Battle Creek cleric killed in rover crash and local notices
Prof G H Bell of Adventist College at Battle Creek was killed in a road accident at Battle Creek Tuesday. A Vermontville case involves Lawyer Strosa facing contempt over an in court remark, stirring county interest. Community news includes church meetings, fencing a parsonage, skating notes, and a humorous mix of notices from The Statesman with local anecdotes and rulings on news submissions.
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Jorge
Burt
Battle Break
Maud Fisk
Fisk
G. H. Bell
Battle Creek
Hastings
Bonard
United Brotherhood
Christian Church
McReynolds
C. C.obu
RE. Hatch
E. ‘Wench
Marengo
Parsons Out
Strosa
Charlotte
Vermontville
Haton County
J. M. Ponora
Plucky Ranch Woman Votes After Cold Prairie Trek
Mrs. Jeffers registered at Soldier then moved to Halley but forgot to record. On election day she rode seventy miles round trip to secure authorization and documents, braving a cold wind to reach Stilwell before polls closed and cast her vote despite numb fingers.
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Jeftara
Aidher
Hungarian peasant revolt leader Varkony sentenced for treason
The London Mail reports Stephen Varkony, reader of Hungary’s peasants revolt, sentenced to one year in prison for high treason. The uprising attacked serfdom practices where peasants labor fifty unpaid days yearly, with summers of men driven to work and winters as beaters. Varkony is portrayed as a powerful, Rough-Hewn leader likened to Wat Tyler. He embodies the agrarian unrest shaping modern Hungarian life.
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London Mail
Stephen Varkony
Hungary
Varkonyi
Wat Tyler
Varkonyl
Bavarian Pencil Factories Power Large Output
Bavaria hosts twenty eight pencil factories employing about 1,000 people including men women and children. Weekly production totals at least 4,000,000 black and 200,000 colored pencils. Last year output reached 230,000,000 pencils with over 1,800 workers involved in manufacturing processes.
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Bavaria
Unusual Estimate on Flies Sparks Big Numbers
A fragment discusses a Henry Howard style calculation that 8.9 trillion fly elephants could exist, requiring vast space. It outlines weights, lengths, and an improbably massive scale, comparing to a ton and a globe’s area to illustrate the impracticality of such counts.
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Howard
Aerial Railway to Germany Promises Odd Transport Idea
An 19th century sketch describes a floating car railway over the Wupper river between Elberfeld and Barnum Germany. Cars hang from the railroad and swing through curves with 60 passenger capacity and electric motive power. Estimated cost ranges from two to five million dollars, with 25 mph speed and a double track.
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Germany
Elberfeld
Barnum
Wupper
Altestor
Games and old world child games referenced
The passage catalogs traditional games such as cats cradle and sawfish wood, explaining rules for a Chinese variant and the lame chicken, a boot-shoe hopping contest. It also notes peerage benefits and shifts in solar observation art, plus an ad for Harris jewelers.
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Cathay
America
Europe
Soap Stone Incubator For Sale At Hardware Store
Foot warmer already warmed for you without extra charge at dec Tou and Dans Hardware. An incubator for sale. T will take bay corn or wood. Mase Hugo Marshall Michigan Wanted Oak fence posts inquire of au13 feb3 H. J. Coleman
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Dec Tou & Dan's
Mase Hugo
Marshall, Mich
H. J. Coleman
Readings Matter Bargains and Health Advice
A newspaper ad block promotes discounted rates for The Statesman with partner papers like Michigan Farmer and New York Tribune, offering combined yearly subscriptions at lowered prices. It lists multiple combinations, then shifts to health advice on stopping coughing, recommending breath holds and Dr. Humphreys’ 77 remedy with purchase details.
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Statesman
Michigan Farmer
The
Statesmen
New York Tribbune
Detroit Journal
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Inter Ocean
New York Tribune
the Statesman
Chicao
Inter Ocean
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Dr. Humphreys
Nature
Humphreys
Humphrey
Curry Combs 8 Bar Closed Back Steel Comb
Advertises an 8 bar closed back steel comb with a through handle riveted shank and extra brace, described as unbreakable. Mentions regular price 25 with only 10 in stock at NaGeL's Tha Tin, dated January.
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NaGeL's
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Isabel
Catherine Watson
Spain
Royal Gallery of Madrid
Hot Spring Ark
Wm. Sebring
Ay’ Corystal
Walter Alexander
Walt
Walter
Geogary
Burjen
Antonia
Washington Star
England
Scotland
Manchester
Oldham
Kew Observatory
London
Sol
la Grippé
M. &. Powell's
Hulett & Bent
la Grippe
ML Ab. Powell's
Royal
Glover and Mittens
Grace Bros
Deca Dow & Das
NaGer’s
Chesher
Tom & Dan's Hardware
Nacet's
Siland
Ton & Dax
Omra
Aiate
Michigan
Aald County
Matmibe
William A
Cox, SR
Washington
Eesse
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