December 17, 2003
Herald News ... 100 Years Ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- Sunday's storm was by long odds the worst of the year. That night the temperature got down to the zero mark for the first time this year, according to the thermometer of E. S. Wait.
- The many friends of Mrs. F. A. Earl were shocked and saddened to learn of her death Sunday morning. Mrs. Earl had suffered with asthma for years. Early that morning she asked for water which Mr. Earl gave her, and as he turned away with the tumbler, he heard her drop back in bed and found that she had died instantly. The funeral was held from the residence Tuesday.
- Little Willie Dunn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Dunn, narrowly escaped death last week while coasting on Fernwood hill. As it is, his face and eyes are very badly injured. He lost control of the sled which then slewed out of control, running himself into a telephone pole.
- John Boyd, a farmer at Mabel, lost a horse last week and Aaron Broomhead, another resident of that place, lost a colt. The colt fell in the well and was drowned. The cause of death of the horse is not known. Both men will feel a great financial loss from the deaths of these animals.
- The sawmill of the John F. Ott Lumber Co. started its winter cut Tuesday with plenty of logs in sight. Lumbering in the woods has been good for several weeks and the work of transporting logs by rail has been facilitated by the good sleighing bringing them out of the woods.
- Manager W. W. Smith states that the receipts of wheat at the flour mill of the Hannah & Lay Co. are very heavy. The wheat is not so plump as last year, but the quality is better.
- W. Steward, County Treasurer, has released a list of the persons who have paid liquor taxes for the year 1903. There were twenty in Traverse City who paid $500, three in Kinglsey and one in Fife Lake who paid like amounts. There were six persons who had lesser taxes.
- Out of the kindness of his heart, to shield the creature from the cold, J. M. Blakeslee allowed a tramp dog to sleep in his office the other night. Now he is sorry because the animal tore a fine sealskin cap all to pieces.
- On another page of this newspaper there is a record of the building and other improvements of the city for the year 1903. The total amount of investments, both public and private, makes a remarkable showing and all previous records are broken. The increase over the previous year is nearly 50 percent which had shown a large increase over the year 1901.
- Charles Rosenthal of the Boston Store has decided to discontinue The Racket store. The lease of the building is about to expire and cannot be renewed. The stock will be closed out as soon as possible.
- The December term of the circuit court for Grand Traverse county will open in this city on Monday with Judge Mayne on the bench. The case which has the most interest will be that of the burglary charge against Albert Barlock for the robbery of the store of Willlie Pennington at Interlochen.
- Advice on deportment. Don't talk slang. There are girls, and just as many boys, who think they must have a stock of slang phrases at hand to embellish conversation with, or else they will be deemed lacking in worldly knowledge.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat rheumatism, apply warm steams.
- Best buy of the week. Magnificent Brilliant Diamonds Just for Christmas. Cluster rings - Pearl, Amethyst and Sapphire. $2.50 at Steinberg Bros. Store.