15 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Grand Traverse Herald
Location
Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
1
The page lists individuals such as THos T Bares Gro G Bares J W Hansen and Clara Ny Bares with editorial attribution to THOS T BATES Editor and Manager at Office 125 Front Street. It notes advance prices and volume indicators including v.20 in Advance and $1.00 in Advance.
The Traverse City council weighs a sixty year street railway franchise as aldermen split, while supporters cite Hannah & Lay backing and Carter Construction as key to rapid transit growth in Grand Traverse Bay region. Citizens urged to inspect, respond to aldermen. a timely decision is demanded before winter.
The six candidates compete for three delegate seats. George H. Cross of Crand Traverse County is expected to draw strong support as he campaigns energetically across numerous counties seeking votes from varied communities.
Harry Hines will be laid up for weeks after a crank on his five horsepower motor struck his right foot. The fly wheel cut and mashed the shoe and flesh as he started the engine at about 6:20 Tuesday night. He reached shore and walked home despite the pain. He had orders for many motors and was working late on a fifteen horsepower engine for Dr. Scott.
A big pickerel caught on Green Lake weighed twenty pounds and measured thirty seven inches after a half hour struggle by J D Smoke and Milwaukee companion Tom Maxwell. The anglers, Mr and Mrs Smoke and Mr Maxwell, returned to Milwaukee yesterday. The yacht Gem, owned by J A Montague, returned after a three weeks northern cruise. The party visited Charlevoix Mackinaw Detour and the Soo, with fishing and sightseeing including Beulah home for boys and Chicago yacht races. The Old Mission Yacht and Athletic club holds the first regatta of the season with sail and power boat races and a baseball game, entries due by tomorrow evening.
Pittsburg August 6 six killed twenty injured as passenger train 76 leaving Kittaning for Pittsburg collided with a broken freight train on the Buffalo and Allegheny Valley division of the Pennsylvania road. A relief train reached the scene before 1 pm. many victims were women and children.
A note invites attendance at a Northern Michigan Press association meeting in Northport on a Tuesday in September. It notes last year’s meeting drew a large crowd with beneficial results and predicts strong turnout again, with full details to follow.
After seven months in Ann Arbor hospital Zelma Chase five year old now sees objects and colors though wears smoked glasses. Doctor Parker placed her under local care and neighbors funded her stay at the hospital. The piece also notes Eva Uncapher of Grovertown credits King’s New Discovery for curing a severe cough and restoring health, with trials and pricing mentioned.
Captain Dave Duane orders seven boats to be built this winter with more in sight promising the busiest season yet. Three launches include a 35 footer, plus four sailing craft from sixteen feet up. Also handling numerous repair jobs. A group of young ladies departs for the Barnum cottage at Carplake for a short visit. Electric Bitters credited by Wm. A. Fortweill of Lucama for relief from Bright's disease and diabetes, claiming liver and bladder issues improved. Pere Marquette announces four day Aug 13 to 16 excursions with schedules from Toledo and Chicago destinations.
From Wednesday's Record, corrected quotations. Cherries rose with $1.00 top, raspberries at $1.50 per twenty pint case, blacks at $1.00 per sixteen quart case. Finley Hammond sold 150 bushels of Rurals at 35 cents. East Buffalo cattle 150 slow, veals and calves active, hogs 6800, wheat near 87% to 89 cents, corn around 52 to 54 cents.
A dense catalog of selling prices for pork, lard, bacon, corn meal, grains, butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, and livestock items. Includes Clearback pork at 18.00 per barrel, lard at per pound, flour and middlings, hay bids, potatoes per peck, butter quotes, and various seed and grain prices with buying rates for potatoes, wheat, butter, hay, cows, steers, hogs, sheep, lambs, hides, and tallow.
Myron Weathers from the East Bay township arrived in the city Monday bearing a visibly bent binder. The item sustained damage amid a dispute described as tied to a farm land issue, sparked by an untimely shout.
Four year old Ernest gazing at a summer thunder storm tells his mother in a quiet moment that God’s sky is developing terrible cracks. The line captures childlike awe and a simple, poignant view of nature.
Born to Mr and Mrs Truman Wares of Long Lake Saturday a son.
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