• Although Mrs. P. A. Wilson is nearly 77 years old, she is still an expert with the needle and spends the major part of her time making pretty things for her daughters. Currently she is working upon cushion covers which are a solid mass of embroidery and the work could not be excelled by women many years her junior.
• Mrs. A. Hebert, of the Hotel Wisteria at Fouch, entertained eight Traverse City ladies all day last Thursday going out to Fouch on the morning train and returning in the evening. The time was spent in playing cards, music and various other ways. An elaborate dinner was served and the ladies had a very pleasant time.
• "Dolly” is the name of the first horse which Supervisor E. B. Gibbs of Mayfield, ever owned, and she is still the occupant of the Gibbs' stables and occasionally works. To look at her one would never suppose that the horse is 31 years old and that up to about her 22nd year, she worked as hard as any other horse on the farm.
• The 2-year-old daughter of John Fine, living west of Kingsley, died yesterday afternoon, scarlet fever being the cause, making the third death in the family from the disease within a short time. Two little sons first died and the third son is said to be dying while still another is seriously ill. The deaths are doubly sad as the little ones have to be buried at night because of the fear of the contagion spreading further.
• Mrs. Libbie Livingstone, of Acme, who had been visiting at Northport and Suttons Bay, returned home Saturday. She had an exciting trip to Northport, leaving her home beyond Acme last Tuesday afternoon. She reached the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kennedy, six miles north of Northport, in just two hours and five minutes, a distance of 54 miles, the trip having been made in an automobile.
• Clyde Hathaway has bought the Grawn drug store where he will be pleased to have his friends call. He has moved his family from Monroe Center into the rooms over the business.
• George Payne, of this city, has been at East Bay looking after the interest of outside owners of large tracts of pine plains. Mr. Payne has found purchasers for some of this land while others whose holding are near some of the inland lakes prefer not to sell.
• Godfrey Ghering, a farmer at Ogdensburg, was riding horseback last Tuesday and his horse fell on his leg and foot, badly spraining the foot. It will be a good while before he can walk on that foot.
• Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Wynkoop and daughter, Miss Dolly, are planning a trip to California, Oregon and southern Idaho, expecting to leave in a week or 10 days. They will visit their sons, Ralph and Roy in Idaho, then go on to the other points, Los Angeles being their headquarters for the remainder of the winter.
• The body of John C. Lawrence was brought to this city on Friday. Mr. Lawrence died Monday in Bowling Green, Kentucky, typhoid fever being the cause of his death. he was 24 years old. His parents live at Yuba, the body being taken there with funeral services planned at the Yuba church tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
• W. E. Campbell returned home Saturday accompanied by Mrs. Campbell from a trip to Charlevoix. While in the village, he reorganized the Fishermen's Association and also organized a society at Cheboygan where there are about 75 men who make their living from the lakes. At St. Ignace there are about 50 fishermen in the city and along the shore and at Alpena there are approximately 100.
• The friends of Mayor Friedrich will be very much pleased to learn that he is now convalescing rapidly from his illness. He is able to leave his bed and dress but he is not yet so improved that he can come down town. Friedrich has been confined to his home for the last three months due to illness.
• Advice on deportment. A necessary part of good manners is a punctual observance of time at our own dwellings, or those of others, or at third places.
• Medical advice of a century ago. To treat quinsy, an effort should be made to abort the disease by leeching , externally, and the use of guaiacum in teaspoonful doses of the tincture four times daily by the mouth.
• Best buy of the week. Beds and Commodes, $3.00 at J. W. Slater.