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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1885
Page
4
City and vicinity items detail a folded community page with names of local clubs and events. Banter on diebanding, carnival plans, purchases, weddings, funerals, fires, and weather, plus arrivals, visits, and public notices fill the page with multiple persons and places across the region.
The County Grange will hold its annual meeting at Pennfield Grange hall on Thursday February 12 at 10 o'clock. Officers will be elected and important business will come before the gathering. The notice appears amid a collection of local items from the region.
The column surveys a string of small-town vignettes from Battle Creek and surrounding areas. It notes a manager’s resignation in Forbes house, a grand city car theft attempt, an insurance solicitation deemed a graveyard swindle, and a nostalgic tale of the Nichols Vibrator threshing firm fostering Marshall’s industry. It closes with social calls and family gatherings across nearby towns, including Upright celebrations and a busy Arlington billiards scene.
A Wednesday Arion club concert filled the opera house to capacity with a highly appreciative audience. The program received high praise for vocal and instrumental excellence, with $20 cleared. The article also notes Detroit’s praise for a new Arlington restaurant by Gen H Ferguson and mentions Mr. Willis urging a Michigan canal survey with a $10,000 appropriation, likely not passing this Congress.
Mr Geo Woolsey appears on afok list and Mea J Collins of Fredonia visits. J B Barrett of Port Huron visits. Barretts plan for New Orleans trip. Jessie Pringle of Jackson visits Geo T Pheltin. Fred Mills of Detroit in the city. Haskell and Mrs Haskell visit relatives in Galesburg. Mary Tiffany of Coldwater visits Mrs J L Dobbin. Mrs Fred Tyler of Detroit visits De J H Montgomery. Gerald of Grand Rapids in the city yesterday. Mrs BE Weyburn and children leave for Chicago. Wormley of Grand Rapids spend week here. Fred Keppis of Gibbon Neb will winter in the city. Mrs G F Cole ill but improving. Rev Geo L Cole of St Joseph in city with brother Q F Cole. Loyal Kellogg hands Marshall friends Tuesday at county jail. Misses Laura Daskell and Meg Johnson travel east to Washington and Buffalo. Charlotte Phelps returns from Orange City Kansas. Geo Marshall and wife visit Mrs C C Wheeler. Chas H Van Valin and wife depart Monday for the south visiting New Orleans and San Antonio. Steve Creedon of Chicago stops here, then home after east purchase. Chas Hiks of Battle Creek heads to New Orleans with wife and Exprom company. J Knapp of Albion also noted.
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