September 21, 2005
Herald news ...
100 years ago
By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Herald
- The grocery store of Nels A. Nelson was burglarized Sunday night by the rear window being broken . The money till works with a combination lock and this was unlocked by someone who had knowledge of the combination. About $5 was taken and some tobacco to top off the affair with.
- A horse driven by Louis Collamer became frightened at an automobile on State Street Sunday and became unmanageable. One of B. J. Morgan's rubber tired buggies was standing in front of the livery barn and the runaway struck this, badly damaging it. Collamer's buggy was also badly damaged.
- An important matter will come up in the next meeting of the board of supervisors in the shape of a petition signed by a large number of residents of East Bay, Paradise and Garfield townships, asking for the formation of a new township to be known as " Boardman:. The village of Mayfield is to be included which contains some rich farming territory and one of the prettiest lake areas in the state.
- Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Ghaston of Old Mission, who were married yesterday in the Catholic church at Mapleton, passed through the city this morning for Empire where they will spend a short time. Mrs. Ghaston was formerly Miss Silvia Swaney of Old Mission.
- John Brown, the fellow who has been causing the Pere Marquette railroad so much trouble by building his house across the rails which he claims cross his land and fortifying himself therein, is now lodged in jail here. He is charged with blocking train traffic on the railroad.
- W. W. Smith, manager of the Hannah & Lay Co. flour mill, returned Friday evening from a week's business trip to Omaha, where he purchased 20,000 bushels of hard winter wheat for the mill, as the crop here, owing to the severe rust, is practically a failure. If Smith is able to duplicate the purchase with another 20,000 bushels from surrounding territory there will be enough to keep a steady grind for six months.
- After working and saving every possible cent all summer so that he might go to New York and see his aged father before he died, A. H. Hill of East Bay is heart broken today. Mrs. Hill, after visiting a short while with a neighbor, returned to the house and found that it had been entered and everything ransacked. The new trunk, with the little savings bank containing all the money for the trip, had been opened and emptied of its contents.
- A heavy frost visited the region Tuesday night and did considerable damage to the corn, tomatoes and late potatoes. Not only was the frost very heavy, but in some places, the ground froze slightly. Those living on the peninsula were more fortunate as the frost was so light that practically no damage resulted.
- Mrs. Minnie Hayes of Grawn arrived in town Monday afternoon to take into her motherly care, three orphan children from Saran whose mother, Mr. Hayes' sister, died two weeks ago and the father, Charles Jacobs, immediately deserting his family, they were left without care. The three little waifs arrived on the train Monday and were immediately given to Mrs. Hayes who took them in a carriage to her home.
- During the storm Saturday night lightning struck the barn of John Anderson entirely destroying it. The loss is between $700 and $800 with insurance for $600 in the Farmers' Mutual. Mr. Anderson says he will plan to put up a new one in the spring as soon as he can make a contract.
- Road improvements are being made in the Mayfield vicinity lately. The bridge on the road leading west has been rebuilt, the state road bridge has been raised and repaired and now the road north of town is being graveled.
- Advice on deportment. We owe love and remembrance to the dead; but we also owe a duty to the living.
- Medical advice of a century ago. After the measles, take three or four purges for some weeks. Take care of taking cold and use a light diet.
- Best buy of the week. Infants' Soft Sole Shoes - Pink, Black and Red - Trimmed with Tassels, 12 cents at The Globe.