July 3, 2002
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The resort season at Old Mission is beginning auspiciously. The hotels are all opened and several of the cottages are occupied for the summer indicating that everything seems favorable for a most successful resort season at that place.
- Dogs have been making sad work with the sheep in Grant township. They have killed seven and wounded two badly. Six of the animals belonged to John Green, two to L. Priest and one to E. Cook. The dogs were tracked but could not be followed to their home and are still at large.
- Mr. Sullivan, who lives at the front pond near Green Lake, has killed five rattlesnakes recently. This is an unpleasant surprise to the residents in that area as poisonous snakes have never been found in the locale and Green Lake has always been a popular fishing spot.
- There was a quilt social last Thursday night at the M. E. church in Acme. It was a very pleasant time for those attending and the proceeds were nearly twenty dollars for the Ladies' Aid Society.
- The Oval Wood Dish Company, without previous announcement and unsolicited, increased wages in the factory, aggregating $4,000 a year. The raise affects about one hundred who have been receiving the smallest pay and has been done to equalize the wage rate in the factory. The advance was received with considerable pleasure by those who will benefit.
- L. C. Morris, the jeweler who has been located in part of the store of Edward Lautner on Union Street, will remove to the Munson block next month. He will occupy with the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
- The residents at Bates seem to be hearing about baseball more than anything else these days. All are so enthusiastic that they can get up a nine on short notice. The small boys of Acme went to that place Saturday and rather did the small boys of Bates up in good fashion.
- After harvest, there will be a general bee to work in the cemetery at Ogdensburg to terrace the side hill and otherwise make improvements. The graves have not been touched in years and they don't compare very well with those that are well kept.
- An announcement has been made for the ice cream social to be held at the barn of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Birmley on July 18th for the purpose of raising money to purchase a bell for the East Garfield M. E. church. Among the many attractions will be a pillow with something less than a hundred names on it to be sold to the highest bidder. Everybody is invited to come and bring their best girl and their pocketbook.
- John A. Jackson has been doing a lot of fishing in East Bay and Sunday he took from his nets two sturgeon, one weighing 25 pounds and the other 133 pounds. The fish will be shipped to Chicago.
- A movement is on foot among the residents on Sixth Street to have the street paved with asphalt. Hon. Perry Hannah has been consented to bear his share of the improvement if the other property owners desire it. As he has a large proportion on the street, it is probable that definite action will be taken. Many elegant and costly residences are located on that thoroughfare and the improvements suggested will be in keeping with them and their surroundings.
- Advice on deportment. Wedding invitations should be printed or engraved upon note paper of excellent quality and the envelope must fit the enclosed invitation closely.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat vomiting of blood, tack as much saltpeter as will lie upon half a crown, dissolved in a glass of cold water, two or three times a day.
- Best buy of the week. Zinc decorated cuspidors, 6 cents at The Globe.