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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1888
Page
3
An 19th century medical booster promotes Bleatric Bitters as a purifying blood remedy and liver and kidney support with testimonials, and Kellogg’s Columbian Oil as a universal cure for kidney complaints rheumatism and various pains. Advert shows prices and local supplier F G Seaman & Co and AO Hyde's offering memoranda.
A grim Blizzard toll from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, and the Dakotas tops 100 known dead with many more frostbitten. Reports detail severe cold, blocked rail lines, and widespread suffering as rescues continue.
A rough telegram from Triatox Mian dated January 16 reports a northern blockade lifted, with grim tolls from Dakotas Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Montana totaling 185 dead and 55 missing. It cites a Swale man near here who killed his family and himself amid famine and cold, naming Henry Ostrom as the killer.
Ballina Kansas January reports describe a brutal blizzard sweeping Colorado into Kansas with hundreds of deaths in western counties. Cattle and horses froze in stalls as families perished in homes and some burned furniture to cope with the cold. Rancher Alburt Robinson from Syracuse recalls unburied bodies and the cold’s brutality, noting residents’ injuries and exposure in the affected districts.
Mismatched carriers report three killed and several injured after a Wabash passenger train collided with a ore car train near Orrumwa Iowa. The engineer and fireman of the second train died and were buried under wreckage. Other incidents include three deaths in Pennsylvania from a passenger train collision and a fatal fall from a bridge in Oswego New York.
Reports from Dusugus Waterloo and Duncombe describe brakemen aged 19 and 2 killed in railroad accidents on the Uiuola Central and Chicago Milwaukee lines near Lansing and Witlard. A Monday morning crash on the Chicago Kansas City Nebraska line near Witlard injured several others. In Dernior Michigan a fire and suspected Knights of Labor militia link surface as relics and weapons are found in an old building, with no proof of anarchist activity.
The thirteen gens cemipenses of Boston are organized into a trust with property valued at 14,000,000. In 1887 Lake Superior iron mining produced 4,647,055 tons, while shipments exceeded 1,090,295 tons in 1835. Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe announce freight cuts, with Union Pacific likely to follow. Ashland carriage maker liabilities reach 28,001 with assets 18.4. The Great Baws Drawing Co of England reorganized with capital over 33,001,000. Milwaukee auctioneers Sherman & Bell report 26,000 in liabilities. Baltimore shoe dealers Hecht & Putral fail. Rainheards & Co clothing house of Dallas faces attachments totaling 7b, 0%6.
In freezing 20 below zero weather, spectators watched the laying of the corner stone for St Paul’s third ice palace as the winter carnival opened. President George Thompson Governor McGill and Mayor Smith spoke while a civic pageant included the mayor’s daughter helping with the procession. The ice palaces near completion promise the carnival start. later, a worker, Frank Grau ber, fell 200 feet from the central tower, suffering severe injuries.
The Speaker Carlile suffered a chilling attack at dinner on Monday night and again Tuesday morning. Dr Boweraa labeled the illness a congestive chill and urged absolute quiet. Friends fear possible serious consequences though Congressman Mills reports Carlile is in a fair condition and not in immediate danger. Latest from Reading Strike notes four committees sent a memorial to President Corbin urging end to the miner dispute as valley industries face bread dependence. The memorial seeks arbitration or other settlement means.
Summary of mixed commodity quotes and grain prices across Cabana and New York exchanges. Includes cattle, pork, dairy, poultry, and produce with opening and closing figures and noted market softness in certain sectors.
A report from Allegheny City describes Mary Winox a carpenter's wife slashing her throat and dying after relatives refused aid. Near Valparaiso Indiana a snow plow removed an obstruction but a wrecking attempt likely aimed at robbery is noted. In New York court a prisoner named Frederick Bennets cut his throat awaiting highway robbery sentencing. Boerayn Lyon in Parkersburg West Virginia shot Misa Carrie Borg mistaking her for a sister. Peter Peters a 46 year old New York worker shot himself with a pistol while under care. Dille Rawayzer an engineer on the B Pant L suffered a collision in an incident reported here.
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