June 22, 2005
Herald news ...
100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- Clad in gala dress, Traverse City welcomes the veterans of the Civil War today. The streets are ablaze with flags and the weeks of preparation have culminated with all arrangements being completed. Each delegation arriving finds that all is ready for their comfort. Those who arrived yesterday spent time looking around the city, riding, walking and driving or at the bay shore.
- Last Saturday was Children's Day at the Grange in Summit City. There was a large attendance and a good program given by the children. Refreshments were served in the hall following the program festivities.
- Everybody is invited to come to the a parlor concert given at the home of Mrs. Charles Schermerhorn at County Line Tuesday evening. Admission is 10 cents.
- Tony Hamlin, a boy about thirteen years old, escaped from drowning Sunday afternoon when he and Fred Treat were swimming in Boardman Lake near the Pere Marquette trestle where the water is about twelve feet deep. Tony dived and struck a log and failed to rise to the surface. His friend made several attempts to get him out but was unsuccessful. Ray LaValley heard the cries of the boy, threw off his coat and dived, bringing Tony up from the depths.
- Germaine Bros. closed contracts with the big circus of Forepaugh and Sells Bros. to appear in the city on the 1st of August. This is a show which the area residents appreciate. It has been here before and is one of the greatest of its kind. A total of sixty-two cars carries the circus across the country.
- One of the distinguished guests of the city recently was Hon. Frederick D. Tucker, president of the Memorial University of Mason, Iowa which is a national institution founded by the sons of veterans. Its education policy is practical and adapted to the needs of the age. It was organized in 1902.
- The Wiley baseball team of Interlochen defeated the Honor team Sunday at Duck Lake Resort by a score of 3 to 2. The Honor team managed to run in one score the first inning and then got no more until the ninth. It was their first game of the season.
- While leading a horse to water last week, James Ruben, a farmer living west of the city, was kicked in the face and badly injured. His face was cut and bruised and his nose broken. Dr. Fralick was summoned and dressed the injury.
- The church belfry is nearly completed at Acme. Charley Easton and Wilber Stites of Williamsburg are doing the carpentry work. A dedication is planned for later in the summer.
- The special hearing in the case of Emma Zie of Mayfield, whose condition was a fit subject for insanity was again taken up today in probate count. It was confirmed through a report from the asylum where she was sent pending a regular hearing tomorrow in the court.
- Caldwell & Loudon of this city has shipped an ice wagon via the Illinois to Chappin & Wood of Charlevoix, who expect to open a new firm and deal in the ice. The firm will be equipped with as handsome a wagon as any city can boast of in the state. It is of a vermilion hue and a large block of ice in natural colors on the side proclaims the wares carried.
- Advice on deportment. When a widow remarries, she should be attended by her father, brother or an elderly male relative, but have no bridesmaids
- Medical advice of a century ago. Use a mustard foot bath to clear a clogged head.
- Best buy of the week. Razors for 79 cents at The Farmers' Store.