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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1893
Page
3
An exchange notes a mysterious speaker attracting crowds with a claim of being Jinking the explorer from Bungaboo. The man denies being Jinkins and is identified as Firkins, who says he once attended the same school as Jinkins.
Centerville residents praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for curing colds and preventing illness in children. Advertisements tout Greene's drug store as a seller and claim personal proof from mothers and local families. The piece also highlights other remedies, including Sulphur Biters and Golden Specific, and urges readers to consult physicians when needed.
A garbled overlong note cites Castoria product usage across ages from sickness to motherhood. It mentions Pennsylvania, Swickley, and scattered phrases about medicine and ownership. The legible fragment hints at a historical advertising style for a pediatric remedy.
Washington March 7 The session of the Fifty-Second Congress closed at noon Saturday with the anti option and tariff questions leading and silver coinage fiercely debated. Legislation enacted included many private and relief measures, while major reforms like free coinage and Sherman silver repeal stalled. The House passed numerous public building and pension bills, but the Senate blocked key agenda items.
A digest of scattered disasters and incidents includes a near total town destruction in Charlton Missouri with widespread fire losses, a Russia schoolhouse tragedy with 12 children frozen, Covington Kentucky hardware factory blaze causing heavy damage, a Mexico bullfight building collapse injuring many, and multiple deaths from railway and industrial accidents. Also noted are financial collapses and political events from Europe and the United States, with preparations for major corporate ventures and royal visits shaping the week’s mood.
In Lansing on March 1 through March 4 lawmakers discussed memorial services for ex presidents and governors, considered constitutional convention bills, and debated charters and suffrage. The Senate and House pushed spending on state projects, debated highway and education funding, and prepared for a trapshooting tournament in May.
Bay City March 8 About 6000 spectators gathered at the FL. W. Wheeler & Co shipyard to witness the keel laying of the Centurion the 100th vessel from the yard A splendid ceremony ended with a disaster as the schooner Mary Melaughtin plunged into the slip causing a steamer Forbes to lurch and throw many into icy water Several men and boys were injured and one man died in the incident Rescuers worked about five minutes to pull survivors from the water Names of the injured and deceased were listed among a long crowd of witnesses The accident marred the celebration of a milestone in shipbuilding hours after the keel ceremony
Wilton C Chamberlain of Three Oaks was named warden of Jackson state prison to succeed George N Davis. Chamberlain, born 1854 in Michigan, has served in the state house and as county superintendent of the poor, and sits on the prison board. The report also notes stock distributions at Nichols Shepherd & Co, furniture firms planning a Grand Rapids exhibit, Foresters convention results in Michigan, peach crop prospects, and a barge damage suit against Thomas Fish.
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