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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1888
Page
6
An aged, fragmented ad copy underscores Kelloges Columbian Oil as a direct remedy for kidney difficulties rheumatism and other pains. The text emphasizes rising mortality from such diseases and urges public belief in the oil’s healing soothing and curative properties.
If you wish to Sell or Buy Farm or City Property in Csihoun County or any part of the United States visit the Inter-State Real Estate Exchange at 106 State Bt Cook Block Marshall Mich.
Special correspondence from New York details how bank burglary evolved from heavy jimmies to explosive charges and precision drills. It describes the Little Giant tool, pocket blast lamps, air pumps, and nitroglycerine use, plus sources for high quality instruments and the shift to scientific know how in breaking safes.
Special Correspondent recounts a march from Leuk to Visp then Bralden and St Niklas, climbing toward Zermatt. He notes steep valley walls, a narrow stream, and a ridged path with repeated ups and downs, meeting porters, trunks, and tourists en route as the Keck project looms unresolved.
The narrator describes approaching a forbidding pyramidal peak and the famed Matterhorn. A turn reveals the majestic range and a nearby village where they settle in a fine hotel. The writing evokes peril and awe at the mountain environment.
New York May 14 The Wallack theatrical stock company has disbanded after a long era. Lester Wallack, son of J W Wallack, led the troupe from 1860 as manager and star. The company traced its rise from Broome Street to Wallack’s Lyceum and later Broadway, with famed names such as Laura Keene Mrs John Hoey Dion Boucicault and Edward A Sothern among its many members.
An London Lancet writer argues climate aids consumption only by improving nutrition and lifestyle. He urges selecting tonic, stimulant climates over sedative resorts, emphasizing food, exercise, cod liver oil, hypophosphites and other nutritive aids to combat wasting rather than relying on expectorants. Chicago News commentary.
The Portland Oregonian notes printers have long hoped evolution will yield a third arm for setting type. The piece jokes about a sticking problem the arm would face from heat and melted type, suggesting a boy to cool the hot stick as a humorous aside.
A tired citizen in New York speaks in a garbled early morning voice about trying to find a specific number and door. The fragmented text hints at a search or door confrontation but clarity is lost in transcription.
Minwauki May 15 A.B. Whipple Episcopal bishop of Minnesota received a cablegram inviting him to deliver Cambridge University's annual sermon and he will leave New York in June for the engagement. The honor marks a high point for an American Anglican and highlights his decades of work among Indians, education, and western missions.
A reader recounts debunking a rumor that Siberia had quicksilver mines and deadly fumes. While some officials claimed to prove existence, witnesses noted only sparse silver deposits near Bolyvan and a weak quicksilver claim at Nertchinsk.
The Lefthanded club of Houston displays a mule shoe with a history. Last summer at Pass Cavallo a mule waded into deep water, linking the anecdote to the hangen artifact.
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