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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1896
Page
8
An explorer narrates a youth's escape from Toronto to frontiers in Canada via the Red River and Hudson Bay posts. He recalls campfires, river journeys, and a shift from adventure to compromise as winter and travel hardships mount. He reflects on moralizing, identity, and the lure of wilderness versus urban pursuits.
A narrator recalls a harsh march along a river with a companion increasingly discontent. They share a single robe by night, endure cold evenings, and quarrel over hope versus realism. The speaker notes improving toes and a stubborn bid to outpace the companion, who remains silent and resentful as exhaustion grows.
Returns from 491 of 621 precincts indicate a Democratic plurality in Florida and Georgia state races. Broad totals suggest Broxham leads for governor with about 27,250 votes, Gunby around 8,850, Weeks about 952, and overall Democratic majority near 98,129. Legislature expected to be solidly Democratic with Crip likely to fill the senate seat.
A Havana Herald dispatch from Gibara Cuba reports a new filibustering expedition landing in eastern Cuba near two Spanish forts. About 1 600 rifles and ammunition were brought ashore from a Hyland schooner and moved inland before alarm. Spanish authorities are allowing women and children to pass government lines to beg in rebel camps, with over 300 passes issued daily, while searches curb medicines and mail. In Pennsylvania near Wilkes-Barre three miners died instantly in a rock fall at the Laffin mine as they opened a gangway and a blast triggered a deadly collapse. Named dead are Thomas Mitchell George Puchuski and John Patruse.
A damaged clipping reports a swindler captured at Logans Indiana and sentenced after an investigation. Judge Shiray ordered a one year term. The fragment notes police work and references to investigations and local coverage.
A severe north easterly gale rages along the Atlantic, with about forty vessels anchored near the Delaware breakwater and risk of disaster if mooring breaks fail. The notice then shifts to health advice praising Shaker Digestive Cordial to improve digestion, flesh, and strength, urging readers to test it with several bottles. Hood's Pills are advertised as a safe vegetable remedy.
A Marshich Missouri resident reports six years of neck gland scrofula improved after six months of S.S.S. treatment, claiming avoidance of surgical removal and urging earlier use to cure deep seated blood troubles, asserting doctors fail and the knife is risky.
The International Typographical Union opened its forty third session in Colorado with President William B Prescott presiding. Rev E Carrington of Pueblo delivered an energizing address as committees were formed to plan work and address indigent printers at the Childa Drexel Institute. An oath to oppose secret societies was adopted to curb Brotherhood in St Louis Carton League and the Juanita.
London Oct 14 Yr and Mrs Castle appeared at Marlborough Street police court charged with stealing goods from London shops. They were remanded on bail of £20,000 each. Prosecution claimed property found among the husband’s clothes suggested his knowledge of the theft. Mrs Castle allegedly prostrate. defense argued Mr Castle unaware of wife’s possession of stolen items. The case centers on suspected complicity and purchases tied to the alleged thefts.
At dawn a northeast gale struck the American schooner Luther A Roby from Sechiveric Nova Scotia bound for Philadelphia near Cayo Honlopon. The vessel broke apart and three crewmen died while five were rescued after a harrowing life saving operation. Names given include Harry Millby and Thomas Simes with an unknown Norwegian sailor among the deceased. Lifesavers hauled survivors from the sea to safety as the wreckage scattered about the deck amid the storm.
A dead woman, wife of Captain Simon Kane, ex Seventeenth Wisconsin volunteer, was found hanged from a tree blown down in a recent storm near Woodbridge, Maryland. Kane, once a claim agent at Milwaukee and Marion, Indiana, had recently moved to New York and Hampton, Virginia, amid financial strain. It is believed he feared his pension claim would fail and he also died by own action.
A Kalamazoo resident testifies that Deans Kidney Pills relieved severe back pain and urinary issues after nine to ten years of attacks. He notes improved kidney function and diminished pain, praising the remedy as permanent and urging readers to try the product sold by Milburn Co Buffalo for 50 cents.
Mary Gwendolyn Caldwell of the Divinity College announces her upcoming marriage to a Warre, Washington, with the wedding postponed due to a recent accident involving her brother-in-law Furysh Ite, rector of the Caldwell estate, and administrator Whe ib raniae. The notice cites precaution over urgency and mentions local commentary on the delay.
Schedule shows Grand Trunk trains from Battly Creek via Chicago Lansing and Port Huron with Mail and Express services. Listings include No 11 Mail and Fast Express No 1 Day Express, No 8 Pacfic Express, No 6 Pacit Express, No 10 Mail 203 Express, and a Limited Express. Passenger and freight details reflect routing and service names of the era.
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