June 25, 2003
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
• The music lovers of the city have been eagerly waiting for the program to be given Friday evening by Stewart & Steffens' orchestra for the Woman's club. The program is expected to be one of the finest ever listened to here and everybody will be delighted that Maro and his gogglepeg have a place on the program.
• Miss Ida L. Peach has returned from Lansing where she has been attending school and has just finished an eight-year course. She will make her home at Mr. William Davidson's this summer.
• The city assessment rolls and the rate of taxation for the city are now in City Clerk C. M. Beers' hands. It calls for a tax rate of $2.21 on every $100 with the school tax remaining the same as last year and the city tax being less. There has been an increase in the valuation of real estate of $124,792.
• P. C. Gilbert, who has been retained to defend Mrs. Mary McKnight on the charge of murdering her brother and his wife and babe says he is not worrying about the case and neither is Mrs. McKnight. Mr. Gilbert believes Mrs. McKnight looks like a woman of kind heart and one who would do harm to no one.
• The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Gannet on North Elmwood Avenue was entered by a burglar or burglars last Monday evening who made very free with everything in the house. Jewelry, money, a small steel safe, cigars and tobacco were among some of the items stolen. Entrance was effected through a window.
• One of the Fourth of July attractions that occurs in the morning will be the baseball game. The Gray Eagles of Manistee have been secured and they will cross bats with the asylum team. Both teams have a very strong aggregation and the contest is sure to be a red hot one.
• George P. Wood and wife are back in the city for the summer after their season on the road with their show. They spent most of the year in the south, though they have traveled some in Indiana, Illinois and other central states.
• Lee Raymond returned to his home in South Boardman this morning after spending 22 days in the hospital at Ann Arbor. He had traveled to that place for treatment of his head caused by a fall on the ice several years ago.
• Anthony L. Neale of Long Lake, who took the examination for rural free delivery carrier on the Long Lake route, received notice that he had passed the civil service examination and that his percentage was 99. This is a first-class showing and Mr. Neale is sure of his appointment.
• A merry crowd of young people gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Courtade and surprised Miss Kittie Needham, who completes her term of school this week. The house was very prettily decorated with ferns and cut flowers and Mr. and Mrs. Courtade proved themselves, as usual, very enjoyable entertainers. Music and games, along with delicious refreshments, were principal features of the evening. It was nearing sunrise before the jolly crowd departed.
• Dr. J. W. Gauntlett and wife of this city and W. D. Ferguson and wife of Chicago are spending the summer at East Bay, their abodes forming the heart of the suburb of Funville. A number of local residents visited yesterday and took tea with the two couples.
• Advice on deportment. A bride bestows some present on each bridesmaid, while the groom remembers each groomsman in a similar manner.
• Medical advice of a century ago. To treat consumption, drink nothing but water and eat nothing but water gruel without salt or sugar.
• Best buy of the week. Handsome lace curtains, 50 cents to $1.25 at the Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co.