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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1888
Page
7
A compact look at copper's global role from Prien the Ned Metal Man. The Calumet and Hocla fire stirs miners as copper prices fall to October levels, widening losses. Copper aids ore from Colorado and New Mexico and blends with silver in copper matins, squeezing margins for many mines across the West.
The article traces Calumet and Hecla operations since 1870, detailing underground timbering, levels, and risk from burnout. It discusses ancient mound builder activity, early whites' 1845 workings, production shifts post 1870s panic, and Michigan copper as native ore. It notes potential Montana and Arizona expansions, global copper supply trends, and price effects on demand.
A massive 90 000 timber raft totaling about 9 000 tons broke from a Nova Scotia construction near the Bay of Fundy. Bound for New York, the raft measured 580 feet by 65 by 38 feet and was towed by the Miranda but encountered severe storms with broken hawsers and near-capsizing, leaving it adrift east of Long Island. The Navy and hydrographic offices issued warnings as a man of war was dispatched to locate the vessel. Indianapolis-born Alfred Holt Colquitt, a Georgia senator and former Mexican War officer, is noted in this report.
Lieut. Seabury U.S.N. reveals a steel yacht model blending centerboard and cutter features. The design keeps the centerboard under the living deck, increases depth for a spacious cabin, and uses a watertight centerboard tube to lift from the upper deck. Length 101 ft 9 in, beam 21 ft 1-4 in, hold depth 15 ft 4 in. The vessel seeks to combine cutter and centerboard benefits with minimal drawbacks. Mr and Mrs Hira Bates of South Hanover Massachusetts are noted as an unusually long‑married couple born within 15 minutes of each other and now celebrating 62 years of marriage.
Dr A J Jenner a Detroit physician of sixteen years and ordained Anglican minister says he has been consecrated Bishop Cosmopolitan of an offshoot church. He denounces pew rents and rector salaries, plans a voluntary, trinityless Anglican Free church allied to Church of England, with no fixed salaries, a roving priesthood, and aims to make Detroit the radiation point for his movement. The first chapel opens on Duffield street as Jenner promotes a reforming religious vision though critics question its doctrinal stance and feasibility.
Mrs. O.8. Pickerell of Manilebury Indiana escaped from an incane anyram and endured years of fainting spells, sleeplessness, and prostration. After three years of convulsions and weak nights, she finally healed after six weeks on Dr Miles Restorative. W. H. Eletoo's drug store advertises trial bottles.
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