02 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
Adrian Daily Telegram
Location
Adrian, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1901
Page
1
The Telegram notes Adrian’s praised intellect and hospitality, with visitor C. G. Nunn lauding the town’s first class citizens. He urges locals to realize the city’s advantages, urging enrollment in the Adrian Business Men's Association to accelerate growth and attract new residents.
Mrs. George Rogers and spouse plan to move to a new home they recently purchased. J W Stevenson returned from Chicago with a carload of sheep. Mrs James Simonda and Miss Maud Simonda of Sutton visited the Misses McClenshan. Mrs A J Barber housesat for Mrs A Bogert while some family members attended the Pan American. John Horton from Monroe Center arrived from the Pan American and will visit his sister Mrs Henry Lovejoy for a few days. Grandville Knight Henry Knight and Duane Galloway bought a Deering corn basket and started work on the Wheeler farm. About a dozen lakes near Mrs Wedensday Pp’s home. Carpet rags for Mrs Willis after finishing the afternoon’s work, a bountiful supper was served.
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Adrian post office expands service with a new carrier, Charles B Barr, bringing seven regular carriers and three rural routes. Factory district gains four deliveries daily plus pickups, expanding business district mail to five deliveries, with estimated daily letters near 2000. Postmaster Smith credits improved service to benefiting factories and business houses.
About twenty young visitors gathered at Cole's South Main Street home Friday evening to surprise Mina Cole. Guests wore sheets and pillow cases and enjoyed Halloween games including candle sailing in walnut shells, a mock marriage with Mina as bride and Will Graham as groom, a supper, and decorative place cards. Revelers remained past midnight amid laughter and merriment as the surprise party proved a complete success.
A Sacramento arrival from the east led to a quick marriage in Corning as William Clark of Michigan and Miss May Stanton of Bad Axe Michigan wed Monday after meeting on her arrival. The couple then traveled to Corning, where the wedding was celebrated with local friends.
About thirty relatives and friends gathered informally at Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Westgate home on Friday to celebrate their third wedding anniversary. The visit included games and refreshments and a handsome gift for the hosts. The note explains the date shift due to Mr Westgate's work schedule at Woe, Crane & Wood.
The White Rose Pleasure club initiating a series of Friday dances at Light Guard armory features prominent Gilliland fore members. The event promises growing popularity and enjoyment for local dance lovers during the coming weeks. Kaiser’s full orchestra supplied music for about 30 couples as they danced.
L B Robertson and C A Spencer received the Templar degree Friday at the Adrian Commandery No 4 regular conclave with the asc al banquet following. Attendees included Dr Duige and Ed Glark of Hudson and W W Cooke of …
Clayton, Dr Youngs and E. B. Lee for Weston are organizing a San Francisco club for the 1904 triannual conclave amid noticeable enthusiasm among members and supporters.
Dr. W. H. Howard reports October was a pleasant month with an average temperature near 44.68 degrees above the ten year mean of 46.99 and a local mean of 47.49. The month peaked at 80 degrees on October 1 and dipped to 26 on October 18. Rainfall totaled 3.46 inches versus a ten year average of 2.71 and a twenty year average of 3.00, with 3.63 inches falling on October 12. The period recorded 13 clear days, 14 partly cloudy days, and four cloudy days.
The savings department of the public schools has proven beneficial. About half of Adrian’s school children, 622 accounts, are open at Lenswell County Savings Bank. Over $2,000 is deposited, averaging over $3 per child. the top balance is $24.26.
A woman posing as an agent for McCalls magazine and Miss J Sanford has been soliciting subscriptions from Adrian women. She collects 350 cents for a year, issues receipts, then keeps the money. She claimed seven te n years with the McCalls company and worked from Columbus Ohio. J D DeFo Son of Adrian are the local McCalls representatives.
The McUall Company of New York acknowledges a letter from J. W. Dees & Son of Adrian Michigan about a Columbus canvasser Miss J Sanford and warns local ladies in Adrian against a swindle selling patterns and subscriptions. The firm advises doing business with reputable local houses and ends with a cautionary closing.
Oneida residents and visitors such as N Palmer, Clark Hanlin and wife, Eva Deline and daughters, Arthur Doyce and Chas Verder, Burr Whitacre and others were seen around Adrian and nearby towns this week. A few from here attended the quarterly meeting at Clayton on Sunday as the community mourns Dr. Nix of Hudson. A. D. Dauver and wife of Prattville visited J. M. Foot's on Saturday. Mrs. Geo Humphrey visited her brother and wife near Medina on Tuesday.
A wedding took place in Tipton on a Wednesday evening with Wm. Remington, 32, a farmer near Clinton, marrying Mrs. Conner, 70, of Tipton. They will reside in Tipton and Telegram sends congratulations. The note wishes them happiness on their life together.
Manager Hardy cancelled the Thelma company engagement at Cronwell for Friday night November 1 after disputes over pay and contracts. The troupe arrived from Coldwater but refused to perform while demanding back pay and threatening a lawsuit. Local reports note earlier bad press in Port Huron and Battle Creek and Hardy now faces possible legal action as he seeks to address the fallout.
Theatricals report Lewis Morrison’s Faust will premier at the Croswell on Friday November 8. A new prologue features seventeen painted scenes, an invisible hole and electrical effects. The show promises to be the finest staging yet, with sharp satire of Mephisto and dramatic declamation.
Editor H. N. Lester of Syracuse Kansas reports two years of eczema in his hands with no relief until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured it completely. He touts the salve as best for eruptions and skin diseases. Available at Hart Shaw and E Shepherd stores for 25 cents.
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