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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1888
Page
5
In Marshall Michigan a Bear Creek area bear was hunted and killed near Brace Lake after reports of lawbreaking spearing. The town also notes a union fundraising drive promising member tickets and a concert, with local residents listed. A string of local notices follows including births, visits, and civic business.
The column notes Chas Hong Lee facing entry limits under the Chinese Exclusion Act, announces A W Drake’s clerkship on the Detroit Chicago railway run, and updates on depot renovations, repairs, and sleeping rooms. It recalls a family death in Omaha, a Chicago switch-engine fatality misattribution, a contentious Portello Democratic meeting, a Beal elocution visit, Amos R King’s death and long litigation, and the Marshall Manufacturing Company’s dissolution and Milford ventures.
A torch light procession is announced with speeches to be delivered at the Opera House and Wagner Hall by local leaders. The event aims to honor community heritage and rally support for civic initiatives. Speakers include prominent residents and organizers.
Large turnout expected for Monday evening in Marshall as Republican factions prepare a torchlight procession and speakers from New York Detroit and Jackson. Notable participants include Col W L Lueck Col A L Wand Senator T W Palitier and August Straker with a varied parade lineup featuring mounted riders wagons and a marching band.
A New York dispatch reports that the Chinese exclusion act will cut revenue for Michigan Central and Grand Trunk railways as they cross the Canadian border. By preferring routes via Pittsburgh, many Chinese travelers will avoid Canada, reducing traffic on lines linked to the Grand Trunk and Michigan Central and shifting shipments away from Canadian Pacific, which previously sent about 25 Chinese daily to Pacific Coast points.
The county board discussed a resolution to raise one thousand dollars by tax for the sheriff, with scheduled payments in April July and October. A substitute to fund the county house was amended to seek a six thousand dollar raise at the next annual election. The building committee examined the matter for fourteen minutes and presented a close variant of Aldrich's plan. Committees on ways and means proposed amounts to defray fuel supplies, inmate support, and other office expenses, with the total compensation and mileage pegged at 1466.23. The session adjourned to January 3, 1849.
Keefe offers multiple farms and properties for exchange. Listings include 20 acres nine miles north of Albion with lowland and marsh at 30 per acre, a 160 acre farm near Scott City with well water and orchard, 70 acres in Kansas with fencing, 320 acres in Franklin County, and other parcels in Michigan and Ontario. Also notes a Lansing livery business and timbered land in Lake County Michigan, all seeking swap for Marshall County property under Albion Exchange Office, Albion, Michigan.
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