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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1901
Page
5
A 19th century note argues for caution with floor soaps on skin, praising Ivory Soap for its purity and buoyancy. It mulls social norms, recounts local theatrical success, and mentions a mix of industry data and literary items, including hymns by Arba Shoop and beet sugar factory stats.
A fog of notices and brief items records births and deaths. Lydia A Wood arrives for interment after Battle Creek in Oakridge. Sophia Schuyler dies aged 80, Sojourner Truth’s daughter. Walter Hayes buried in Clinton Iowa. Mrs Clarissa Root dies at 63 with funeral in Newton. Henry Hinman, Battle Creek financier, dies aged 78. Various weddings, lease of Schuyler homestead, and local theater and church events noted. Smallpox scare near Athens prompted interest. a rural “Carrie Nation” style raid disrupts a Fulton pool hall.
F J Green of Lancaster New Brunswick credits Electric Bitters with curing years of indigestion and nervous debility and praises its lasting health benefits for his wife. The ad also extols DeWitt's Little Early Risers as safe liver and bowel cleansers, noting no griping.
A public notice urges housekeepers to avoid low priced baking powders containing alum. It warns alum is a corrosive poison harming stomach liver and kidneys and promotes the Royal Baking Powder Company with a free Royal Baker and Pastry Cook volume to patrons.
A stream of brief notices lists residents and visitors in Michigan Illinois and Oklahoma. J J Fahey in Detroit Fred Ganka Chicago J H Gorham Clinton Iowa J W Dickey Buffalo visits Miss Etta Watson in Detroit Wm Conley from Kansas Joseph Bentley Mt Clemens W F Church home from St Louis Mrs Ernest Burnham due home from Chicago Fred A Kieff Chicago visits Mrs Harry Leibenthal Van Wert visiting Marshall friends Harry Swan Hillsdale guest of Ernest Hatch Mrs C T Grant entertaining sister Mrs D D Hoag Kremlin okla Herbert Watson left for Chicago Monday funeral of Mrs Showers Clark Morrill sprained ankle at high school Mrs Kate S Boola Jackson visit Mrs J T Downs Mollie Hitchcocks in Chicago for Madame Taxis training Mrs Harry Barker guests of Andrew Bourke Minneapolis party J B Hoxte guest in St Paul C C Bills to Florence Idaho Rose Reardon and daughter Jackson guests of Fred Waltz Chas Stringham to Manassas Va Mrs Ethan Allen moving to University City Mrs Roberts Perrinville shoulder dislocation George Barney Emma Phelps of Charlotte also in town.
A Morgantown Tennessee resident writes that large sores on his daughter's head developed into scald head and credits Bucklin's Arnica Salve with relief. The letter claims the salve cures eczema, rheumatism, pimples, boils, ulcers and piles and notes it is sold for 250 at H. J. Hyde's.
An old classified style ad promotes office furniture lines including roll top desks and revolving chairs. It touts quality and price with mentions of a Car 5 chair and Good & Amstutz successors to B. Hughes.
The fragment notes Lews unilateral wit and a trial to do without bleep. It praises some efforts but says much time and money were wasted on unprofitable performances. It mentions Captain Tanner steering the Dunkeith for four days and nights near Cape Horn during a furious gale.
Estimates suggest about 50 million pounds of turkey are eaten each Christmas at 10 cents a pound, totaling around 5 million dollars. Cranberries add roughly 500 thousand more, and mince pies may reach about 1 million dollars, indicating strong seasonal food consumption.
A Brooklyn woman seeks divorce claiming her husband flirted with the household servants. The irony lies in the head of the house misreading attempts to engage the help in their duties as more than innocent interest.
Survey of 100 men shows nearly all favor The American wire fence. Bosley's Hardware promotes the popular choice in local hardware sales.
Mrs Chas Applegate of Alexandria Indiana suffered nightly coughing fits and severe consumption. After ineffective medicines she used three $1 bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery, recovered fully and gained 58 pounds. It cures coughs colds la grippe bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. Price 6 cents and 1 dollar. Trial bottles free at H d Hyde’s drug store.
A two year old colt found in good condition is sired by Colonel Tom. Enquire at 122 Manalon street for details and ownership inquiry. February.
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