November 17, 2004

Herald news ... 100 years ago

By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald

       - Little Olive, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Alexander of West Seventh Street, was taken ill at the third grade room in the Central School Friday. Her malady was later diagnosed as small pox. She is in quarantine at her home and the school was thoroughly fumigated Saturday afternoon. There are ten cases in the city at present.
      - Families with the names of Roper, Rogers and Chistenson have recently arrived in Mayfield to make their future homes. Two of the men drove through with teams, arriving Saturday noon while their families had come to that place a week earlier.
      - Mate Brown invited in a few of his friends last Thursday to help lath his new house in Bates. About twenty were present and after the work was finished, refreshments were served, consisting of ice cream and cake, pumpkin pie and peanuts.
      - Another autumn wedding was solemnized yesterday when Edith E., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest W. Hastings of Randolph Street, was united in marriage to William L. Snusball. The ceremony took place in the back parlor which was converted into a green bower by ropes of ground pine, banked high with palms and brightened with white carnations. The bride's gown was both dainty and sweet, being of white mull, demi-train and trimmed in beautiful lace and pearls.
      - Mrs. T. Livingston of Acme has a curiosity in the shape of a stone picked up in a field on her farm. The main part of the stone is remarkably hard composition on which an impression can scarcely be made. Running through it, crossing in every direction and rising in ridges from it, is a network of darker stone which from its shape and general appearance one could naturally take to be coral. Mrs. Livingston plans to have the stone examined by a geologist at the state university.
      - Mrs. Margaret Berard, wife of Joseph Berard, was struck and instantly killed by the train from Provemont on the M. &. N. E. Tuesday morning at the county line crossing. The body was thrown about twenty feet and the largest piece of the buggy left was one shaft and the front axle. Evidence at the inquest revealed that the engine did not strike the horse but the horse ran into the engine. Although the animal was torn from the shafts, it did not sustain a single scratch.
      - A. W. Lawson, who is a successful farmer living west of the city, has made a reputation for himself this fall as a potato grower which few people in the Grand Traverse region can equal. He has a field of six acres, three of which is new land. The old land was planted with potatoes this year and yielded a handsome crop of 814 bushels.
      - John Warner of Elmwood township was the hero recently of a midnight adventure that is causing his friend to laugh not a little. Mr. Warner was peacefully sleeping when he heard a noise among the cattle. Not stopping to dress, he ran out to the barn and found that one of the cows was on the threshing floor. The minute she saw the apparition in white, she turned to run but fell to the ground where she lay as if dead. Mr. Warner ran to get a butcher knife to dress the animal and his family came back with him. The animal laid still until Mr. Warner came close then she bounded into the air. Mr. Warner's wife says that his apparel was the cause of all the trouble.
      - Mrs. Edward Lautner was the recipient of a delightful surprise Tuesday evening at her home on Union Street on the occasion of her birthday. Twenty of her friends came to spend the evening, bringing a delicious supper. Following the repast, the ladies played cards, flinch and other games.
      - The series of letters written by James T. Milliken during his recent trip to the holy land have been compiled in book form, making a very neat souvenir. One of the attractive features is the large number of fine half tones, made from photographs taken by Mrs. J. W. Milliken. The many friends of Mr. Milliken and his mother will be glad of an opportunity to secure one of the volumes.
      - The first meeting of the Ninth District Medical Association was held Tuesday at the Park Place parlors with a large attendance. "Ureteral Catheterization", "Treatment of Lacerated Wounds" and "Reflex Asthma" were on the program. Seldom has there ever been a more successful gathering, both social and instruction.
      - Advice on deportment. If a lady carelessly invites a gentleman to call, without specifying the particular time, he may deem it no invitation at all.
      - Medical advice of a century ago. To treat a sore leg, bind a diaculum plaster, an inch broad, round the leg, just above the sore and foment it morning and evening with hot water.
      - Best buy of the week. Good Quality Linoleum, 2 yards wide for 85 cents a yard at The Hannah & Lay Mercantile Co.