July 6, 2005
Herald news ...
100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- Old Mission celebrated the Fourth in a grand manner. The festivities included a basket picnic, horse races, foot races, sack races, boat races, greased pole and tight rope walking. A big dance in the K. G. T. M. hall concluded the day's program.
- The stained windows for the new Congregational church arrived last week and have been put in. There are three large windows and ten small ones and are manufactured by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. The windows are all works of art and will add greatly to the appearance of the church.
- The social held at E. A. Wall's last Thursday evening at South Mayfield was well attended and all report a good time and lots of ice cream. Between $7 and $8 were taken in.
- Strawberries have been ripe for a full two weeks and they have not been so nice in years. The frequent rains are just what was needed. Guy Tompkins, of Ogdensburg, reports he has the nicest patch anywhere around the area.
- Early Thursday morning last, the home of Amos Sweet of Old Mission caught fire and burned to the ground in spite of the hard work done by a bucket brigade which took water from the bay. All of the furniture and practically everything else was saved. The cause of the fire was a defective chimney.
- While Herchel Hobbs, a farmer at Bates, was taking potatoes out of the warehouse Tuesday, his horses became frightened at a passing train and started at a lively pace toward Williamsburg. They were stopped before they had run very far and just a few potatoes were spilled along the highway.
- Conductor Charles Decker of the M. & N. E. local freight No. 11 and Brakeman Charles Bettinghouse were in the cupola of the caboose when it overturned by being struck by a log Saturday afternoon last. Although both men were considerably injured, it is one of the miracles of railroad life that they escaped death.
- Cards have been received by friends in this city announcing the marriage on June 21 of Miss Amy Fuller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Fuller of Orange City, Florida and William A. Sharpe. The Fuller family were old time residents of this city, Mr. Fuller being postmaster for several terms during the 70s.
- C. C. Rogers, a resident of Kingsley, was in Interlochen last week fitting up a bowling alley for Nick Kreiser. This is a new entertainment for that area and Mr. Kreiser is expecting it to be a good business venture.
- Mrs. Kittie Miller-Woodberry of Shanghai, China, a former Traverse City girl but a resident of the Orient for ten years, spoke of her work to the members of the Fourteenth Street Methodist church Sunday morning. Her aged father had held the pulpit at that location for many years.
- F. M. Jewett, of Maple Grove Fruit Farm, has accomplished the seemingly impossible by preserving apples in prime condition until the arrival of a late strawberry season. He has brought this office Salome apples, as fresh and fair as though recently picked.
- Advice on deportment. It is usual for the father of the bride to give a dinner and announce the engagement.
- Medical advice of a century ago. Cold bathing frequently cures lethargy.
- Best buy of the week. Men's Satom Calf Shoes, only $1.35 a pair at Alfred V. Friedrich.