November 28, 2001
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- C. W. Chadwick and Son, who recently purchased the feed grinding business opposite the Kroupa block, are building up a profitable trade which has increased since they started. It is expected to have an increased capacity which should guarantee a good return from their investment.
- Fred J. Benjamin, the game captain and half back of the Asylum football team, is out of the game for a time, in consequence of a collision with a quoit a few days ago. The quoit struck him on the left forearm and for a time nothing was thought of it, but the arm began to swell and became very painful. An examination revealed the fact that one of the bones had been fractured by the iron disk.
- Interlochen has a good case of smallpox. A young man from Ward's Camp came in town one day last week to see the doctor as he was feeling badly. He was told he had the smallpox and was then put in the town hall where he is being looked after by the board of health.
- Major George K. Newcomb of the peninsula and his wife were the victims of a bad runaway accident last week with the major receiving near fatal injuries. While driving home, the team became frightened at another team and started to run near the G. R. & I. crossing on East Front Street. At Rose Street, the tongue of the wagon fell out of the neckyoke and stuck into the ground, throwing the wagon and Mr. and Mrs. Newcomb into the air.
- N. E. Strong, agent of the W. W. Kimball Co., has presented each of the men connected with the local agency a fine Thanksgiving turkey. Such a generous gift will contribute handsomely to the holiday feast at their respective homes.
- The end of the isolation of the Packard family, where the one case of smallpox has been in the city, will come with the last of the week. The disinfection of the residence was begun Tuesday and the clothing, bed clothes and other things that have been used about the room of the sick man, have been burned. Health Officer Ashton has managed the process and states that every precaution has been taken to preclude any possibility of further spread of the disease.
- Our correspondent at Milton Center reports that the long expected preacher arrived at that place and filled his appointment last Sunday. The new minister is Mr. Masters who has lived much of his life heretofore in Ohio.
- Two residents of Mabel have left that place and are working at jobs in the area not far away. Archie Gardner is working for A.G. Fairbank and Willie Fray is working for J. R. Button on his new home at Bates. Both men expect to return to Mabel in late spring.
- A meeting of the Catholics of the city and surrounding country was held Sunday last in the C. R. K. P. S. Hall on Second Street. The purpose of the meeting was to consider the proposition to build a new Catholic church. A favorable impression was offered by those present and further discussions are to follow.
- City Attorney George H. Cross and ex-Alderman F. C. Desmond returned Saturday from their hunting trip in the upper peninsula They each secured their full quota of deer, six nice animals in all. Mr. Bristol, who accompanied the, did not return, having had but one when they were ready to come home.
- Mrs. P. A. Clausen, who is at Orion where Mr. Clausen is being treated for cancer on the face, has sent a telegram stating that he is in critical condition. The local Elks are preparing to send a professional nurse to assist Mrs. Clausen in the care of her husband, who is a popular member of the local B. P. O. Elks.
- Advice on deportment. Marriage is a solemn step, but when taken with a correct appreciation of its duties and a determination to fulfill its obligations, it seldom fails to confer happiness.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To cure St. Anthony's Fire, let your diet be only water-gruel or barley broth, with roasted apples.
- Best buy of the week. Solid Oak Center Tables, from 50 cents. Grand Rapids Furniture Co.