August 16, 2000
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- Although the season has scarcely begun, fruit shipments are beginning to assume proportions of some magnitude. J. P. Berg, who is handling most of the fruit of the peninsula, shipped about thirty barrels of apples and a large quantity of peaches Saturday. The quality of peaches are very fine this year and later varieties promise to be better than the average.
- The Union Sunday school at Acme gave an ice cream social Sunday evening which was well attended. $10.60 was the amount taken in.
- A. K. Fairbanks, a resident of Mabel, has been sick for two weeks and is failing all the time. He has lasted longer than the doctor thought possible.
- County Clerk Newton has just completed a list of the births in Grand Traverse County for the year 1899. There have been 304 births; 132 of these were in this city. This is an increase of 50 over 1898.
- Fred McNinch had his Yale wheel stolen from the front of the Mercantile Co.'s store Saturday night. The number of the wheel is 30,913. Mr. McNinch is hoping it will be found and returned. He resides at 537 Randolph Street.
- Alfred Cecil, infant son of Hiram Cole, Jr., died at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Melville Palmer on Thursday last of diarrhea. The community is mourning the loss with the family.
- The work of grading and terracing the grounds at the courthouse and county jail was begun yesterday and is being pushed rapidly. This will be one of the final jobs to be done for completion of that structure.
- Last night a man sat in front of the window of Justice Verly's jewelry store on a stool. The stool tipped and the man went through the plate glass breaking it into many pieces. It will cost about $10 to repair the damage and the man said he will make good on the bill.
- A systemic effort is being made by the Carpenters, Masons and Painters' unions to have no one but union laborers employed by the architects and contractors in the putting up of new buildings in the city. No response has been forthcoming from the latter groups.
- A very pleasant occasion was an impromptu entertainment given at the Park Place Hotel Thursday evening by E. C. Adams, a traveling salesman who stops by that hostelry when in the city. Mr. Adams duplicates many of the tricks of Hermann and Keller and is thought to be remarkably smooth and entertaining.
- Hon. Frank Hamilton is giving a good deal of attention to his elegant new residence at the corner of Franklin and Washington Streets. It will be one of the finest homes on that street when it is completed.
- The G. R. & I. railroad has positively forbidden the sale of questionable literature on all of its trains. Conductors are given orders to enforce this prohibition.
- Advice on deportment. A lady or gentleman should always rise from their seat when offered a hand by anyone.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat inflamed eyelids, beat the white of an egg with two spoonfuls of white rose water, into froth. Apply this on a fine rag, changing it so it will not grow dry.
- Best buy of the week. One feather duster, 8 cents at The Boston Store.