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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1892
Page
4
A Woodward avenue shopper in a Detroit jewelry store asks for an engagement ring. The clerk quotes $1000 for a solitaire diamond, and the man jokes about a house and lot before leaving, later seen with a street fakir. In a separate note, a servant applicant answers a riddle about a steak mishap by asking if there are boarders.
In Wendell Phillips Lectures an amusing tale recounts Daniel O Connell thwarting a witness who claimed to find the murdered man's hat bearing the name James. O Connell peered inside and asked if the name existed, then told the judge there is no name in the hat. Meanwhile Punch notes Petroly, the new chef, summoned before the committee for a reprimand.
A Hartford father lets his beard grow but is shaved, provoking his five year old daughter to joke about whose head he wears. The tale sits amid a series of humorous clippings from Hartford Post and Philadelphia Record noting playful mischief and a risky fishing mishap.
A survey of trends shows high heeled shoes gaining popularity and white ribbon bows remaining in hair. Descriptions cover ecru linen looks, low necklines with Recamier folds, gauze fabrics, baby ribbon trimmings, and Watteau hats with roses and a satin ribbon bow as stylish accents.
The display shows a glass suspension bridge in a flower holder, a glass or china easel with flower receptacles, fan shaped table devices, a tilting soup tureen with a lip for dispensing soup, and many flower entwined pieces. Moonstones appear in abeyance but new pieces include a flower brooch with moonstone petals and enamel sprays with jeweled centers, plus a silver hair pin with enameled pansy design and pale blue petals with silver tracery.
California will feature fountains spraying sparking wine in its World's Fair exhibit while Harvard seeks 7,000 square feet for its display. Pera appoints G. Miro Quesada of El Comercio in Lima as commissioner for the World’s Fair.
Bloomington inventor Wallace Hight writes to Quartermaster Pope and George J. Langsdale about a bronze six pounder smooth bore gun made in spring 1801. It lacks a government brand, bears a distinctive flaw near the muzzle, and uses iron nails plated with copper in the ammo chest. Major Pope aims to locate the gun last seen at war’s end in Indianapolis.
A man at the fair grounds race track waved $1,000 in cash and placed it between his fingers before walking off. A sneak thief snatched the money from his side and vanished into the crowd, slipping away quickly, according to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Rome Tribune reports a musical snake appeared in Hon Tom Lyon's community last Sunday afternoon. It wore a lace scarf and carried a gold headed cane. With a brown mustache like Lord Beresford, it stood in the road and rang songs “Comrades” and “When the Owls Neat Again.”
A Bel gian artist in London protests patriotic art critiques by viewing statues of Charles Fox and Charles I in Russell Square and Charing Cross. Fernas, pensioner from Ghent, wanders homeless after funds run out, awaiting consul aid before return home. Also notes a misfit bathing suit tale and a novel nontransferable railroad ticket idea, plus a Cape May letter on fashion and a Pacific coast insect plague.
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