School Board Elects Finch President and Organizes New Board
The old board adjourned sine die as Mr. Merwin and trustees passed on harmony with the new Board. Willard Stearns served as temporary chairman, Mrs. Redfield as temporary secretary, and S. F. Finch was elected permanent president. Committees on examinations, text books, and buildings were named, and plans discussed for a new southeastern school building, East Branch expansion, and a special election on bonding in August amid tax implications.
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Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Mervin
Tor Harmony
Finch
Merwin
Trustee Park
Messrs
Park
Matthes
Colvin
Sand Lake
Redfield
Willard Stearns
Mr. Merwin
F. Finch
Calvin and Redfield
Palmer, Merwin and Stearns
Merwin, Stearns and Palmer
Op Aiona
Stearn
General Cassing Marcellus Clay Dies at Whitehall
General Cassing Marcellus Clay, ambassador to Russia under Lincoln and noted abolitionist author, died at his Whitehall home in Kentucky. He had faced isolation amid suspected plots, with surviving children Brutus J. Clay, Laura Clay, Dabney Crenshaw, Mary Barr Clay, and James Bennett listed among those at his bedside.
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Lexington
Cassing Marcellus Clay
Russia
Lincoln
Whitehall
Madison County
Clay
Brutus J. Clay
Richmond
Laura Clay
Dabney Crenshaw
Mary Barr Clay
James Bennett
Special School Meeting Seeks Bonds for New Branch
A special meeting of Adrian school district electors is set for Monday evening August 3 1993 at the Adrian Public Library to vote on bonds totaling 14000 for a new branch building in the southeast city and 4000 for an addition to East Branch schoolhouse. Bonds run seven and two years at not more than 4.5 percent interest, with 2000 per year payments. polls open 7 to 9 pm. voters may choose yes or no on both propositions.
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Stearns
Committee On Buildings
Finch
Palmer
Willson
East Branch
Adrian
Adrian Public Library
City Hall
Kate Redfield
F. Finch
Mother and son reunite over blue ribbon in Adrian
Mrs Fannie Wright of Adrian and her Canadian son William Ryckman, 19, who left home seventeen years ago, recognized each other on the street when a blue ribbon pinned to his coat identified him. They had failed to meet at the depot but plans to live together in Adrian are described.
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William Ryckman
Lagore
London
Canada
Fannie Wright
Aod
William
Adrian
Daniel Jones
Baker
Mr. Baker
Jeremiah Baker
J. Willie
D Baker
P. S. Baker
Nellie Hani
Roosevelt
Schoolcraft
Stag
Fannie Wight
Weather notes and family history fragment from yesterday
The note records Lower Michigan forecast as generally fair tonight and Friday with temperatures around 63 and 71 for highs and lows. A personal reminiscence follows, recounting a violent childhood, time in an orphanage, and lack of schooling, with a plea about family contact.
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Lower
Michigan
Five Generations Meet as Mother and Son Reunite
The Telegram reports a long awaited reunion when William Ryckman from Lagore Canada found his mother Mrs. Fannie Wright in Adrian after years apart. They recognized each other by blue ribbons, a plan to locate their family greeted by a grateful public. The meeting occurred after a delayed depot encounter and a morning verification near Main and Maumee streets.
State officials rebuked for affidavits in railroad case
Governor Bliss publicly reprimands Tax Commissioner Sayre and Freeman for signing affidavits in the railroad tax controversy. He finds no basis for their removal, urges equality in the case, and notes continued state support for legal action while pledging vigilance to protect state interests. Also, Michigan military board cancels Manistee camp and sends brigade to Kentucky in October.
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Lansing, Mich
Bliss
Sayre and Freeman
Blair
Freeman
Sayre
Kentucky
Lansing
Mich
State Military Board
Manistee
Michigan
West Point
T'S
Eheki
Entir
Muskegon Outdoes Kalamazoo In Celery Production
Muskegon Michigan claims to surpass Kalamazoo as a celery producer. Muskegon beds supply seven eighths of Chicago's celery and markets extend to Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Ohio Indiana and New Orleans. The industry has grown to a wholesale value around seventy thousand dollars this year. A separate report from Muskegon notes a fatal accident at the Muskegon Traction Lighting Co when 4000 volts killed lineman Fred Cavanaugh during a lamp test. In Traverse City, cherry sales last week brought farmers ten thousand five hundred dollars with thousands more crates shipped by express and a local canning plant employing two hundred. South Haven reports Roy English, a Chicago Board of Trade operator, drowned in Lake Michigan after a cramp while swimming with his wife observing.
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Kalamazoo
Muskegon
Mich
Chicago
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ohio
Indiana
New Orleans
Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon Traction & Lighting Co. Powerkause
Fred Cavenaugh
Cavanaugh
Traverse City
Express Land
South Haven
Roy English
Chicago Board of Trade
Lake Michigan
Bliss is Generous Paroles for Murderers in Michigan
Governor Bliss commuted twenty five year terms for William Reynolds and Jacob Katterman, both sent to Jackson for life in 1884, after a drunken attack on a German family. Waite, leader of the trio, received a pardon from Governor Pingree. Paroles anticipated soon for Reynolds and Katterman, with additional paroles granted for Edward Collette, Antoine Garavaglia, and Jesse Fetters for burglary manslaughter and criminal assault respectively.
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Lansing
Mich
Bliss
William Reynolds
Jacob Katterman
Jackson Prison
Fosco County
Waite
Jeader
Trro
Pingree
Edward Collette
Dickinson County
Marquette
Antoine Garavaglia
Jesse Fetters
Gratiot County
Ionia
Farm farmer charged after peppering four berry pickers
Saginaw Michigan resident Christopher Bendler faced attempted murder charges after firing birdshot at four berry pickers in Swan Creek township who ignored his warnings. Annie Beahan Jacob Schonp William Schonp and Grace Meline, all involved, were identified. Bendler posted $4,000 bail.
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Saginaw. Mich
Christopher Bendler
Swan Creek Township
Annie Beahan
Jacob
Wiliam Schonp
Grace Meline
Bird
Multiple Michigan Tragedies Reported In July 23 Dispatch
In Buckanan Mrs Burks, cleaning a playroom, dumped a powdery packing from the Fourth into a stove refire causing an explosion. her condition is grave. In Sault Ste Marie Fred Podivin, a lifelong cripple, ended his life by swallowing a poison. he had struggled financially. In Houghton Walter Jordeille, 14, was killed by a golf ball striking his temple from fifty feet away as John Lapierre stood nearby. In Detroit an unidentified woman, about 30, was struck by a Woodward Avenue car near Edmund Place and died at Harper Hospital. In Durand Dad Bennett, a veteran switchman, was knocked from a moving car with doctors doubtful of recovery.
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Buckanan
Mich
Sault SteiMarie
Fred Podivin
Gravenhurst
Onl
Podivin
Havig
Houghton, Mich
Walter Jordeille
John Lapierre
Detroit
Woodward Avenue
Edmund Place
Harper Hospital
Port Huron Woman in Crisis Takes Drink to End Her Life
Minnie enwarden, released yesterday on suspended sentence for drunkenness, attempted suicide by drinking a quantity of alcohol and was revived. Other items note a Bay City youth’s self-inflicted wound, a fatal lightning strike near Carleton, and a Petoskey burglary worth about 702 dollars. Frank N. Clark elected president of the American Fisheries Society in Woods Hole. Farmers urged to buy coal for threshing and heating tanks. Circus trains reportedly longest and tents largest in the world, covering twelve acres.
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Port Huron
Mich
Minnie @enwarden
China Refuses Open Ports in Manchuria Trade
China will not open Manchurian ports to foreign trade as Prince Ching notes the towns held by Russian forces cannot be opened. United States officials in Washington question the letter yet expect a possible compromise to include Ta Tung Kao. The open door principle remains a policy aim, with Cuba cited as a model.
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Pekin
Prince Ching
The
Foreign Nilice
United States
Conger
Manchuria
China
Ta Tung Kao
Washington
Russia
Buonthas
Cuba
JUST LIKE PARIS Closing Scenes of the National Elks Convention
Baltimore July 23 The national convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ended formal meetings in Cincinnati next year. Visitors were feasted at Tolchester Beach with 12,000 transported by steamers. A confetti fete lit up central Baltimore with thousands in the streets, cars, carriages, and revelers blowing horns and bells.
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Baltimore
the Benevolent and Protective Order of Bika
Grand Lodge
Cincinnati
Tolchester Beach
Chesapeake Bay
Elks’ Hall
Elks
Discount sale on millinery goods in Clayton
Lena Phillips of Clayton Michigan advertises a discount sale on millinery goods lasting until August 1. The notice also notes gas cooking services.
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Lena Phillips
Clayton, Mich
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S. F. Finch
M. W. Redfield
Glay
Adam Forepaugh
Sells Brothers
Pale
MRS
Buk
N.d. Baker
Railroad Street
Stret
Hoshana
Ganada
Toledo
Adrian J
Candia
Ryckman
Ora Wright
Wabash
William’saun
Steg
Huckleberry Pickers
Saginaw
Durand, Mich
Dad Bennett
Bay City
Homer Jerson
Carleton
Mick
Roy Post
Here
Petoskey
Petoskey, Mich
S. Rosenthal
Atole
Orth
Frank Clark
Woods Hole
Mass
American Fisheries Society
Frank N. Clark
Northville, Mich
M.H Kerr & Co
Cadmus, Mich
Sells Brothers Circus
Paris
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