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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1896
Page
6
Miss Travelyan, Phil Gilman, and Freda Trevelyan color a Bombay visit with romance and moral tension. Aggie waits at Port Enid as Captain Angus Stuart and Aggie share a moonlit, phosphorescent voyage, stirring doubts about aging lovers and a love that may not endure seven years apart.
An honest man named Phil Gilman battles temptations as Aggie Oswald waits for marriage. Both lovers confront passions for Freda Trevelyan and Angus Stuart while conscience questions a hasty union. A tangling of romance and social duty runs through a small town narrative.
Aggie lounges on the Brindisi to Port Said leg of the voyage, entranced by Captain Angua Stuart a tall, slight man with a straw mustache and Scotch roots, who has charmed her with talk of an India marriage as she imagines distant Punjab and Central Provinces.
Phil Gilman enjoys a pleasant outing with Freda Trevelyan in Bombay while fearing Aggie Oswald may spoil it. He reflects Aggie is too gentle and not suited to his tastes, seeing Freda as a better match for his adventurous nature and heart.
General Felis Aguus editor of the Baltimare American spoke before the Army and Navy club of Washington about his novelette A Woman of War. The piece drawn from a Civil War incident near Port Hudson and Banks famed forlorn hope has been dramatized and is in rehearsal for the stage.
Representative Evans of Kentucky introduces a bill creating the Lincoln Movement Commission to erect a Lincoln monument in Washington DC. The commission would include the president, vice president, speaker, and the secretaries of state and treasury, with up to 500000 dollars for site preparation and monument construction, available until completion.
A 1893 to present day melodrama follows Henry Stevens, a New Jersey railroad engineer, as he discovers his wife’s infidelity and kills her lover then becomes a fugitive. Years later he travels with his daughter to New Orleans and New Jersey, faces arrest, serves a year, and, after release, quests in New York to find his daughter and steer her toward an upright life. The piece is adapted from the New York World.
A Chicago Times Herald item notes Mayor Pingree's gubernatorial campaign plans rely on popular subscriptions with a 10 cent per person limit. Early donors include Policeman McGahan with a 2 cent stamp, others adding pennies and coins from street vendors, while Pingree fears this fund could boost his rivals and cites his potato patches as a warning.
The New York World notes Mrs Cleveland has gained weight since marriage, now tipping the scales at exactly 186 pounds. Friends who knew her as a slight youth are surprised, but say the change suits her and adds to her carriage.
A Detroit man injured in an accident after falling during wartime service reports lasting back pain and kidney trouble. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with eliminating pain and improving function, noting no recurrence since use. Brand advertisement cites Foster Milburn Co. as US sole agents for 50 cent tablets.
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