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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1897
Page
8
Correspondents report a busy spread from Cresco and nearby towns. It notes rail culverts by Michigan Central near Cresco, marriages in the village, harvests, school hires, visits by relatives, and local events including ice cream sales and a pie race. Weather showers bring relief after heat, with several health and community updates.
Besupsoten July 16 Mrs Hannah Ara and her Marshall family visit. Ladies aid society at Maini church Thursday hosts a social gathering with participation from area residents and visitors.
Tekonsha community page notes Miss Myrta Smith return from Indiana and updates on local households and repairs. Reports on a baseball game Litchfield 22 Tekonsha 3, Calhoun County Summer Normal enrollment rising to about sixty, plus social visits, a church event, and local notices.mentions of Frank Perrine born, and local residents' movements and health notices.
July 1 item from East Newton mentions social calls by May and Mrs Homer Burton of Lansing and Mrs PL Hughes and daughters from Marshall visiting Newton area. Local church service at Oak Grove led by David Vollick of Ceresco. Frank Townsend vacationing at Longlake in Barry County. Also a marketing blurb for De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve claiming it heals many skin ailments. Statesman offers new subscriptions to June 1, 1808 for 50 cents.
Rates for tourist trips from Cleveland Toledo and Detroit to Mackinac offered June 2 by Detroit Cleveland Steam Navigation Co. Prices include meals and berth with round trips from Cleveland six dollars Toledo sixty four Detroit eighty one fifty. Also reports a Ky trunk death as two girls smothered in a trunk while playing with others. ages seven and five.
The piece traces how nations vie for trade in porcelain from Dutch importers to English potters, then Japanese rivals. It notes Dutch and English pattern copying, Delft ware dominance, and how Japan now challenges a Chinese monopoly with finer, cheaper reproductions expanding into English markets.
A Harlem row of flat houses faced long cat disturbances. A landlord devised a grim method using traps wired to an electric setup, then switched to a gas trap in a barrel, ending with the removal of cats and quiet nights for residents. Local neighbors discuss the drastic steps taken.
Travel notice outlines ferry route to Mackinac Island Michigan via the Coast Line. Details show departures from Toledo on Saturdays and Thursdays with specific times and pricing, plus return options and schedule notes.
A local notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for information leading to the safe capture of a cat described as missing from the Cheney area. The ad mentions Toled 3 O and notes the owner’s contact details for reports.
A curious account of Nosey the horse on Fifty-seventh Street who steals items, including a feather and a man’s hat, provoking a wager and a payout of $15 to the rate man. The narrative mixes odd thefts with nearby observers and a mood of eerie calm, mentioning other odd curiosities and remedies from period sources.
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