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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1888
Page
5
City and vicinity notes report a sunstroke death of Charles Schultz of Albion and a string of small incidents. Other items mention train schedules, a photo gallery opening, a traveling physician, a bat tle creek monument desecration, local socials, church news, and a reunion between separated Peavey family members returning from Chicago.
Newton Smith Harvey Smith Frank Andre and Lewis Waite of Eckford are summoned to appear before H F Winsor to show cause why they should not be prosecuted for placing a cutter log on Mrs David Budlong’s rest house in Shipp district. Also notes various local social and civic items including travel, visits, and a court case in Marshall.
A fragment from the Western Statesman dated June 98 notes Homer Michigan as an interior village with progressing farms, mills producing 7000 and 2000 barrels of flour, multiple stores and taverns, growing garden decorations, and a mix of religious congregations. The schoolhouse appears dilapidated yet local teachers earn honor, while the July day is described as the warmest of the year.
A garbled and fragmentary notice from a religious editor questions admission fees for a forthcoming entertainment event. The text mocks a charge from ten dollars and hints at a protest or remedy, while mentioning babies, the Very Rev, and disjointed remarks about attendance and offerings.
Late County notes from Eckford report Samuel and Mrs Hardwick welcoming a daughter born June 13. Visitors from Lincoln, Neb arrive for convention events. Ed Lewis loses a Strathmore colt to heat. A Baptist strawberry festival is planned at Ed Cunningham’s Friday evening. Homer index notes Hopkins granted a pension with back pay, and social updates include marriages, relocations, and travel plans. Boomerang steamer launch ahead of the 4th of July festivities.
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