14 Feb 1872
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1872
Page
3
A garbled OCR passage lists several names including Miss Muloch Howells Miss Allcott Mrs Braveng Eggleston Robert Dale Owen Alt D Whitney J Rows Browne Lawrence Lockhart Mortimer Collinge and notes the author of Ginz Baby among scattered terms.
The February meeting notes the Mayor Recorder and Aldermen present. Reports of the Finance and Sidewalk Committees list approved bills for J P Larkin Gronin Jr Wm Rosecrantz Join Louer W A Colleer Jas Boyd & Sons totaling 1477 34 and 1477 85 for Howe. Inter est at 10 percent authorized. two weeks adjournment. Marriages and notices follow with multiple names and locations.
We understand friends of Rev. B F Summerbell of the Christian Church plan a donation event at Deacon Lester’s Kalamazoo Avenue residence on Tuesday afternoon and evening next February 20. Donations are to express appreciation for his labor and health is improving slowly. Fresh meats will be served. all are invited.
Barrs Pectoral Elixir touted for throat and lung relief. Professor Brown of Olivet delaying a planned singing school in Marshall due to advancing commitments. If all parties consent, he may lead plays next fall in October. music class indefinitely postponed.
A.A. Hyde, Agent, and two officers Simon Murphy and Ike Wrokoff allegedly fought over a prisoner after a morning arrest in the East End. The piece argues police and city officials drink publicly, calls for removal if intoxication is proven, and contends Barr’s Pectoral Elixir can cure a severe cold.
Mr Russell canceled his planned temperance course due to meetings yet spoke to a large audience at The Academy urging a new political party to enforce liquor laws. He warned against relying on Temperance candidates on Republican or Democratic tickets and promoted forming a Good Templar Lodge with about 20 members present. He urged Christian and moral unity, noted lodge officers, and announced a meeting at Ferguson's Hall Friday to complete arrangements. He urged strong, organized support from thoughtful men and women to make the movement effective in Marshall.
The School Board locates the new Primary School on the northwest corner of Block 30 at Green and Linden, purchasing an 8 by 10 rod lot for 1000 dollars from Philip Bihm. The site is dry and well placed, with objections mainly distance from population. The board funds a building committee Hyde and Mendelson. contracts 100,000 brick from Col. Dickey. upgrades with a Hallett Davis piano and new matting for halls and rooms. Some criticism from readers prompts calls for named signatures, not anonymous abuse.
The Hotchkiss School District flogging dispute centered on Master Perry Mayo who whipped Adam Scott. Mayo claimed provocation and the boy resisted, leading to a court case at Eagle Hall judged by Justice Shearman. The jury acquitted Mayo. both sides reported injuries, with disagreement over the propriety of the punishment.
A February 22 72 band ball to be held at Wagner's Hall by Rescus and Wolverine Fire Co s with music by Marshall Cornet Band and Berdan s Quadrille Band. Hall will be lavishly decorated for a premier evening of the season amid notes from editor Sherman on Michigan history and local civic reminiscences.
The article discusses the People v. B Hewitt and the magistrate’s ruling that no crime was committed under the statute cited. It questions prosecutorial costs and delays, noting Hewitt’s Democratic ties and the examiner’s conduct while acknowledging the case’s legal ambiguity and continued public scrutiny.
Berdan's celebrated Quadrills Band appears for the last time this season at Wagner's Hall for the Union Ball next Thursday evening. The music alone promises to justify the ticket price of 1,500 dollars.
A promotional notice detailing Hearth and Home as a weekly family newspaper with original stories by noted authors, moral instruction, home and garden content, youth sections, news, finance, and illustrated costs. It promotes affordability with annual and bulk rates, published by Orange Judd & Co. at 245 Broadway, N.Y.
A local notice promotes the Washington Ball at Wagner's Hall next week Thursday, calling it the season's next best event. Also touts Autugamonus Yaukee's Ghee Microscupe a two dollar and a half microscope claimed superior to many fifty dollar models, praised by Chicago Journal of Microscopy.
Puff notes urge readers to buy Halford Table Sauce from grocers, claiming it complements meats as mise butter does bread, framing the product as essential for tasting better meals.
A report fragment covers a spiritualist meeting at Ferguson's Hall with Rev. D E Millard preaching at the Jackson Christian Church next Sunday. It mentions vaccination drives during smallpox scares, railroad surveys by M and C Railway executives, and local incidents including a Three Rivers quarrel and a broken jaw, plus social events and a long Marshall County outlook urging a court house tax.
Royal Fire Insurance Company reports assets of 29,000,008 Franklin 3,000,00 Andes 1,600,000 Sprinutlelé 6 ts fa 1,000,600 Amatron w 1 st. 706,000 Triumph af 700,000 St. Paul tS 500,000 with agent Frank Beach.
A Friday debate examined whether ballot withholding should apply to foreigners after 21 years in the country. The affirmative was led by Preston with Hewitt and Huggett. J W Jandell spoke for the negative, backed by Sailer and Pond. The negative won. In a later issue, a special order asks if war between England and the United States would yield monarchy in America or a republic in Europe. A proposed fortnightly resolution argues for a new party to serve labor interests.
Our Olivet Letter dated February 12, 1872 notes Prof Moyes W Field of Detroit delivering the fifth lecture on Protection of Home Industry to citizens and students. It reports election of delegates to the State Convention at Saginaw February 20 and 21, with religious services by Rev De Fox of Albion, quarterly meeting, love feast, and a quarterly report showing 18 probation, 13 by letter, one in full communion.
The Marenge Debating Club debated the resolution that intoxicating liquors should be prohibited by law with the affirmative led by Shamway and supported by Hewitt Hogmire and others and the negative led by S T De Forest with John Withee Lincoln Coleman and Wells. The presiding officer Lewis Townsend noted the weight favored the affirmative. A subsequent question asked whether war has advanced civilization, with Wells Shumway Marbie DeForest and Coleman among the participants.
A neighbor writes of attending a Boston music hall concert honoring Duke Alexis. Police controlled entry as tickets were limited to elites. the Duke joined officials for a grand scene with a 60-piece orchestra, 4,000 choristers, and lavish Russian American decor. A postconcert ball cost $15 per couple, with city expenses reportedly $17,000.
Hubbardston Advertiser reports progress on the M and C Railroad from Cold Water to Elm Hall with surveying near Estella and Elm Hail. Proposals invite timbers for Lyona and Muir bridges, lines to be completed with contracts soon let. Carson City notes mixed local sentiment but optimistic engineers and directors will finalize routes, ties ready, cars expected within a year.
The Owosso and Big Rapids, Lansing and St Johns, Jonesville and Northern, Kealamazoo, Lowell and Northern, Grand Rapids and Indiana, Marshall and Coldwater and other routes aim to join northward toward the Great Through Line with the Northern Pacific. The piece argues the Marshall and Coldwater route offers the clearest, most direct path and greatest local traffic potential, with Grand Rapids and Indiana a weaker rival. It urges thorough examination to determine the best prospects.
Director Ewers of Union City received a letter claiming the Executive Committee interviewed Gardner who promised help to build the road. The note said iron would be ready when needed, and Gardner’s control of rail capital was a strong guarantee. Athens and Waukesha have completed subscriptions and will soon proceed.
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