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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1888
Page
8
Michigan State News items note Broncoh’s gas well deemed no, prosperity for merchants in 1887, a Grand Rapids officer injured aiding a runaway sleigh, and retirements with honors. Other notes cover Washtenaw county voting on Prohibition, Ontonagon crops, Grand Rapids population, early rail and local society events, accidents, and civic affairs across Michigan.
In Brunswick Missouri on Monday night J C Talmage son of the late A A Talmage of St Louis shot and killed J Tidd an allegrograph operator after a quarrel over a night message Tidd held Talmage at the door and was beating him when Talmage drew his revolver and fired through the heart Also mentioned is Tilman Justicia a moonshiner believed alive after supposed execution by fee officers in Towns County Georgia The Wisconsin supreme court affirmed Milwaukee municipal court verdict and sentence against Paul Severan an Angrosist in an unrelated case
The Irish question is depicted with humor as police and military confront Irish orators. Douglas Pyne, MP for West Waterford, barricades a tower and’s lowered by swinging chair to address supporters. Provisions are placed in the tower to sustain him until Parliament assembles.
The article describes Douglas Pyne’s castle tower on the Lisfinny estate near the Waterford Cork border, its fortifications and historic appeal, alongside updates on Tullamore Prison and notable Irish figures like Lord Mayor Sullivan, T. D. Sullivan, and John Dillon, detailing imprisonments, escapes, and public sympathy for the Irish cause.
A formal opening in New York City featured Dr John Hall Bishop I C Porter and Dr Fordyce Barker among a crowd of eminent physicians and philanthropists. Gen. Grant and John Jacob Astor were noted contributors as the hospital for women plans future men’s facilities. Barker argued cancer is not hereditary and outlined its prevalence in wealthy, cultured nations, urging thorough study and improved treatment.
The piece profiles Mme Marion La Touche of New York City, a notorious swindler using multiple aliases over seventeen years. It details her methods offering high returns on deposits, offices at 165 West Twenty third Street, and a string of marriages and imprisonments linked to forgery, stock fraud, and banking swindles culminating in legal prosecution.
Dr Morris M Henry of New York receives a high Turkish decoration from the sultan via the Turkish ambassador in Washington, recognizing his studies and treatment of blood diseases. Born 1835 in London, Henry practiced in New York after 1861, serving as a surgeon in the navy, and is praised for medical methods aiding soldiers in the Turkish climate and perversions of the vinous system.
The northern states imitate the practice by building veteran homes. The Iowa Soldiers' Home is completed and opened. It sits on a rising site about a mile northeast of Marshalltown on land bought by local subscriptions. The structure spans a central area with wings projecting outward, standing tall as a memorial to veterans.
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