Joint Meeting of Michigan Insane Asylums Board Held
The semi annual session of the joint board for Michigan state insane asylums convened July 21 at the Northern Asylum. Papers by Drs Edwards Kell Munson Sanborn Jenks and W M Edwards guided discussions. Maintenance rates set at 42 cents daily lower peninsula 50 cents upper peninsula. Attendees from Kalamazoo Ponti a Traverse City Newberry Detroit and Port Huron. Adjourned to meet Kalamazoo in November. Dinner hosted for attendees and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan State Insane Asylums
Board of Trustees of
Eastern Michigan Asylum
E. A. Christian
W M. Edwards
Samuel Kell
E. W. Jenks
State Board of Corrections and Charities
J. D. Munson
F. C. Sanborn
Massachusetts State Board of Correction and Charities
Lower Peninsula
Upper Peninsula
Michigan Asylum For the Insane
Kalamazoo
W. M. Edwards
H. B. Osborn
T. R. Mills
C. F. Cook
Hillsdale
Henry Spring
Grand Rapids
Eastern Michigan
Pontiac
A. C. Baldwin
A. J. Sawyer
W. C. Stevens
Ann Arbor
Joseph Armstrong
Lapeer
Jane M. Kinney
Port Huron
Northern Michigan Asylum
Traverse City
Lorin Roberts
H. C. Davis
Thomas '. Bates
John Maywood
Bad Axe
C. I. Backus
Detroit
Upper
Michigan Asylum For
Ionia
Roberts
Munson
Mills
Osborn
Townsend
Christian
Baldwin
Stevens
W. G. Vinton
Miss Vinton
Mattison
Storrs
Boyce
Backus
Maywood
H. Noble
Morgan Bates
Chicago
Perry Hannah
Senator Milliken
J. W. Milliken
W. H. Foster
J. T. Hannah
C. L. Whitney
Davis
Bates
Crawford
Death of Mrs Jane Commins Long Lake Resident
Mrs Jane Commins wife of E G Commins long time Long Lake resident died yesterday at her home from old age. She leaves her husband and two children Jason Commins and Mrs FE H Neal of Long Lake. Funeral from Friends church at Long Lake this afternoon under undertaker Anderson.
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Jane Commins
Long Lake
E. G. Commins
Jason Commins
FE. H. Neal
Friends Church
Anderson
Mrs Frankie Dies After Long Illness in City Area
Mrs Frankie wife of Gotlib Frankie living southwest of the city died at 10 30 Saturday evening from cardiac dropsy in her 47th year. She had suffered eight years from stomach trouble and was under physicians care much of the time. The funeral was held at nine Tuesday morning from the house with services by Rev W K Wright. Women love a clear healthy complexion. Pure blood makes it. Burdock Blood Bitters makes pure blood.
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Frankie
Gotlib
W. K. Wright
Naboth’s Vineyard and Ahab’s Downfall in Kings
A sermon on first Kings chapter twenty one unfolds Naboth’s death at Jezebel’s hands and Ahab’s downfall. Naboth refuses sale of his inheritance, Jezebel engineers false witnesses, Naboth is stoned, and prophecy warns that doom follows. The preacher contrasts Nehemiah and Daniel with Ahab’s selfishness and highlights divine justice and eternal judgment.
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Ahab
Naboth
Israel
Ezek. xlvi
Jezebel
Dan
Nehemiah
Daniel
Kingdom of
David
God
Esther
Mordecai
Belial
Abel
Moses
Bethlehem
Christ
John the Baptist
Joseph
Egypt
Stephen
Paul
Jesus
Letter from Alaska gold fields Replay ends with Klondike hardships
An 1898 letter from James H. Decker in Dawson City describes life in the Alaska gold fields. He notes sky-high prices for provisions, traps of the boom town, and plans to sail toward Eagle City and Forty Mile River in search of gold. He warns his wife to publish the letter so friends may read of the Klondike country hardships.
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James H. Decker
Glen Haven
Gold
Dawson City
Northwest Territory
Alaska
St. Michael
Skaguay
Dyea
Dalton Trail
Winchester
McDonalds
Eagle City
Forty Mile
God’s Country
Uncle Sam
Seventy Mile
Copper River
Klondyke
Billy
Levilles
Surgery on Snakes in Captivity
An Australian diamond snake at the Bombay museum nearly lost its sight from shed membranes on the eyes. A native snake keeper clipped away the membranes with scissors while another, with a surgeon's scalpel, removed eight eye membranes from a king cobra in a separate operation.
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Bombay Museum
J. M. Phipson
Bombay Natural History Society
Distressing outlook for a friend’s vaccination leg
A Cleveland girl worried about a playmate who injured her knee fearing a lost limb. The friend recovered, and the girl explained the vaccination leg would be cut if the leg were removed, sparking a humorous misunderstanding about vaccination.
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Cleveland
Mamma
Bella
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Useful Neighbors Quip on Child Rearing
A Boston Transcript quips that if parents struggle with children, the best solution is sending them to the neighboring family who allegedly can make the children behave. The joke plays on neighborly expectations and discipline.
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Boston Transcript
Allen's Foot-Ease praised by Annie Oakley
Miss Annie Oakley writes that Allen's Foot-Ease powder relieves stings corns bunions and foot aches. It claims to cure hot nervous or sweating feet and is sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents with free samples offered.
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Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill Wild West Co
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. U
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement and Warranty
One hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh cured neither by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Endorsers West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin attest to F J Cheney of Toledo. Cure taken internally and claims to act on blood and mucus surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Testimonials free.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
O. Walding
Kinnan & Marvin
O. Hall
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OF Michigan Asylum Boards
Eod
D. M
Jas. H. Decker
G. W. E. Ruese
Disraeli
Lord Beaconsfield
Hughenden
Golden Gate
German Forest
Dizzy
Exchequer
Leaconsfield
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Kf Flicker
New York
Bears
the Centaur Company
NEW YO
Lewis
Wat
Frank Friedrich
Munn & Co
Scientific American
F St
Washington, D.C
Canada
Western
Wheat
Gold Belt
M.V. McInnes
Merrill Block
Do. Cavane
Mich
Anda
J. Crieves
Reed City
Pioneer Livery
B. ] Morgan, Propr
Harpers Bazar
Bazar
Traverse Bay Eagle
Wm. Black
Mr. Black
Wm. Dean Howells
Narpers
Grand Travé
Eagle Office
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