Local notices and community updates from Battle Creek area
Local items note Mrs Mollis Hitchcock renting part of her house to Frank Williams and family while keeping five rooms for herself. Various community notes cover sales and closures, insurance adjustment after a furniture fire, upcoming Star Lectures, local business changes, sporting catches, political party developments, and a series of local arrests and court reports from Battle Creek and Olivet areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollis Hitchcock
Frank Williams
Olivat
Hitchcock
Battle Creek
Perry Mayo
Nellie
Nichols Hospital
Miss Mayo
Cincinnati
Clarks
Citizens
Pacific Fire Insurance Companies
Miller & Miller
BE. B. Hughes
Hughes
John Thomas
Jackson
Battle
War's Cost Grows As New War Losses Near Eight Thousand
London reports outline Britain's war casualties since inception totaling 7 218 killed 3 675 wounded 2 511 missing plus 140 dead from disease. Public anxiety rises as officials withhold details of Natal events amid Boer resistance and strategic debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
War Office
Ladysmith
Natal
Kiss Auction For Charity Ends With Grandson's Birthday Gift
A London society note tells how Miss Elen Terry offered a kiss for charity in aid of a provincial cause. Bidding surged from two guineas to 30 before a colonel in a crack regiment won the lot. He then revealed his grandson’s fifth birthday and bought the kiss to gift to the boy, with Miss Terry accepting the debt plus interest.
Noted Mexican General Berriozabal Dies at Nine
Gen Felipe Berriozabal, Mexico's war minister and famed commander and patriot, died at nine o'clock Tuesday eight. The City of Mexico reports his death on January 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mexico
Felipe Berriozabal
Skaters Drown Over Lake at Stoneboro
Stoneboro Pa Jan 10 George Potter and Mabel Stogue aged 16 and 15 drowned in Sandy Lake while skating together. British General Dier Trondon Jan 19 Maj Gen Prior commanding the fifteenth brigade dies on Monday while under orders to proceed to South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Church
Augusta
Lee
Charles Messerole
Lyman Dryer
Dansville
van Arman
John Mains
Perry Glynn
Oliver
H. Rermalic
Mr. Hilliard
Walton
Olivet Optic
Martin Groening
Merrill
Cincinnati Northern
Hungry’ Cook
Groening
London
White
Ladysmith
Republic
Transvaal
Wallis
Pretoria
Ee Glasgow
Daily Mails
Estcourt
Natal
Joubert
Snmne
Leopold
Brussels
Daily Mail
Queen Victoria
St. Petersburg
Paris
India
Afghanistan
Baku
Russia
Karl
Erat
British India
Stoneboro
George Potter
Mabel Stogue
Sandy Lake
Dier
Trondon
Prior
Palace in Ruins as Pulitzer Estate Burns in Fire
Fire destroyed Joseph Pulitzer's four story East Fifty fifth street home killing two servants. Loss around 200000 dollars with 250000 insurance. Mrs Jellett housekeeper and Miss Elizabeth Montgomery governess died. Fire likely started in conservatory area from wires or heater as residents escaped with valuables. Firefighters lost stairways inside. one guard injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
East Fifty-fifth Street
Morgan Jellett
Elizabeth Montgomery
Pulitzer
Constance
Luin
Werbert
Ma. Pulitzer
Joseph, Jr
Lakewood
Shrimp Sauce Recipe From Ledger Monthly
Mix flour with water and salt in a saucepan. Add egg yolks and nutmeg, then whisk in boiling water. Remove from heat and stir in butter in portions, then add cream shrimp meat and lemon juice. Serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledger Monthly
Wow Sle Won Unnded
A garbled dialogue from Chicago Evening News and Harlem Life features Bemused remarks about marriage and culture. The snippets reference Jeannette marrying a farmer and a quip about being no slouch in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sle
Bess
Jeannette
Nell
Chicago Evening News
Harlem Life
Tits Bits in a Woman's College Scene
In a witty exchange from Girton College a professor asks about the lowest form of animal life and a student retorts with a sharp jab, prompting a moment of satirical humor about gender and academic authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girton
Knill’s Pills Advertises Multiple Remedies For Stomach Ailments
An advertising blurb promotes Knill’s Red Pills for Wan People at 26e per box and Knill’s White Liver Pills as a bowel regulator, with 25 cent Blue Kidney Pills for back pain. It touts Knill’s Black Diarrhoea Pills for summer complaints and 25 cents, plus Knill’s Dyspepsia Tablets that claim to cure indigestion and cleanse foul gases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knill
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arthur Taylor
The
Royal
Michigan Cyclone
Albion
Marshall
Hatch
LH Molle Prosseil
von Raub
Stimpson
Perrinville Emporium
Andy Phurigan
Brace
Jake
Andy
Seahey
Ti. A. Hills
Arms Farm
Frank Doane Priday
Jim” Grace
Jefferson
Mr. Grace
North
Madison Street
Olivet Conservatory Chorus
Ada A. Smith
Eaterly Hall Reads
K. A. Keyes
Bicknell Young
Chicago
Annie T. Tennent
Albert BE. Wright
Lizzie J. Bintliff
Olivet
O. H. Collins
Ann Arbor
Whittemore Lake
Hamburg
Free Press
J.M. Parsons
Mr. Parsons
Frank Doane
Doane
Perrinville
Aliao
John Henrry
Alpena
H. Lytin
Jesse Underwood
Paschal Hughes
Marshall Wagon & Windmill Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!