February 16, 2000
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The thirtieth anniversary of the establishment of the Baptist church in this city was celebrated Friday night and was attended by both young and old, not merely for self congratulation, but of propositions for work in all lines of church activity. Mrs. Emma Broadfoot, the only charter member, gave a fine history of the church. All the celebrants ate heartily from the food tables which were abundantly filled with sandwiches, jellies, pickles, olives, fried cakes and coffee.
- A little daughter of Grant Brady, who lives in Williamsburg, was severely injured through an accident last week. Her little brother was chopping ice when his sister got in the way and a severe gash was made in her head by the axe. It is thought the wound will prove serious.
- Mr. Delbridge has sold his white cottage near the depot at Interlochen to a Detroit dentist. The purchaser proposes to move to that location in the spring and open an office.
- A communication from Mayor Hamilton on good roads has been published and invites any persons in the region to make practical suggestions on this subject to him. This paper believes it is for the interests of every farmer and lumber man and every resident of the area to encourage such movement.
- The failure of the firm of Parker Bros., commission merchants of Chicago, has brought a great loss to Alderman George W. Lardie, unless it shall appear that he is preferred creditor. Two carloads of potatoes sent by him recently to Pittsburgh are reported frozen and Mr. Lardie may go to that city to look after them.
- Mr. Steinberg has secured Mr. J. Czek of Chicago for window trimmer and salesman at his dry goods, carpet and clothing store in this city. He began his duties Monday morning.
- Logs are being rushed to the DeVries sawmill at Williamsburg at the rate of 90,000 feet a day. The mill will cut about 3,000,000 feet of hardwood and hemlock the coming season.
- A meteor that was reported to have fallen on Ed Franklin's farm on the west shore of the bay last Thursday has caused much interest. One woman claims she heard a great roaring sound, followed by an explosion and Mr. Franklin says that the ground was still steaming Friday morning, but J. P. Gillespie is of the opinion that it was a subterranean explosion.
- One of the neatest, daintiest and altogether attractive dining rooms ever opened in this city is the "blue room" of George Winnie's tavern, adjoining the Ladies Library building. It is an exclusively private room where ladies and their escorts may get first class meals and service with every appointment of completeness and refinement.
- The charter for the Masons' Union has been received and a meeting was held Tuesday to perfect a permanent organization. Officers were elected whose first order of business was to adopt a scale of wages. 40 cents an hour was set for bricklayers and plasters and 37 « cents an hour was set for stone masons. The officers also established a nine hour work day.
- B. J. Morgan has accepted plans for his new residence to be built at the corner of Wellington and State Streets, on the site of the old one which was moved some time ago. It will be a frame structure and when completed will be one of the finest residences in that part of the city. The cost will be between $6,000 and $7,000.
- The local icemen are busy getting their supply from Boardman Lake, as they have given up all hope of getting any ice from the bay. Hopkins Bros. expect to put in about 4,000 ton and have put twenty teams and ten men at work this morning. J. A. Jackson has filled two icehouses.
- Advice on deportment. Some people imagine they are earning a reputation of being fashionable by appearing late at a ball or party. Not so.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To cure a cough, keep a little stick of licorice like horseradish between the cheek and the gums when lying down.
- Best buy of the week. Rubber Stamps, 10 cents to 20 cents a line at City Book Store.