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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1896
Page
2
A 19th century overview reviews Dr Norman Kerr’s Cosmopolitan piece on drunkenness, naming narcomania as a disease of the nervous system. It describes explosions of drunkenness, brain impact, and long term harm from beer, wine, and especially whisky from corn or potatoes, with grim detail.
A fragmented piece argues for exploiting farmland and roadside temptations to attract summer boarders from the city. It envisions New England roadsides trimmed for berries and fruit trees, abandoned farms turned into mini gold mines, and rural hosts catering to urban visitors with fresh produce and lodging. It mentions aristocratic titles and a Manchester ducal offer as side notes amid a broader plea for rural enterprise.
The Tehuantepec railway across the Isthmus is finished from Cam pendhy Bay to Salina Cruz with English firms handling construction and London architects arranging harbor facilities. Mexico may soon pursue a Tehuantepec ship canal, while global and domestic notes include debates on civilization, gender, aging, US Cuba relations, the Library of Congress, and other assorted curiosities.
A compact critique contrasts life in large, rising cities with agricultural villages, arguing that urban moral decay is not universal. It cites class structure and labor vigor as factors, while invoking Olive Schreiner on Boer society as a cautionary parallel.
A traveling tale recalls a Yankee who orders Troga legs and questions a hotelier about high cost. The proprietor cites scarcity, but the Yankee doubts and proposes a million legs. The ruse ends when the Yankee returns with eight pairs, exposing the claim as a bad joke and a noisy miscount.
A Chicago Record essay notes Judge Randolph of Kansas frontiers court upheld dignity during a humorous divorce case where a veteran plaintiff faced scrutiny over grounds. The judge denied lax excuses, prompting the veteran to protest and the decree to grant the divorce. The piece shifts to reflections on inheritance, affection, and political conduct from Truth newspaper quotes.
A jumble of satirical clippings recount jokes about politics, money, love and social behavior. Prose mocks politicians with pay and job schemes, a daughter’s sacrifice over mortgage, a man’s thwarted romance, and a traveling guitarist on a crowded train, all in breezy era tone.
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