The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-02-10
WyandOtte in
Years Gone By
20 YEARS AGO

20 YEARS AGO
Collections made by the municipal
light and water plant in January, 1889
amounted to but $1,174.6O, divided as
follows: Water, $798.84; electric lights,
$1sS5S; fixtures, SD SO; received from
expense fund for lighting library, 1892
e. N. Drouillard was relieved Of his
job as chief engineer at the city plant
Alvin Boettner was named as q tenn
pOrary employe in the position.
Nothing was too good for the Miehi-
gan Alkan club. In February, 40 years
ago, it completed arrangements for q
concert at MARKS opera house, with
such celebrities OF the day as Harold
Jarvis, Virginia Eastman, Mr.. HOff-
man, 'cellist, and Miss Gilmore On the
program.
The Business Mems committee was
CndeavOring to secOre the location OF
the ClOugh & Warren Piano and Organ
Company in WyandOtte. The concerns
plant at Detroit had been recently des-
trOyed by fire.
The new Hotel Klatt al Biddle ave
nue. and North Line road, was formally
opened by william Klatt, the prOprie-
tor Some years later, Mr.. Klatt took
q commanding position IN the move
theater world at Detroit.
Henry COokenmaster, old resident.
died at the age Of II.
Scenic or sporting? The Herald re-
marked: The basket ball match al
Arbeiter hall last Friday evening, given
by the young ladies of the high school.
proved to be very pleasant analr
William ]. Kreger closed contract
for a twO-stOry frame residence ana
shoe store on Biddle avenue, south of
the Commercial hotel
Constant Bouchard, member of An
old Ecorse family, many OF whose des-
Cendants are living today, died at the
age Of 80 years
Joseph J. HOerSch, maestro Of the
dancing floor, arranged the following
movements as part of a grand march
ut an Arbeiter society dance: Maltese
cross, double square, rail fence, lovers
lane. reversible wheels, double star,
double winding Of the spring.
A Huron township man effected his
release from the county Jail by getting
married 10 a lockwood woman. JUS
tice Barney" DeLisle tied the nuptial
knot.
The Congregational church named
Milton X. Wood, j. IL Bishop, Frank
T.. Welch, Mrs. Sylvester Pray and Mrs.
Harry StOddard as committee TO sci
Get a new pastor TO succeed Rev. ).
Humphreys, resigned.
The comic valentine was In It's
heyday ~ years ago. Catalan Brothers
announced a line of the miSSives rang
ing in price from one cent 10 one dol
lar.
A Trenton jury, assembled TO cOnsid-
or the complaint OF "a man who had
had his wife arrested for cruelty,
brought in the following left-handed
verdict: we find that complainant has
no cause of\action, and II he don't
take care Of his family in the future
we win pull him"
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IS YEARS AGO
The City Commission ordered the
paving with" concrete Of Vine street,
(now VinewoOd avenueJ and Front
street (nOw Van Alstyne bOulevafd):
Wyandotte paid out hut $50 for poor
relief during the month Of January.
1914
The Board Of Health disallOwed the
claims Of two local physicians who
presented bills for smallpox vaccina-
tions. The board took the ground that
such treatment formed 4 part OF the
duties of the attending physician and
were taken care of in the fees for calls.
This was the menu for a Washington
supper given by the Dorcas society o1
the Presbyterian church: Roast beef
and ham. mashed potatoes and brown
rxsyy. salad. baked beans and brown
bread. nut bread, rolls, olives, pickles,
t+liy, cherry pie and whipped cream,
coffee.
The farce comedy All Mistake
was presented by THE Singing society
of Trinity Lutheran church.
The steel steamship Huron, built Tor
the Wyandotte Transportation Com
many. was launched at the EeOrse yard
Cf the Great Lakes Engineering works.
Miss Stella Ford broke a bottle or wine
over the ships bow. The boat was des-
tined for rhe stone and coal trade be
tween Apena, wyandOtte and Lake
Erie ports.
- Contractor Richards had the Carne-
gle library building up and enclosed
in February, 1914.
In order to prevent one-sided con
tests. players in the indoor base ball
teams sponsored by Wyandotte mer
chants were scrambled about with the
idea OF placing the teams ON q more
even basis.
The Arbeitef society protested form
ally against the proposed increase IN
liouor licenses from $500 to $500.