Fire destroys home on interurban line southwest of Marshall
A Saturday evening blaze wiped out the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thos Manuel five miles west of the city on the interurban line. While they were away, a stove pipe overheated ignite the roof and a southwest wind spread the flames. Neighbors arrived too late to save anything, leaving the house and its contents a total loss estimated near 1000 dollars. Mr Manuel insured with Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Also noted: local items about Washington Nelson’s job switch to Grand Trunk Battle Creek and John W Vogel’s minstrel show Radium Palace setting.
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Thos. Manuel
Manuel
Bmanuel
Marshall
Battle Creek
Ceresca
Ing. Co
Robert Nelson
Washington
M Alfreda Lohr
Thomas Nelson
Albion
Mae Savage Addie Perry
Hazel Nelson
Jackson
Frignda
Ann Arbor Social Calendar and Local Notices
Local items detail guest visits in Ann Arbor and nearby towns including Miss Moble Russell staying with Mrs Nellie Weedbury and Mrs George Ingersoll hosting Kalamazoo visitors. Also noted are travels to Detroit and Washington, identities such as Mildred Williams Grace Simmona and Cornelia Brinkerhoft, plus school events and a temperance lecture by Mrs Florence Richards at the Baptist Church with a large chorus. The obituary notes Mrs Roy Isham found dead in Jackson with possible laudanum involvement.
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Chas. Crandall Suicesda
Glenn Bosgerd
J. 5
Cox
Moble Russell
Nellie Weedbury
Ann Arbor
George Ingersoll
Dek Fark Bava
Mildred Williams
Grace Simmona
Cornelia Brinkerhoft
Bome
Kalamazoo
Misa Louise Vernor
Givision Street
Gran Lapids
Herbert Dieh
Chicago
G. P. Carlson
Gauss Aid
Emily
Martha
Washington, D. C
Harold Coleman
Coleman Bald
Catherine
Margaret Joy
Annabelle Frink
Meadowes
E.J. Marshall
J.C. Deuel
Anna
Minnis Marshall
Detroit
Ralph Howe
Leslie Cunningham
Olivet
Amy Johnson
Gf Jackson
F. P. Bach
Henmes Maston
Homer
Katherina Mack
Flint
Bernice
Mary
Simmons
Edith Smith
Cecil Eyre
Mildred
Vernice ‘Walkinshaw
Ypsilanti Norriss
M. E. Church
Albion Society
China
Florence. Richards
Baptist Church
Richards
Roy Isham
Ary Little
Jackson
Althor
North
Marshall Avenue
Fatermens
Newton
Deafness Treatment Claims and Remedies Ad in 19th Century Notice
An old medical advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applicators and promotes systemic remedies. It mentions Otavress, Eustachian tube inflammation, and insinuates a money reward for cures, plus Hall’s Catarrh Core and Hall’s Family Pills for related conditions.
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Catatch
Hall
Ciscaiasa
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Deargivis
Tare
City Council Proceedings March 21 1911 Highlights
Proceedings show petitions for sanitary sewer permit approval, street light referrals to electric light and water commission, and removal of a tree near Green Street. Also decisions to gravel West State Street, repair hitching rails, advance sewer work, and settle February light and water bills. Recorder J F Gauss adjourned the session to April 7 at 7:30 PM.
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Sandy
Mt. Akie
Gillett
Lansing
Cook
Albert Jones
Ald
Weber
Adam Bais
Green Street
State Street
M.usr
Streat
City Marshall
Ald. Gillett
Gibson &, Priest's
City Marsh
Laweat
Hart and
Spruce Streets
Ald. Cook
Eleetsle Light Fund
A. A. Scott
Atlan
Pryor
F. Curren
Wm. Whalen
Gibson & Priest
Chas. Crandell
Kaithirine Watson
F. Krauss
D. E. Bowen
Marshall
Amendment toConvention Primary School Funding Proposal
The proposed amendment to Article XVI Section 9 of the Constitution would require each school district to hold sufficient funds on July second to pay teachers or tuition for the next two years. Districts with such funds would be excluded from future primary school money apportionment until funds are insufficient.
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Smendawmet Ia
Itterk
Mary
In-Said
Pri
Fragments Describe School Fund Distribu tion Plan
Disjointed lines indicate a plan to allocate a state interest fund to pay teachers. Text mentions distributing money to districts lacking funds and covering the next two years, with notes about on hand payments for teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tary
Alan Bary
Michigan bachelor tax bill sparks suffrage era echoes
In Michigan a legislative fight over women's voting rights faded but a new drive arose as Rep Rankin proposed a tax on bachelors over thirty who remain unmarried. He argues that if women cannot vote they should at least influence husbands who can vote, prompting debate on civic influence and gender roles.
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Michigan
Tyras
Rankin
Ypsilanti
Cosle
Renkin
Public Auction at Marshalls River Road estate
The undersigned advertises a live sale at the premises two miles east of Marshall on the River Road Tuesday April 4 at 2 oclock. The listing includes 7 horses and a full range of cattle, hogs, sheep, farm implements, harness, wagons, a Delaval separator, scales, household goods, 10 tons hay and 400 bushels corn. Terms: cash for sums to 10. over 10 cash with 3 months on negotiable notes at 6 percent. lunch at noon. Frank D. Waltz, Auctioneer. Mr Geo Vegt.
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Marshall
Tland
Chester White
McCormick
Champion Mowers
Keystons
Gale
Oliver
Frank D. Waltz
Geo. Vegt
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Washington G. Nelson
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W. H. Porter
Iola
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Robert B. Porter, Jr
Mason
Robert. B. Porter
Texas
Joss, Kans
St. Albans Lodge
Tudge Porter
Jennie Bond
Marengo
Burie
Uudget Hughes
Patrick Hughes
Wm. A. Dieu
South
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Hughs
Ireland
Hughes
Dieht
Fred Egeler
Daniel Freeman
St. Mary's Church
Murmer
A.J. Shattuck
G. G. Brownell
South Kalamazoo Avenue
Mr. Shatcuck
Genesee County
N. Y
Fark
Edson
Vert
Claude
Mrs. Husted
Rattle Greek
Col Ghas. Burnett
West Green Street
City
Sara
Central National Bank
William
Streagest
Casheus
Council Proceedings
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Iintmant
Dee Allen
Ethan Allen
Pa Povey
McCall
McCall Atyles Ara
Wm. Anderson Zephyr Gingham
Schroder Brothers
Michigan United Railways Company
Capital Flyer
Tat Jackson
AL AM A. AL
Plesse
Kiarstrait
Michigan United Railways CO
A.W. McLimont
Mgr
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