Measles and harvest notes from Michigan county news
A jumble of rural items reports measles cases, ill residents, and harvest closing in Eckford and Tekonsha areas. Correspondents note visits, church meetings, a proposed sidewalk, a parade of local folk, and school and village events. County-wide crop and weather details appear, with town by town notes from Coldwater, Burlington, Albion, Battle Creek, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.ar
Bethel
Coldwater Courier
Occastone
J. B. Bliss
W. J. Acker
Battle Creek
T. &. Robinson
Detroit
James Bush
J. ©. Blake
Beaton
Unclear fragments hint at Battle Creek sports and local notices
Fragmentary OCR suggests local Battle Creek items including burglars, uniformed Blaine and Logan club, carloads of foals, M. & C. Gul joke, Goguas boat club, and a north tow regatta at St Clair. Names and details are garbled, with no clear events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Blaine and Logan Club
Goguas Boat
St. Clair
Tragic Yorkshire Express Crash Kills Twenty Five
July 17 report from Penninton Yorkshire details an express train crash on a bridge when a broken engine axle caused the train to derail. The disaster left twenty five dead and about forty injured, some fatally, with chaotic efforts to rescue survivors. Nearby Culmerren reports masked robbers binding Frank Somerville, stealing 1800 dollars from a store safe, after tarred limbs and a cellar entry. Chief Justice Cooley resigns from Michigan State University to pursue literary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teresbla Bisester
Lorpes
Manchester
Sheffield
Penninton
Yorkshire
Culmerren
Mitchell's Station
Frank Somerville
Somerville
Advertised Letters List No 90 July 17 1884
Wail atter remaining in the post flow at Mare hall Calhoun county Mich. WInh? MLasa Rackofen Charley Parker Miss Rove Brown Mrs Clare Rapp Rev BF Curtis RA Walker A Dbrien Peter Willard Hfll Persons wailing for above please say advertised and designate class. Unlosa waited for advertised mail matter held thirty save after day advertising then sent to Dead Letter Office Semiyva mail matter shdrened to your box W. WIS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mare «Hall
Calhoun County
Mich
Rackofen
Charley Parker
Rove Brown
Clare Rapp
BF Curtis
RA Walker
A Dbrien
Peter Willard
Hfll
Unlosa
Semiyva
W. Wis
Local merchant offers liquor for medicine at Dr Schuster’s
Dr Schuster’s Drug Store announces a sale of a superior grade of liquors bought for medicine purposes. Nearby, Richard Butler’s grocery across from Tremont House receives three carloads of Kansas corn sold at low prices. Clover seed and Western Timothy hay are in stock, with Marshall Mutual Aid Association promoting policies. A reward is offered for proof of weed-free land from seeds bought in past 23 years. Watson ad offers brushes and household goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Richard Butler
Tremont House
Marshall Mutual Aid Association
Timothy Quhand
Watson
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Statesman
Marshall
Michigan
Harpar Evenma
Tony
County News
Ecktera
Welch
Augnatus Trask
Mira Eva Easterly
Bredonia
Jerome Limmerman
Eckford
Derence Calis
Misa Georgianna Graton
Ceresenix
J. Fountain
Rice Creek
Enole
Abe’ Hadden
FL. McCormick and
A.D. Bangham
Homer
F. B. Slayton ix
Misa Maggie Meliwain
Brosidi N. Y
Eieter
J. I Vernor
UC Garnett
Garnet
The
Baptist Society
Blaine
Togan
Tekonsha
G. L. Howe
F. A. Warren
J. M. Chatman
Sarah French
Eldred
Way
Marshal Pratt
Sam
Wales
Miay Stella Johnson
Marahall
Stella Thornes
John Dottator
Grand Rapids
Geb
Henry Dedrick
Parmera
Seth Stults
Ita
MD. Rood
Richardson
Planing Mill
Charlotte
Main Street
Burlington
Fran Gur
Howard Miller
Jackson
Misa Maud Matron
Allegan
Charles Nellthorpe
Ludington
Nellie Hale
Oshtemo
Lorenzo Love
Tekousha
Ave Williams
Hoe
Missy Ena Swolley
Wad
Geo. Love
Horace Smith
Lon Starks
Echoo
Telkeonshe
Lyon Lake
Air Line
James M. Bush
Newa
Adventists
Ews
South Albion
Burlington Club
the Depot
Aqneta
Albion
Hollingsworth Post
Atos Croaby
County Medical Society
A. M. Fitch
High School News
Opera House
Lotton
Washington
Lafayette
Dr. Stone
Spectacle Lake
Lofthouse
Battle Creek Journal
Geo.Willard
Laine
Logan
Ketting
U. CU. Beach
Frank FB. Perry
Parm Degraff
W. Wooden
CU. CU. Beach
Journal
New England
National Association
Diogenes
Nichols, Shepard & Co
Moon
Athens
Bedford
Mattin Warren
Union City
F. Hogmire
Marengo
Levi, Lantz
Sunrise Club
Coldwater
Henry H. Miller
Timothy Snyder
O'Connor
Andrew Wilson
Absenta
Nottawa
Warrington
Coute
Jerome Linmerwan
Ruse
Parma
Inet
Sinal
P Indy
Cara
Parola Indies
Cooley
Law Department
the State University
Ann Arbor, Mich
Chicago
Broom Town
Graham
Mair
Cook & Donovan
Feral
Schuyler
Fleur
Spicer
Auglie
Fletcher
Marshall and
the People’s Clothier
W. Montague
King
Montague & King
F. O. Stuart
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