Grand Traverse Herald and Traverse Bay Eagle header lines
The Grand Traverse Herald and Traverse Bay Eagle is a twice weekly publication based in Traverse City Michigan. It lists staff including Thomas T Bates president Geo G Bates vice president J W Vannen ee secretary Clara N Bates and Thomas T Bates editor manager. It details pricing options and mail terms and notes entry as second class matter March 2 1908.
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Traverse City
Michigan
Herald & Record CO
Thos. T. Bates
Nce
Geo. G. Bates
J. W. Vannen
Clara N. Bates
Mich
Congress
Traverse City Prepares for Michigan Retail Dealers Meet
Circulation this week stands at 2900 as Secretary Birdsall secures assurances from many Michigan cities for the annual Michigan State Retail Dealers association convention to be held in Traverse City in February. Delegates praise Traverse City, promises of great hospitality, and commitment from local committees to provide the best possible experience. The event aims to spotlight northern Michigan life and boost community pride.
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Birdsall
Michigan
Lawge
Michigan State Retail Dealers’ Association
Traverse City
Detroit
Farm Study for City Boys Conference Aims at Youth Farm Education
In New York City a conference on Agricultural Education for Dependent and Detri ment Boys under the New York Chit Welfare committee promotes farm work, fruit growing, and related skills for urban youths. The movement seeks to ease the farm labor problem and offers an object lesson from Grand Traverse summers, encouraging systematic instruction and opportunity for promising city youths to pursue farming.
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New York City
New York
Grand Traverse
NCI
Back to the farm plan sparks rural progress
The Grand Traverse region favors a back to the farm movement to ease labor shortages and build a progressive rural citizenship. Scientific farming and machinery lessen drudgery, attracting youths from cities back to farms and expanding both farming and the rising generation’s physical and moral qualities. This outlet could reduce urban destitution and boost national progress.
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Grand ‘Traverse
Shriners Consider Pine Lake Area for Mecca Site
A Northern Michigan committee visited the Pine Lake near Charlevoix area after surveying locations for a proposed Shriners Mecca. They recommended purchasing 10 000 acres there, predicting major regional benefits and potential interurban electric service from Traverse City to attract prominent Shriners and boost development.
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Shuiders
Michigan
Pine Laké
Charlevoix
Travverse City
Traverse City
Shriners
Grand Traverse
Practical School Work Advocated by State Official
State superintendent Luther Wright urged Michigan teachers to cut back on heavy book work and emphasize practical instruction. He argues 5 percent college-bound students could be as well prepared through hands on training in manual arts and domestic science, with less focus on foreign languages and certain math topics.
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Luther Wright
Wright
Michigan
Public School Foundation Called For Vocational Fit
Superintendent Wright argues for readjusting the education system so high school students are guided toward a chosen occupation that matches their abilities. He contends a course should be established to determine each student’s best fit and support broader state efforts to improve school outcomes.
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Hfe
Studen’ S
Maddie
Wright
This Date In History Highlights Global Milestones
A collection of historic events and births with dates from 1750 to 1835. Notable figures include Robert Burns, Jean Jacques Dessalines, Duke of Wellington, Albert Gallatin, and Peter the Great. The list traces political changes, scientific advances, and cultural milestones across nations.
Mothers Remedies Box Promotes Powder for Children
An advertisement urges mothers to keep a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powder for Children to ease seasonable discomforts. It claims benefits for constipation and stomach troubles, listing free samples and a New York address for inquiries.
Notable US and world figures tied to 19th century events
A fragmented list traces 19th century anchors such as William A. Peffer elected senator from Kansas in 1891, Thomas Paine born and died, Henry Lee linked to the American Revolution, France’s nobility law touches, George T. succeeding George V on the English throne, McKinley birth and 1901 death, Kansas's 1852 statehood, Cartier statue unveiled in Ottawa, and the Duke of Connaught's appointment as Canada's Governor General.
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Vicente Yanez Piazolu
Brazil
Acadia
Nova, Scotia
Massachusetts
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
Napoleon
Sweden
Pau
France
Stockholm
Albert Gallatin
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Presider
United States
Kess Jefferson
Congress
Edward Senner
Michigan
Pierce
Itn
Kansas
Russia
Louisiana
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Edwin Forrest
John McCullough
George Ticknor
ji—Pasaurcetderti
William A. Peffer
Thomas Paine
Henry Lee
George T
George Ht
McKinley
U. S
Niles
Ohio
Buffalo
Sir George E. Cartier
Ottaiwa
Duke of Connaught
Earl Grey
Canada
Enrollments Show Strong Turnout for Primaries Citywide
Large enrollment Saturday drew members from all parties, with women facing enrollment access limits under city charter rules. Minority groups mobilized in the Third Ward to oppose the dominant Republican bloc in the Fourth and Fifth Wards, amid new primary law tracking names across three official lists. Total five ward enrollment reported near 1,750 with party splits indicating overall strength and organization.
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Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Corn Samples Sought for Regional Fruit Growers Exhibit
The information bureau of the Board of Trade asks farmers to contribute corn beans wheat and other grains for a glass jar exhibit to advertise local fruit growing. Bring an extra quart to the Lutheran block room T where Secretary Hollis will label and display them. JA Niles arrives as post office inspector for the area and will relocate his family next spring.
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Information Bureau
The
Board of Trade
Bureau of Information
Sééetary Holles
Tly
JA. Niles
Comainng
McSwain
Fragmentary note on praise and guidance method
A fragmentary message discusses the balance between praise and corrective guidance. It hints at a method to offer advice, referencing a boy or girl and a Bret fouled situation, but details remain unclear and incomplete.
Wild Midnight Ride in Catskills Forest Fire Rescue
A young girl rides at midnight to warn villagers of a looming Catskills forest fire and saves many lives. The account praises her bravery as legendary, while noting a doctor’s new lung remedy claim and testimonials about curing severe coughs and consumption with a price of 50 cents to a dollar.
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Algirl
Catskills
Wing
W. R. Patterson
Wellington
Tex
Traverse City
Pain relief ads and notices in a late January newspaper
Pain relief claims for Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil advertised as quick relief for rheumatic pain cramps and stomach troubles. Also notice seeking fruit growing book order and a wood contract. Lost note for $50 endorsed by La Fayette Wilkins and Warren Foster.
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Renne
American Drug Store
Hugene Poster
Warren Foster
LaFayette Wilkins
First State
Dsingsley
George S. Freeman
Cider Rumor Denied by Michigan Attorney General
The Attorney General of Michigan states in a written opinion that local option laws do not bar cider or vinegar production. He notes a circulated false claim about a Supreme Court decision restricting farmers from making cider, clarifying cider may be lawfully manufactured and sold where local option laws apply.
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Grand
Traverse County
Supreme Court
Whitewater
Acme
Traverse City
Michigan
Weare
Dole
Franz C. Kuhn
Salerr Psey Mae
George Rolly Howell
Eit Howell
Kate Howell
A. B
Register of Deeds
Grand Traverse
Maree AW TD
Los
Mortgy
Iss
Court House
Traverse
Ranga Tou
Grand ‘Traverse
Enrollment sessions during general election hours
The enrollment board must hold sessions from 7 a m to 5 p m on election day and announce the time and place of sessions. The sessions will be at a place designated by the board. Frederick C A Martin D Le Secretary of State.
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Frederick C A Martin D.le
School Report May 12 1912 Enrollment and Attendance
School statistics list total enrollment for May 12 1912 with 25.3 daily attendance average and 87.1 percent attendance. Names of students neither tardy nor absent include Howard Norton Joseph Dreves Clarence Umler Evelyn Tremaine James Tremaine Gene Zinnneman Albert Itakowski Martha Aeschlinian and Beatrice Tremaine.
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Howard Norton
Joseph Dreves
Clarence Umler
Evelyn Tremaine
James
Tremaaine
Gene Zinnneman
Albert, Itakowski
Martha Aeschlinian
Beatrice Tremaine
Hero in a Lighthouse Keeper of South Haven Civil War Captain
A Civil War captain, J S Donahue of South Haven Michigan, served as a lighthouse keeper and averted wrecks. He notes Electric Bitters cured kidney trouble and chills after other cures failed, improving his sight and health. At seventy he feels fine and endorses the remedy for dyspepsia liver and kidney troubles. Sold for 50 cents by Traverse City druggists.
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Traverse City
Painless Tooth Extraction Promised by Radar Method
Advertises painless tooth extraction by a new “Radar” method. Claims patients suffer no pain or unconsciousness and requires no drugs. Dr W W G Kinyon and associates in Traverse City Michigan outline benefits for nervous or weak-hearted individuals.
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Grand Traverse Herald
Traverse Bay Eagle
Thos
T. Bates
Front Street
First National Bank
United States ‘Treasury
Robert Burns
Jean Jacques Dessalines
Haiti
Duke of Wellington
Robert Y. Hayne
South Carolina
Senate
W. L Marey
Princess Royal
England
Prince Frederick William
Prussia
John Barrett Kerfoot
P. E
Pittsburg
Great Britain
Cortlandt ~Whitehead
Joseph Wheeler
Brooklyn
Bornin
Augusta
James B. Martine
New Jersey
Tija
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von iSehelting
Georgia
Virginia
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
John James Audubon
Dominion of
Lincoln
Mt. Pleasant
Palum
Giuseppe Verdi
Joseph W. Reinhart
Santa Fe Railroad
Kansas City
Peter the Great of
United States Bank
Cincinnati
Alexander Mackenzie
Charles George Gordon
Gordon Pasha
Woolvich
Nhartum
George Horace’ Lorimer
Traverse Bay Nursery Co
North Union St
W. Patehin
Farmer's Supply Co. of
Westy
C. EL Rennie
Jan
Ters
Exeter Oely
Herald
S. EB
Greenwich
Dea
Clowdy
Face of the Sky
A. W. Rickerd
Proverse City
Otter
Howard Sr
Dalt
O Gali
Hall
G. Kinyon
Wilhelm
Holdsworth
Michican
Sid
D. Nibby,g. P. A
Gleng May Buckley
Or Ae Bodus
Platte River
Europe
Armour's
Front
Cass Street
Grocer
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