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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1887
Page
13
A traveler on a railroad trip experiences a charming daydream as the scenery passes. A sudden coughing fit and draught in the open neck cause a friend's aid to bring St Jacobs Oil, Patented tonics, and various remedies are pitched as cures. Advertisements praise Ely Cream Balm Kellogg's Columbia Oil and other nostrums with testimonials from doctors and travelers.
In Minneapolis a boxing match between Jack Campeey and Johnny Reagan, both of Brooklyn, ended with Dempsey defeating Reagan in forty four rounds after difficult travel and rough weather on a Little steamer. The bout was governed by the London prize ring club rules and ended with Reagan unable to continue. Weir and Warren fought to a twenty round draw with two ounce gloves in Migggaronis Minn. Ike Weir dominated most rounds, Warren showing resilience but sustaining facial injuries.
The National Gazette prints excerpts from a letter by the crown princess describing their time of trial. She expresses trust that the nation remembers them, and hope and blessing in support of her husband. She notes concern over how long the Crown Prince may be needed and his health for duties ahead.
A fragmented description notes Thomas Ellis Jr in Montross Iowa amid a string of events. It mentions a divorce suit, forgery imprisonment in Danville, and local turmoil including bandit activity by Burau in Sonora and Mexico with many settlements and battles. It also references tobacco smuggling prosecutions, and an assault on Dr Morrison Mumford in Kansas City.
At a recent New York meeting rubber booth and shoe manufacturers favored a trust patterned on Standard Oil. Many firms, large and small, are expected to join. Weekly U S business failures total 284, up from 235 last week. Denver jeweler B Davidson assigned assets of 87,700. Matsilitios totals 33,600. Telke Brothers of Barron Wis assigned assets about 17,000 with 15,000 in liabilities. Joliet Steel will close mills around Dec 4 for an indeterminate period, risking about 3,000 jobs. Central Traffic and rail lines restore dressed meat rates to prior levels. Minnesota and Dakota reports show busy country elevators. Oil movement curtailment has reduced stocks by 1,100,000 barrels. Perceval Lowell, ex-general passenger agent of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy, died at Ojai Springs, Cal., Saturday. President Cleveland accepted a dinner invite from the Constitutional Centennial Society in Philadelphia on Jan 25. Sioux City lawyers G W Argo and W W Irwin were presented with inscribed gold bonded canes after defending Aronsdorf.
Mrs John Jacob Astor dies after four months illness in New York. John Jacob Astor, son William Waldorf Astor and others present at death. She had supported Trinity Church and numerous charities, shaping New York society and benefaction.
Quotations on grains and livestock vary across markets. Wheat futures show mixed openings and closings. oats and corn move with holiday activity. Livestock prices at Union stock yards reflect demand for hogs, cattle, and sheep. produce and dairy prices list several per unit ranges.
A northbound St. Louis Arkansas Texas train was halted ten miles east of Texarkana Arkansas as three armed robbers boarded the engine near Geneva Station late Saturday night. Express clerk H D Johnson and the messenger resisted. shots were fired through the windows and a pickax used. Johnson was struck and the robbers demanded the doors opened.
In Cincinnati Edward Harper drew ten years in the Ohio penitentiary after a verdict of guilty for bank-related crimes. The scene in the courthouse was crowded as the sentence was read. his wife and sister-in-law wept, while jurors showed sympathy. Harper arrived at the prison that night with his family, and the case drew broad attention from nearby crowds.
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