Local News Delayed By Snew Blockade
Our lack of county news this week is due to the snow blockade of the country roads and railways though two letters from correspondents have been received by this afternoon.
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1885
Page
8
County News from Las CenterLinks and Nearby
Las Center Links reports on local happenings including Mr. Arbs Sanders death after long illness. Notes on roads, weather, campaigns, and social events. Mentions J.E. Nichols trading property, Prohibition debates, and the Albion wheat market. Also covers church revival, a fire, and community notices from Tekonsha, Battle Creek, and Union City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Center Links
Hi. Rundel
Arbs Sanders
Howard Hall
Seward Maher
W. P. Davis
Saline
Ashrenaw County
Albion
Marshall
Battle Creek
Albion Milling Company
Recorder
Richard McNeil
Parma
Philadelphia
Cual
Grand Recorder
Michigan
W. Warne Wilson
Detroit
Albion Lodge
W. E. Knapp
Bidrop
K Nd
Tiny
Re. Roe
Bonda
Whittier at Pleasant Home Amesbury a Poet Among Friends
Harriet Prescott Spofford portrays poet Whittier living simply at Pleasant Home in Amesbury with a Suffolk smile and keen, burning eyes. The piece notes Whittier splits time among Boston and Oak Knoll Danvers while savoring Indian summers, his duty on election day, and a reverent local following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Whitier
Amesbury
Harry Fenn
Lucy Larcom
Celia Thaxter
Powow Hill
Whittier
Penius
Boston
White Hills
Oak Knoll
Danvers
Essex
Concord Mole
Harriet Prescott Spofford
The
Critic
Telegraph blunders underscore telegraphy woes
A rumbled dispatch from Western Union lists frequent receiving errors on busy lines between the city and New York. Examples include misreads of names and phrases such as William Gill & Pie for Gillespie and Meet me with hearse and carriage for horse and carriage, with others illustrating the perils of rapid message handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union Company
William Gill & Pie
William Gillespie
Spherical Soap Prank Ends In Chaos And Divorce Threat
In a comic tale from Pucks via AL Munkittrick, Me Thimblejig objects to ball shaped transparent soap. After a flying soap ball wrecks the bathroom, knocks a dog into a milk wagon, and ricochets through the yard, Thimblejig captures remaining soaps and vows divorce if more arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thimblejig
Wagstaff
Jet
AL Munkittrick
Household Chemicals For Everyday Cleaning And Health
Household use of common chemicals like washing fluids soda-ash ammonia lime borax and salicylic acid is urged for cleaning clothes woodwork carpets and dishes. The piece notes disinfectant benefits and hints at safer, practical science education for women and housekeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uet Us
Mes.h. Meture
Magasiac
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