May 31, 2000
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The cordial support of the people of the Kingsley area contributed to a most pleasant Memorial Day celebration. No effort was spared to make the program a good one. Services were held in the grove and the Boys' Cornet Band provided music throughout the afternoon. Teams were provided to take old soldiers and children to the cemetery so they, too, could enjoy the festivities.
- Claude Guston, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Guston of North Spruce Street, met with a very painful accident Wednesday when he fell thirty feet from a willow tree he had just climbed. He bled from the nose and mouth and it was first thought that he was seriously injured, but he was able to attend school again yesterday. Dr. Martin attended him.
- A faucet that had been left open in the dental rooms of Dr. Snyder, over the Wilhelm Bartak & Co. store, flooded part of that business Thursday night. A passerby made the discovery about midnight and the fire department was notified. Damage amounts to about $50.
- Emmet Scofield, leader of the Williamsburg brass band, was busy Tuesday morning taking the measure of the boys for their new uniforms. Look out for them on the Fourth of July.
- The Book Review Club met Thursday afternoon with Mrs. L. Roberts. Mrs. John Fowle had the review on this occasion which was "Russian life in Moscow and the new Siberian railway," using Stoddard's Lecture. Mrs. Roberts brought quaint souvenirs from a recent trip to New Orleans which were distributed after the elegant supper was served.
- It is a fact worthy of note that while the assessed valuation of the city is greatly increased over last year, the rate of taxation will be greatly diminished and the actual tax to be paid by the ordinary property holder will be less than before the increase of valuation. This is due to the great increase in the amount of personal property assessed.
- There was some sort of fracas in the store of C. Martin at Interlochen on Saturday last. He is accused of striking and shaking Sophie Martin, but he says he only pushed her. The sheriff, prosecuting attorney and a doctor were sent for but the girl refused to be examined and told the gathered group she had fainted.
- The ladies of Mayfield have planned a good entertainment to be given at that place in the near future for the benefit of the church. In addition to the musical and literary program, a broom will be given which will be a very fine feature.
- Beginning June 17, the G. R. & I. railroad will run one of the finest trains ever put on the tracks in the state for the especial accommodation of the resort passenger traffic. All that money and ingenuity can provide will be furnished for the train which will leave Cincinnati in the evening and arrive at Petoskey the next morning, making the 500 mile run in little more than fourteen hours, including all stops.
- M. B. Wetmore, of Interlochen, lost his valuable black horse with colic Monday night. The horse had never been sick but once before, suffering from the same ailment. This is a difficult loss with much field work to be done at this time and requiring Mr. Wetmore to locate another fine horse.
- The work on the new block of C. E. McManus Co., proprietors of the Savings Bank Bazaar on Front Street, is progressing very rapidly and possession is anticipated to take place Saturday. It is one of the handsomest and most substantial on that street and makes an attractive addition to the other brick buildings surrounding it.
- Advice on deportment. A young lady should frown down any young man who addresses her with that air of coarse familiarity which some assume.
- To treat stubborn rheumatism, let your diet be barley gruel with currants, roasted apples, fresh whey and light pudding.
- Best buy of the week. Ladies' and Misses' Mackintoshes, 49 cents to $2.65 at Steinberg's.