Michigan Manufacturing Industries Growth and Structure
Michigan leans on strong transportation and water power as it built a diverse manufacturing base. From 1849 to 1909 its manufactured product value rose from 11.2 million to 685.1 million with 271,071 workers in 1909. Automobiles led, accounting for 38.8 percent of national output in 1909, while lumber, foundries, and food products followed, shaping Michigan’s status as a leading manufacturing state.
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Michigan
Seaboard
Union
Great Lakes
New York
Buffalo
East
Cleveland
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
United States
States of the Union
Detroit
Saginaw Valley
Grand
Saginaw
Muskegon
Alpena
Manistee
Ludington
Cheboygan
Grand Haven
Train and car pace limits Earth circumference ethics
A lighthearted note argues that at 60 miles per hour a train would circle the globe in 17 days, while a car would not due to inevitable court time for drivers, reflecting on transportation speed and legal consequences.
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Redd
Greene
State Happenings Recap of Michigan Local News
Ionia county supervisors pass a resolution to set able bodied tramps to road work. Sault Ste. Marie reports the death of John Wills from a scaffold fall at Oscar Daniels company. Kalamazoo notes ptomaine poisoning confines 15 students at Normal and Kalamazoo colleges. Pontiac burglars steal $300 in gold from three dental offices. Monroe reveals an appeal against a county equalization raise of $100,000. Hillsdale awards Mrs. Wells $497.38 from Prudential after premiums. Eaton Rapids marks Jacob Bahney’s 98th birthday and voting record. Flint a parolee, Charles Johnson, is charged with robberies and stolen jewelry recovered. Ypsilanti officials obtain speed violation certification guidance from the attorney general. Muskegon remembers John Torrent, lumber baron and former mayor. Shelby reports $15,000 fire loss at Oceana Canning plant, with insurance. Ann Arbor jurors award $3,000 to Henry Schwessinger over his son’s streetcar death. Don Smith, alias EB Newton, sentenced 90 days for false pretenses in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Jackson notes 1916 Michigan King’s Daughters convention in Owosso. Traverse City reports fisherman Joseph Cozart drowned at Sutton’s Bay. Hillsdale reelects Dr. H. C. Miller as county physician. stenographer not funded. Grand Rapids covers Alfred Solomonson’s blood donation for his father’s pernicious anemia.
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Lonia
Ionia
Sault Ste. Marie
John Wills
Oscar Daniels Company
Kalamazoo
Pontiac
F. H. Walters
J. D. Compton
Lowe
Monroe
Board of
Gilday
la Salle
Hillsdale
Cora M. Wells
Prudential Insurance Company
Eaton Rapids
Jacob Bahney
Eaton County
Bahney
Flint
Charles Johnson
Jackson
Ypsilantia Officils
Grant Fellows
Muskegon
John Torrent
Whitehall
Traverse City
Michigan
Grand Haven
Shelby
Oceana Canning Company
Ann Arbor
Henry Schwessinger
Detroit
Detroit, Jackson & Chicago Railway
Henry, Jr
Young Schwessinger
Wayne
Detroit Western
Ypsilanti
Don Smith
EB. L. Newton
Detroit House of Correction
Wroth
Smith
Ann
J. N. Lewis
D. H. Hunt
Lottie Clark
J. C. Rexford
E. F. Newell
East Lansing
Elizabeth M. Forman
Mt. Clemens
Allen Reed
F. A. Darling
Rose Day
Coldwater
Josephine Murfin
C. D. Aldrich
Lansing
Joseph Cozart
Sutton’s Bay
H. C. Miller
Harry McClare
Grand Rapids
Alfred Solomonson
Howard City
St. Mary's Hospital
Remarkable Philadelphia Carpenter Houses 10000 Tropical Fish
William L. Paullin, a Philadelphia carpenter, nurtures about 10,000 tropical and goldfish in aquaria at his home. His collection spans India to South America, with rare two Pterophyllum scalers valued at 150 dollars. He uniquely bred these fish from youngsters and notes the mouth breeder Paratilapia multicolor guarding its offspring.
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Hiladelphia
William L. Paullin
Florida
Brazil
Mr. Paullin
America
India
Siam
China
Africa
Mexico
South America
Seven Corpulent Men Trapped in Broadway Elevator
Seven corpulent men including Bob Harris brother-in-law of Lew Fields were stuck in a Broadway Theater elevator after a rehearsal for a play. They shouted for beer as police and firemen tried to free them from a 3 by 5 by 7 space beneath the first floor. Lew Fields arranged aid then the elevator was pried open after hours of confinement.
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York
Bob Harris
Lew Fields
Broadway
Broadway Theater
William White
Fields
West Thirtieth Street
Magee Pushes Peanut Across Town In Odd Wager
East Orange ice dealer George W. Magee bet Jim Savage could not lose to Charlie Weinert at Madison Square Garden. Magee fulfilled the loser’s side by crawling a 1.75 mile route with a peanut atop a lantern on a painter’s truck. About 10,000 spectators watched as Magee inched along while Jack O’Neil claimed victory for the winner.
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AST Orange
N. J
George W. Magee
East Orange
Jim Savage
Madison Square Garden
Charlie Weinert
Jack O'Neil
Weinert
Magee
O'Neil
St. Mark's Triangle
West Orange
Main Street
J. F. Cronen
O'Neill
Kansas City Prisoners Dog Walk at Court
In a South Side court Judge Casimir Welch listens as George Byson explains a humorous “dog walk” incident after 25 Black individuals were arrested about 1:30 am at 2008 East Nineteenth Street. The courtroom erupts in clapping and approval before the judge fines all present five dollars each.
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Ansas
George Byson
East Nineteenth Street
Casimir J. Welch
South Side
Byson
Minnie Sawyer
Justice Welch
Houcha-Me-Koutch
Minnie
George
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Philadelphia
Gotham
Kansas City
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