter
Advertised Letters at Mars Post Office December 7 1900
List of remaining letters at the Mars post office as of December 7 1900. Names include Struell postmaster and Georgs Hinks, Mr J NS, with several addressed items awaiting collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Struell -Posteatien Iserte
Fr Georgs Hinks
Electric Bitters touted for life reviving strength
J W Gardner of Idaville Indiana praises Electric Bitters as the cure for listlessness and loss of appetite. He claims the remedy gave him renewed vigor and a better appetite at 60 cents a bottle. Salvationists persecuted in Switzerland with imprisonment and abuse reported in Neufchatel Bevaix and Geneva.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Hyde
Switzerland
Salvation Army
Lassie
Chillon
Byron
Neufchatel
Bevaix
Geneva
Wanted Solicitor to Represent and Sell Western Securities
A permanent position is offered to qualified parties at 3100 per month. Apply to G. W. Armstrong in Spokane Washington by January 25 after December 7. In other notes Swallows migrate to Central America and southern Mexico, arriving in the southern states by March and April. The robins show less interest in warm climates and rarely reach Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Western
G. W. Armstrong
Spokane
Washington
Central America
Maxico
Mexico
Marsh Hay Wanted For Delivery To Farm
Wanted to buy 50 tons of marsh hay delivered and weighed at a farm. The note mentions a railway car used as a presidential HQ near Méchadodorp with guards at the doors and Kruger rarely leaving except for his morning bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deold Hrystal
Krager
Early Electricity in Mining Origins and Ads
Electricity began used in mining early with Santa Rosalia in Chihuahua as one of the first plants. It spread to gold fields in South Africa and Austria and to diamond fields in Brazil. Also notes a cough remedy and a one day cure cold medicine priced at 250 with no pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Mexico
South Africa
Austria
Brazil
Salve Claim Promises Piles Cure at Local Sale
Fragment describes a guaranteed cure for piles sold by Hy J Hyde a druggist, advertised as a one or two part remedy priced at 25 cents per box. The text notes a sales pitch and product availability with no additional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy .J. Hyde
Also Mentioned on This Page
International Stock Food
Marshali, Mich
Ireat
Ed Bowers
Lyon Lake
Albion
E.p.'s
Wa. Seabolt
Morse
Secretary of State
Hande
Wm. Newth
Hatch Sone Ok
St By Sheridan
Hanover Street
UtIre
KE. B. Hughes
Ellis Diver
L Deyoot
Britton
Will Dundey
Christian Church
Quad Viatotia
Presbyterian Church
Rhena Rodgers
Rodgers
Royal Baking Powder CO
William
New York
Eastern College
Strasburg
United States
Holliday Sas
Don’ T Serree’s
Bedance
Friends of the Dead
China
Couch
Hiram Ryder
Detroit
United States District Court
da. L
Surry
Rand
G ‘Brate Streets
Ma Mareball
Mi Mish
Drummond Circle
Hughes, Marshall, Mich
Ent
G. H. Greene, M. D
Fletcher’s
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