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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1888
Page
2
Public notice published by Lewis and Arthur for The Statesman at 171 State Street Marshall Michigan on Friday March 2 1888. Official notice references office publication and location details. Public record language indicates authoritative posting part of local civic communication.
Local papers share a wide mix of notices and anecdotes from Albion and nearby towns. Highlights include Braden of Albion noting his five year 7,600 mile school commute, temperance society updates, and school district reports. plus births, deaths, elections, lectures, and community dances.
The Free Methodist quarterly meeting will occur at the church starting Friday March 2 at 7 p m and continue through Sunday. Rev A Bradfield, chairman, is expected to attend and a cordial invitation is extended to all.
Eleven agents in town Tuesday. Lewis Stove returned home after months in New York state. A chicken pie social at O Juusk's on Saturday March 3 offered all you can eat for ten cents. Clarence Cleveland closed the Myers district school for chimney cleaning. Free Baptist quarterly meeting attended at Cook's Prairie. W Nellthrop returned from Detroit. A warehouse fire at Mr Caughy’s left him temporarily out of work. Dr Stapp has been ill. Dr Ewer and Dr Brown visit. Mrs Caroline Strong ill in Jackson. relatives hopeful for recovery. Calvin Rich seriously ill northeast of town. The coupes of Prof and others were discussed. local elections described.
The article notes improving student performance, good songs and pantomimes, fair attendance hindered by cold weather, and Supt. Culver visiting to observe the upper room where he once taught. Last Saturday made up a day, lower and upper grades witnessed volcanic experiments, and spring terms begin late March after a brief vacation. The high school studies anatomy using Dr. Stapp's darkey frame.
The article argues sleep as a universal law, eight to nine hours, warning against sleeplessness and narcotics. It criticizes childbedtime abuses, night study, and parties, urges early, regular bedtimes, and individual sleeping space to preserve health and energy. It cites Grant, Napoleon, and uses period tone to stress restoration through true sleep.
Report on an international council in Washington starting March 25 to celebrate forty years of woman suffrage progress. Notables from the United States, England, France, India and beyond are listed as participants, with Mary A Livermore and Julia Ward Howe among leaders and supporters. The article recalls Seneca Falls 1848, early promoters like Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony, and discusses Wyoming's 1869 and 1870 votes, reforms, and the evolving acceptance of women’s voting rights.
Henry W. Blair of New Hampshire, born December 6, 1834 in Campton, rose from county prosecutor to U.S. Senator. A lawyer by training, he led education reform through the Educational Bill, served in state legislature, and focused on temperance and social reform as a senator.
The Late Archbishop Lamy of New Mexico died at his home in Santa Fe on February last. Born October 12, 1814 in Clermont France he was ordained in 1834 and came to America in 1830. He served Cincinnati eleven years before being consecrated bishop of Santa Fe in 1850 and became archbishop in 1476. He resigned in 1885 due to health. An era of Catholic church growth ends with his passing and reverence remains among the people he served.
Quoting dubious medical ads and satirical blasts, the text ridicules patent medicines and spurious cures while promoting exaggerated health claims. It also lampoons spectacle and vanity, noting absurd claims about digestive tonics and catarrh cures from various suppliers.
An advertisement extols Warners Log Cabin Remedies, claiming natural, age-old formulas from herbs and rock medicines. It highlights Warners Log Cabin Sarsaparilla and other products like cough cures, hair restoratives, and liver pills, urging public confidence and pharmacy availability.
Dental ad notes nitrous oxide for painless tooth work and highlights fine gold fillings. Mentions real estate, pensions, insurance, conveyancing and collection services, and land buying. Promotes office at LES Minte Street, Marshall, with references to taxes and property.
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