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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1884
Page
4
The document lists weekly weather readings from the State Board of the Meteorological Office with a thermometer, barometer, and snow data. It also provides daily postal service times for Post Office and Money Order Registry, noting schedules and closures on Sundays.
City and vicinity report announces strawberries in the market, a pronouncing school event, and rapid telephony work. Excursion to Gull Lake promised, wrestling match canceled, and various local real estate purchases, repairs, deaths, and civic notes fill the scene with names, places, and dates.
The document lists county appointees in towns and cities with names like Albis, Battle Creek, Bedford, Clarendon, Convit, Eckford, Emmett, Homer, Marengo, and Newton. It notes a national W T U call for Christian prayer on May 27 from 2:10 to 11, urging prohibitionist support and urging voters to back candidates aligned with Christian principles. It mentions Lectures by Tiav. Joseph Cook in Athens and details about his reputation and speaking tours. It also covers a Athens trial before Circuit Court Commissioner Noyce and a February death involving Mrs Pershall and Mrs Wells in Mendon over a mortgage/quit claim dispute.
Perry Wells disputed administrator rights on an Athena farm with carpenter Carpenter and Mrs. Pershell in a heated conflict. Wells moved to plow and secure the property causing forcible entry arrests for himself and Henry Tietsel. A chancery bill challenges two deeds amid widespread local talk of fraud and pending circuit judge decision.
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