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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1895
Page
4
The Statesman surveys 19th century politics with Blair’s Lansing grounds plan, free silver debates, and presidential hopes for Allison in Iowa. It notes Detroit Tribune’s Byron M. Cutcheon hire, and weighs bi metallic coin schemes to stabilize the economy, proposing a new composite dollar andCertificates backed by gold and silver.
A Detroit telephone exchange tale recounts a bashful night watchman with a remarkable tenor who draws all the operators to sing along. A single central operator, who first learned of the concert, stirs a nightly chorus that grows as more girls cut in on the line.
A historical account discusses the beef trust dominating 1,200 U.S. retail shops, noting Armour & Co and Swift & Co as major players. It outlines profits, yearly income estimated around 115 million, and how centralized pricing and dispatch of daily price directives control consumer meat costs nationwide. The piece also touches on broader energy topics and local civic plans for power transmission and infrastructure.
San Francisco police report on Ferdinand Haisch a carpenter arrested for masquerading in female attire. He claims one suit of men’s clothes and a cache of dresses. offers large sums for his gas engine patent and other inventions. His past includes a severe skull injury and long recovery leaving him with fragile reason. Decoration Day in Japan noted by Townsend Harris journals and a New Jersey entrepreneur touts a perpetual motion device.
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