Jottings from the Michigan countryside and towns
Items report local openings and happenings across Battle Creek Homer Coldwater Manistee and Kalamazoo. Dentists sought at Tekonska. Michigan bicycle meet June 10. Sanity hearing for Chas Gibbs in Battle Creek. Homer’s J D Warner dies from a tumor. Kalamazoo buys Eldred lines. Central Telephone extends control. Cincinnati company wants Manistee site. Town reelects F M Townsend as school superintendent with raise. Dr Wellington McNames from New York bought graveheadstones in Oberidge. Congressman Todd visiting Kalamazoo noted with irony. North Adams debates saloon approval after twenty years without liquor. Lewis Barnes released then re jailed in Battle Creek. Old chair found at Coldwater bearing Gridley name. University of Michigan cost estimates for a year around 8207. Homer tax levy down to 6 cents per 100 shillings. valuation up 807000. Athens Times Loya named city marshal. order campaign noted, with disorderly conduct limitations.
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Tekonska
Battle Creek
Michigan Ciicuit
Chas
Gibbs
Lane
J. D. Warner
Homer
Central Telephone Company
Kalamazoo
Eldred
Michigan
Slide Back Suspender Company
Cincimati
Ohio
Manistee
F. M. Townsend
Wellington McNames
New York
Wo. Reiley
Oubridge
Representative Todd
Congress
Washington
Coldwater Courier
North Adams
Hillsdale County
Lewis Barnes
Cobden and Palmerston Breakfast Dialogue Recall
A breakfast dialogue recounts Cobden pressing Palmerston on public life and principles, Palmerston demanding Cobden’s motive for entering politics. The piece reflects 19th century political manners and magnanimity. It cites a medical ad for Zoa-Phora Woman's Friend and a post office notice listing letters remaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Palmerston
busi+ ness
Mr. Cobden
Local notes from Allegan Gazette and surrounding items
The Allegan Gazette recounts varied items from local society and region including a W.U. meeting notice with a program, J Court & Son transporting goods, egg shipments from the area averaging 300 thirty dozen cases weekly, and a curious inventor's wartime device. It also covers shipping merchants, fur purchases by M J Wood of Athens totaling 119,214 skins, a mystery wanderer after a Battle Creek episode, Colman's Petroleum Balm for catarrh and Kellogg’s Oil for kidney disease, plus a Civil War Bible statistic in a Western newspaper.
Wagonetty Line to Lyon Lake Service Begins
A historic wagonette service by H. 4. Spyder opens from west State Street each morning at 7:90, with return trips in the cool of the morning. The elegant rig will run daily to Lyon Lake, promising a pleasant roan trip for residents and visitors alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spyder Bes
Lyon Lake
West State Street
Council Minutes of May 23 1898 Forced by Mayor Grant
City council minutes from May 23 1898 show Mayor Grant presiding with Aldermen absent. Actions include referrals on sewer extension on south Kalamazoo avenue and sidewalk construction ordinance 37, Memorial service invitations accepted, bond of F G Seaman presented, finance committee recommendations on Hamilton claim, cemetery fund interest set at 5 percent, appointment of police officers, street improvements and garbage disposal directives, and several claims paid. Meeting adjourned for two weeks. Ernest 0 Sawpy City Recorder.
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Onmon Council
Grant
Ala
Joy
John Smyth
South Kalamazoo Avenue
Samuel Thunder
John Cuzzing
Colegrove Post
Eagleopers House
Hamilton
Ald
Sirkett
Greenfield
Cemetery Trust Fund
Chas, Burkhardt
John Bean
Con. Swarm
Kvepura
Charlotte
McCrea & Cule
J.B. Albauh
A. Grant
H. Krotzer
D. B. Mosen
P. Heyser
W. C. BE. Sawyer
Frank Green
Marshall Light Co
W. A. Walz
J. O O. van Zandt
City of Battle Creek
M.C. RR. Co
G. H. Greene
Fort Wayne Electric Co
Electric Appliance Co
Marshal
Ernest
Sawpy
City Recorder
Charles Reade at Oxford Escapes with Silent Ladder
Charles Reade at Oxford faced a moonlit chase by bull dogs after being denied entry. He reached Magdalen but could not pass the porter. A ladder hidden near his chamber allowed his ascent, he hauled it up and entered, leaving the ladder behind. He used a sportsman's ink to alter evidence as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Reade
Oxford
Queen's
Reade
Magdalen
Mapa Es
Captain Rock and the Prince Regent Meeting Tale
A fragment recounts Captain Rock in London meeting the Prince Regent over Irish affairs. The scene centers on a gift of a golden box and a witty exchange as the Irishman and the royal figure acknowledge each other, with a nod to Captain Rock as a symbol of dynamite in Irish sentiment. Also mentioned is a medical salve advertisement promising cures with a money-back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Captain Rock
London
Chieftain’s Weekly Gazette
Rm London
Green Park
Ireland
Iriahman
Erie
Tisai Ieee Prey
Sears
A. O. Hyde
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Hope
T. Shanahan
Marshall
Mich
M.S. O'Keefe
Trust
Coldwater
Gridley
C.V. Gridley
Dewey
Manila
University of Michigan
Zoa
Marshall Post-Office
Bond
Howard
Frye
Elsie
Matehal
Beto
Marengo
BE. Cole
G. PF. Hanting
J. Court & Son
Allegan Gazette
J. L. Cox
Cuba
Newport
R. I
J. P. Merrill
Callegs
U. S
Scipio
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Merrill
Dwight Robinson
Klondike
W. A. Reed
International Y. M,. C. A
Seattle
Michael
Robinson
M. J. Wood
Athens
Desseau
Detroit River
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Terre Haute
Ind
Colman
Kellogg’s Columbian Oil
Wagonetty
Wade
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Desweile
U. S. Clothing House
Southoath
Allen
Marshall, Mich
Exchange
Chicago
W.J. Dipsiz
Free
EB. G. Brews
T. Paes
Cashier
O'Rusve
G. Pernerr
W. E. Boats
J. M. Pansons
T. L. Cron
J. Wisesran
Soli
C.H. Thompson & Son
Pratt
Bummers
Buroh
A. L. Hindenagh
Tion
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