Town Topics: Local Openings and Obits
United Brethren moving rapidly under John Cook. W L Brown builds two houses on Barlow between Eighth and Webster. Mrs Elizabeth Swarthout of Williamsburg gets widow’s pension. Chicago Waffle House closes 209 Front Street and returns to Charlevoix. Petertyl links wagon shop to Bell Telephone, number 290. Willy S Anderson to Oviatt for Anna Louise Brooks funeral. Hahner joins A M Oviatt’s shop. Hatch Crossing flag station led by Mrs S S Hated heading to Grand Rapids for 8 months. Mrs Agnes L d Arcambell ill in Detroit. Primary school money apportioned: Grand Traverse County gets $5,203. Miss Ethel Thomas improving. Original Bakery at 517 Union open. telephone 188. Carload of pianos and instruments received from W W Kimball via N E Strong. Central W T U meets at Mrs Harvey Curtis’s Friday at 2:30. Curtis to lead program. Remains of Father Gallagher taken through city. interment in Philadelphia. Ira F Gordon patents a spraying device for Traverse City Potato Implement Co. Col M A Aldrich confined in Grand Rapids hospital after carnival parade injury. Mrs H W Cunningham ill after long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira F. Gordon
Traverse City Potato Implement Company
Col. M. A. Aldrich
Grand Rapids
Hunting party brings eight deer from the forest
A City Attorney Gilbert Alderman Desmond Fred Kneeland B Bristol and J J Tweddle arrived from the upper peninsula with eight deer. Mrs Amy DeLong of East Bay died of consumption at age thirty six, leaving a husband and five children. funeral Friday at 10 AM. An ill patient after bowel inflammation is improving after surgery by Dr Evans with Drs Martin and Thompson. A local pharmacy promotes beef iron and wine for health in a shop window display.
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Evans
Martin
Thompson
Upper Peninsula
Gilbert
Alderman Desmond
Fred Kneeland
Bristol
J. J. Tweddle
Amy DeLong
Philip DeLong
East Bay
Local residents noted for sickness and travel updates
PERSONAL W. J. Post is confined to his home due to sickness. John Frye and L E Collin returned to Empire yesterday. Dr J M Loudon came back from Paw Paw Michigan. Hon J W Milken returned from a northern state trip. Prosecuting Attorney A J Dougherty of Elk Rapids is in the city on business. W F Hobbs of Bellaire is in town buying goods for building a county capitol residence. Frank Hamilton moved to Beardman Avenue and State Street for a few months. Miss Millie Marehall of Old Mission visits Mrs C M Beers. Dr J D Munson attends Michigan Asylums joint board in Kalamazoo. Capt H Lince left for Grand Rapids to visit family for a month. Mrs Lince remains in Grand Rapids for Carnival. Will Mersman arrived from Petoskey to work with Gospel Review. Cr Whitney leaves for two weeks visiting relatives in Michigan. Mrs Whitney will join Mr Whitney in Saginaw for Thanksgiving with family.
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John Frye
L E Collin
Empire
J. M. Loudon
Paw Paw
Mich
J. W. Milken
A. J. Dougherty
Elk Rapids
W. F. Hobbs
Bellaire
J. E. Greilick Co
Antrim County
Frank Hamilton
Beardman Avenue
State Street
Millie Marehall
Old Mission
C. M. Beers
J. D. Munson
Kalamazoo
Michigan Asylums
H. Lince
Grand Rapids
Sugar Beets Factory to Be Built at Monroe
A sugar beet factory is planned for Monroe with contracts sought from local farmers. The Monroe Commercial reports profits from beets, citing a Avon farmer’s trial yield and cost data, and notes nine hundred acres more needed to locate the plant. Rail freight rates and migrant labor patterns are described as supportive factors for the venture.
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Monroe
Pontiac
Mich
Free Press
Oakland County
Bay County
Lake Shore
Mid. Central
Lima Northern
Carleton
Germany
U S
Europe
Memory Meeting Notice From C E Society
The C E Society of the Congregational church will hold a memory meeting next Sunday evening at their usual time. Members are asked to commit Psalm 147 and review songs for the meeting including Doxology Hallowed Hour of Prayer Blessed Assurance Holy is the Lord He Leadeth Me All Hail the Power Thus Hearted Whole Hearted We Praise Thee We Bless Thee What a Wonderful Savior and Faith is the Victory.
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C. E. Society of the Congregational Church
Disease A Curse Health A Blessing Unmasked
An advertisement urges inquiry into medical practitioners as charlatans prey on the afflicted. Dr Ottman of B S & Co Muskegon Michigan advertises a two day visit to Traverse City at the Whiting Hotel offering free private consultations on November 19 and 20 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Ottman
Muskegon, Mich
Traverse City
Whiting Hotel
Ladies to view embroideries exhibit at Tackabury millinery
Miss Doyle returns to open a display of art embroideries and materials at Miss Pearl Tackabury's millinery shop on Friday November 17.
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Miss Doyle
Miss Pearl Tackaburys
Accident on Munson block injures Charles E. Taylor
At a work site on the Munson block Charles E. Taylor fell when using an elevator blockaded by a mortar load. He suffered a cut on the nose and torn ankle ligaments with the injury likely to keep him from work for some time.
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Munson
Charles E. Taylor
Taylor
Divorce Granted by Judge Buck in Magee Case
Judge Buck grants Katherine Magee a divorce from John C Magee on grounds of desertion. Kalamazoo News notes the decision and references the unsettled marriage.
A Ute Funeral Procession at Dawn
A night of drumbeats wails and sorrow ends as a Ute funeral procession nears. Women with charcoal faces, the dead warrior’s favorite horse and dog accompany the corpse, bedecked and enshrouded for burial on the Book plateau.
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Mother Earth
Book Plateau
Lippincott’s
Erosion and Fog Horn on Farallones Island History
In Harper's Magazine John E. Bennett describes Farallones rocks eroded by sea and air drafts through a long hole. The government installed a fog horn nozzle at the upper end to warn ships but only at high tide. When silent at low tide a ship could run aground. A steam siren later replaced the wind hole warning.
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Farallones
Seaboard Islands
Pacific
John E. Bennett
Harper’s Magazine
The Boy and His Cap
Story notes a boy losing a cap and the family’s scramble to find it. The mother halts chores to search, questions arise about where it was placed, and the cap is eventually found in a simple spot, sparking exasperation and lessons about forgetfulness.
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New York Sun
Suburban Homes in the United States Versus England
Montague Marks argues that American suburbs surpass England in new homes with varied gabled and verandaed designs, while English versions are monotonously ugly and built by speculative builders acting as their own architects, diminishing skyline appeal.
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United States
England
Richardson
America
Montague Marks
Heirloom Joke Book Comes From Father to Son
The dying minstrel tells his eldest son there is no money to inherit but the heirloom from his father. He places the worn joke book in the young man’s hand and dies, claiming the book will make him a living as it did for his father and himself.
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Indianapolis Journal
Corpse Rises to Drag Curtain in Provincial Theatre
A comedy scene after a tragedy ends with the villain dead and the curtain three feet above the stage. Efforts to lower it fail until the corpse rises, in a sepulchral voice, to drag down the curtain and declare No rest even in the grave.
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London
Florist Sends Floral Lyre After Pleader’s Death
In a Philadelphia North American item a funeral mishap is reported as friends of a deceased Pleader ordered an appropriate tribute but the florist sent a floral lyre instead. The error prompted public mirth over the overly artistic misstep.
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Philadelphia
Sunday School Workers Convene in Saginaw Delegates Present
The state convention opened with Mrs Milliken of this city presenting a paper on Kindergarten in the Sunday School. Rev J C Carman spoke on singing in the primary department. M H Reynolds outlined all departments and new branches. Michigan totals 4500 schools and 405400 members. Treasurer W L C Reid reported finances as fair with a $47 balance. R L Wilton of Detroit was elected president, with Battle Creek chosen for next year’s meeting.
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Saginaw
W. Milliken
Milliken
J.C. Carman
The
Baptist Church
Sing Ng
M. H Reynolds
Michigan
W. L. C. Reid
Jackson
Treasury
R. L. Wilton
Deroit
Battle Creek
Music line at WWwW Kimball Co Store
The notice lists a music line at the Kimball Company Store located at 235 Front Street with N E Strong as manager. The fragment indicates a catalog or display item in a retail context without further details.
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Wwww. Kimball Co
Front Street
N E Strong, Mgr
Robben the Grave Medical Testimony
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a near fatal illness with yellow skin, sinking eyes and back pain. After three doctors gave up, he tried Electric Bitters, saw rapid improvement after one bottle, and credits the remedy with saving his life at 50 cents a bottle in local drug stores.
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John Oliver
Philadelphia
J.G. Johson’s
SS E
W. W. Kimball Co Offers Half Price Song Catalog
Music store manager N. E. Strong announces a half price sale on latest songs and marches at W. W. Kimball Co. Limited quantities and dates not specified.
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W. W. Kimball Co
N. E. Strong
New Saw Mill Opens on Beaver Island
N Stebbins of St James Beaver Island reports a new saw mill with shingles, a dock, and three logging camps on Beaver Island. They plan to cut about 1.5 million logs and employ roughly 15 mill workers and 12 in each camp as operations begin.
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Beaver Island
N. Stebbins
St. James
SAGLE
Daily Eagle Want Ads Boost Quick Returns
Daily Eagle urges readers to use want ads for fast results, highlighting easy listings and rapid responses for sellers and buyers alike.
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Daily Eagle
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M. B. Covell
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Perry Hannah
A. T. Lay
Jas. Morgan
T. Hannah
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W. L. Brown
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Eighth and
Webster Streets
Elizabeth Swarthout
Williamsburg
R. N. Faulkner
Chicago Waffle House
Charlevoix
A. J. Petertyl
Bell Telephone Exchange
Willys. Anderson
Oviatt
Anna Louise Brooks
Hahner
O. E. Bemus
Princess Barbershop
A. M. Oviatt
Hatch’ Crossing
8S. Hated
Agnes L. d’Arcambell
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Grand ‘Traverse County
Ethel Thomas
Chas. Lawrence
Union Street
W. W. Kimball
Chicago
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Central W. ©. T. U
Harvey Curtis
Seventh Street
Coloeck
Curtis
Father Gallagher
H W. Cunningham
Evera
E. E. Miller
W. J. Post
C. E. Thanksgiving Service
C. B. Taylor
Kavanaugh
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Second Street
Helm
Royal Baking Powder CO
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Alfred V
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Hannah & Lay Company
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