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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1895
Page
4
A June to July 1905 dispatch from Marshall Michigan reviews life choices between city and country living. It discusses Gen Alger's presidential prospects, upcoming Republican expectations, and U S diplomatic service observations with emphasis on officials and con stituent reactions. The piece reflects local wartime mood and notices about popular amusements and a sensational legend linked to Mrs O Leary.
A chaotic report describes Roosevelt style crime busting across the nation, praising vigilant officials in Macon and Arvetonia. It notes a recent tour beginning at 8 pm, with a detailed route and strict watch on gamblers, violators, and disorderly characters. Officials promise firm action to keep public order.
A 16 foot alligator crawled from the St Johns River to Main Street in Jacksonville last week. Crowds fled as bullets followed the creature, which paraded four blocks and was wounded by a rifle before being killed near a telegraph pole at Bain Street.
A New York Tribune report describes a contrivance to guard against bicycle thieves. A steel spring runs down the rear frame post connected to a sprocket wheel. turning a key makes the spring strike the post and emit a loud clicking sound heard two blocks away, and returning the key allows the spring to rest.
An electrograph to mark fabric with indelible marks uses damped tubing and brief current to apply silver into textile. A storied octogenarian, John Hon of Portland Maine, is cited as a phenomenon with agile old age. a Cumberland County wrestler and Rhodie Nbab of nearby town are mentioned alongside cramping pains. A cholera-like remedy and a local apothecary are referenced in fragmented notes.
Awkward courtroom scene features a witness unable to answer a judge and an officer’s sharp rebuke as attorneys struggle with a rambling testimony. A second item describes three country visitors mocked by a restaurant prank involving a hydrant-chest and a drinking dare in Louisville with humorous misreads about water supply.
A quirky Paris salon tale tells how Baldwin Sowers painted a cheese in a still life. A hidden hole was cut in the canvas overnight, yet the jury awarded him first prize as mice allegedly ate the cheese, prompting ironic defense from the artist.
A fragmented OCR note reports Germany's first Palvexly Band EBaces winning a fraternity event in the Borlin area. The readable text is incomplete but indicates a competition outcome and involved locations. Further details are unavailable in the surviving text.
Captain Mitchell of the steamer Thomas J. Smith reports a dramatic encounter 40 miles southeast of Fenwick's Island with an enormous school of whales. The creatures surrounded the tug, spouting large water jets and nearly swamping it as he fired a pistol in a desperate bid to deter them. After several hours the leader steered offshore and the school dispersed, leaving the crew shaken and the Bark Crab picked up.
The Board of Examiners announces dates for teacher examinations in Calhoun County. Special exams at Athens on Friday in September and at Baltie Creek on Friday in February. regular exams at Marshall on the last Thursday and Friday in March, and the first Thursday and Friday in August. An annual exam fee of 60 cents for female candidates and $1 for male candidates. For details, contact the commissioner at Tekonah, Mich.
Eyewitness account from last week near Lake George recalls Peter Barnett and his brother pursuing a black bear within 20 rods of shore. With no cartridge, Barnett used a six foot maple club to strike the beast, stunning it, then delivering crushing blows. The bear weighed about 400 pounds, with locals noting a possible 600 pounds if fat were present. New York artist Harry W Watrous secured the skin.
Prospectors William Tuckye and John Doyle unearthed a bowlder weighing about four tons of pure silver, valued between 8000 and 629000 dollars. The find, dated June 15, came as they traveled from Death Valley toward the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, camping four miles from Peach Springs, Arizona Territory.
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