June 30, 2004

Herald news ... 100 years ago

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By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald

       - One of the finest clocks in this part of the state was completed last week on the new State Bank building. The clock was furnished by the Seth Thomas Clock Co. of Chicago through J. N. Martinek. The clock has been running and regulated and the finishing touches, including the hands, have been completed. It requires only 32 turns on a drum, six inches in diameter to run the clock eight days.
      - There was a meeting of all the pastors of the city Tuesday at which it was decided to hold a union patriotic service, national in character, on the evening of July 3. The City Opera House will be engaged for the service and a program suitable for the occasion will be rendered.
      - Miss Laura B. Hungerford, aged 26, died Saturday of tuberculosis of the bowels after an illness of about five months. She had been taken with typhoid fever several months ago which developed into the disease that caused her death. Miss Hungerford was stenographer for the Michigan Starch Factory.
      - By order of the probate court, Scott E. Curdy was authorized to resume the family name which is McCurdy. Mr. McCurdy is a well-known timberman with large interests at Kingsley. The prefix had been dropped by his grandfather at the close of the Revolutionary War when there was a deep-seated prejudice for everything foreign.
      - F. M. Jewett brings this office strawberries of the "Jessie" variety that do not seem to have been affected in the slightest by the severe drought. They are very large, of firm white flesh and very delicious.
      - County School Commissioner Crisp has announced the following teachers have been successful in the recent county teachers' examination: Lyle Thomas, Eva Younge, Nellie Thompson, Minnie Bailey, Edna Updike and Ollie Birdsell for a third grade certificate. Second grade certificates were secured by Claude Swift, Dahl Manigold and Ethel M. Scott.
      - Arrangements have been completed for the appearance here of the great Wallace shows on July 18. This prominent circus is offered this year in an entirely new dress which is bright and different. The Nevaros, The Herns family, the Polos, four Molassos are among the hundred of acts presented.
      - The people of Yuba are preparing to entertain their friends throughout the region in royal style July 4 and to spend the day in the beautiful ten-acre grove on the bay shore. There will be a basket picnic, addresses by Rev. L. B. Carpenter and others, games, etc. Many will attend from all neighboring towns.
      - Chief of Police John Rennie has again announced that the ordinance in regard to the use of fire crackers must be observed or arrests will follow. The only exception is unless the mayor give permission which has not been done this year. No black cartridges or cannon fire crackers will be allowed under any conditions in the city, as there is to be no celebration. These precautions are being taken to save accidents.
      - A lumber pile in the yard of the Fulghum Manufacturing Co. belonging to L. G. Bryant caught fire last evening and was totally destroyed. Mr. Dezote discovered the fire and telephone in the alarm to which the chemical responded. On account of the high winds, there was danger of the timber at the Oval Wood Dish Co. catching fire across the river.
      - Advice on deportment. Daily companionship of a young couple, after marriage, will reveal faults and they should be met in a spirit of frankness and patience.
      - Medical advice of a century ago. To treat gout, at six in the evening undress and wrap yourself up in blankets. Put your legs up to the knees in water, as hot as you can bear it.
      - Best buy of the week. Good hammocks, $1.00 and from $7.50 at City Bookstore.