Town Topics Includes Local Resignations and News
Kerb Gibbs takes baggage agent post at the & W. M. depot. Mrs. I J Lillie mourns mother’s death in Ontario. An eight pound girl born to Mr. and Mrs I M Winnie in Bingham. James Webber, father of Mrs Ie A Newton, injured but no bones broken after a fall near his daughter’s home. Keller’s left hand amputated after accident at Staat’s shingle mill. Democratic Senatorial Committee in Pratt and Davis office debates Silver Republicans field and equal taxation plank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. J. Lillie
Jno. St. Clair
Ontario
Canada
I. M. Winnie
Bingham
Ames Webber
Ie A. Newton
Keller
East Bay
Staat
Garner
Pratt & Davis
Miss Estella Downing Wins Ypsilanti Oratorical Prize
Miss Estella Downing former Traverse City High School teacher wins the oratorical contest at Ypsilanti Normal School receiving a gold medal and twenty dollars in gold. Her winning topic was Home Rule in Ireland. Her sister Lillian who taught here did not win last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estella Downing
Traverse City High School
Ypsilanti Normi School
Tome Rale
Ireland
Local officials and residents travel on county business and incidents
J W Milliken and others visit Wexford Williamsburg Leelanaw Benzie Antrim counties on business. Roy Hannaford saves horses during a runaway after a lumber load shifts. A sugar social and temperance lecture events unfold. Inquests, bike news and hotel guests are noted with multiple names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Milliken
Wexford County
W W. Smith
Williamsburg
Frank Hamilton
Leelanaw
Loranger
Benzie County
Judge Roberts
Antrim County
Frank Friedrich
Bellaire
Carrier Pigeons At Sea Prove Promising In Early Test
British steamer Challerton reports a carrier pigeon aboard 250 miles south of the Scilly islands bearing a message about an English sailing vessel being overtaken by La Bretagne. The note also mentions the Bothnia crew saved with three killed. La Bretagne previously carried 100 pigeons for the test, aiming to establish ship to shore communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swansea
Challerton
Port Nolloth
Scilly Islands
la Bretagne
Renaud
Bothnia
Plymouth
Castilla
Havre
Train Robbers Routed Near Grant New Mexico
Meagre details come from the Santa Fe railway about an early morning attempt to hold up the west bound Santa Fe passenger train near Grant New Mexico. Express Messenger Fowler fired on the masked robbers wounding one seriously who was carried away by his fleeing accomplices. The train continued west as New Mexican officers pursue the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe
Grant
N. M
Fowler
Spain Crisis Signals Imminent War Amid Ultimatum
The article reports the U S President warning Spain over Cuban freedom and a possible congressional action if no reply by Saturday night. Indications point to Spain resisting and war potentially starting within a week. Also covered is a walking match among three businessmen to test speed, with ten dollars in an envelope as prize and bets on Holden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spain
Congress
W. O Holden
The
Park Pace
I. A. Thompson
E. McNamara
McNamara
Doc’ Thompson
Mr. Holden
Holden
Knowles
County teachers examination under way at Grange Hall
School Commissioner Nettie C Gray conducts the county teachers examination at Grange Hall today with forty six applicants for certificates. Six subjects will be completed today and tomorrow leaving two to be finished Saturday. Attendees include Dilla Allen Lena Crotser Loyd McDonald Maud McDonald Edith Webster Roy Lynkoop Kingsley Sadie Kingdon Neal Edgar Franklin Fife Lake Albert Kennicott Geo Noteware Wm Noteware G W Power Jessie Stover R J Selkirk Williamsburg Jennie E Smith Wexford Luke Homes Rose Tompkins Old Mission Ada Smith Monroe Alice Van Deman Benzonia Lella Worden Mabel Dora Wheat Grawn Robert Wiley Summit City Esther M Archer Marie Brosch Byrde Boon Henry Brakel Fdoa Clapp Jennie Curts Melisa Daoford Jessie Fisher Nile Grant Edith Holcomb Fredda Haynes Ian Perrie Chas S Porter Perene Orton Smith J B Smed Leland E Tripp Olive Wickphate Chas Welborn Traverse City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie C. Gray
Grange Hall
D Lla Allen
Yuba
Almira Barrett
Lena Crotser
Warren Huntsinger
Clarissa Knapp
Loyd McDonald
Maud McDonald
Lacey Seegmiller
Ida M. Taylor
Edith Webster
Roy A. Lynkoop
Kingsley
Sadie Kingdon
Neal
Edgar Franklin
Fife Lake
Albert C. Kennicott
Geo. Noteware
Wm. Noteware
G W. Power
Jessie Stover
R. J. Selkirk
Williamsburg
Jennie E Smith
Wexford
Luke L. Homes
Rose Tompkins
Old Mission
Ada Smith
Monroe
Alice van Deman
Benzonia
Lella Worden
Mabel
Dora Wheat
Grawn
Robert Wiley
Summit City
Esther M. Archer
Marie Brosch
Byrde Boon
Henry Brakel
Fdoa Clapp
Jennie Curt's
Melisa Daoford
Jessie Fisher
Nile Grant
Edith Holcomb
Fredda Haynes
Ian Perrie
Chas S. Porter
Perene
Orton Smith
J. B. Smed
Leland E Tripp
Olive Wickphate
Chas. Welborn
Traverse City
Dawson City Owner Hints Alaska Travelers
Joseph Ladue, prominent trapper and miner and longtime Alaska Commercial Company agent, praises Alaska and Northwest Territory travel conditions. He endorses Royal Baking Powder, saying it performs best in harsh climates and that his customers insist on using that brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Ladue
Dawson City
Alaska Commercial Company
Alaska
Royal Baking
Northwest Territory
Fire Hits Lemont Church and Stores Causing Major Damage
A midnight blaze in Lemont Illinois destroyed the St Cyril Metodas Polish Catholic church schoolhouse and Peter Moody’s general store, amounting to about 15000 dollars in damage. No lives were lost but several people escaped in nightclothes. five sisters of charity fled the flames. The fire followed by a note of thanks from Frank Burpdick Cedar dated March 30 1898 mentions a cure in six hours with Nitro Tahs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemont, Tils
All He Got From the Suit
A Strand Magazine anecdote tells how a lawyer’s sixpence joke sparked the narrator’s fortune. The father spends 27 years in chancery with a costly suit and ends with only 3s 6d left. The punchline reveals the “sixpences” were merely buttons from the worn suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Strand Magazine
Monet in Giverny Described as Wealthy Yet Simple man
A Boston Transcript correspondent paints Claude Monet as a wealthy but unpretentious figure living in Giverny, Normandy. The artist’s enlarged house resembles surrounding peasants homes with white plaster and a red tiled roof, while his garden is described as superb. Monet, about 60, is portrayed as rugged and refined, wearing wooden sabots paired with fine linen and unstitched ruffles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Monet
Giverny
Normandy
Boston Transcript
Monet
Dr Kings New Discovery and Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ad
Generous makers claim over ten million trial bottles given away with guaranteed cures for Asthma Bronchitis Hoarseness and throat chest and lung diseases. Druggists S K E West and J G Johnson offer trial bottles free regular sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar. Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted for cuts bruises sores ulcers and skin eruptions with money back guarantee. Also sale notices by S E Wait and J G Johnson and Nitro Tabs neuralgia remedy 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
S KE West
J G. Johnson
S. E. Wait
J. G. Johnson
Electric Bitters Sold As Cure All For Various Ailments
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters cure back and kidney weakness malaria nerves and stomach issues. It praises tonic effects on liver kidneys blood and nerves and lists uses from constipation to sleeplessness and melancholy. Each bottle priced at 75 cents, sold by E Wall and J G Johnson drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
of . E. Wall
J.G Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Traverse Bay
Eagle
State Bank
Traverse City, Mch
WASEY
Perry Hannah
A. T. Lay
Jas. Morgan
J.T. Hannah
Ss.garland
BAIN
Ap Capital
Sto Asien
Our Savings Department
Ren
H.S. Hull
Jno
T. Beadle
B. J. Morgan
C. A. Hammond
Cashier
H. 8S
Hull
A. Hammond
D. C. Leach
M. B. Covell
P. Carver
Wm. McDonald
West Front St
Star Steam Laundry
Park Street
Wheight Bros
E.E. Miller
Kerb. Gibbs
W. M. Depot
G. A. Holliday
Grand Rapids
Jackson
Ann Arbor
Roy Hannaford
Sixteenth
Union Street
Mr. Lannaford
Roy
Hannaford
Maple City
D Scotts
Newmanshall
Josiah Pennington
Friends Church
Fank Nash
Doctor Fralick
Wm. Kitchen
South Manitou Island
Bellinger
Suttons Bay
Wm. Murray
Paul Decker
John Dunning
W A. Scudder
Glen Haven
H Sehneider
B. Trbridge
Glen Arbor
L. J. Grobben
Leland
Hack
Ultmatum
Conger Ss
Klondike
Lemont
Frank Burpdick
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Artist Monet
Bucklen
Geo. J. Winnie
Agile
Dr. Raub
Alfred W. Friedrich
Wilhelm Bros
Sam
H. E. Gibbs
Sirec
Prone
DR. Higgins
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