January 17, 2001
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- Arrangements have been completed for the presentation of the Silver Bros. big specialty show and Swiss Bell Ringers to be held in the city January 24th. The attraction will be presented in the Steinberg's Grand Opera House and is expected to draw a large audience.
- The jury was out till after midnight without arriving at a verdict in a case brought before Justice Curtis on Monday. They were then released because they were unable to agree. It is said they stood during almost all the time, 1 for the plaintiff and 5 for the defendant.
- Postmaster Raff has received a new stamp canceling machine from the post office department which will be used hereafter in the local office. The machine has a capacity of 4,000 letters an hour.
- Our correspondent at Interlochen reports that a number of the people at that place made up a party and drove out to the Carter family residence Tuesday evening last. All but Mr. Carter were retired for the night, however, the other family members quickly arose and welcomed their unexpected guests. Mr. Curtis entertained the company with a phonograph and Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Hardy with the organ and vocal music. Later, a fine oyster stew was served to all.
- D. M. Shook, employed in the dental office of Dr. J. A. Snyder, was seriously inured Friday morning by the explosion of a vulcanizer and his escape from much more serious injury and possibly death was a narrow one. He was picked up by Dr. Snyder and Dr. Lester and carried into the office where he soon revived.
- Herbert Montague, manager of the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co., left for Chicago Monday to attend the funeral of his personal friend, Philip D. Armour, the millionaire pork packer and philanthropist. They were born in adjacent counties in New York and it was always a pleasure when the two would meet to call up the days of boyhood.
- Eighteen of the young people in the Milton Center neighborhood gathered at the home of J. E. Winters Friday evening last. The group had a very pleasant time eating apples, popcorn and playing games until the party broke up after midnight.
- Just before closing hour Saturday night, a water pipe in the Boston Store burst and there was fear that damage might result. The prompt action in turning off the water in the building saved trouble for had the pipe burst after the store had closed, great damage would have been caused.
- J. Kennedy, of South Grant, has his blacksmith shop nearly completed. Milo Duell will be head blacksmith and brings to the job several years of experience in that line of work.
- Telegraph communications were seriously interfered with last night by a severe snow storm that swept over the city. A heavy fall of snow is reported and strong winds also prevailed. The prospects for a period sleighing are good.
- Floyd Willet and Henry Mapes were brought before Justice Brown Friday on a charge of stealing bedding and other articles from a home belonging to Louis Cornell on the shore of Green Lake. It appears from the testimony there is a strong case against these young men whose ages are 19 and 17 years respectively.
- Advice on deportment. Let your children feel that mother and father are always found on the side of the right, and not policy.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat dull sight, drop in two or three drops of juice of rotten apples often.
- Best buy of the week. Women's one buckle arctic rubbers now 75 cents at Alfred V. Friedrich.