23 Apr 1903
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Newspaper
Grand Traverse Herald
Location
Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1903
Page
1
A poet recalls childhood nights in an attic room with moonlight spilling across a trundle bed. He speaks of dreams that drift through lattice and moonbeams, promising visions of future times and the solace they once brought to a weary heart. The piece centers on Eugene Fick as the source.
Mrs Prindle, Mrs Gates, and Viney Hins discuss Viney’s care and pay as Viney plans a trip and a vacation. The exchange reveals tension over Viney’s role in the Bates household and Mrs Prindle’s resolve to stay independent. Malvina Higgins joins, cheerful yet worn, as townsfolk exchange small talks about absence and travel.
The tale tells how Elijah Howe dreamt a sewing machine eye at the point after a perilous deadline. He awoke at 4 a.m. and, by 9, produced a needle with the eye at the tip, leading to a breakthrough later celebrated in history.
A Michigan Christian Advocate correspondent recounts a Vermontville tale of New Hampshire settlers who founded the town and, on a Sunday, faced a predatory bear attacking swine. The family chose Sabbath respect and did not shoot the bear, shaping the community’s moral memory.
Portraits and records honor Johnny Chem, born 1850, who enlisted as a drummer boy in the Twenty fourth Ohio Volunteers before joining the Twenty second Michigan. He fought at Shiloh, Perryvile, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Nashville, and Kenesaw. After exchanges he served under Major General Grant and later participated in the Spanish American War at Porto Rico.
The article recounts how sacred teeth and relics are revered across cultures, noting a war loss of a revered tooth and a bribe to recover it, alongside a summary of global pest losses costing over 400 million dollars yearly. It also highlights the Carnation industry’s growth, with 2.4 million carnations sold and similar home production, totaling about 5.9 million annual plants.
The London Daily Express quotes May and December marriage notices with aged couples and ranks. Capt Hamilton, 25, marries 46 year old Mrs Monson of Bath with wealth. Robert Judge of Cooksborough, Ireland, 5, weds Annie Nugent, 35, an ex officer wounded in the nose.
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