October 15, 2003
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
• There is still considerable cement walk to be laid in the city before snow flies, but only one more block of brick pavement. Work on both is being considered for next spring and indications are that several more miles of cement walk and more blocks of brick will be laid next summer.
• A very pleasing program was given at the Women's club on Friday dealing with the Alaskan Indians and Eskimos, their folklore and stories of the Klondike. The afternoon was in charge of Dr. Rosenthal-Thompson who read "Stories of the Klondike" told from events which actually happened.
• One of the largest and most delightful receptions ever planned in the Second Methodist church was held last week in honor of Rev. Hugh Kennedy and his family. Rev. Kennedy is in his fifth year as pastor of the church which is the longest time that any Methodist minister has returned to this city. A beautiful couch was presented to the pastor and his wife with very nice remarks offered by O. M. Morse and Ed DeYoung.
• Early last Thursday evening, some of the members of the fire department saw a blaze springing up in the rear of a barn located west of the engine house. Investigation revealed that the barn was the one which the department used for a night team. Everything was wet from the heavy rains and it was raining again when the firemen responded which enabled the men to quickly extinguish the blaze. The cause of the fire is unknown.
• Mrs. J. E. Grelick, who has been ill for some time, went to Ann Arbor Saturday for medical treatment. She was accompanied by her son, Ernest, and Mrs. Chase. It is expected that such treatment will improve her poor condition and that she will return home in two or three weeks.
• The potato crop in the area is suffering badly from all the wet weather. Many of the farmers are saying that the potatoes are rotting badly with just a few fields yielding a fair crop. There are also a good number of fields affected with a blight which has destroyed any hope of harvest.
• William Fetterly and family, W. H. Arma and Wells Northrup, a photographer, left the city Monday for a trip to New Orleans via Lake Michigan, Chicago drainage canal and the Mississippi River. The party will make the cruise in the gasoline launch Cruiser. They expect to be gone until spring.
• Mrs. Fraser, wife of Henry W. Fraser, the saloonkeeper at Walton and who had her sentenced to serve 10 days in the county jail for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, has become violently insane and some of the county officers fear that unless she is taken from the jail and placed in the asylum, she may not live out her sentence. It is said that Mrs. Fraser had not drawn a sober breath for months before her incarceration.
• Arrangements have been concluded for the presentation here of "The Bohemian Girl", the famous opera of Gilbert & Sullivan and one of the most pleasing operas ever written. Its production will doubtless furnish one of the most enjoyable musical events in the history of the city.
• Mrs. Racine, who has been visiting Mrs. William Dyke of Washington Street for several weeks, will leave Monday next for Chicago where she will visit for a short time with close friends before her return home to Montreal. Mrs. Racine enjoyed several social gatherings while in this city and leaves with new friendships of many local residents.
• One of the finest factory building in the city will be that of Victor Petertyl's new wagon shop. It is replacing the building which recently burned and is to be completed by November 11.
• Advice on deportment. Every dinner should be made as good as possible and this does not imply a great outlay of money, but the expenditure of taste and time.
• Medical advice of a century ago. To treat a sore mouth, apply the white of an egg beat up with loaf sugar.
• Best buy of the week. Good quality outing flannel nightgowns with novelty braid, 69 cents at The Globe.