October 12, 2005
Herald news ...
100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- R. Ames was arrested Saturday by Sheriff D. G. Chandler and Chief of Police John Rennie on suspicion of taking the ginseng from George Tweddle. When Ames tried to dispose of them, Mr. Tweddle offered convincing proof, from the way he had cut them, that they were those he had transplanted.
- Duck season has opened and a large number of local people disappeared with shot guns and plenty of shells. No big killings have been reported but a number of hunters had a duck dinner yesterday.
- Victor Gillett was taken to Manistee this morning to take the salt bath treatment. Mr. Gillett has been very ill with rheumatism but is now much improved, but very weak.
- The residents at Monroe Center were very much pleased to see Mrs. C. F. Monroe at church Sunday. Owing to several health infirmities, this is the first time she has been able to attend services since the first of June.
- Corn cutting has been the order of the day in many parts of the county. C. L. Domine, a farmer near East Bay, has a very early variety of Flint corn which he cut three weeks ago and he is now husking it. It yields at the rate of 50 bushels to the acre. Not bad for this year.
- Thursday night's frost developed into a regular freeze south and west of the city, doing much damage to potatoes. J. M. Elliott reports that in the vicinity of Long Lake it was so cold that ice formed. The peninsula, as usual, gets off easier. For the first time, the tomato and peppers have been touched and the potato crops somewhat frosted.
- A very pretty wedding took place at Old Mission on Thursday when Miss Rose Tompkins, daughter of one of the leading farmers of the peninsula, was married to W. E. Wilson. Miss Tompkins was charmingly gowned in white silk and was unattended. Rev. LeRoy Warren performed the wedding ceremony after which a wedding breakfast was served. The couple left on the morning train for a trip to Detroit and Chicago.
- The M. E. church parsonage at Kingsley will probably be rebuilt this fall. The matter will be decided tonight at a meeting and if a contractor can be secured who will rush the work, the remodeling will begin at once.
- The formal opening of J. W. Millken's enlarged store began early this week and will continue until Saturday night. A large two-story addition was begun in the spring and now the entire basement and first floors are used for his dry goods business. The upper floor is being made into offices. An added attraction was the fine musical program rendered every afternoon and evening by the various orchestras of the city.
- Fire broke out in the shingle mill yards at Interlochen last Monday morning, destroying about 50,000 feet of lumber. The fire is supposed to be of incendiary origin.
- Last Friday, Cook Bros. sold a horse to A. Donner and Saturday morning Mr. Donner found the horse dead. Another of Donner's horses was put into the stall that night and found dead the following morning. On looking in the feed box, a substance resembling paris green was found and upon examination was determined that it indeed was. Adding to the mystery, are the number of recent reports about several valuable dogs who have been poisoned in that vicinity. There are no clues.
- Advice on deportment. A guest should not order a household servant to wait upon her or ask questions of either children or help or find fault with any service performed.
- Medical advice of a century ago. To restore strength after rheumatism, make a strong broth of cow heels and wash parts with it warm, twice a day.
- Best buy of the week. Cast Iron Cook Stove, $14 at J. W. Slater.