September 1, 2004

Herald news ... 100 years ago

By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald

       - The will of the late Hon. Perry Hannah was filed in probate court Saturday afternoon by his son, Julius T. Hannah. The estimated values of the estate is about a million and a half. The inventory has not yet been filed.
      - H. A. Jobbett was injured in a peculiar manner Friday afternoon. He had gone into a stall to give a colt some attention and in some manner, the animal fell over on him, cramping his head against his chest. In a dazed condition, he walked to a barrel and sat down in an effort to recover, but the pain caused him to faint away and he fell off. The glasses he was wearing were smashed and a piece cut a gash in his head. He is all right today.
      - Twenty little Indian children of all ages from Northport, Omena, Lake Ann, Empire and Cedar City will leave next week to take up a three years' course at the Indian government school at Genoa, Nebraska. Miss E. L. Fisher, principal of the school, and Simeon Redbird, head of the industrial school of carpentry, are accompanying the group.
      - James H. Collins, a member of the Collins Construction Company of Chicago, has been in the city investigating the Traverse City, Peninsula and Old Mission electric railway project. Mr. Collins, accompanied by Mayor Fulghum and A. V. Friedrich, drove through the peninsula today to inspect the proposed route.
      - J. M. Tuller of this place, in woodsman's array, left on Friday via the M. & N. E. for Cedar Run and vicinity to tramp over timber lands with the view of purchasing both lands and timber. Mr. Tuller says the northern woods are peculiarly adapted to the growth of a miscellaneous variety of trees, as many as twelve often being found on one soil.
      - Mr. and Mrs. John T. Beadle returned Saturday night from New York after spending three months in Europe. They spent most of their time in London visiting cousins and other relatives. They also had the pleasure of seeing the king and queen. They left here May 21 and from New York took the American line steamer, St. Louis. Returning, they were aboard the New York from the same line. They had a splendid voyage both ways, although most of the passengers were seasick.
      - The new asbestos curtain has been set at Steinberg's Grand opera house and was used last night for the first time. It is very nicely hung and so balanced that a child can operate it. In addition to the new curtain, there are now four hydrants on the stage, making it one of the most fire proof this side of the larger cities.
      - W. E. Williams has completed the purchase of the H. F. Campbell farm in Elmwood township. The farm is one of the best in this part of the state and being located near the city, adds additional value to it. The farm comprises 153 acres and the price paid was $8,000.
      - Mrs. F. J. Larue and little son of Johannesburg, Otsego county, passed through town Friday to visit her former house in Empire. Mrs. Larue reports an unheard of record of eight railroad changes between Johannesburg, about seventy miles distant, and Empire, thirty miles away. She spent twenty-four hours in traversing what under ordinary circumstances could be accomplished in four hours.
      - People on Front Street held their breaths Monday morning as a runaway team dashed down the street with a small boy clinging tightly to the lines. When almost in front of the Whiting Hotel, he was thrown from the rig and many thought that he was surely killed. Another two buggies and a dray were struck before the horses were secured by Dr. Gettman and Charles Easterday and taken to a barn at the asylum where they were treated for their cuts. The boy, 12-year old, Robert Lautner was seriously injured, but will recover.
      - The total population of Michigan, as given out today by Secretary of State Warner taken from statistics in June, is 2,530,116 which is an increase of 109,034 since 1900. Grand Traverse county now has a population of 23, 449.
      - Advice on deportment. If children's parties are held in the evening, the hours should be from 7 to 10, at the utmost.
      - Medical advice of a century ago. To treat an itch, combine calamine, oxide of zinc, carbolic acid and lime water. Wash and apply with muslin.
      - Best buy of the week. Ladies' Muslin Drawers, trimmed with embroidery and lace. 35 cents at The Globe.