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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1901
Page
5
The piece notes that true gumption comes after being misled by cheap soap. It praises Ivory Soap made from pure vegetable oils and high quality ingredients, offered at a price affordable to the poorest families who cannot afford extravagance in ordinary soap.
A dense jumble of local items notes weather prep for cyclone season, church events, and community notices. It mentions births arriving in families including Mr and Mrs C H Weld, Ellen G White's arrival in Battle Creek, a sermon at Universalist church, a risk of initiation into the Order of the Buffaloes, a medical department student taking first in a 40 yard hurdle in Ann Arbor, and a concert by Wilde at the Methodist church. It covers legislative action on oleomargarine, a troop train of foreigners, a union service with Samuel Dickie, Lenten sermon at St Marys, school lab equipment shortages, Epworth League leadership, jewelry price cuts, bank stockholder liabilities at Niles, a voice studio opening in Marshall, upcoming Star Lecture numbers by Col Bain and Rev Robert McIntyre, death of Chas S May at Gull Lake, a silver medal contest at the Presbyterian church, and relief over Hopkins defalcation rumors.
The item overview reports on a Monday election in Chicago implications, local teachers and pupils on vacation, smallpox scares in the state, and community announcements. It notes Mrs. Joe King ill with pneumonia, a fall party to back a full Republican slate next Monday, and Miss Biacoh Lamberson joining J. S. Kite & Co. millinery. Upcoming sermons, WCTU events, a grand convention, and local social news including a double wedding at Trangical parsonage are listed with multiple named residents and institutions.
List of unclaimed letters includes Mrs Martha Jackson Mrs Austin De Koddere Mr Ira N Kulme Miss Bessie Lane Walter E Hermon Pat Herman Dawhish Geo. Short Hand Art Co Williar and others. Callers must say advertised and pay one cent per letter. Postmaster W H Anrzua indicates.
The advertisement extols the American Woven Fence built only with No 9 No 11 and No 12 wires, avoiding No 16 wire. It claims the fence is durable, easy to repair with stays set in pieces, and affordable compared to bare wire. Boaley's Hardware invites customers to view the product.
Theodore Cook contends with illness as Master Lee Borough suffers typhoid fever. Lois and Bob McColl are in ironwood, Mich. A. A. Wood visits Sturgis. Bettin Dwight returns from Boston. W. J. Dibble visits son Charles at Cornell college. Mrs Belmont Waples plans Ironwood home. Dobbins on Three Rivers business. Jessia Palmer spends week in Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor. Dr C E Pratt of Ypsilanti visited by son H BE Pratt. Mr and Mrs A G Fox return from Florida trip. Mrs D P Sheridan leaves for Van Wert Ohio. Jennie Smith of Galesburg hosts Mrs M D Woolsey and relatives. Jennie Smith of Mason and Henrietta Miller of Benton Harbor visit. A J Carr and wife return to Detroit from Marshall.
Fronia Granger spent three weeks with friends in Concord and Homer before returning home. The village school closed for a one week vacation. Intermediate teacher Katherine Cook visits Battle Creek, while other teachers stay. Mrs. Frank Pritchard ill in Union City. husband left for that place. Baptist Aid society ladies hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Randall. Funeral services for John VanBlarloum held at Ellis home with Rev F R Randall officiating. he was born March 28 1838 and married twice, with three children living. Henry Gilbert of Albion visited L. H. Cogswell. Property of late Mrs. Wm Young to be auctioned Monday. Republican caucus nominates ticket for township offices. Teachers’ examination attended in Marshall. Jonnie Warren visiting from St Joseph schools. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as a health aid.
The North Marshall L B C invites gentlemen to attend a meeting at the home of Mrs. Augustus Lockwood on April 4.
At a regular meeting of the United King's Daughters of the Universalist church of Marshall a resolution offered condolences to a deceased member. The note expresses heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and remembers the departed with prayers and a pledge to keep the deceased in memory.
An advertisement touts American Woven Fence as faster and cheaper than hand built options. It claims no waiting for specific wire sizes, no extra tools, and prices about one third lower than standard fence wire at Bosley’s Hardware. It also notes North Carolina’s nicknames Turpentine State and Old North Colony.
A fragment notes a Morgantown Tennessee claim by C D Isbill about a daughter's sores cured by Bucklin’s Arnica Salve. It mentions Bucklin’s salve for eczema and other ailments. The text then touts electricity’s rapid spread and the Trans-Siberian railway's opening bringing electric mills and machinery to towns in Siberia.
A hardware ad offers 100 men wanted at once asking them to ask a frat member which beat wire fence Thade would best suit. The pitch claims 99 of those asked will answer The American. Sold at Bosiey’s Hardware.
Seattle outfitters report a spring rush to the gold fields with estimates of 6000 to 8000 travelers. The bulk of hopeful prospectors aim for Nome in the early season as activity shifts from earlier rushes.
An old advertisement touts Amer i can Woven Fence as pig tight ball strong and horse high with loaned stretcher for easy setup at Boaley's Hardware. It also features a product pitch for One Minute Cough Cure praised by mothers for croup and throat trouble, claiming quick relief and a long history as a remedy for grip asthma whooping cough.
An advertisement touts a lingering cough remedy named Minute Cough Cure for throat and lung troubles. It claims immediate results and prevention of consumption as a harmless solution promoted by H. J. Hyde.
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