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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1887
Page
1
County secretary attends school matters while rural finds partridges and threshing devices noted. Reports on residents, hunting trophies, milk and wheat yields, school enrollments, and community events across Tekonsha, Union City, Fredonia, Homer, Clarendon, and Athens with brief mentions of authorities and local societies.
Colbert Wright returns from Muskegon and many residents engage in church events, hunts, and visits. Miss Mary Austin plans a music trip to Hilldale, while Mr Forbush dies after illness and Jennie Pangburne travels to Chicago for the winter. Thanksgiving gatherings, a Baptist church benefit concert, and a birthday surprise for John Loveland reflect community life. several locals travel to Ann Arbor New York Chicago and Kansas City for health and work. The piece also notes a church debate postponed, a Godfrey family reunion, deer hunting results, and a long service of Mr Heisler in Carenod with an upcoming W B U convention delegates.
Local briefs describe Novembers social and educational events in Newton and Tekonsha, including a marriage at a bride’s home, school lectures beginning Dec 1, and community notices. Also reported are injuries from a ball, moves of residents, and a mix of town news from Battle Creek and Albion areas with deaths, new halls, and business plans.
A local feature lauds J. S. Cox at 147 State Street as a thriving center for fresh meats poultry and fish with a wide stock including oysters and game. The piece hails his large, well kept supply house, extended holiday plans and strong customer service citing better value and quality. It also notes neighboring businesses and praises new photographic services offering bromide enlargements and portraits.
The new firm led by Young and M H ay succeeds Mr Mast, operating from John Butler's building. The artists invite the public to inspect their stock of fine check grounds and accessories and place orders. They promise skilled, prompt service and aim to enhance Marshall's reputation in photography. Mr Mast has sold his business to the new firm after fourteen years as a prominent batiphographar.
E B Miller has long been a trusted livery operator in Marshall. The Stone Barn, a 100 by 65 foot facility, offers safe stalls, clean care, and swift boarding while Miller personally oversees equine welfare and handles a full fleet of rigs.
A partial sketch details W. Alexander succession of the lumber business after a founder's death. The subject is a large lumber dealer with years of trade in various periods, expanding sales, and a yard accessible via Michigan Central line shipments. The notes highlight reliability, steady growth, and expansion prospects in a major city market.
The Marshall business man operates a large store and yard with salt, lime, plaster, hair, and broad lumber stock including pine. He markets the Jank 300 wagon and Jackson drain pipe, plans future sheds and a mill, runs two teams, and reports last year’s freight bills of 8000 dollars with coal handling exceeding 2000 tons. His growth reflects steady self-made leadership and strong local patronage in Calhoun county.
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