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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
8
An advert explains how any worker, clerk, craftsman or student can access self paced study with six teachers offering six courses for three cents a day. It envisions affordable home study and personal supervision to help neglected learners nationwide.
List No 4 shows unclaimed naval letters and ads from Mareball Calhoun Co. Mailers must claim within two weeks or items go to the Dead Letter Office. The notice also promotes croup prevention and various patent medicines along with local grocery ads and poultry market listings.
Summary of diverse 1896 items spanning political shifts, court actions, marriages, crimes, disasters, labor events, and social notes. Mentions include Debs and the American Railway Union indictments, a Richmond social wedding, cemetery protest by Walther’s directors, various legal warrants, a Potsdam oath incident, Nez Perce land opening, Eugene Debs rally prep, Nellie Bly spy controversy, and major fires. Also notes Rome earthquake, Chicago floods, and industrial production indices.
Thurman recover from illness as a club sends heartfelt sympathy and best wishes. Sylvester W. Shumaris heirs to a $10,000,000 fortune with Amsterdam estate. President Cleveland attends Whitney Paget wedding in New York with Pauncefote and Lamont guests. Strikes at Jurdin Todd in Roecheston over wage by piecework. Missoula steamer foundered on Lake Superior. crew saved on shore. Mayor Lewis of Bergium invited to join movement to abrogate US Great Britain treaty on Great Lakes vessel building.
One cent papers are now sold in Chicago for six days a week with Tribune Times Herald and Inter- Ocean matching the price. An editorial note hints at price wars. An advertisement claims Hall’s Catarrh Cure can cure deafness caused by catarrh and offers $100 for any non curing case, with testimonials from users of Shiloh Vitalizer and Cooper’s Extracts.
Local residents relocate to Kalamazoo Detroit and Lansing areas. Dwellers move with families, attend weddings and lectures, and a fatality in the congregation is reported. School notices, farm updates, and a new milk syrup ad accompany community gossip and market prices.
Nov 6 wedding at the home of Thomas Andra united Ida Andra and Waller Mills with a large gathering of relatives and friends. Also notes visits, funerals, church plans, and local events including a possible new chapel, school delays, illness, and market bargains at Washington Market.
Nov 13 report notes Dibble bill work begun in Emmett township grading and paving a badly deteriorated road. It promises to become a fine road once finished as sand and steep grades had hindered loads this summer. Local notices mention residents and businesses and various home treatments offered locally.
A 1894 report from Consul General Metron at Ogawa notes Japan’s population around 42 million and its emergence as a major power after ceding Forts to China. The article compares Japan’s size to European powers, placing it among the top five, with Spain and Britain as references, and discusses imperial balance in a cautious, era-tinged tone.
A 19th century notice announces holiday excursion trains with rail fares for Christmas and New Year travel. It lists routes from Cincinnati to Mackinaw and New York area lines, with return dates toward January 2 and special rates for December 24 25 and New Year. The text notes limited departures and safety at all stations.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Castoria pitches and a Market ad near Utah State Street. Text includes stray phrases about hiring AI jobs and meat, with unclear names and places, suggesting a damaged classified or ad snippet from a market page.
Fragmentary OCR lists Dr Price’s cream baking powder world’s fair medals and a diploma. Mentions Mrs Potts and various Victorian era trades at Washington Market with scattered pricing and items. The legible pieces hint at a trade card or catalog style advertisement from a late 19th or early 20th century exhibit.
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