The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-08-25
WydndOtte in
Years Gone By
40 YEARS AGO

Anc Ldle FRANK falfcDll0 invented
trolley catcher for electric cars The
device was proving SO efficient that
there was talk Of establishing a fac
tory in Wyandotte for its manufac-
ture
ARRANGEMENTS were completed for
the establishment of Emergency hos
pital Three hundred employees VI the
Michigan Alkah Company agreed TO
contribute 90 cents each month toward
expenses. The hospital staff comprised
Drs. c. - Reid. w &. lambert and
Il. j. LanglOis The following ladies
board was chosen MeSlim mes Edward
Ford, George T. MacNichOl. Steele,
Christian, Lambert, LInglois, Bishop,
Kirby, Pray. Babcock, +. y. Clark,
Rafier, Doyle and Denman. A young
ladies hospital mission was also Or
ganiZed with these members: Misses
Edna Ford, Emily W. Pray, Bishop,
BabcOck, Louise Clark, Florence ked
Zie and Olive Smith.
Conrad A. ROehri: and Miss Mamie
Cuddy were married Jt Detroit on
August -. 1899.
Two thousand Wayne county Demo
Gratis attended Il blowout on Sugar
Island Mayor Maybury of Detroit and
Mayor Rose of milwaukee, made
speeches. and also Timothy f. Tarsney
and James ii. Pound.
Andrew Jublinski, SalOOnkeeper in
the old Third ward had some beer
glasses Of which be was mighty proud
The glasses held three pints Of beer
and were so large that when man
put one 10 his lips, the upper portion
of the rim rested On the top OF his
head. One day a local physician anG
several friends called at the dispensary
and asked to be shown the glasses.
When the party left, according 10 job
linaki, three of the glasses were miss
ing. WhereupOn the doctor was arrest
ed on charge Of larceny.
Members If the Detroit Embalmers'
Association, with their wives and
Sweethearts. 10 the number OF 40 in
all. held a jolly party AT the home of
Christian Thon OH Front street.
Henry Il. Girar,in made hit, said
the Milwaukee papers, when he sang
In one Of the churches Of the WlscOn-
sin city.
There were. nu automobile thieves III
the gay uineties But when William
Lindsay of Taylor came 10 town ana
parked" his horse and buggy in the
Burlington hotel barn. the outfit was
stolen. Two days later Marshal Melody
recovered the horse and rig two miles
outside If town
Work was stopped temporarily Oh
the new Presbyterian church, when II
was decided To- substitute pressed brick
for the common kind.
Work was plentiful in WyandUtte. 40
years ago. The Herald recorded: The
Alkali works are running full blast,
new men are being taken Oh ut the
Shipyard as fast IA they can be secur-
ed. and the J. III. Bishop Co. are short
on male help, although about % addl-
tional men have been put to work
during the past week.
River Rouge settlement. with a pop
ulation of 100, was talking about in
corporation as village.
Forty years ago, the city made
flat charge of 50 much per month FOR
each electric lamp in place, regard
less of amount of current used Tom
plaint was made that some patrons
were using - candle power lamps,
while paving rates for Is candle pow
er. Whereupon began the first local
agitation for the use Of meters.
25 YEARS AGO
Lincoln Raubolt was high man III
shoot held 10y the Wolverine Gun club,
getting ~ out of -. Ed. Murphy was
second. with 23.
There was talk of barring the newly
elected members Of the Board Of Edu-
cation from acting Oh the board, Tor
the reason that they had Qualified
with the city clerk instead Of the Sec
rotary Of the board. as required by
law. Judge Durfee gave an opinion
that the will of the people must rule,
saying that the new members could
be appointed by the old board. as
though q vacancy existed, ana cOulu
then be sworn in by the secretary.
Owing Ia the world war, the Wyan-
dotte Arbeiter society decided to aban-
DON the holding of a German day cele-
bratiOn in WyandOtte.
The WyandOtte Indians joined the
Michigan State Foot Ball League Otn-
er teams in the league were Windsor
Mt. Clemens. Jackson. Flint and the
Greys and Heralds Of Detroit.