October 8, 2003

Herald news ... 100 years ago

By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald

       - John Dwiggins, surfman at Sleeping Bear life saving station and a man with many friends in this city, was killed by lightning while on duty at the watch tower Saturday evening. Charles Robinson went to go on duty at 8:00 and found the body lying on the floor, stone dead and there was a strong smell of gas in the room. Mr. Dwiggins had been down to his home nearby to get a drink just minutes before and was probably entering the lookout and fastening the door when the bolt came that killed him.
      - Miss Stella Hammond preached a very appropriate farewell address at Long Lake yesterday and leaves that area with a good feeling. She was presented with a watch which was a token of love from the parishioners.
      - There is some talk of Mayfield and Kingsley being supplied with electric lights in the near future. The power for them will be furnished by water power at Mayfield.
      - Dr. J. M. Wilhelm left Wednesday for Loudonville, Ohio where his marriage with Miss Bertha A. Cliffs will be solemnized today at the home of the bride. Miss Cliffs was for some time in charge of the sheet music department of the W. W. Kimball Co. here, taking a similar position with the Grinnell Bros. in Ohio.
      - William White, the bicycle man and mechanic on Park Street, is lying in his room over the bicycle shop with a 32-calibre revolver bullet in his shoulder. The shot came very near ending his life as the lungs would have been penetrated had the bullet gone deeper. The revolver was fired by a 15-year-old boy who said he did not know it was loaded.
      - An enthusiastic meeting was held last week at Old Mission in regard to the proposed new railroad on the peninsula. It was met with the heartiest approval with $2,000 of the required $10,000 being raised at once and half the right of way was given. W. R. Pratt, E. O. Ladd and A. E. Porter were appointed to take charge of securing subscriptions and the remaining necessary right of way. This road would greatly reduce the estimated $25,000 annual loss on fruit and produce.
      - The insurance loss of Victor Petertyl in the recent fire has been adjusted to $14,l77.95 on which Mr. Petertyl will receive $12,000 insurance. The adjustment was effected by J. C. Wright of the Detroit firm of Craig & Wright for Mr. Petertyl and the representatives of the 20 companies that will sustain the loss.
      - The concert that is to be given next month under the auspices of the Traverse City band will be given entirely by men There will not be a lady's voice heard, nor will there be a lady who will have any part on the program. Another concert is planned in March that will be of an entirely different kind which will be one given by ladies only. The gentlemen will have but one part and that will be the purchasing of tickets.
      - The editor of the Home Cheer department wishes to express her thanks to Mrs. Akers for roses which though grown out of doors, are as large and fragrant as June blossoms. Another thanks is sent to Mrs. Amelia Adams for a large bouquet of beautiful flowers including asters, pinks, chrysanthemums, portulaca and a great variety of pansies.
      - J. W. Markham and Walter Grelidk, with the able assistance of Henry Kingsnorth and others, went to the Traverse City Driving Park Monday last and began to blast out the stumps with dynamite. In the afternoon, a larger force went up and the work of making the ground enclosed by the track was begun in earnest.
      - Advice on deportment It is quite an art to drink gracefully. Don't throw your head back and raise the glass perpendicularly, but carry the glass to your lips and by lifting it to a slight angle, you easily drain its contents..
      - Medical advice of a century ago. To treat shingles, apply pounded garlic to the particular part.
      - Best buy of the week. 21-quart dishpan, 55 cents at The Boston Store.