September 6, 2000
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The Traverse City ostrich farm has received orders for a consignment of the last ostriches to be shipped to Denver and Boston. Knights of Khorassen from those two cities saw the birds in a parade at Detroit and ordered a supply for the gatherings soon to occur at those places.
- Mr. Dockeray, the aged father of Prof. C. R. Dockeray, was out in the phaeton, driving a colt that had just been broken to a harness on Monday when a horse belonging to Mark Craw crashed into the rig. Mr. Dockeray was thrown to the ground giving him a scratched face and a terrible blow on the head.
- Our correspondent at Ogdensburg reports that George Kithen has returned from the encampment with his head tied up as though he might have been in a sham battle. The actual reason is that Mr. Kitchen has taken a very hard cold.
- Mr. Saunder's, a farmer at Interlochen, has had the misfortune of losing a valuable cow. The animal was killed on the M. & N. E. railroad two days ago.
- Supervisor Darrow brought in a mammoth lake trout to the city yesterday which weighed 37 pounds and measured 50 inches long. The specimen was caught trolling near Northport and was shipped to Philadelphia.
- E. O. Ladd will once again be employed as the agent for the Grand Traverse Fruit Growers this season as decided by the executive board of that group at its meeting Saturday last. Mr. Ladd will leave to go north within the next few days to secure a market for the fruit in that part of the state.
- Little Harold Naderson, who is just two and a half years old, was playing with his father's bicycle Monday when he got his thumb caught between the sprocket wheel and the chain. The member was very badly lacerated and cut nearly off. It is hoped a good recovery will be made so full use is restored of the thumb.
- D. C. Lousch announces that the cranberry picking on his marsh will begin September 11 and that the crop is larger than for the two years past. This will make the work of the packers much more pleasant and profitable than it has usually been.
- Judge Brown's court decided in favor of J. O. Murray, Jr. yesterday in a suit filed against S. S. Trevett in a claim for wages due for services while Murray was working for Trevett at his grocery store. The judgment awarded was $128.
- It has been estimated that at least a thousand excursionists were brought to the city Tuesday from various points in the south. The G. R. & I., the M. & N. and the Pere Marquette roads all reported bringing in hundreds of passengers and the hotels were all crowded to their utmost capacity.
- The residents of Acme will have the opportunity to help Mr. Nichol's celebrate the completion of his new house, located near the five mile corners, at a dance he is giving Friday evening. A slight admission fee will be charged.
- Advice on deportment. At a second meeting, two ladies may offer their hands, but ladies seldom extend their hands to gentlemen, save to their most intimate friends.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat rheumatism, apply a poultice of hot potatoes, renewing as often as it becomes cool or hard.
- Best buy of the week. Ladies' White Duck Skirts, made in latest styles, on sale 48 cents at Steinberg's.