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Newspaper
Grand Traverse Herald
Location
Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
3
A great display of fruit is running this week with abundant varieties on show. Officials expect strong visitor interest and note the event highlights freshness, variety, and seasonal produce.
Readied exhibits fill a garage and the Big Store for a dual showcase. Farm products from Northern Michigan asylum plots and Charlevoix growers join fruit and vegetables staged in pyramid racks under skylight. Oranges fill long center tables while Western Michigan Development bureau pieces lie in glass and packed boxes.
Chas Augustine, who recently built an aeroplane, introduces a new aerosled design. A motor sled eight feet long, it lacks cog propulsion and is pulled by a seven foot propeller, resembling a small iceboat yet curiously different in construction.
A three horsepower motorcycle engine powers a propeller mounted on a raised frame, connected by a chain. The engine drives the propeller at 250 revolutions per minute.
Delegates totaling about 200 from northern Michigan arrive by rail as the state grange meets. Officers open headquarters at Park Place with four days of executive business and events planned. Strong turnout expected from the Upper Peninsula as organizers seek a northern meeting site while southern counties push for the plum location.
The article lists judges by class for the Hannah and Lay farm produce exhibit. It names E O Ladd Edwin Black W W Smith Ferdinand Lautner Wm Helm forth Stephen Lautner Peter Zimmerman A P Gray Ben Barnes Bentall L F Perkett Mrs J Holmes Mrs N W Herrington Mrs Henry Wilkem Grace Wilhelm Mrs A W Peck Mrs S C Desnres C L Gre Hck Zapf J Edwards and others, with locations in Traverse City Old Mission Cedar Grand Rapids and Northport.
A dated roster lists dates of births and deaths for notable figures including John Milton born in London in 160N and died 1674 in London, Samuel Vetch born and died in 1722, John Higginson died in Salem 1674 born 1616, Samuel Woodworth born Scituate 1785 died New York 1842, William Owsley Kentucky governor died near Danville 1862. Also mentions 1789 New treaty with Japan proclaimed and 1847 cotton mill strikes in Atlanta.
Suggestions highlight Raphael Tuck and Sons Christmas novelties including calendars from five cents to three dollars, child and adult designs, Text Calendars with Sunday School mottoes, cards of many styles, hand made greetings, Christmas stationery, and Tuck postcards. Their line emphasizes color printing, illuminated lettering, and fairyland style paper goods for all ages with direct catalogue requests to 122-124 Fifth Ave New York.
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