Rico Creek Racket and Village News in 1884
Local notes from Rice Creek and Burlington area cover a week of happenings. Reports include a valuable cow loss, Christmas events, church sermons, illnesses, marriages, telegraph and mail wishes, politics, and town commerce spanning Union City Tekonsha and Albion regions.
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Rico Creek
R. NM
A. Bangham
Frank Austin
Vilage
Arthur
Girard
Mra. L. Rayment
Quincy
Norris
J. M. Failing
James Shadd
George Granger
Jackson
A. G. Randall
The
Baptist Church
J. Warboys
North Bergen
Fred Warboys
Chicago
Main's
Battle Creek News Summary Item
Battle Creek discusses a soon to be started cigar factory and notes changes to timekeeping. A calico dress ball is planned by Battle Creek’s colored community on January 14. Mrs. John Peavy dies at noon aged 70. A claim states twelve thousand dollars yearly pay for Battle Creek’s 83 teachers. A stockholders meeting for a road to Sturgis is reported. Burglars burglarize a residence on a birthday night, stealing nothing.
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Battle Creek
Widow Rejects Fraternal Eulogy in Scathing Detroit Tale
In a Detroit Free Press anecdote, John William Blank’s lodge plans a sympathy tribute after his death. The widow ridicules the glowing lines, recalling weekly squabbles, unpaid dues, and mock pity, ending with a sharp jab about his past misdeeds and the absurdity of lavish eulogies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John William Blank
Sons of Gans
Detroit
Piys
John William
Fudge
Frison
Chen
Aorry
Detroit Free Press
The Miserable Cravat and its Rise in Fashion
A humorous critique of the necktie and scarf, tracing their origins from neck protection to ornamental frauds. It laments the modern scarf’s bulk, the cravat’s misadjustment, and the tie’s choking tightness. The piece notes how these trends affect shop windows, sales, and the health and anxieties of young men and busy professionals.
Curious French Legacies Stir Parish Wealth and Weddings
In a Paris Cor, Lonitan Ghobe report, M. Bourdén leaves 20 000 francs to the Paria poor of the Seventh Arrondissement with a stipulation that his tomb be kept intact. Interest funds a marriageable daughter’s family yearly, echoing Van Steemekerk’s dowerless girls provision. He orders 6 000 wine bottles disposed at weddings, 200 per marriage until exhausted. Another donor awards to Academie Francaise for a meat shaming filial piety prize.
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M. Bourdén
Paria
Doetor
van Steemekerk
Academie Francaise
France
Paris
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Harry Barton
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Barnes’ Hall
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S. R. Warren
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