07 Jun 1895
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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1895
Page
1
A noisy catalog ad offers 100 pieces of good brown sheeting at fair yard prices and numerous towel assortments. Mens’ socks, ladies and children hose, and percale waists are listed with low prices, plus white goods, gowns, wrappers, and novelties. Named items include towels, hose, waists, wrappers, pins, and French Serges with discounts emphasized.
Washington dispatch discusses potential reshuffles as President weighs Attorney General Olney’s successor and a plan to place Hoke Smith in the attorney general role while naming Francis of Missouri to interior. The yearbook release from the Agriculture Department is also noted with reports on finances, education, meteorology, and farming research.
Reports describe a midnight to morning event where a single shot fired from Cape Town’s central telegraph yard stunned both military and civilian observers. An instrument linked to an electrical current allegedly caused the firing, with officials unable to explain the act. A spider-like mechanism and a brown epidermal component are cited in attempts to uncover the trigger.
Delegates fill the Springheld hall for a silver coinage convention with banners reading Free Silver 16 to 1. Monroe Crawford wins temporary chair. Hinrichsen leads, pledging a radical silver platform. Officials announced include Crawford as chairman and Arthur Bantley as secretary amid lively applause.
Police chiefs at the Washington meeting share thief catching yarns including two Detroit cases. A thrashing machine operator shot in a barn. the mystery and its lack of motive and evidence remain unsolved. A drug clerk shot in a store, linked to a married lover but no arrest made.
An OCR fragment reports on an appendix of a publication with tablets for human food and plant remedies, vast print run and cost. It includes bank news in Laredo, a payroll removal in Washington, and a Cincinnati parole case linked to a 12 year old murder sparked by juror anger. It closes with approval of important bills in Michigan.
In a fast river chase Bud Thompson struggle to pull a large fish from brush where he and partner Gordon fought the odds. Thompson jumped in to seize the carp while Gordon cut the fish's gills, leaving the exhausted men victorious after a rough two mile run and river wrestle. A Philadelphia report adds a note about a gigantic railroad map installation at Broad and Market streets.
A young Rochester reporter was sent by the city editor to cover a local meeting but returned two hours late with few notes. The editor urged him to retrieve the paper immediately after the rescheduled assignment.
Fragmented OCR text records a convention with committees on resolutions and delegates at large. Names mentioned include John P. Hopkins W H Hinrichsen George B Fikchian and General TE Parsons plus alternates. Additional items describe a Kentucky Republican convention and a tale about John Murrell with local police notes and a physician endorsing Dr King’s New Discovery.
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