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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
4
A serialized editorial questions the reintroduction of open saloons and urges prudent, sanitary operations under the Warner-Cramton law. It warns that enforcement and conduct by saloon men will shape next two years and the broader temperance battle led by public opinion and law.
Sam Dunbar Daily Universe reporter takes a night off and meets Mabel a Bowery restaurant patron. He helps her after a drunken disturbance and they bond over a shared mission to aid young women. They plan cooperation then marry and later work together to reform unfortunates through philanthropy.
A May Manton pattern feature details fashionable sewing ideas for brides and dressmakers. It highlights velvet and satin gowns, linen and mousseline blouses, gold ribbon embroidery belts, and necklines from round to square. The ad invites readers to send 10 cents for patterns, with extra postage stamps optional.
The text describes silk and lace fashions with shifts from shantungs to lace and linen inserts. It notes embroidery on lunch cloths, borders, and a tailored black cloth gown with velvet bands. It mentions skirts with wide bands, lines of fabrics like poplin and lawn, and child sizing ads alongside garbled notices.
Battle Cross First Presbyterian Church members learned Sunday that Reverend William Potter submitted his resignation effective August 1 after 23 years of service. He will pause ministry for a year to rest travel and write, then may return to active work. In his tenure he led 3,200 marriages officiated at 1,860 funerals and answered about 1,200 calls annually.
MU A MEN demand wage increases for all corporation workers. The $1 US RR unions notify officials of abrogating last year’s agreement. City workers seek 26 cents per hour. interurban workers 30 cents. They demand the right to join the union and recognition of Battle Creek city lines staff. They will wait two weeks before planning enforcement.
The notice outlines multiple estate matters in county records including hearings for claims in the estates of James Cobb Burns Walter Hughes Harriet Hinebaugh Ann Sackett Chas A Berry George W Freed Mattie D Hellyer Peter Lockwood and Caroline Bingman. It also notes guardianship appointments for minor Mattie D Hellyer and probate actions including wills and publication orders. A reference to Dr Thomas electric pain relief and a Dublin anecdote follows.
The New York Journal discusses remains thought to be thirty five foot sardines and questions their origin. The piece notes confusion over the size and identity of the finds and mocks skeptics. It also references Teotihuacan structures in Mexico and the Pyramid of the Sun with distances and dimensions cited from National Geographic Magazine.
A Baltimore American note quotes a critic debating a manager about a “Special. problem” in a play. The exchange centers on securing sufficient funds for railroad fares to support the next performance, with pointed remarks on management guidance and brevity.
A weary matron scorns a minister’s sermon urging virtue from biblical text. She cites Lot’s wife in a clipped, critical dig, reflecting fatigue and frustration with moralizing. The fragment hints at tension between pulpit preaching and daily hardship.
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