November 12, 2003
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- There was plenty of tall talk Tuesday on the city market and for a good while it looked as though there would be war between the mayor and police and the potato buyers. The latter refused to buy over the city scales at first with W. W. Dean, the new weighmaster. The trouble seemed to blow over later in the day and the buyers began buying over those scales.
- The L. O. T. M.'s at Kingsley gave a supper Wednesday night last with the proceeds of $15.30 going to Mrs. Manigold. The woman lost her house by fire a short time ago and has been in need of many goods.
- Mrs. Esther Finch, wife of Mason Finch of Long Lake, died at the home of her son, Fred Finch of Union Street Sunday afternoon, age 77 years. She was brought from her home two weeks ago that she might have closer medical attendance. She was one of the old residents of that area where she had resided for many years.
- The canning factory has had a far more prosperous year than was expected even by those who were directly interested. What to some people was a pipe dream when it was first proposed has proven to be one of the most flourishing industries in the city. The work has been efficiently handled by Harold K. Kneeland, secretary, who also had the management of the entire work.
- Some weeks ago during the epidemic of stealing in Traverse City, one of the depositors of the People's Savings Bank was the victim of burglary and a certificate of deposit from the bank was stolen. The thief, realizing that he could not cash the certificate, has now returned it to the depositor by slipping it under the door of his house.
- The body of Lars Hanson who was drowned October 18 in Cedar Hedge Lake, near Interlochen, while swimming for a duck he had shot, was found Friday afternoon by C. H. Rogers and David C. Davis. Undertaker Carter cared for the remains and shipped them to the deceased's former home near Greenville.
- P. C. Gilbert, Charles N. Mater, Harvey Lear and George Ryan have taken deer licenses recently and plan to go north to use them. Dr. J. D. Munson, Rev. D. Cochlin, H. D. Alley and Mrs. Backus left Tuesday for Kaleva to be gone two weeks hunting.
- The history of Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties, compiled by E. L. Sprague, is being distributed and is considered to be an excellent record of valuable data relative to the area. Mr. Sprague has watched the development of both counties from the time when Traverse City was but a sawmill hamlet.
- The high winds which prevailed in this vicinity caused the fire alarm system to get partly out of order Monday night by an electric light wire being blown across the wires of the department and the Bell telephone wires. The fire department had to carry hose to the top of the pole and put out the blaze.
- A very pleasant surprise party was given Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Horton of Monroe Center Saturday night by an even hundred of their neighbors and friends, on the occasion of their forty-third wedding anniversary. A feeling of sadness mingled with the pleasure of the evening for the party was also a farewell to the couple who have sold their farm and will be leaving in a few days for Arizona to visit their daughter. They were among the early settlers of the area.
- A meeting of the executive committee which is in charge of the preparations for the Republican birthday anniversary celebration in Jackson next year, was held in Detroit Thursday. Thomas T. Bates of this city was in attendance and has stated to this office that an invitation has been sent to President Theodore Roosevelt to make the principal address at the anniversary.
- Advice on deportment. A frigid repulse of any courtesy offered is a direct insult to the friends under whose roof you are.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat sickness in the morning, drink half a pint of water impregnated with fixed air.
- Best buy of the week. Writing tablets, 3 cents at The Racket.