June 8, 2005
Herald news ... 100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- C. E. Haynes of Cadillac received three Elmore Pathfinders on the G. R. & I. last week and has opened an automobile agency in the rear of 202 State Street. There is only one other agency for these machines and that is at Detroit. Mr. Haynes has had considerable experience with autos and will undoubtedly be successful here.
- Another class has left the Traverse City High School and the numbers will either take their places in the working world or spend a portion of their lives acquiring a higher knowledge. Already twenty of the thirty graduates have signified their intention of further enriching their minds with the learning the world affords.
- Dr. E. L. Ashton has purchased "Ashton Garden" which is known as the beauty spot of suburban Traverse City. The property has been owned by Dr. Benjamin Ashton since 1883 and comprised nine acres joining the Ramsdell farm. It is covered with groves, springs and fruit in abundance.
- Last week Wednesday, 11-year-old Bennie Rakoosen was taken into custody and is now charged with the forging and passing of a check from the office of B. J. Morgan where he had been a faithful little helper at the barns after school hours. Master Rakoosen is the son of comparative strangers in the city who arrived here last winter from New York.
- By the hand of death Friday morning, the link in a chain which extended over five generations was broken and Joseph Dohm of Mapleton went to his reward after 97 years of active life. He owned a farm of eighty acres which was his delight. Friends and neighbors lovingly called him the "Daddy of the Peninsula".
- Health Officer L. J. Tedman of Summit City left last week for Ann Arbor where he attended the eighth general conference of health officers at the new U of M medical building. The subjects taken up embraced a wide scope pertaining to the welfare of the public, among them being lectures on modern sanitation, tuberculosis, milk problems and malaria. The practice of street flushing was determined to be the most rational means for abatement of the dust nuisance.
- Muskegon officials have quietly been searching this city for Walter Adsit who was wanted on a warrant for the alleged taking of sums of money from a trunk belonging to a fellow workman on the Pere Marquette. The young man was apprehended at White Cloud and as he stepped into a car, took the opportunity to make a sudden flight to the nearby woods. He made his way to this city and later boarded a freight train where he was recognized and taken into custody.
- The farm house of Julian Forton at East bay burned to the ground Thursday. There was no insurance and the building is a total loss. Neighbors all turned out in a short time but nothing could be done to save it.
- The class exercises of St. Francis school were held last week in the assembly room of the school which was tastefully decorated with the national colors, palms and cut flowers. After the presentation of the diplomas, the class was addressed by Rev. Fr. Bauer after which a most delightful spread was enjoyed in the banquet hall.
- There was a small tidal wave noticeable in this city Tuesday afternoon in the bay and at the river's mouth. V. E. Montague and others familiar with the eccentricities and vagaries of the bay say that was the highest they have ever seen.
- H. C. Burt, proprietor of Silver Lake Resort, was in the city arranging for the opening of the resort and Silver Inn on June 16. The opening ball will be given on that evening and Mr. Burt designs to give the visitors at the resort a good time.
- Advice on deportment. It is usual for the father of the bride to give a dinner and announce the engagement before rising from the table, when congratulations are in order.
- Medical advice of a century ago. When something gets lodged in your throat, make a fist with one hand and place the thumb side against your abdomen.
- Best buy of the week. Three-piece Boys' Suits, $5 at Hamilton Clothing Co.