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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1897
Page
3
The Washington senate debated judicial and civil service reform and the popular election of U S senators. Reports cover proceedings on immigration policy, arbitration treaties, and postmaster appointments.
The dead body of Sheriff Jacob Malmgren of Saline County was found in an empty car in the bottoms near Honase City Missouri Tuesday. He had shot himself in the head and left a note about being tired of life. He had reportedly disappeared last Friday and was over $1000 in county accounts. He had been dead only a few hours when found. In Wisconsin, Boscobel Fire swept Bloomington, Grant county, destroying 19 businesses. Loss estimated at $30,000 with $5,000 insured. A Chicago & Texas train went through a bridge over the Big Muddy river at Aldridge station near Murphysboro, drowning the engineer and fireman. In Orrick, Missouri, a farmer killed his mother-in-law, her son-in-law, and two others before dying.
Washington March 23 The minority views on the tariff bill were read by Rep Bailey Texas as the minority argues the bill protects manufacturers at consumers' expense. They claim taxation should fund government fairly and oppose laws favoring favored classes and restricting competition.
Newport Ky March 22. Scott Jackson and Alonan Walling were hanged Saturday for the murder of Pearl Bryan on January 29, 1890. Jackson was cremated in Cincinnati and his ashes sent to Green Castle Ind. Walling will be buried in Hamilton Ohio. The case unfolded with a lead to Fort Thomas and Green Castle, with sensational details and the fates of the two condemned.
Margaret Sangster argues for a level playing field for women in business and professions, demanding no sex favors and equal measurement by the same rules as men. The piece cites a newspaper office anecdote and notes varied attitudes toward women in the workplace, along with other brief items on local politics and fraud in relics.
A story from Fort Logan Colorado describes a retriever named Colonel who, like the troops, frequents the canteen and falls into drunken revelry. Private Jerry Simpson, a total abstainer, escorts intoxicated soldiers and keeps Colonel fed as the dog endures nights of tavern mood.
The writer claims nineteen years of poor appetite nausea constipation heart palpitations headaches and general ill health being alleviated by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The text reflects a testimonial style praising the remedy's effects.
An old advertisement narrative touts Dr. Woolf's Norway Pine Syrup for asthma and lung diseases, claims vast healing powers for dyspepsia and indigestion, and includes testimonials praising Sinnet's and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, with residents of Lyneville and Skeels family featured.
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