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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1849
Page
2
A compressed digest from the Detroit Whig era notes various items. Discussion of electing Speaker, county jail construction ad, Newste Bunce bookstore ad, Detroit Daily newspaper improvements, printers convention, Washington Republic and Intelligencer comparisons, a Georgia voyage mention, and a Jackson Agricultural Society meeting with venue details.
The article reviews agricultural periodicals including Genesee Farmer and Moore's Rural New Yorker. It notes Moore’s retirement, upcoming leadership by Damian Les, and promises improvements. It also mentions Western Farmer published in Detroit by Geo. W. Parrish and subscription rates for multiple copies.
A temperance gathering last week drew a small but attentive audience despite poor weather. Dr. C. C. Commtock Jr presented statistics on intemperance, noting twenty two local outlets selling intoxicants and urging unity to rescue souls from degradation.
Fragmented report covers Mr. Webster’s Second Speech and a toast lineup at a Boston festival of New Hampshire citizens. It notes defense of representative government, cautions against licentiousness, praises Hungary’s liberty efforts, and condemns Russian imperial action. Also mentions Liberia visit remarks and a quip about Sylvester and Johnson.
A lengthy denunciation rails at past administrations for treasury plunder and war debt. It accuses Locofoco opponents of fabrications and heavy taxation while defending current efforts to raise funds to pay debts. The piece mocks rival schemes and defends the present administration amid scandal and rhetoric. The tone is partisan and accusatory, referencing figures and papers of the era.
A major accident at City Mills on Aq uadict street saw about eleven thousand bushels of western wheat plunge from the second and third stories into the raceway and river after the front wooden structure gave way. The wheat, owned by Gen. Bedell and Luis Chapin, valued around 85 cents a bushel, caused extensive damage estimated at 2500 dollars. The clerk on duty escaped by leaping to the platform below. The steam system benefits for boot and shoe manufacture are noted, highlighting youthful labor and rapid productivity gains in Massachusetts and New Haven plants.
The Baltimore Bureau reports on the P M General summary of U S post office appointments and renovations, noting appropriations around 479,000 with a total current year balance near 94,893,000. It recommends uniform salaries amid widened expenditures, alongside a vivid anecdote of two Bedford balloon climbers in an ice drenched emergency.
A domestic tale recounts a colonel and his slave Jim whose obedience defines status. A blocking paper, boots, and a share of pride drive a sequence of ironies as the colonel alternates between anger and gratitude while Jim performs loyal, if costly, service.
Reports from the Aciatic Society recount a discussion about ancient Egyptian preparations said to derive from vegetables used in remedies. Observers note heated samples from a Red Sea vicinity and Mocha suggesting plantbased components, with claims of myrrh and aloes tested on bone color changes.
Partial readable text hints at a discovery tied to Kent and a city, mentioning a Cpl and issues of use and disorganization. The legible terms suggest a volatile principle or event, but specifics remain unclear within the damaged passage.
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