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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1895
Page
8
A garbled but period tone summary notes European powers seek dismem berment of the Ottoman Empire to resolve the Turkish question. The piece hints at Russia and others pushing for action while fearing broader war, with mentions of geopolitical stakes and a memorial tone toward past events. References to public figures and a press chorus appear amid stray OCR fragments about poultry and local notices.
A chaotic digest cites Chicago suicides and theater disputes, New York lawsuits and ghostly stage shows, London marriages and clergy moves, Vatican and royal tidings, shipwreck rescues, and global political shifts. Notable items include a man’s suicide in Chicago, a New York dress dispute, moving a Chicago church, and Queen of Corea rumors amid broader unrest.
Nov 28 brief local notes recount a pupil's definition of the Mormon faith as polygamy and describe odd incidents in North Marengo including a home entry attempt, a pet cat incident, and a child's mischief. Items mention weather outlook, social visits, Thanksgiving observations, and local remedies advertised at Greene's drug store.
A seven story Woolen Goods Exchange building at Van Buren and Franklin burned, killing four firemen Patrick J. O’Donnell Martin Sherrick John Downs and John Prendergast. Kite Landgraf Fatally injured died at county hospital and several others injured or overcome by smoke. All expected to recover.
A large village gathering elected officers for a winter literary society named the Goldenrod Vicarary. Willian Conroy presided with Walter Snide as vice president, Viery Lovejoy secretary, and Charles Vary treasurer. The group plans a December 6 event at Dr. Gubbins’s ball, with many villagers and guests from nearby areas attending and sharing notices of local activities and socials.
Peter McGeoch of Milwaukee, famed as a daring speculator, was found shot dead at his Nutlfal avenue home at 11 33 p m. The suicide followed a recent divorce filing by Mrs McGeoch on grounds of incompatibility. Mrs McGeoch, formerly Libby of Kenwood, Chicago, had married McGeoch eight years earlier after a prior marriage to a Chicago pork packer and board of trade man.
Details reach Wardin county of a violent dispute between J. M. Underwood and neighbor Johny Carmicle over stolen hogs. They were last seen arguing, neither returned, Carmicle’s body found, Underwood missing.
The Eckford township column reports events including a Woman's Foreign Mission Society meeting on December 3, Thanksgiving observances led by Mrs. Silas Decker, and local church services. It notes the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. W N Hill on November 21 with family celebrations including gold bowled epaulettes, and mentions Leon Losk attending a state Sunday schools convention in Detroit. The piece also covers local visits, literary club discussions among young ladies, and a shadow social planned by the K C T M at Ed Putman's on December 5 along with a note on barn space for horses.
Carda are out announcing the marriage of Carrie Cugawaell to Albert Hagelabaw and Ada Conia of this place to Rank Katz of Freda. One of Newton's young men te Chrenc ered wito i broveh ot procniae aint. Muteharing baw he gut agate and it is now nomammeAn alebt toe sea. The porkers hang up as wo cide Alon, A emphin danger aignal of were troubles ta come. Curé the cough way nrovent bea resulta by aging Dr. Wend Norway Pine syrup. Nov. 24 Mr. am! Mrs. C. MS Acker gon are spending the week with their paughter, Mrs. WP. Fisk of Datrost. Several Battie Creekites spent Thanksgiving afternoon with friends in the town. The Ladies' Aid Seciety will meet with Mrs. Edouard Sco on Thursday of next week.
A French scientist, M. Louis Boutan of Paris, has produced remarkable underwater photographs of the Mediterranean seabed. Operating from Banyuls Bay in southern France near the Arago laboratory, Boutan used an improvised electric light source with a magnesium spiral and oxygen to illuminate his plates, achieving striking submarine images.
Government records show even rainfall throughout the year. Fertile farms from 300 dollars per acre. Land-seek excursions via Chesapeake and Ohio Railway on December 3 and 17. Send for pamphlet on profitable farming in Virginia. Ryan, Assistant General Passenger Agent, Cincinnati.
In Clarendon residents report Mrs. L. Clark visiting her daughter in Three Rivers on Wednesday. Riley Porter and family, Jay Thorpton and family joined in Thanksgiving at Joseph Holienback's, while War Doolittle and his wife attended the Jacket wedding Wednesday.
New York youths form the Married Husbands club to oppose wives’ rules and curfews. Members argue men should freely attend meetings and vent grievances, even meeting through a cellar grate to evade home constraints at Abrawasteny feony house. The movement, aimed at male autonomy, faces strong opposition from wives.
The Detroit Tribune extols Elizabeth Cady Stanton on her eightieth birthday describing her as a sweet old lady who has spurred her era to greater activity. The piece lauds her as a world noble.
The Westminster Gazette targets an Englishman who blends wealth and a peerage to win favor withBarony Varuato, Kaffir king, and mockingly suggests the lord mayor should publicly rebuke him in Lunda streets. The piece satirically notes Marlborough’s return and the man’s self-serving appeal to dollars and titles.
Fragmented ad style notice touts a cure named New Discovery for life saving effects. Mentions Mr G Culllanitte and Drivailat Heavers ville and Kiowa with claims of rapid relief after using a bottle. Includes stray phrases about price and free trial at Washington Market and Sate xtraet.
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