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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1911
Page
5
Local notes report visitors and residents in Jackson and nearby areas, with social calls, excursions, legal actions, and minor incidents. Miss Cecil Swan, Harold Smith, and Mrs. Watson appear among frequent names. Niagara Falls and Chicago trips are planned. fights, fines, and a few court actions pepper the day’s notices.
The region reports record summer occupancy with Midland park hosting eighty cottages near full. Willow Beach Franklin Beach Idlewild crowded. Judge North plans extended Higgins Lake visit with family as circuit court wraps for summer. Mrs Grantham collapses after theater outing and is treated by Dr. Harmon.
Mrs Tony Van Syce reported a disappearance to police after leaving home last night. Officials searched Kalamazon River banks and rural areas with help from surrounding cities. Hours later she returned home and refused to reveal her whereabouts.
Frank Schiessinger of the Allegheny Observatory reports a fairly bright comet observed just before dawn in the eastern sky. Its position places it in Auriga near Capella, with right ascension about four days and forty five minutes ahead and a size of roughly 34 degrees 36 minutes.
Estate of Montford T Garfield deceased claims allowed and closing hearing ordered. Estate of William H O Keefe deceased closing hearing of claims. Estate of Augusta F Mead deceased closing hearing of claims. Estate of Rose Eyre deceased will admitted to probate and executor appointed. Divorce cases listed include Ara L Savers versus Edward Sawers Lena Bartlow versus John Bartlow and Lilen L Ledingham versus Elmer Ledingham.
Mr and Mrs J B Crosby of Marshall road and their daughter Hazel depart for Bay View joining a plan that lasts until October first. Hazel Crosby previously spent almost a month away due to nervous breakdown and the family hopes the change aids her recovery. Also in Battle Creek news delegates Willard A Knight and W A Crout of Jackson are chosen to attend the Denver supreme convention where insurance rate questions will be decided. Road conditions between Kalamazoo and Battle Creek deter travel but gravel grading is underway. Cravan brothers suspect two strangers who tried a diamond swindle at their shop.
Destruction leaves Golden City and surrounding towns charred as hundreds of refugees flee by gasoline boats and improvised rafts. Four thousand residents face starvation with limited shelter while Bay City and Ontario trains rush aid including condensed milk, bread, beef, cereals, blankets, and clothing.
A quoted excerpt from the Chiveland Review notes odd spellings and phrases such as a Galvestonian offering a mule for sale and a Houston telegraph with risqué language. It also records two Rockland ladies, one dying in her eighties, including a touching episode where the survivor made wedding and baby clothes and dressed the deceased in a wedding shroud.
The fragment speaks of rising to a high moral plane, naming figures such as An tonius and Lincoln and Jesus. It envisions triumph over the enemy by feeding the hungry and quenching the thirsty, offering double satisfaction: victory over others and self-improvement.
There is little ground for belief that valuable metallic deposits lie deep in the earth. Ore deposits become too lean to repay at around 4,000 feet. Nine nines in tan taking the world as a whole are poorer in the second thousand feet than the first, and poorer yet in the third thousand than the second.
A fragment references a remark about a former rival as a presidential possibility. The quote suggests the speaker only aims to draw attention to the contender’s lack of support or viability.
Essay on perseverance and steady labor as essentials for any worthy enterprise. Emphasizes plodding, weariness, and consistency as keys to achievement over time.
A short aphorism by Walter Palitzar advises that when a friend calls himself two foot tall it is wiser to disagree than to risk losing the friendship. The quip frames mischief in social talk with a subtle moral.
A brief note cites Malherbe described as the tyrant of words and similies for his refined taste and habit of criticising all. At death his confessor, in discussing heaven, pressed himself inaccurately. Say no more about it, said Malherbe, or our style will disgust me with it.
In a brief remark the successful man responds to a question about what helped him overcome great obstacles. The exchange highlights resilience and perseverance as key factors in achieving success.
A brief dialogue fragment shows concern over care and loss after a pet dog’s death. The speaker worries about managing responsibilities and expresses unfamiliarity with handling a pet’s demise. The tone is casual and intimate, hinting at domestic life.
Market listings show prices in Marshall for dairy eggs hens spring chicks hay and grains with shipping fees for hay and corn prices per bushel and live animal values for steers cows veal lamb and hogs. Notable figures include potatoes at $2.59 a peck and oats at 44 cents per bushel with steer prices from $5.09 to $5.50 per 100 pounds.
Advert says a site or active partner is sought with two thousand dollars to start an Electric Supply Store in a town of about 25,000 people. Only one store present. Address given as R. N. luane 113, Go 5th EL. Referencn Bechsogod.
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