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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1893
Page
8
LATE COUNTY reports visits and events in Ceresco Battle Creek and nearby areas. residents and relatives travel to attend weddings, birthdays, and church functions. illnesses and recoveries are noted along with a first snowstorm, a Thackaging Thanksgiving planned, and various social calls across towns.
Reports from Newton and nearby areas cover the County Grange gathering at South Battle Creek, upcoming Newton Grange meeting on November 7, and a string of local items. Includes personal movements, house changes, social events, a hospital patient update, and notices about sales, warnings, and public announcements.
The Austrian Archduke Franz Joseph, traveling with Count Leo Wurmbrand-Stuppach, visited Chicago incognito as locals organized a surprise party to meet the future emperor. Quietly staged in the Austrian section, officials expelled the public to protect the event, while the archduke and entourage moved through unnoticed by neighbors who sought a formal reception.
The article traces dancing as a source of political power in ancient societies from Dakotas rites to Brahman leadership and Roman festivals. It notes Mephistopheles lore tied to the Brocken specter seen near sunset, explains the shadow phenomenon, and closes with obituaries for Edward B. Rogers and Mrs. Dorcus Corbin-Stiles, detailing birth, death, and family.
The obituary traces Mrs. Atiles born to Quaker parents through early conflicts and the rise of electricity and the telephone. It chronicles her marriage to Royal Stiles, their move from New York to Michigan, dairy and farming labor, and the sequence of family losses including several children. The narrative highlights her steadfast endurance, the couple’s farming success, and the eventual death of Mr. Stiles after a long life of toil.
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