July 10, 2002
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The Fourth of July celebration was a great day and the city streets were thronged with the largest crowd ever here at any one time before. Fully 3,000 people saw the best races ever given in northern Michigan and an estimated 15,000 sat upon the riverbanks and crowded the Union Street bridge to see the fireworks which gave a glorious finish to the day. Considering the immense crowd, accidents and disorders were rare.
- Mrs. Mary S. Munson, age 53, wife of Dr. James D. Munson, superintendent of the Northern Michigan Asylum, died Friday evening after weeks of illness where every day was looked for to be the last of life. No heart was more tender to the call of necessity than hers and her charities bestowed unseen benefits to many. She was widely known throughout Michigan and in other states and most highly esteemed.
- Mrs. Gardner, 77, mother of Charles Gardner, has been blind for a number of years. She was operated upon for cataract by Dr. J. W. Gauntlett three weeks ago and is now able to see and is expected to regain her eyesight fully.
- The secretary of the Traverse City Driving Park Association has completed his figures and finds that the club will clear $1,000 on the recent race meet. All the members feel very much elated over the final result.
- The gypsies are here, camped south of the city, and are telling beautiful fortunes. The women are most picturesque in their costumes and the band is unquestionably of the genuine gypsy stock.
- Contractor Albert Prange put a force of men to work tearing up Front Street between Cass and Park preparatory to putting in the concrete foundation for the laying of the brick pavement. The street is closed to team traffic but the sidewalk will be left open for pedestrian passage.
- Mr. Cooper, the missionary of the American Sunday School Union, held services at the East Bay schoolhouse Sunday evening. He will hold services again next Sunday evening and organize a Sunday school.
- Prof. I. B. Gilbert, superintendent of the Traverse City schools, arrived Tuesday and is preparing to reside here permanently. His household effects are on the way and his family will follow as soon as a residence can be secured.
- Clarence Rickerd is laid up from an injury received by a fall from a ladder Saturday afternoon. He fell in such a way as to sprain his ankle, tearing the ligaments and twisting the foot. It will be quite some time before he will be on the streets again.
- A wreck occurred Friday night at Williamsburg that resulted in the instant death of Engineer Roy Picket of Grand Rapids and the serious injury of Fireman Dwyer of Muskegon. The southbound flyer crashed into the engine tender of the Elk Rapids train on the main line of the Pere Marquette and the engine of the Elk Rapids train then ran wild to Bates where the exhausting of the steam caused it to stop. The two coaches had been left on a sidetrack earlier and all passengers had detrained.
- Mrs. J. C. Lawrence, who lives east of the city, is very low with not much hope of recovery. She cut her hand on a glass fruit can and blood poisoning set in.
- Advice on deportment. A gentleman seated by a lady or an elderly person passes the water or whatever may be required by his neighbor at the table.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat fever with pains in the limbs, take twenty drops of harshorn in a cup of water twice or thrice in twenty-four hours.
- Best buy of the week. Worsted Men's Suits, $10 at Hamilton Clothing Co.