Traverse City Herald and Record Co. Personnel and Rates
The Grand Traverse Herald and Record Co publishes from Traverse City Michigan with Thos T Bates president Geo G Bates vice president J W Hannen secretary Clara N Bates treasurer Thos T Bates editor and manager and office at 122 Front Street Phone 23 offers yearly six month and three month rates in advance 1908 filing information shows second class matter status March 2 1908 at the Traverse City post office.
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Traverse City
Michigan
Herald ‘& Record CO
Thos. T. Bates
Geo. G. Bates
J. W. Hannen
Tathaean
Clara N. Bates
Traverse’ City
Mich
Local Option Defeat Signals Lessons From Saloons Vote
Traverse City voters rejected the local option proposal but the result is not a total defeat. The long campaign educated the public and showed strong sentiment against the liquor trade. Saloons will operate under existing law unless voters change it, with publishers noting the need for saloon operators to obey the law and avoid further agitation.
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Traverse City
The
Herald
Germaine Wins Traverse City Mayoral Vote in Record Margin
The paper lauds W D C Germaine as mayor elect with the largest majority ever for a Traverse City mayor. It notes his energy and pledge to seek citizen counsel, and expects a cooperative administration with a capable council behind him.
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Germaine
Traverse City
Pene
Toraf
Forestry Question Discussed At Woman's Club Meeting
At the Woman's club Friday afternoon the discussion focused on forestry. The brief report notes an in-depth exchange on tree management and related civic concerns.
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Woman's Club
Arbor Day urgings for trees and city beauty
Readable notes urge Michigan and Traverse City to plant and care for trees, replace harmful poplars with hard maples, trim low hanging limbs, and advertise the Grand Traverse region to attract visitors and residents. Arbor Day proclamation planned by the governor emphasizes urban shade, flood prevention, and scenic appeal.
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Michigan
State
Traverse City
Grand ‘Traverse
Grand Traverse
Merchants Propose Unite Spring and Fall Openings
A Traverse City merchant suggests all city retailers coordinate spring and fall openings and advertise regionally to draw more shoppers. The plan includes refunding fares on large purchases, boosting Traverse City as a trading center and widening the trade area beyond a single store.
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Traverse City
Physician William Gane Completes Dartmouth Course
William Gane, formerly a high school student, completes his course at Dartmouth College and is ready to practice medicine. He is well remembered in the city with many friends. His father once ran a bakery here before joining a flour company agency.
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William Gane
Dartmouth College
Dr. Gane
Frankfort Fishermen Fined Over Illegal Trout Shipment
Frankfort fishermen Iver Iverson and Tom Larsen were fined $25 and $3.75 costs after deputies seized an illegal trout shipment to Cadillac. They were arrested by Deputies Smith and Petit of the game warden department.
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Iver Iverson
Tom Larsen
Frankfort
Cadillac
Smith and Petit
Game Warden's Department
Bonds Drive Progress on Traverse City Railway Project
A Thursday afternoon meeting of railway bond subscribers in Traverse City reports $53,100 subscribed with $300 more pledged and additional promises. Chairman J W Hannen seeks prompt action to engage Carter Construction Company, as $200,000 seems unlikely. Subscriptions may rise to $60,000 with further generosity from Chicago and local backers. An imminent meeting aims to finalize the list or halt the effort.
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J. W W. Hannen
Carter Construction Company
Eee
Traverse City
Carter Construction” Company
Hannen
W._D. C. Germane
Chicago
Arm Injury From Icy Walk Lands Walton Woman in Doctor’s Hands
Mrs Ed Frazier of Walton slipped on an icy Grand Rapids sidewalk two weeks ago and injured a swollen arm. A local physician found the arm broken and untreated, the bone broken again and set, but in such condition that further treatment may be needed.
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Ed. Frazier
Walton
Grand Rapids
Diane
Mills End Short Time In Eastern Connecticut
Plainfield Connecticut April 6 The Law ton cotton mills here and cotton mills in other eastern Connecticut towns employing about two thousand persons were on full time today after a long period of curtailment.
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Plainfield
Conn
Lawton
Connecticut
DeWitt Resigns From South Side Lumber Co
Walter L. DeWitt vice-president of the South Side Lumber Co. resigns effective April 13 and will join Esterbrook Skeele Lumber Co. in Chicago, taking a similar role and moving there. He and Mrs. DeWitt leave behind many friends. Dr. C G Sughandt to lead temperance and Democrats at Gladwin. Republicans to nominate Frank L. Prindle.
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Walter L. DeWitt
South Side Lumber Co
Kelley Lumber’ & Shingle Co
DeWitt
Esterbrook-Skeele Lumber Co
Chicago
C.G. Sugdhandt
Gladwin
Frank L. Prindle
36 Were Drowned When Berwick Sunk Tiger
Official report from Plymouth states 36 crewmen of the torpedo boat destroyer Tiger drowned when the cruiser Berwick ran down and sank the destroyer during last night's maneuvers in the English Channel.
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Berwick
Plymouth
England
Tiger
English Channel
Woman Released After Justifiable Homicide In Home Defense
In Mancelona Michigan on April 9 Mrs Maud Green was freed after shooting and killing Warren Elliott as he forced entry into her home. A coroner's jury ruled Elliott died at Green's hands and she faced arraignment but was released following a verdict of justifiable homicide.
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Mancelona
Mich
Maud Green
Warren Elliott
Wallace
Elliott
Davis Accepts Port Huron Science Teacher Post
H A Davis, science teacher at the local high school, accepted an offer to teach science at Port Huron High School with a salary of 1000 dollars a year. He will not renew his contract here, and had received the same offer last fall but it was rejected by the board of education. The repeated tender reflects on his proven ability and the difficulty of filling his position.
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H. A. Davis
Port Huron
Davis
Board of Education
Summer School Offer to Local High School Principal
Prof. R. L. Nye, principal of the local High School, has been offered a teaching position in the Mt. Pleasant summer school by Prof. C Grawn, superintendent of the Mt. Pleasant Normal. Nye will accept and spend the summer at Mt. Pleasant.
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R. L. Nye
Mt. Pleasant
Cg, T. Grawn
Change at Hotel Mah Shows New Management
Hotel Mah change transfers management from Howard Whiting to H S Ohmer of Indianapolis. Ohmer, with five years at Hotel Grand in Indianapolis, arrives with Mrs Ohmer and young Pauling to take charge and begin renovations for summer guests. Whiting moves to Raff residence to focus on real estate.
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Whiting
Howard Whiting
H. S. Ohmer
Indianapolis
Mrsc
North
Ohmer
Raff
Sixth Street
Anarchists Roundup Began in New York
A wave of arrests of anarchists starts in New York as two men seized by Secret Service agents are taken to the police station for inquiry. Acting immigration commissioner Joseph Murray will examine them to determine if they may stay or be deported.
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Immigration
Joseph Murray
Secret Service
Grange Meeting Deliberates On Key Subjects Saturday
An interesting Grange session was held Saturday afternoon with members discussing several important topics in capable terms. A pleasant social period preceded the meeting as members enjoyed a pot luck dinner.
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Grange
Ice in the Bay and Judge Lochren to Resign
Ice froze for 38 days this year ending February 28 while last year it lasted 50 days and left the bay by March 27. Judge William Lochren of Minneapolis will resign from the United States District Court effective May 51. He is 75 years old and has served 12 years on the federal bench. During a Chilean tunnel inauguration a public works minister and an American engineers committee attended the ceremony for a railway from Arica to La Paz.
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William Lochren
Minneapolis
United States District Court
Lochren
Twice Cured of San Troubles
J. F. Hennen of Milan Missouri describes years earlier a severe skin breakout in West Virginia treated by doctors with little success. He found quick relief using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent and again cured a leg infection after grippe and pneumonia with the Cuticura remedies.
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West Virginia
J. F. Hennen
Milan
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Masa
CAN'T SHOOT FISH IN MICHIGAN WATERS
A state law prohibits taking or killing fish in inland Michigan lakes using spears grap hooks artificial light set lines night lines nets firearms explosives or other devices except by hook and line. The notice notes complaints of people shooting fish along lake edges and overflowed lands and cites the specific prohibition.
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Michigan
Great Northern robbery near Bonners Ferry shocks Idaho
A Great Northern Oriental limited train was held up near Bonners Ferry Idaho by a highwayman. Both mail clerks were bound while the mail car was rifled. No attempt was made to blow open the safe and the expected loss is not believed heavy. Mrs Dwight Wilkinson of Jackson found a pocketbook on April Fool's Day containing $18.
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Great Northern Oriental Limited
Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Dwight Wilkinson
Jackson
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Grand Traverse ‘Herald
Thos., T. Bates
Front Street
Iverson and Larsen
Walter
Walter EL. DeWitt
Kelley Company
Esterbrook-Skeele Co
Channel
Huron
Wil
Mt. Pleasant ‘Normal
New York
United States
Bay
Skilmer
Ibis
Kilmer
Bright
Traverse City State Bank
A. Tracy Lay
R. Floyd Clinch
Samuel Garland
A. J. Maynard
A. J. Haviland
F. J. MacNeit
Wilhelm Blook
Traveres City
F. M. Paine
IN Beabon
Paouet No
Japan
Oda J. Espen
East Front Street
the Farmer's Store
Frank Trade
Old Post Office
Mr. and
Mirs
Berg
Grocer
Traverse City, Mich
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