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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1893
Page
3
Fragmented fashion notes describe velvet jackets with gilt trim and feathered colors. The text lists fabrics, decorations, and an apparent set of bridal and wedding related terms, with scattered references to designers, places, and styles amid garbled OCR.
A garbled OCR style passage discusses a Spring Machine Free and references Alvah Mfg Co Vepe and a bank, with stray phrases about ads, licor, and cautions. It includes names like J. Sterett and Kirven Koare, mentions Boston and Maine, and various unrelated product and legal terms. Overall, it reads as a damaged ad notices fragment lacking coherent narrative or verifiable facts.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Chamberlain's Pain Belin and other remedies for coughs, fever, and stomach issues. The place and date implied by the ad include New Lexington and mentions supporters like G. H. Gresue. It markets cures for chest congestion and digestive discomfort.
A mob at Obie Ind lynched Turley in the jail yard after he murdered Conductor 1 at Seyropuar. Locals armed on Sunday night hijacked a train, forced its crew from the engine, then learned of the jail capture and carried out the hanging as vigilante justice. Additional reporting notes a second lynching nearby of Teorey Paedigra the following week with similar mob action.
A coroner's jury found Gilvinek and Meek Company not to blame after a hoisting cage broke near the top of a shaft, causing multiple deaths and severe injuries. The inquest urged a new indicator system for hoisting engines to prevent a repetition.
May 16 Detroit reports Herman Fechhebner of Fechholmer & Co facing forgery charges related to a forged claim worth up to 15,000 dollars. The firm, under pressure from Cincinnati banks, seeks to resume business after a restraining injunction citing anti-trust laws. Other notes cover a Mrs John F E Clough death from furniture accident in Evanston, price cuts by Michigan Salt Co, and official vote tallies for Michigan supreme court and university regents.
John Kirkwood, a representative in the state legislature from this district, died Sunday May 14. He was a longtime figure in local politics and aligned with democratic and populist causes.
A garbled Detroit area brief lists multiple items: Bricfly mention, payments, and appointments. It notes the Michigan Grange and various meetings in Esk, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Kalamazoo. Also reported are a train accident, a baptism, a murder hint, a patent by J P Warner, and the death of Joseph A Mannier, a Marquette leader.
Jackson May 12 Judge Teck granted the motion to quash the information charging Capt Gill ex prison warder with criminal negligence in Latimer NY escape. The information was set aside for lacking a charged crime in the original filing. Also reports on Lansing Lumber Co assets and duties, Asiatic cholera prevention meeting, a prison escape by Charles He Price, and Michigan state union officers and school superintendents elections.
A town suffered a major fire that consumed sixty dwellings ten churches and multiple buildings after sparks from a river steamer touched off flames. Fire spread during a 30 mile gale while residents, many uninsured, faced ruin with an estimated loss around 375000. Assistance arrived from Musketon as insurers tally claims including Union school and several churches.
The Lansing assembly debates major bills on inmate care at Deer Island, state prisons funding, and a broad reform agenda through May. Lawmakers discuss taxation, educational funding, and the structure of state aid, with attention to veterans and public welfare programs.
A string of midwestern banks suspended operations and entered liquidation. Chartevais, Paw Paw, Lawton, Fow4kespare, Pwiggins, Bocgrupp and Buckford face closures or liquidity issues as the Chicago based Calwmity nations bank collapses drag multiple institutions into distress. Depositors await payouts while guardians seek legal steps and fund transfers.
Anthony Henke was shot dead by Mertie Wiezowski at 64 St Aubin Avenue during a burglary attempt. Wiezowski is in custody awaiting the inquiry outcome. The article notes gunfire and a fatal wound between the eyes, and mentions a separate item about a Warren featherbons whip factory facing a major concern.
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