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Newspaper
Grand Traverse Herald
Location
Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1903
Page
9
Perry Hannah serves as president with A Tracy Lay as vice president and J T Hannah as cashier. Samuel Garland is assistant cashier. Directors include Perry Hannah A Tracy Lay Howard Irish J B Hannah and Samuel Garland.
The page compiles a gallery of business ads and notices including agents for Lord and Thomas and Dominion Canada BK, Ferris Implement Co mention, Readers Hirst National Bank Trusty win, City Book Store sale, Boston Story furniture, J W Millikan sale, Grinnell Bros mention, prices and solicitations. Also includes Pioneer Drug Store proprietor note, health board observer, geographic coordinates, and a weekly wrap ending June 3 1903.
Circulation this week stands at 2675 copies. The Central Labor union plans a grand opening in Montague Hall on Friday June 5 with Rev D Cochlin giving the address. Boyne City's population has more than doubled since 1900 from 912 to about 2028, reflecting local growth in plans, manufacturing, and business.
At the last Traverse City Tent No 871 meeting four teen delegates were chosen to attend the northern Michigan Maccabees gathering in Cadillac Friday. About 500 are expected to travel from the city with the Traverse City band entering the band contest. The tent’s degree team will also compete. Badges are being printed for delegates.
A Traverse City wedding will take place tomorrow at 2 PM at Plaishing. Miss Olive Greenough and Mr. Wirt A. Cook, both formerly well known here, will be joined in marriage by Rev. W. T. Woodhouse. Many friends here extend congratulations.
BE Blackwood, long head of a plating works in Leland, opens a shop in the basement at 44 East Front Street. He employs four men, plans to expand, and offers nickel silver gold and oxidized copper plating plus recoloring brass and re-lacquering. The Traverse City field is promising for this industry.
Edmunds has been promoted to an assistant superintendency at the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton Pennsylvania and will travel to Benton Harbor then to St Paul or Minneapolis to assume new duties. He enrolled 40 students in the past month, the largest in the state. The school honors his work with the promotion.
The Traverse City Canning Co plant completed tests as steam was turned on and officers set headquarters in the factory. The plant will buy fruit including cherries at 5 cents a pound and has 350 applicants for work as of this week. Marold Kneeland leads the company from the new factory office. Ground breaking was 80 days prior to completion.
A historic letter from Devoe & Co. replies to Mr. W N Kelley of Traverse City Michigan about paint value and methods. It argues for quality over cheapness citing Devoe Ready Maint and zinc benefits, touting superior durability and production via machinery.
The small sailing vessel Nellis Johnson delivered a cargo of 1000 feet of fine pine lumber from Cameron Lumber Co in Torch Lake for J. B. Greilick Co of the city.
Testimonial from VT J Melfarland praises Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds bronchitis and throat troubles. He says three years with bronchitis ended after using the product and claims cure with few bottles. Trial bottles and regular sizes offered by C Johnson and Frdt Meads, druggists.
George Wright of Davisville has been served with a motion from the Health Officer demanding that he bathe occasionally or keep away from public places.
Thousands report relief from sick and nervous aches using Dr Kings New Gite. The ad claims it builds up blood and cures a throbbing head and nerve pain. It lists sellers and notes a museum collection donation by Burgeon Edgar Mearns to the National Museum in Washington.
Weedness day market report lists bellings and wholesale prices for pork flour meal corn butter cheese and produce. It notes weekly price changes and includes weights per unit and per bushel for corn potatoes salt bran buckwheat and dressed poultry.
In the Lautner district west of town a school program ended with an entertainment and supper to fund an organ for the school. The crowd was large, with regret that Commissioner-elect Crisp would not return. A Denver Convention note details the Michigan Endeavor train trip to the 21st international Christian Endeavor convention, with fares around 34.84 plus sleeper costs, under $50 total.
The committee on ways and means recommends salary hikes for city officers. Last year City Clerk Beers earned 550 for clerk hire and 1,100 salary. this year he will get 1,800 and will pay for his own. The city treasurer last year Tre
Detroit reports June to July wheat at 7640 No 2 red T8e with No 8 corn at 47e and No 3 White oats at 8c. Toledo lists June 38-Cagh wheat Te and July 75c. Chicago shows June a July wheat MBe with Septembear PEG, July corn 47$a0 and July oats S6er, July pork P1740, lard and ribs prices unclear.
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