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Various Local Incidents Spur Town Talk Across Michigan
A cobbled report recounts a man named Rhodey killed by a train near Cassopolis. Detroit honors Hon. C. T. Trowbridge on his birthday with a public dinner. A Toledo visitor at Hudson faces lodging charges. Grand Rapids hosts a feud over postmaster duties. Mischievous youths use Bronson park mound as a counting ground. James Grant breaks a leg and doctor reduces the fracture. Four masked men rob Detroit stockyards and flee with cash. A farmer at Three Rivers injures his head after a fall. recovery prospect slim. Lieut. Newcomb ordered to investigate recent wrecks on Michigan waterways amid seaworthiness concerns. A Ithaca pedler loses a horse, another thief steals the remaining horse. Robert Mallon, 11, skates into an air-hole at South Bay City river. he frees his life by quick action. Mason residents auction off Indies in a local novelty scheme. A rare chant of markets and curiosities closes with odd notes from the sale.