December 14, 2005
Herald news ...
100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The number of residences erected in the city in the past year aggregates 98, of which 67 were built by regular contractors and the remainder by day work under the supervision of owners or a hired superintendent. The average cost for the new dwellings if $1,450 each. There has also been considerable money invested in remodeling as well.
- Two of the most imposing structures of a public character built in the city this year are the Congregational church and the federal building. The former was constructed of stone and the latter of brick and stone.
- A study has been made of the general index of the various industries in the city and the amount of wages paid from them. The record is a general index to industrial conditions, including the railroads those engaged in manufacturing and the Northern Michigan Asylum. The total number of employees this year was 2,399 who received $914,150, showing a gain in employees and their wages.
- The secretary of state is sending out birth certificates and other blanks to township, village and city clerks and health officers for the enforcement of the new law requiring the prompt registration of births on or after January 1, 1906. Blanks are also sent to all the physicians in the state.
- N. H. Chapin, who has for many years conducted a carpet cleaning business, together with that of sewing and laying carpets, has disposed of his business to George E. Lackey. Mr. Chapin has been in very poor health for some time and finds it necessary to secure a rest.
- Tom Moulton brought a magnificent lynx to the city Monday. The animal which was beautifully marked was shot by Mr. Moulton south of the city. He had a 16 gauge shotgun and got the animal on the run after chasing it for three miles.
- S. Brown, a potato buyer from the south, spent a short time in the city earlier this week stating that he had 40,000 bushels of northern tubers along the northern stations which he was unable to move at present prices. He had purchased them earlier at an advanced price and is now unable to move them at the present low prices being offered.
- Thomas Running, of West Ninth Street, came nearly ending his life Sunday by swallowing a liberal dose of belladonna linament from a bottle he supposed contained a tonic. He had had prescriptions filled for each and had taken several doses of the tonic and used the linament a number of times, but by mistake took up the wrong bottle had swallowed a dose before he noticed the error. He felt no bad effects until after supper when he was taken ill and a physician was called.
- Hiram S. Leonard and Mrs. Emma Cross, both of Williamsburg, were married Monday by Probate Judge Walker. The groom is a veteran of the Civil War and is 71 years of age. The bride is 70. This is the first time he has meddled with matrimony but it is her third venture.
- J. W. Slater is putting in some nice stock on his farm. He has one Shorthorn cow, eight years old that cost him $117; one Polled Durham cow, three years old, that cost him $125 and seven registered sheep that cost him $135.
- The bazaar and oyster supper at the East Garfield church Friday night was very successful in every way. More than 100 were present from the city alone and the building was crowded. All items for bazaar were sold and the oyster supper cleared over $70.
- Advice on deportment. To carry the casket to the hearse, it is customary that six to eight pall-bearers be chosen from immediate friends of the deceased and near to him in age.
- Medical advice of a century ago. The sitz bath is really a great agent in diseases of the pelvic viscera or organs contained in the lower part of the abdomen.
- Best buy of the week. New Suit or Overcoat, $7.50 - $20 at Kubeck & Troy.