The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-11-25

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Rev. jones held Thanksgiving services in
the town hail.
lSSS was the year in which Bcnianin
Harrison was elected president urd Tile
Thanksgiving number 0i the "DRiLL h.
filled with am account OF Publication
that cclipscd anything over heard OF On
this range. A school column edited
by Miss Blasdcll contains mention fd
Thanksgiving; brass band was ol-
snnized; all tie mines were working a
bie medicine dance at the Banucrmin
house by tho remnant of the Mencmincc
indmns in this vicinity, a Thanksgiving
masquerade aud preaching bv T. w
Brown AZ il,c NJ T. church. The ,cnr
1850 WAS a very busy one in Crystal
Falls and the outlook at Thankssi, ing
that ecar was analogous 60 thata The
present time. The mines wcro AN WORK
lng and The first sembanccs of the boom
that struck the city ia the following
ycar we've appearing upon the horizon.
Thanksgiving was observed ia The usual
manner, Rev. Jones preaching Il thanks
giving sermon ~ the NJ L church.
1890 was the year of the hnilling
boom, many OF the linc residences, the
court house and several business places
having been erected during that year
The railroad was built through to
Amasa and to the Mansfield and nl
the mines were operated full blast So
that Thanksgiving that year iounl
everyone busy aud ia good spirits
The Iiremaa hid grand ball
Thanksgiving evening; the institution OF
n lodge Of |. O @. II. occurred Thinks,
giving week nnd Thanksgiving services
were held at all of the churches. Like.
wise was 1891 u busy year The great
ball given by the X of +. lolec oyc
Swallowed all social events coming ncar
The time uf Thanksgiving that year
There was the customary dcvotinna
exercises ut the churches; nll of il1
stores wcrc closed in the afternoon ana
a dance followed IN the evening. Thr
year 1892 was as prosperous and, 10
f''N - - INV ii'flt ~ NlltAll iDVls OflOW
came carly that year aud Thanksgiving
day found enough of il ON the ground
to make fine sleigh ng An business wnsi
suspended during the day; appropriate
exercises were held at the churches and
John Dillon entertained the people in
the evening in a Model Husband. !
With lS93 came the panic. The nincsi 4
-'f NrNs'tf,l Fails closcd.onc after ahuthcfI
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February and ending with the greai
Mansfield cnia,trohpc early IN October.
Logging operations were almost slls.
pended aud, barring a icw iobbcrs here
and there who were putting ia" bass.
wood, there was absolutely no work to
he had But the most serious blow toi
Crystal Falls cainc IN the failure OF
the state Bank 10y which the savings OF
almost AL our people were tied up. II
was blue Thanksgiving that year but
set. il was not So buc hut that the
people ~ our city found something to br
thankiuliur aud .Whithall lthcdrawbacks
there was a deal OF ncrrimcnt and well
attended dcvoiinnl exercises, Dnnne
the summer Of 1891 the mines began to
start NJ. There wns great demand
f,r men ia the woods occasiuncd 10y the
forest fires which destroyed the timber
of tie Dinmogd Match aud other com
panics north oi us. A great many of
the lboring men having families here
went To thc Ontonagon country and the
money that they sent home TO their
families added to that earned 10y the
fortunntcs who found employment
nearer homo and at home, served to
Iiycn mp things greatly. Thanksgiving
dny was observed IN school aud church
The NJ. T. Sunday school entertaining
the people at Odd Fellows Inll ia
the evening. The year 1875 was u
fnlrly good one lor Crystal Falls There
was temporary boom in iron circles
during the year but It did not last.
There was enough work here for all oar
people and ,allh ugh the wages were low.
everyone firrl well and Thanksgiving
day was ns well observed ns ever
Presidential election IN 1896 brought IN
It's wake a suspension ~ work at all of
the mines aud times were bard but.
with the election over, things began to
brighten Nevertheless, this was u
Ind year for Crystal Falls both IN the
mines aud woods. 1897 was, owing to
conditions existing about herr, also u
hnd year. There WAS u dull iron mar.
kct. aud the elgft nt the Columbia.
which hud been the mnin stay OF the
town for couple or years, oavcd during
the summer throwing great many men
out uf employment Vet ihc iuiuiv
showed promise AMI everyone Joined IN
the observance 81 Thanksgiving with "a
lighter heart than they did tlic prcviou-
/ year. Times kept growing brighter and
/ last ycnr ut this Time we stood upon the
verge uI a very promising mtur. The
Groat Western mime had just chingrd
hnutis. and work was started IN q small
way about the mine. Things were "hok
/ ing up and ~ were the spirits of the
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