Local Notes From Marshall and Nearby Districts
A period-voice snippet reports community items from Marshall and surroundings. Mentions Samuel Fox installing a safe, Seth Stanton selling personal property, Johnny Goodrich winning a writing prize, and a district No. 2 school report with pupil counts and standing marks. Various correspondents note illnesses, visits, bee losses, a funeral, debates, and local social events including church efforts and a planned tract of meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Stanton
Johnny Goodrich
Ells
Peter Flynn
Lorance Kilis
Barlington Budget Notes Local Happenings and Events
Ludington correspondent reports arrivals and visits, skating exhibitions, school exhibitions, rural purchases, and town socials. Notable items include Fred Cole’s skating mile in 6:11, Kate Maron’s skating display, a brood mate loss valued at 500, and Mrs. Edmunds’s pension for her Libby prison survivor son. The village election, mail contract changes, and temperance talkers also feature amid farm sales and local business notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travelers
RE. N. Edmunds
Libby
J. J. Meller
Myers District
Marengo News Sketches and Local Notes
Our Gun Correspondent reports on Marengo life as details unfold. Mr Wallis Smith recovers swiftly from pneumonia while trustees repaint the church. The skating rink failed and now managers removed the floor. The Marengo club hosts its twelfth party of the season on Friday March 20. Frank DeForest travels for a Nebraska firm and Abson tea fans seek a call to balance books. Marvey Evans leaves groceries for Parma and moves to Marengo. F A Graham sells McCormick harvesters with lighter binders for 1885. John Schrayer and family relocate to Dickey Ill for farm work. A Schrayer brother joins, George Richebach narrowly avoids trouble boarding the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marengo Club
Thiz
Frank DeForest
Nebraska
Absontea
Marvey Evans
Parma
Marevgc
John Schrayer
Dickey
Gather
Albion Village Notes and Local Murmurs
A collection of Albion village happenings including college events with 253 students and an eight piece college bard, local lectures by Talmadge, and horse sale news. Reports note a parade of civic and social items from Lansing to Detroit, with brief mentions of elections, fundraising for the fire department, and local court headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Hughes
Black faced wagon boy and a governor tale from old campaign
A long recalled anecdote recounts Tom Corwin posing as a black faced wagon boy to mislead Mrs. Shannon during a 1840 campaign ride to Columbus. Corwin reveals his true identity, later becoming governor, U.S. senator, and Treasury secretary, before fading into poverty. The fragment also notes a New York cigar store theft and Vermont’s shrinking common schools from 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nona
Corwin
Lam
Tom Corwin
Columbus
Treasury
Carp
Cleveland
Ree
New York
Cizaretts
N,v. Star
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the Statesman
Marshall Mighigar
Famay Evenina Mand
County News
Bredonin Frenke
Prom
Orew
Samuel Fox
Rien Creek
B. H. Stayton
Oscar Carrier
Ansing
Misa Matie McNutt
S. Hadden
Will McCoomba
Merton McCormick
Avies Hadden
Eimer Santos
Elith McNut
Adrian Paxson
Prank McWethey
Linda Barclay
Uarria Billinghurst
Susie Hadden
Satie Chaddock
Annabel Starks
Blanche Starks
Mary Austin
Balls Marks
Ida Marke
Mira Wilder
Da'on Sears
Pearl Mead
Jay Mead
Frank Wilder
Nex Millard
Willig Morrell
Collins Conmens
Beem
Richard Locktop
Dakota
John Kenyon
Olivet
Thos. Moore
Chas.’ Sutton
Canvis Center
James Vauilver
Saunders
Quiver
G. €. Brackett
Coldwater
Burlington
Convis
Board of Trade
Henry Kenyon
Joan Way
Eckferd Epies
Freeman Hayes
West
Monay
Frankie Freed
Millie White
Owosso
Kirkland
Big Eckyr
Pollywog
Amos Hoffman
CG. W Ginkle
Louise Strong
Butte Creek
D. Milles
Bender
Cereaco
Elder Prouty
Murengo
Belle Predenburg
Geo. Sanders
Sneedaville
Eckford
Lycom
John T
Barlington
Our
Chas. Nellthorpe
Ludington
Vueeday
Miau May Austin
Hilldale
Geo. Barnes
Mr. Butler
Kate Maron
Union City
Windfalls
Wm. Olds
Montcalm County
Silas
Fred Cole
Chester Collar
Spencer
South Newton
Anon
Burlington Village
Kansas
Johnson
Branch
Calhoun Counties
J. M. French
M. V. Andre
Winfield, Kansas
United States
Teksousha
Far Vost
Law and Order
Spvila
T-Heath
Dora Kelsey
Crane
Anderson
Albion Tailors
Tekousha
James
Joseph Miller
Main
Strong
Frank van Orman
Air Line
Tekonshay
Clarendon
Cowcord
Tomer
Tekonaba
J. A. Byron
Newa
Droathy
J. W. Wilson
Winfred Stuan
A. L. French
Sherwood
Leigh Wallace
Iowa
Eugene Simmons
Branch County Friends
A. D. Eldred
A. Nulf
A. R. Crittenden
Union City Herald
W. B. Blashfield
Tekonsha
HP. Aldrich
Swift
Lansing
F. W. Wright
Aluc W. Renton
Mix Margaret A. Johnson
Marengo Matters
Wallis Smith
Marengo
F. A. Graham
McCormick
Albion Atoms
Albion
Oliver
Talmadge
Geo. Graves
VC. Gale
Ed. Clapp
State Firemen’s Association
Harvey B. Hall
Brown
Evening News
Harvey
Detroit
Imap
Republicas
Vermont
Huedren
Hyaedelo & Cole
Hess
Colckens
Michigan
Ohio
Portland
Crockery
R. Butler
Administrator's Sale
Devereux
T. L. Gronin
N. Devereux
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