October 27, 2004
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The state board of corrections and charities was in session here last week in connection with the board of trustees of the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane. The members of the two boards were inspecting the needs of the institution and making up a schedule of the necessary appropriation for the coming year. The amount needed for improvements and repairs will foot up about $40,000.
- B. J. Morgan is shipping four-foot wood from South Manitou island across the lake to Green Bay, Wisconsin. Mr. Morgan's lumbering interests on the island are quite extensive, employing a crew of about 40 men. A great deal of bark and telephone poles have also been taken from the island.
- William H. Loveland, an edgeman in the Oval Wood Dish Company, suffered the loss of the little finger of his left hand Saturday morning, having it caught in the sprocket of the trimming machine. While there is a lever to throw the gearing off for any attention that the machine may need, Mr. Loveland has seldom used it and has been in the habit of oiling the sprocket wheel while in motion. However, his finger was caught this time.
- Business interests are preparing for a greater prosperity than even that which we have experienced during the past six years. The board of trade has received several inquiries from various industries, some of them very desirable.
- Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Miner of Honor were passengers on the morning train. Mrs. Miner, who has been taking a month's treatment, being taken home by her husband. She is in very feeble health.
- A crate of apples of the Wolf River variety, measuring just sixteen to the crate, have been on exhibition at this office for several days. They are from the fruit of F. M. Jewett.
- It has been reported that J. N. Martinek, the jeweler, has sold his business. This is not the case. On the contrary, Mr. Martinek is preparing to extend his business materially by adding new fixtures and a larger stock.
- Mrs. L. C. Skinner of Catawha, North Carolina, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Schermerhorn and other friends, left at noon for Grand Rapids. She will be joined by her husband and together they will visit at Lansing before returning home. Their little niece, Edna Carris, will spend the winter with them.
- A very beautiful service was observed Sunday morning at the Evangelical church and most befitting at this time of year, for with the fast falling leaves and ripening fruit, it becomes symbolical of the fruition of life. This was the theme for the sermon Rev. Mr. Holespie delivered to the congregation. The chancel was beautified with a fall theme, all emblematical of the day's observance, "Old People's Day."
- Ralph Hawley, aged 16 years, while attempting to break a colt, was thrown under the horse, which also fell, and was severely injured. The accident occurred by the city market on Union Street. Bystanders picked up the lad and took him to Dr. Getman's office where an examination revealed that although he was badly bruised, there were no fractured bones.
- A pretty wedding took place at Old Mission Thursday last, when Miss Rose Tompkins, daughter of one of the leading farmers of the peninsula, was married at the home of her parents to W. E. Wilson, formerly of this city but now engaged in the furniture business at Frankfort. Miss Tomkins was charmingly gowned in white silk and was unattended. Rev. LeRoy Warren performed the ceremony after which a wedding breakfast was served. The happy couple left on the train later in the day for a trip to Detroit and Chicago.
- Advice on deportment. You should never take the liberty of furnishing a letter of introduction only to a friend of long standing.
- Medical advice of a century ago. In desperate cases of whooping cough, a change of air will have a good effect.
- Best buy of the week. Plain, jaunty little caps at 50 cents. Miss Heck's Millinery Parlors.