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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1896
Page
2
The Statesman gives subscription terms for one year with advance and non-advance options and a plea for timely news items from Calhoun County. It notes high printing quality and low prices, urges writers to sign and deliver to 236 Alste Street by Wednesday noon, and requests prompt reporting if issues are missed.
The piece explains how U S support for belligerent rights to Cuba clashes with a 101 year old treaty with Spain. Because the treaty allows searches of merchant ships for contraband, recognizing Cuba could let Spanish cruisers seize American ships on the high seas. Trade and liner routes in the West Indies are a key concern, balancing humanity against dollars.
The Civic federation backs a new Chicago political party to clean up city governance. Organizers say honest council members must be nominated, warning against poor candidates and urging reform beyond old party ties. The movement debates a name and plans to organize for upcoming primaries.
The International League of Press Clubs urged uniform rules to protect newspapers from onerous libel suits. They want actions in the paper’s county, no punitive damages, and when truth is shown to be substantially true no libel deemed. Retracted articles should limit liability to actual economic loss only.
A sailor and mechanic named George W. Price claims a compressed air ship propulsion method using a swinging cargo platform and pendulum motion to drive a screw propeller. The design tests in Narragansett Bay led to a company forming to commercialize the apparatus and power lighting. The article also proposes acquiring Greenland and Danish West Indies for naval needs and notes Senator Lodge’s favorable view, arguing strategic gains and potential profits.
The senate and house in Washington hold sessions Feb 1 to Feb 8 debating the free silver substitute for the bond bill, district appropriations, and pensions. Amendments are proposed and defeated. a cabinet nomination is confirmed. several religious charity appropriations are struck or debated. The Crosnates contest outcome favors Crosutes.
Joseph R. Dunlop editor of the Chicago Dispatch was convicted on six counts for sending obscene material through the mails. A motion for a new trial will be argued later. penalties could reach up to sixty years in prison and forty four thousand dollars in fines if final sentencing occurs.
A Boston reformer Rev. C J Freeman formerly rector of St Mark's Anaconda Mont describes his illness and recovery. He details months of pain, weakness, and partial paralysis, then credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring health after eight months of use. He urges others to try the remedy and thanks a friend who recommended it. He signs as A B Ph D, former St Mark's rector.
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