May 2, 2001
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- A flock of about 150 wild geese flew over the city Friday morning. They were apparently lost in the fog and were flying very low and slow. Alphonso McManus reported that they flew directly over his house and he might have gone out after them, but he could tell from their cries they had flown a long distance and would not be lighting on the bay.
- James Murchie, who is retiring from the blacksmith business, was remembered Tuesday by his brother blacksmiths and horseshoers with a couple of presents that testified to their esteem. One of the gifts was a handsome chair which was purchased by his associates and delivered to his home that evening.
- Ed A. Newton has been secured by S. Benda & Co. to take charge of their gent's department, a position he held some time ago, but resigned on account of his health. He will make a valuable salesman for that business with his good knowledge of the inventory.
- P. T. Lardie, who lives at Mapleton, has a sick horse which he is doctoring and believes the animal is improving. Frank Smith of that place bought a new work horse from Leo Solomon last week so he can now begin the Spring work in his fields.
- J. W. Smith and Lowell Stites, residents of Acme, are doing mason work for Mr. Baily at Bates. They will be busy for the next few weeks with other contracts made for this line of work.
- The old brick chimney at the water works was felled Monday and a force of men are engaged in removing the bricks and debris. The chimney was not sufficiently high to furnish the draft needed for the work of the new pumping station and was deemed useless after the new smokestack had been erected.
- This office is indebted to F. M. Jewett of the Maple Grove Fruit Farm for some remarkably well preserved apples. Their flavor is as fresh and their color as good as in the early fall.
- William A. Brown and George W. Gegner were brought before Judge Roberts Friday afternoon charged with selling lake trout and whitefish less than the legal size. Both men stood mute and their examination was set for May 11. Bail was fixed at $200 each.
- Frank Goodrich has been a busy man these days. He has sold almost all of the lots on the bay front adjoining Bryant Park. The owners are now at work fixing up their camping ground for the summer and some have plans to build cottages.
- Victor Sum, the fast running horse owned by Charles Germaine and E. R. McCoy, has been sold to Chauncy Bass of Detroit. The horse will go in the races of the grand circuits of Michigan and Canada this summer. The horse won good money last season in every race in which he was entered.
- A horse belonging to C. Gore became mired in a ditch south of the asylum earlier this week and a team had to be taken from the city to pull the animal out. The following day, the mate of this beast got in a similar scrape.
- The top has been placed upon the new soda fountain of S. E. Wait and should be in operation next week. Work has progressed rapidly on all the jobs at this place which will encourage a lively trade for the summer.
- Advice on deportment. Patience and determination, assisted by practice in putting your thoughts into words, will develop the possibilities within yourselves.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat consumption, take in for a quarter of an hour, morning and evening, the steam of white rosin and beeswax, boiling on a hot fire-shovel.
- Best buy of the week. The Newest Books, $1.25 to $1.45 at The Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co.