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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1891
Page
7
A verbose, fragmentary recount of Uri and the Tell tale with Gessier the apple test, William Tell, and a cedar block dispute. The piece threads Germanic legends, local politics, and oddball anecdotes about asphalt, hats, and a dramatic market square scene.
In the Imperial Museum of Tokyo two stuffed barnyard roosters show long slim tails, twenty plumes each, reaching over thirteen feet. Nearby pamphlets on natural history describe this variety, traced to Shinowara village in Nova province, via a Japanese translator.
An artist Edward Daniel Betts describes a plan to avert a cyclone using a large rubber ball filled with Avogmite charged to explode, aimed at the cyclone by a mechanical fuse. The device allegedly would launch with wind, but the tale includes risky misfires and a attempted escape by Betts involving a jump from a window.
A plan to create four months of work to produce large steel engravings of Mary Washington, the only surviving likeness, will be undertaken by a New York firm. Proceeds from the sale will benefit a new monument in Virginia, with an exhibit at the Noida Fair and a contest for a commemorative poem inscribed on an onyx slab.
Fragmented OCR describes an inventor with a boardlike device joined to a 3 cubic yard capacity site near Paris. It mentions testing, weight aspects, and a cable advantage claim over ordinary corking preservers, with references to a service examiner and unusual costume notes.
A garbled passage references unseen threats and looming peril. Names and clear details are unreadable, but the fragment hints at concern for a world in danger and a potential warning to an Annie or Berar context.
Details list many Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa towns and Michigan spots as the Lincoln era style notice advertises a free illustrated tourist folder. It directs readers to contact Genef Hendon General Passenger Agent for tickets and information through multiple city agents.
Frank A. Hale of Lewiston and Brunswick endorses Boschee's German Syrup for coughs and lung troubles. He cites personal history with pulmonary consumption and frequent colds, claiming the remedy cures him and many others.
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