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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1911
Page
5
A jumble of oblique snippets covers jail choices, insurance adjusters, and court phrases, alongside decor for a K P hall dance and an analysis of life insurance transfer plans. References include Gen Woolsey, Milton Murray, and A. M. Stay, with mentions of Michigan insurance matters and a Hulett tabin narrative.
H. Blood, 4s, former East End Farmers Sheds proprietor, took an atrychning poison dose in Marshall forenoon with alleged suicide intent. He bought poison at Gustin's drug store, became violently ill, a small boy was bribed to stay silent, and by 4 pm his condition remained dangerous as doctors treated him. Pushing sale details of aluminium span at Hopper Hardware appear in the same notice. The deceased body from paralysis is headed for burial in Leonidas. many relatives attend.
Local residents and visitors are listed with brief notes of travel and calls. People such as Mrs. Feremiah Lower in Albion, Bert Searles, W. E. Rowland, Mrs. Herbert Holmes, Miss Mable Humphrey, and others are noted in Battle Creek and nearby towns for meetings, visits, or returns from trips to Ann Arbor, Fort Wayne, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Detroit, or Chicago.
The monthly mortality report from the Secretary of State notes 2,763 deaths and 4,581 births in October. It details age groups, leading causes such as pneumonia and measles, and lists deaths under age two and violence among the 173 total deaths from injuries.
In Flushing a couple named Mills and their daughter Mrs Mills were arraigned in city court on manslaughter charges connected to the killing of Frank Young. The examination was adjourned to November 28 and bail set at 500. Citizens signed bonds after a crowded courtroom audience. The prosecutor asked to call a witness who saw Mills’ route to the Mile home Sunday morning.
The fight ended with Nestle grabbing a meat block knife and injuring Jacobs in a dressing room tussle. Jacobs narrowly escaped fatal harm, later treated at Nichols Hospital. Surgeon A F Ningssey and J C Brown operated, while the knife remains at the police station as evidence.
The probate court records show appointments for estates including Mary Burke guardian appointment and Thomas Beanbios administrator, with estates of Nicholas T. Cox and others listed. Names appear garbled but indicate estate actions and fiduciary appointments in county records.
A victim testified about a tar and assault incident on a lonely road. She described being abducted in a buggy, four men forcing tar on her body, and identifying suspects Sherrill Gers A N Simms and James Booze during the trial. She recalled the night’s events in detail as the defense questioned her.
Chicago November 22 trial of ten indicted Packers on Sherman Act charges to begin Monday morning before District Judge Carpenter unless the Supreme Court intervenes. Attorneys appeared and a possible stay from the high court is hoped to delay proceedings until the constitutional issue is ruled on.
Lancaster report details the assassination of General Ramon Caceres of the Dominican Republic. News reached Lim when he swooned on learning the event. His mother, a lady from Troy, met the future president while he studied in the United States.
General Kaid Belton, who led the army that deposed Sultan Abdal Aziz of Morocco, fell 409 feet when his American biplane turned over at the American School of Aviation grounds in West Putnam. He was found unconscious and dying, taken to Fullman Hospital with serious internal injuries and a fractured skull.
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