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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1897
Page
7
A traveler recounts a kitten allowed aboard a passenger coach wearing fine clothes. The feline, dressed by a girl, attracted attention as it posed like a doll while the owner apologized for its attire and limited wardrobe.
A household remedy praised for colic and digestive troubles credits Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The claim states the product is invaluable and a 100 trial bottle will convince, with availability through W T Drake, druggist, in July.
Robert Gardhhke, a laborer in Augusta, is described as an uneducated prodigy who can instantly compute complex sums and fractions by sight. The Augusta Chronicle notes his swift multiplication and mental math, though he cannot explain how he does it.
The piece extols California climate as producing finest fruits, biggest vegetables, handsome women, and best horses. It also describes a San Francisco cat Trilby aboard the Albatross performing rope walking and diving for fish, plus a music-loving cat Brengali in a San Francisco home and a Chinatown opium fiend cat.
A letter from William Tlandschu of 46th Street Cotton Alley Pillsburg Pa extols the Pyramid Pile Cure as a safe painless effective remedy for piles. He claims three months of insomnia due to piles ended after using the cure bought from a druggist, urging others to seek relief and noting availability in 50 cent and 1 box sizes through Pyramid Drug Co Alb in Mich.
The Marshall Common Council grants The New State Telephone Company of Michigan authority for thirty years to lay and maintain a telephone system, poles, and wires through streets and alleys. Poles must be wooden or iron with wires at least twenty feet above ground, with rate and conduit rights tied to city paving, and company to pay damages to the city for any negligence. The ordinance requires a city office, limits fire alarm wires on poles, and sets acceptance and commencement deadlines for the project.
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