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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1892
Page
2
Alumni resolve to urge Harvard’s theological overseers to admit women to the divinity school. The piece also surveys cremation trends, noting 31 societies, a Detroit convention, and cost advantages, plus odd Missouri tales and a Philadelphia corresp on dent’s notes.
The Duke of Connaught declared Lake Vyrnwy open to supply Liverpool and surrounding districts, a vast eleven year project by George F. Deacon that remade a valley into a lake. It displaced a village and church, built a monumental dam, and transported water over seventy miles, celebrated for engineering triumph and minimal impact on beauty.
Harper's Weekly notes election returns over four years show Prohibition votes near 2.1 percent in 1888 and just over 5 percent in several states in 1890. Totals by state range from 41 electors in Nevada to 50,931 in New York, with Wisconsin 14,277 Minnesota 15,811 Pennsylvania 20,947 Michigan 20,042 Ohio 24,850 and Illinois 21,895.
A woman is depicted as fabricating stories of her husband’s drunkenness infidelity and cruelty to gain sympathy. The narrative claims these allegations exist only in her imagination as she seeks validation from friends who reinforce her behavior. Her partner is unaware of his supposed negative reputation.
A Nebraska era notice lists Mia Potter Palmer and Miss Frances E Willard as Northwestern University Evans ton trustees. Bertha Downing of New Jersey teaches woodcarving to a class of sixty feeble minded youths from proceeds. Amanda Jones of Chicago leads a million dollar Woman's Canning and Preserving Co with a secret food process. Mme Hirschfeldt, first woman dentist, later served Emperors family. Mrs T B Tabor Willets manages a 600 acre Roslyn farm and fine Guernsey herd. Dora R Miller of New Orleans patents a blackboard eraser worn on the hand, with a $5 000 patent offer.
A Marquis du Croisie plans to develop over an acre on the Newport cliffs for Logerot and the Casino by the Sea next season. He will improve and use five cottages with enhanced furnishing and a semicircular piazza. One cottage for his family, others to let, central dining service planned aiming for Delmonico quality. he has spent $45,000 on Delmonico meals.
In the czar of Russia's stable sits a crudely built sled by Peter the Great. The late Douglas Henty wills £50,000 to missionary societies. A bicycle rider ran a quarter mile in 28.45 seconds at Hartford on July 4, surpassing trotter records. Paris's grand prize this year stands at $50,000 with $70,000 gate money and $600,000 invested in matches. Over 1,200 trotting associations exist in the US and Canada. Analysis shows trotters peak at seven years old. Richard Ten Broeck, once a famed horseman, is reported indigent and nearly blind in California. The czar's stables boast 300 of the world's most beautiful horses, well cared for with uncut tails and long silky hair.
A Paris financier who lost his wealth amid a market crash remains undeterred. He preserves his routines, telling friends he still rings the bell for his former valet de chambre even without the valet. The anecdote underlines philosophy of facing ups and downs with steadiness.
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