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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1883
Page
2
The text surveys political blame for polygamy within the Democratic party, rail earnings comparisons, suffrage developments, post office rate changes, and varied domestic topics. It notes figures in Massachusetts politics, Georgia Ku Klux cases, and officials arguing over postage reductions and wealth metrics, with broader remarks on parties and governance.
A heated speech questions political leisure and compares presidents past with present. The piece notes George Washington’s hunting, Monroe and Arthur absences, and defends occasional vacations. It also reports a table on U S customs revenue costs across districts, highlighting Atlanta and St. Augustine figures and New York districts with Oswego and Oswego comparisons.
The article explains how national banks must deposit securities to back circulation and how rapid debt reduction has emptied three and one half percent bonds. Banks face a shortage of four percent bonds and consider a two percent long-term issue to preserve stability, while post office rulings address newspaper payment charges.
A stressed warning from the post master general declares that recipients are not obliged to pay for newspapers they never ordered or directed to be stopped. Publishers who send papers without authority cannot collect, even if the papers are taken from the office for years. The note likens the practice to paying for unrequested fruit and calls the petty swindle finished.
The November Art Amateur features six admirable Walter Crane drawings for Mrs Mia Catherine Wolf of Newport. It showcases Crane’s popular ink drawings and a portrait titled The Angel of Love Averting the Hat of Fore, with extensive guidance on wool carving china painting embroidery and linen decorating. The issue includes notes on exhibitions in Munich Louisville and Cincinnati and Walter Crane’s notebook notes, with practical art guidance and home decorative ideas.
Regular visit by De Dr M Sousigne and colleagues promoting Dr Souvielle’s Spirometer for catarrhal and bronchial conditions. They advertise demonstrations in Marshall on November 14–15 1883 with offices in London Boston Toronto Detroit Winnipeg and Montreal. Testimonials praise hearing recovery and cough relief, while dealers tout trial and money-back guarantees.
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