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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1880
Page
4
A garbled miscellany references March 1849 London sales figures and public notices, mentions of sugar trials, a banked discussion of frog culture for profits, and scattered names and places. The text oscillates between crime talk, market speculation, and odd agricultural tips, with no clear unifying event.
The Chicago Times presents a study of marriage probabilities by age and gender from 6000 licenses, noting that very few marriages occur before age 16, while peaks occur in the early twenties for women and later for men. It cites overall patterns, including a decline after age 50, and reports 5152 marriages in the year ending July 31 in Chicago. It also lists the favorite marriage months as November, May, October, and March, with December, June, January, and August following.
On April 16 1865 Jay Cooke learned of President Lincoln's assassination. He coordinated rapid bond sales and urged price support to stabilize government securities. He contacted telegraph offices and advised Treasury officials while instructing agents to lift bond prices to sustain the market amid shock.
Fragmentary OCR recalls a heated moment as President Adams faces a wary Senate over Johnson's nomination. Uriah Tracy of Connecticut and John Randolph engage in sharp witty exchange on Capitol steps while discussion notes the Federalist opposition and shifting party lines amid a tense political climate.
A witness recalls a dramatic August incident at a river rapid where a man clung to a rock while crowds watched from hotels and banks. Despite offers of money, new devices, and attempts by Buffalo engineers, he was swept away. An elderly resident notes about six drownings yearly at the falls, with liquor-related deaths proportionally high.
Readable excerpts from Josh Billings style humor appear in this White Mountains journal, including quips on money, dogs, and mischief. A translated anecdote describes a French doctor reacting to a patient with a skin ailment in a mock grand manner, illustrating the column’s ironic tone.
A garbled collage of quips and quotations spans jokes about hairdressers, old maids, myths of language, and social scenes. It lampoons wit from a jeweler to a Bible reader, quotes a Tennessee naturalist joke, and closes with a sentimental poem about a dressmaker’s love, all in a jittery, mixed narration.
By decree of the Circuit Court Calhoun County Michigan a sale is ordered in a chancery cause with Harriet A. Lawrence as complainant and multiple defendants. On October 2 1830 at ten in the forenoon the north front door of the Marshall courthouse the east half of the northeast quarter of section 35 township 4 range 8 west will be sold to satisfy the complainant sum plus costs. Lawyers Brown and Patterson represent the complainant.
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