January 26, 2005
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The city council had a busy session last week. Among the considerations were the cost of paving East Front Street, joining the League of Michigan Municipalities, granting $1,000 for moving and maintenance of the city library until June 1, and allowing rent payable to Henry E. Steward through April 30 for his house where the unfortunate Atinus family live.
- A fire caught, evidently from an overheated stove, in caboose A No. 138 of the Pere Marquette road, completely gutted that car Saturday. The caboose which was due to leave here in early afternoon with the logging train of the Smith and Hull run up to the Kalkaska branch, was standing in the yards' new the roundhouse when the brakeman discovered the fire. The damage to the interior is complete.
- Augustus J. Maynard of the State Bank has resigned his position to take effect in two weeks when he will take a position with the People's Savings Bank of Detroit. Mr. Maynard has been a resident of this city for ten years and during this time has occupied many positions of trust, gaining a wide circle of friends.
- Mrs. Sophia Manigold and Mrs. V. Linden and children came into the city from Kingsley Tuesday last to attend the play, "Hi Henry". After enjoying the event, they visited with several friends before returning to their homes.
- The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Scott will be pleased to know of their successful venture of nearly two years ago when they left their old home in this area and settled in California. They are now living on a farm and enjoying good health, having had no use for a physician since leaving Michigan. Miss Etta has fully recovered from asthma and is attending school at Imperial.
- An inquest was held this morning at Kingsley, called by Coroner Tedman, over the little body of 18-month-old Johnny Welkel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Welkel. Tuesday, the mother left the little one in the house alone while she attended to outdoor work. During this time, the baby sat on the hot stove hearth where the mother found it fatally burned. Dr. Bronson was called and administered a laxative, an aromatic rhubarb cordial. The child sank into a coma from which it never rallied.
- Sam Jones of Fife Lake was convicted in justice court Monday of "talking horrid" to the ladies. He arrived here on the 1:25 train in company with Marshal William Wells. He will spend the next sixty days boarding with Sheriff Johnson.
- The Kelly Shingle Company of this city has a contract at Lake Ann for delivery of 3,000 feet of logs, the output to be from the camp of George Tuttle who runs the lumber company there. The teams are very busy now hauling logs on the skidways where they are taken to the railroad.
- John Tompkins' horses ran away and came near running into John Holmes' cutter at Ogdensburg Saturday. Fortunately, no damage was done to the horses or sleigh.
- Two young men in the Bates vicinity were the victims of an accident last week while working in the woods. John Storey was pinned under a log and sustained a broken collar bone and a badly bruised limb which will probably keep him from work the rest of the winter. Garfield Garry had the misfortune to cut his foot with an axe.
- Advice on deportment. Dinner guests should be prompt, arriving at least ten minutes before the hour set for dining.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To treat a toothache, put onto the tooth a pill made of camphor and opium.
- Best buy of the week. Stein-Bloch, Hart, Schnaffer & Marx and other high grade overcoats, $4.50-$18.00 at Hamilton Clothing Co.