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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1885
Page
4
The piece asserts the local paper is the best read in the world, supplying home news, events, and local details unavailable elsewhere. It notes The States Man with 1,700 subscribers as the community’s top advertising vehicle.
City and vicinity notes cover Hatlar d farnacs growth TJ Preece renting Rice Creek mill Noyes to build on Marshall avenue and local races at Tolon City. Reports of a patent, church events, weddings, deaths, road bids, and town improvements follow with names such as J Burpee Lenter Line clair Holmes Nolan and W F Hewitt. Memorial day sermons and local entertainment, weather, train excursions, and a mystery horse death are mentioned along with church elections and Legion and choral union activities.
The presbyterian ladies plan a June 9 lecture room gathering with recitations by Miss Kittie Dowins and Miss Gertrie Patt, musical numbers by Miss Helen Tremble and Miss Nellie Fonda, and ice cream and strawberries served afterward. Admission 16 cents, children 10 cents. The event includes a detailed program of overtures, choruses, and solos by local performers. The 22d commencement at Adfon College runs June 14–18 with prayer, lectures, and concerts, followed by a long schedule of classes and society events through June 18. Local residents and visitors are listed with travel and attendance notes.
Florence Walton and Charles E Gorham wed at Trinity Church in Marshall in a ceremony described as splendid and elegant. Guests filled the church, decorations of gold and stained glass, and a lavish reception at the Gorham home followed the union. The couple departed for Chicago after midnight amid rice as they left the depot. The piece also notes Michigan winter wheat prospects, citing the Chicago Farmer's Review and Mishigan data on yields.
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