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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1883
Page
8
From our correspondent various items recount Christmas happenings, family visits, school closures, and small town events across Fredonia Frenka Marengo Eckford and nearby communities. Names such as John White Miaohn Bender Nettie Thwing Henry Howe and Rev J M Aiken appear amid farm notes, shortages, and seasonal reflections on crops and recipes.
Battle Creek and Albion columns fill with holiday notices. Mr Wm Leigh and Mrs Nancy Snellgrove wed, school closes two weeks till New Year, and Burlington post serves 23 years. The town reports fires, repairs, church events, post deliveries, tax payments, streetcar delays, new electric light plans, and local business news including shipping and clubs.
The village sees transfers including Daniel H. Pierson to Mrs JM Oldman for lots at Cass and Perry streets, $400, and Maria Parker to Elias and Mary J Scouton for 20 acres in Albion section 11, $2,000. Local items note postmaster changes, church and school events, marriages, holidays, taxes, and residents like Ed Darrow, Mollie Colling, Minnie Raby, Fred Cotton.
Local notes recount visits, social events, and a December 15 1833 notice. The Michigan Sportsman Association schedules its ninth annual meeting in Jackson on January 8 1984 at 7 00 pm in the council chamber with delegates and tickets arranged by railroads. Members urged to attend, bring lawmakers, and prepare papers on topics of animal protection and sport.
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