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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1889
Page
7
A New York paper cites mixed results from armored and torpedo craft, noting high costs of armored cruisers and the lower price of torpedo boats. Critics point to vulnerabilities, defenses like steel nets and searchlights, and questions about adopting torpedo warfare and submarines in the United States.
A description of a party game where players receive numbered cards and papers to mark partners by matching numbers. Couples create questions, read them aloud, and answer. Scoring rewards correct answers and near misses, followed by a discussion. The Boston Traveller notes the trivia aim, citing the Bunker Hill monument height as a measure of local knowledge.
A young physician aims to cure disease by laughter through unconventional methods. He tells tales to a dying patient but fails to induce smiles until one man finally laughs near the end, prompting mixed results. The piece also notes March efforts to abolish mourning clothes and questions such social customs.
A singular tale from an Indy of 76 or more who met an acquaintance on a Boston horsecar and revealed plans to depart soon for California to be with her only daughter who lives there. Also recounted is a curious 1863 North Carolina tale of a man calling himself Sam, claiming no family or relatives, and saying he is “Sam” and “Sam ain’t nobody else.”
A fragment from Harpers Magazine recounts Spenser finishing his Faerie Queene and presenting the poem to Earl of Southampton. The patron reads a few pages, then gives £20, requests more, and finally returns the manuscript saying he cannot afford to buy it. The tale mixes admiration with financial constraint.
In a humorous sketch, Mrs LaMode anxiously asks if her bathing suit is ready. Marie discovers the suit stuck to the back of a desk, prompting a mix of tears and relief as she urges joy.
A Chicago Ledger item notes a serious mistake over coal weight and contemplates discharging a new clerk. A couple debates budgets and salaries, while a later item mentions preserving perishables with steam refrigerators aboard distant voyages.
An unnamed traveler meets a Mississippi woodsman who recalls past dates and events while seeking Tony Beers. The talk turns to a stolen horse in Texas and a warning about pursuing leads, revealing regional humor and cautious social networks. The scene ends with the traveler warned not to trust a certain Beers.
A fragment from a Chicago Journal item features a man’s theory that a laugh reveals character with lines about a laugh’s ring indicating sincerity. A bank scene follows with a bystander and a bank teller teasing an editor who claims to be thirty three and editor by occupation.
The text extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a fountainhead of digestive vigor. It claims regulation of digestion, energy, and blood nourishment, linking nervous symptoms and appetite issues to impaired digestion and asserting the tonic's broad benefits against malaria, kidney and liver complaints, and constipation.
Summer menus challenge housekeepers to variety and flavor. Suggested breakfasts include oranges with poached eggs, white sauce, toast, cold roast beef, lamb, lettuce, oatmeal, cream, cakes, and coffee. Luncheon ideas reuse leftovers with meat and vegetables, corn seasonings, and a simple vinegar oil dressing for salad. Cold meats and vegetables become appealing dishes with fruit tea and chocolate.
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for women’s ailments, promising happiness at home and offering a $5000 reward for incurable catarrh. The fragment then shifts to King Leopold of Belgium, pictured as hatless, anti tobacco, multilingual, and fond of painting, with notes on his simple lifestyle and wind-loving headgear. Also announced are five Chicago area excursion trains with specific dates and routing, plus cross-state ticket details.
An agent touts a charming book by a great writer titled The White Horses of the Nile. The scene suggests a social exchange at a household with refined neighbors observing a tense moment as the conversation unfolds.
A fragment from the Arkansas Traveler humor column features a comical exchange about frankness between two men and a joke about drinking. A separate note from botanists argues Greenland aligns with American flora rather than Europe, and Town Topics reports a dinner plan with a physician.
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