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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1911
Page
11
The piece contrasts the patient, humor supporting American farmers with city “engineers” and lawyers, arguing the rural ethos should be valued. It questions who should set the standard for emulation, highlighting authenticity, hard work, and practical wisdom over fashion or status.
A speaker denounces national swings toward extremism and mocks the pure food movement. He argues reformers turn revolutionaries while critics misuse the pure food law, accusing self seekers of gaining notoriety. The lecture notes confusion over labels like glucose and corn syrup and warns standards detached from health harm legitimate enterprises.
The Board of United States General Appraisers at New York ruled that sheepskin split and dressed as chamois skins are the chamois skins of commerce and thus dutiable at 20 percent ad valorem. Importers argued they are split leather and should be taxed at 7.5 percent. The decision notes the skins have been dressed and finished as chamois skins, despite not originating from antelope.
Students in the Forestry Department at Michigan University begin a quarterly magazine to promote reforestation and land improvement. The piece argues for the state’s need and opportunity in forestry, urging constructive effort amid public skepticism. It also reflects on wisdom and conduct with adages about virtue and prosperity.
A historic note explores Rheims not only for its Gothic cathedral and Joan of Arc links but as a world renowned champagne hub. It highlights the vast underground caves, extending over ten miles, with corridors and rooms named after cities and prominent figures.
The late Henry J. McKinney pioneer judge of Cuyahoga County is remembered for a career in which tears on the stand could sway juries. He recalled trials in Summit County as a young attorney and described a murder case where one juror’s sobs influenced the verdicts, shaping his view of defense strategy.
A South American tale explains how Indians stole a telegraph line and later the electric light plant was targeted. After a lunar eclipse they believed evil spirits controlled the power, prompting troops to intervene. An American engineer then shocked three chiefs and the activity ceased.
An old treatise by Jean Jacques Rousseau on flight dreams, likening air to water and birds as barriers to human ascent. He envisions lighter-than-air matter and the challenge of stopping ascent or making descent, an idea unpublished until 1801.
A northbound Broadway car carries six young women, five abandon plans to transfer, leaving one in red hat who keeps all six transfers. The conductor asks for fares. she calmly says the transfers were given to him, implying others left earlier. The scene ends with confusion over the missing companions.
A garbled, fragmented text discusses shoe sizes and shapes with nonsensical phrases. It mentions beige items and shaking things into feet, plus scattered names and an address fragment. The content is unclear and largely incomprehensible.
Mortuary note records the death of 86 year old Mr. Ruddock, longtime Calhoun county resident and respected settler. Born in Ireland October 30, 1825, he married Elizabeth Finley in Rochester in 1852 and later moved to Michigan in 1850s. He joined Presbyterian churches in Ireland and Rochester, active in church and Sunday school. Survived by four sons and two daughters, honoring a devoted husband and father.
Republicans of Fredonia township will hold a caucus at the town hall Friday March 24 at 2 p m to nominate candidates for township offices and handle related business before the Township Board.
A reader recalls a curious exchange with a butcher named Mr Suet. The customer jokes about meat prices and a nonfunctional phone, and the butcher promises to look into the price reduction with a note that the customer will delay the next bill by a month.
A traffic manager dictated a letter to his stenographer claiming the road promoted suburban knights. The draft read suburbs knights and ladies with a humorous misprint noted by the assistant manager. It reflects a playful miscue during year-end efforts to uplift suburban residents.
Mold destroys rubber wire insulation faster than moisture. Experienced electricians note insulation fails within a minute after contact with mold, even when wires lie in moist iron rust for weeks. A house painted before walls dry risks mold. carbolic acid offers only a temporary preventive, needing constant application.
A man browses a store selecting goods for a wife present. He causes mild trouble at the counter but is persuaded to choose a piece of goods. The clerk proposes trying the rest and asks how much he wants, implying a press. per's Magazine.
Charles T. Smith of the Murray Mackey Co. and Miss Mae Edwards of Lindsay Ont were married Wednesday afternoon by Justice Willetts. The ceremony was witnessed by the entire company.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to singers minister neighbors and all who assisted during a recent bereavement from Mrs. Jas Ruddock and family.
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