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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1895
Page
3
A notice advises women to overcome modesty and consult a physician or obtain the Zoa-Phora Medical Book on Diseases of Women and Children. It promotes Zoa-Phora medicine and a book, available from Kalamazoo, Michigan, or through local druggists, with confidential correspondence.
A society woman tallies two lives as a ballet dancer and charity figure, secretly performing on stage while maintaining a wealthy social role. A Brooklyn singer pursues a double life, swapping mansion society for street cabaret, ending in a scandal that strains club connections and exposes a hidden relation.
A Pullman car tale features a mistaken identity prank as a gentleman and a woman swap disguises. The pair swap outfits while traveling, then reveal a chase by a Pinkerton detective tracking a bank robber. The humor hinges on mistaken appearances and a reveal of ongoing pursuit.
A Washington Star mockingly notes farmers worry about calamity politicians and the fate of crops. The speaker, a farmer, says crops look good yet fears political misrule could ruin harvests, urging voters to consider consequences before elections.
The Akron farmer's wife faced a claim after a series of acts including feeding the man, allowing a bath, and using her husband's cast off clothing. Upon the husband’s return she renewed the previous financial misdeed tied to a purchase of clothing valued at $200.
Immigrant youths at Broad Street station in Philadelphia makes a comic misstep as he tries to catch a New York train. He hurls his bag through a window and is guided by Assistant Station Master J L Johnson through the process of boarding an American railway coach.
The Michigan peninsula voices renewed talk of a canal linking southeast Lake Michigan with west Lake Huron to connect Chicago and Toledo, potentially shortening transit. Chicago capitalists are reported to be studying the plan, described as the Transmi chigan Ocean Ship canal. A golden eagle, wild and strong, was donated to the Prospect Park collection by Brooklyn residents after a recent capture.
A Bowery theater owners aim to reform by staging a new one act opera Fortuna or The Princess Tough. John Stromberg writes and composes a compact three scene work imitating Mascagni. Fortuna follows a king, a statue, and a disguising romance amid court intrigue in a brisk comic plot.
Frank Gilhooley, a journeyman hatter from Orange, New Jersey, tried to fight a Delaware Lackawanna and Western locomotive after declaring he would face tougher opponents than rivals Bett and Witzsimimians. He stood on the track near Hickory Street, shouted for the engine to stop, and was dragged away by workers as the train passed. The crowd judged him the better man, while he left in an aggrieved mood.
Cambridge youths chase elusive prize in a bee hunt, discovering hornets nests after long searching. They finally found a birch tree showing honey signs, cut away a large piece, and retreated as a swarm attacked. Bangor News notes the episode from Cambridge with lively detail.
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