February 11, 2004
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
• Work will begin on the new public library building on Sixth Street in the spring. It will be one of the best of its kind in the state for the money that has been pledged for its erection. It will be a one story structure with full basement which patterns after all one story libraries and is classic in design.
• Charles K. Buck has perpetrated a surprise on his friends which is just becoming known. Mr. Buck was united in marriage to Mrs. Georgianna Pike of Buckfield, Maine on January 26 and arrived in the city with his bride Thursday evening. Mr. Buck is a direct descendant from the Bucks who originally settled in that place and spent most of his younger years there.
• Circuit court was not called to order until late this afternoon on account of Judge F. W. Mayne being delayed by the train. The first case will be the only criminal case on the calendar, the People vs. Harvey E. Smith, charged with bigamy.
• The National Rural Letter Carriers' Association has issued a letter setting forth strong arguments in favor of action by Congress providing better pay for the carriers. It states that there will soon be 50,000 carriers on rural routes at an annual salary of $600. The average number of people on a route is five hundred.
• A young man had a narrow escape Saturday from being run over by a Pere Marquette switch engine while coasting down the small hill on Eighth Street that crosses the track. It is claimed that the young man was rather careless in his coasting and that it looked as if he was trying to see how near he could come to the engine after it had got beyond the crossing. He saw his miscalculation and had the presence of mind to roll off his sled before it went under the wheels of the engine and was reduced to kindling.
• The plant of the Traverse City Canning company was damaged by fire Tuesday morning resulting in a loss estimated at $3,000 for the stock. It is thought that it was caused by an overheated stove which was used to keep the fruit from freezing. Insurance will cover practically the entire amount.
• Mrs. A. W. Wait entertained last year's officers of the O. E. S. very delightfully last Thursday at a 6 o'clock dinner. The guest were seated at small tables and were served: scalloped potatoes, veal loaf, warm Parkerhouse rolls, currant conserve, pickles, Waldorf salad, wafers, pineapple glace, assorted cake and coffee.
• The box social held at the Ogdensburg church last week was not a success. It was too cold. The cold weather, however, does not hinder Milton Gore from working on his barn at that place. When finished, it will be one of the nicest barns on the peninsula.
• Several residents from Monroe Center came into the city Saturday afternoon. Frank Wightman, Will Land and Ed Hopkins called on friends and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mallory did some shopping.
• In conversation with an East Bay farmer this week, he told a representative from this office that the present winter was the hardest season on horses that has been experienced for forty years. He stated that the roads are in very bad shape and a sled does not run easily at all. Horses are very high now with the cost of a good team costing between $400 and $500.
• The Independent football team held a meeting last week at Boardman avenue and organized an athletic club. The boys will train hard in all kinds of athletics during the winter and the coming summer and when the football season opens next fall, Traverse City will have one of the fastest teams in northern Michigan.
• Advice on deportment. When making a call, a lady should not declare the moment she enters that she cannot stay an instant.
• Medical advice of a century ago. In treatment of St. Anthony's Fire, dressing the inflammation with greasy ointments, salves, etc. if very improper.
• Best buy of the week. Men's Flannel Nightgowns, 39 cents at The Globe Store.