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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
2
Sufferers report immediate relief from the Pyramid Pile Cure with no opiate content and claim it cures piles by contracting vessels and improving liver action. The suppository treatment is sold widely for 50 cents with a free booklet, amid praise for its convenience over salves and dilatation. Japanese prefer American cotton for longer staple.
Unclear text discusses nature cleansing blood in spring and the kidneys as filters. mentions impurities and misery. Content garbled with many misspellings, rendering full meaning uncertain but emphasizes bodily purification and health effects.
Lansing Feb 12 The annual report of State Banking Commissioner Maltz shows Michigan banking growth with 187 state banks and three trust companies. New banks formed in Athens Ontonagon Fennville Brown City Quincy Charlotte Bentot Harbor. Charlevaix savings bank liquidated. Deposits rose to 105,129,272.17 with loans at 94,028,206.69. total deposits for 1899 reached 140,253,311.37 with 381,708 depositors and 193,751 saving depositors. dividends totaled 945,000 and expenses 15,098.82.
The article outlines current skirt trends including long rainway skirts four inches above the ground, plain tailored styles with back or front buttoning, and fashionable additions like stitched bands and gore panels. It notes overskirts and jackets extending below the waist, tight sleeves, and the prominence of tailored dress and jacket ensembles for winter wear.
The Michigan Society of the Sons of the American Revolution honored Spanish American War veterans with gold badges at their annual dinner. Admiral Philip praised volunteer naval forces, and a memorial toast remembered Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton. Commissions named for the state board of tax commissioners were issued in Lansing and cinema relief fund claims were discussed amid budget constraints.
A rear end collision on the Chicago and North Western line near Ford River switch at 6:30 PM killed nine people, with three missing and multiple injuries. The freight No. 289, traveling 50 mph, crashed into the rear of the passenger No. 21, causing a telegraphing wreck. survivors and rescuers moved to Bears Brothers’ store as flames enveloped the cars. The dead include Blaks George R engineer, Dilton William brakeman, Green Sam agent, Hi W Escanaba baggageman, Morton Charles civil engineer, and two unidentified women. Injured include Green James engineer, Nee Cole fireman, Roberts Richard conductor, Seymour Mia, and others. A coroner’s inquest followed.
A rough summary notes planned meetings in Oakland County on February 22 to discuss counterfeit silver coins, a Republican gathering in Cadillac on the same date, and a press organization talk in Ishpeming. It also mentions western logging shipments, a gubernatorial requisition for H. W. Keeley, Muskegon street management proposals, house to house canvassing by Chicago and Milwaukee merchants, a spring bond vote for municipal power, Towle State Reformatory prisoner counts, and a beet payment contract of four dollars per ton for beets at 12 percent sugar.
Lansing reports Tuesday court arguments over indictments against former state military officials with defense claiming no embezzlement or fraud facts. Judge Welst reserved ruling. Fire at Marquette Opera House causes over 18600 dollars loss from inflammable stock. Van Alsty n store premises suffered 3009 dollar building damage. Decatur note records banker A H Huyck found dead from heart trouble. D J McCarthy of Fenton dies of heart disease Friday morning.
A fashion note outlines a periwinkle blue cashmere gown with velvet trimming and black velvet accents. The design features a double tunic hem with gandyke points, a fitted waist, and a blousey corsage with appliques and steel thread highlights.
The German emperor, styled as a linguist, impressed in England with fluent English and idiomatic usage. His French appears playful yet genuine, while his son and others favor their mother tongue. The prince of Wales is noted to speak German like a native, given his lineage.
Mrs. Nathan Benedict of D4 West Mulled street cites relief from back pain and fatigue after using Doan's Kidney Pills, purchased at F G Seaman's drug store in Marshall. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, sole US agents, price 50 cents.
The fragmenting text blends a praise ad for the Chicago Times-Herald with notes on Burmal’s sacred bhoo tree, a medical claim about Deane’s Ointment, ethnographic remark on the Kadars in India, a proverb about beginnings, and a Hood’s Sarsaparilla promotion promising health and happiness.
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