November 22, 2000

Herald news ... 100 years ago

By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
       - Traverse City had hoped it would show a population of 10,000 from the recent census, but falls short by 593. This gain was 116 percent over which it was in the 1890 census and is one of the three leading cities in the state in population growth.
      - George Oakes sustained a severe injury Thursday morning last while he was cleaning a lantern in the yards of the Pere Marquette. The car gave a lurch and Mr. Oakes accidentally thrust his hand through the window, lacerating the flesh of his wrist. Dr. C. J. Kneeland dressed the wound.
      - The grocery store of Freeborn Bardner, on the corner of Oak and West Front Streets, has been purchased by the new firm of Eliott & East. The new owners are well known in the city and will doubtless do a flourishing business.
      - Willie Burns, an 11 year old orphan boy living with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William Cary, has disappeared. The matter has been given to the police and it is thought he has probably gone off with some farmer and will return in a day or two. He has run away before.
      - A most pleasant farewell party was given at the academy Monday night in honor of J. G. Graham, George Smith, J. Hannet, Otto Furtsch and L. Shugart, employees of the asylum. The gentlemen are about to leave for their respective homes and the event was destined to make their last days in the city a pleasant memory.
      - Captain Emory has returned to this place from the upper peninsula with the party of deer hunters on the Onekema. There were seven in the group and 14 deer were secured. George Mahn carried off the honors of the party, securing five of the deer.
      - The residence owned by Ray Wait and occupied by John Wade on Webster Street, caught fire Friday from the furnace. Before the fire department arrived some damage was sustained on the curtains and light furniture. A still alarm was sent in and prompt work with the chemical engine saved the building.
      - The new cottage for the females at the asylum will be opened to patients today. About twenty-five patients will be transferred from the main building where they have been crowded in temporarily. The judges of probate throughout the district will be notified to send the most pressing cases up to the limit of the cottage which would be thirty more patients.
      - Advice on deportment. No gentleman ever links his arm in that of the lady with whom he is walking, or places it against her back. It is extremely vulgar.
      - Medical advice of a century ago. Beware of gluttony. If the appetite is dull, eat fruit only or eat nothing.
      - Best buy of the week. Mackintoshes, regular styles, $6.00 at Wilhelm Bros.