County wide effort drives local option move
The weekly notes call for a mass convention in Calhoun County to organize for an election on local prohibition. Brevity of effort urged with emphasis on uniting all parties, avoiding factionalism, and pushing for a decisive local option majority. Also reports social events, school news, and community tidbits from Marshall area.
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Tekonsha News
Michigan
North Marshall
Mra. Mayo
Longfellow
Calhoun County
Homer Jerald
Historic Albion schoolhouse linked to community uses
The Albion school house served as a central venue for church services and entertainment, aiding collections and finances. William Morrison began his career there as a teacher, with Miss Maria Crane and Miss Weldo contributing vocal music. The building later fell unused, but its framed structure remained well preserved when moved.
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Wm. Morrison
Albion
Maria Crane
Blanchard
Weldo
Morrison
French Marriages Second Time Etiquette and Customs
In France, second marriages are treated with caution and modesty. Men face lighter social bias than women, especially for middle aged widows with children. Simple ceremonies, somber attire, and respect for the first marriage mark the union, with children often present and rings kept in memory of the departed spouse. Silver and gold weddings described, with protocols for attire, rituals, and celebration.
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France
Pera Didon
Paris
Mediterraeal
Pere Didon
Powibie
Pars Cor
Boston
All Sorts of People Who Run Against the Night Clerk's Deel
A night clerk at an Omaha hotel recounts late night sights and colorful guests, from a florid traveling man awaiting mail to a three-quarters drunk man chasing a wrong key, a sleeping visitor in the writing room, and city officials returning from the opera. Sleepers and troublemakers fill the quiet hours as staff chase them away.
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Deel
Mr. Watson
Omaha
Lincoln
Waste of Sawmills Used to Make Paper Pulp
Boston Transcript reports a method to convert pine waste into paper pulp using bisulphate of lime in brick-lined boilers heated by lead steam pipes. The process digests small wood pieces with the chemical, then washes the fiber. digestion occurs with sulfurous vapor through porous limestone.
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Germany
Boston Transcript
Tax Collection Notice From Conris Township Treasurer
Tax payments will be collected at National City Bank in Mar son and at John Butler's grocery store in Mereball. December 1837 payments are due every Saturday, with funds received at the township treasurer's office. Eddee Marshall is the township treasurer.
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Conris
National City Bank
Marson
Fredupia
John Butler
Daecember
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Junction
Olivet Band
Fredonia
HH. P. Hoagland
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H. L. Colling
Coldwater
Edith Smyth
Union City
Georgia Smyth
Abner Bossard
Alexander Pratt
Douglas Pratt
Frank Wells
California
Amwond Love
Frink
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Burlington
Rap Elliot
Clarence Smith
Brown
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BB. Hs
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Low Baeery
Clarendon
Wa Eidred
Jes Os Tekonsba
An Tadofier
Albert Mint
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Ceresoo
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Perdition
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Albert S. Pattison
Frank Plum
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Three Rivers
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Qobid
L. H. Brockway
Ruth
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Lewis Sackett
Fred
L. C. Robinson
Ord
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Eckford
Nebraska
Arnold
Henry Skinner
Lyon Lake
Ed T. Chase
Emerson Hamilton
Henry Luskan
Mia Bertha Parca
Freewill Baptist Church
Cook's Prairie
Ladies’ Aid Society
Wesley Ball
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Eckford Liferacy Society
F. Cole
Albion Deco
Fane
James Dayir
Geo. F. White
Marengo Literary
La't
Dekonsha
John Wood
Peter Shaw
Theodore Heath
B.S. Eldred
C.H Miller
H. B. Cory
Ralph Moon
Marshall
A. B. Howard
J. L. Ramedall
Southard Michigan Medical Association
Filladale
Cyrus 1Tangerford
Hazen A. Horton
A. T. Prine
Alabama
Dikhart Mutual Aid Insurance Co
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Miller’s
Williama
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Opera House
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Battle Crook
Osborn
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Geo
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Gilbert Cooper
Della Cook
Isaac Oxtram
Ray Pritchard
Carrie Eilis
Maia Ellis
Nellie Hogle
Francis Bogle
Charlie Johnson
Prom
Mr. Bush
Nashville
Mich
Recorder of
8. Monroe
8. G. Howlett
Albion Lodge
Evsuing
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Chatieg
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Bert Earl
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F. Pike
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Red Echo House
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Baro
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Cloaks
Eagle Opera House
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Uae
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Gelhey
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