June 15, 2005
Herald news ...
100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The eyes of the residents of Traverse City were gladdened Thursday by the sight of the new automobile bus which made its debut in the afternoon on the downtown streets. The new car arrived on the Missouri Tuesday and W. H. Blake, the promoter of the new auto bus, arrived a day ago and is now housed here as a fixture and a hustling business man.
- A very pleasant surprise was given Miss Lizzie Evans at the close of six years' service in the primary department of the Williamsburg School. Miss Evans has won, during her stay, the love and respect of all who knew her and it is with feelings of regret that all part with her. She was the recipient of many beautiful presents from her pupils.
- The farmers about Old Mission are highly elated over the prospects of a good year. With the plentiful rains, the crop of hay promises to be the heaviest that the peninsula has seen in years. The small fruits - cherries, plums, berries and currants - were loaded with bloom. S. B. Tompkins and his son, Guy expect to harvest between twenty-one and twenty-four hundred cases of cherries.
- During the heavy downpour and electric storm last Monday, hail stones fell for a short time all over the city, but the greatest trouble from them was caused at Oakwood Cemetery where the horses standing there were so panicky that the sexton and others were obliged to take them under the awning and shield them from the fierce onslaught. The stones were about an inch think and were so plentiful that for an hour afterward they could be shoveled up from the grass where they lay.
- James Dyer died at the home of his brother Thomas of 113 East Tenth Street at the age of 48 on Saturday last. The immediate cause was quick consumption combined with heart trouble. Eight years ago Mr. Dyer was stricken with muscular rheumatism and for the last four years has been blind and confined to his chair.
- Vera, the 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vinton of Williamsburg, fell from a hammock Sunday sustaining a bad compound fracture of the left arm. This will lay her up for some time.
- P. F. Lardie, a resident at Mapleton, had quite a runaway one day last week. The horses were frightened by an automobile. It took considerable strength from Mr. Lardie to hold on to the reins and to slow the horses so that the farm wagon they were pulling didn't crash.
- The city is just now suffering with an epidemic of pneumonia and some of the physicians state that in two months they had more cases of the disease than in the whole year previous. It is not accountable for though the larger cities have previously suffered by a similar epidemic.
- Monday Judge Walker heard and granted a petition for the appointment of Howard M. Lewis, guardian to the minors, Albert G. Roy and Lee J. Lewis whose mother died leaving an estate. It is known that the boys have relatives living in another part of the state, but no definite plans have been made to relocate them with any particular family member.
- At the Duck Lake Park yesterday, the baseball game between Interlochen and Grawn was won by Interlochen. It was estimated that there were about 800 people at the park and a pleasant time is reported by all. The managers of the park have stated that they will celebrate the 4th there and that those who enjoy ball games and other sports will find them there.
- Snow in June is not exactly in accordance with the previously conceived idea of the month of roses, but nature got ambitious Tuesday and worked in as many sample of weather as possible. The variety of showers was very satisfactory but in order to satisfy all, at 4 o'clock a little snowstorm started and lasted for about five minutes.
- Advice on deportment. A wedding reception should be of two or three hours' duration.
- Medical advice of a century ago. Take 1 tablespoon of honey every evening at dinnertime and you should have less trouble falling asleep.
- Best buy of the week. New Dress Gingham, .05 per yard at E. Wilhelm.