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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-04-07
DOCUMENT
CNEARTHED AT AMHERSTBURG

On Tuesday morning remarkable
document came TO our desk-the orig
inal transcript of the record Of the
papers and the proceedings Of the
court i'm Cincinnati, Ohio. which set
Susan HOlton and her two children,
John NJ. Scott HOltOn and Laura Dor
cas- Hoiton. free from slavery. This
document. dated October Is. 1865, Is
Of special interest for the reason that
Mrs. Holton and her family later came
10 Amherstburg and their descendants
are leading negro residents Of this
G. immunity. M the present time AM
berStl,urg Echo.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-04-07
Fire Loss Was
$500 in March

While - fire alarms were TUNED in
daring March. the monthly report OF
Chief GusfaT Anselms shows the
total loss 10 have been but $3.50.
Alarms were responded TO as follows ::
STATION No, /, 3: No. 2. 3; No. 3, IL.
There was a cali 10 EcOrse township
end one resources
Causes Of alarms We're: Dwellings,
3: grass. 4: rubbish. 2 foundry, ::
wood ties, / comfort station. j; auto.
4: barns. =; electric wires. 1 store
and Office, 1: lanterns. L: false alarm,
1: flushing overflow Of oil. 1.
Property involved had a total value
Of $40. 400 and was insured for $35!OOo.
Fire loss in March, 1895. was $40.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-04-07
Boxing Show
Next Week

The WyandOtte Exchange club Is
sponsoring a boxing tournament to be
held at St Patrick gymnasium next
week, on the evenings of April 10, II
and IA. All entries will be from the
Wyandotte school system, and pro-
ceeds will 90 TO aviation and handi-
craft programs.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-04-07
Building in County
During Februar y

WyandOtte ranked fourth among
Wayne county towns OsIside OF De
troit in February building. The flguies
were: Dearborn, $2O3, 800; Royal Oak,
S44.1O: Ferndale, $37 1905; Wyan-
ffotte. So $50: Crosse Pointe Park.
s22 .JD8: Hamtramck. $500; Highland
Park. $1,I25; Melvindale, 500
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-04-07
Permit Granted
for Ladies' Fair

The Council at its session Tuesday
night granted permit for a fair or
spring festival To be given by the lad
fes' drum and bugle corps Of the Vet
Grams Of Foreign wars, at the old ship
yard grounds, Biddle avenue, on June
8 To IL inclusive.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-04-07
WyandOtte in
Years Gone By
20 YEARS Ago


Henry ROehrig defeated w. w. Bish-
OPP Dor the Office Of mayor by major
tty OF 30. With the exception Of mayor
and Second ward supervisor, which
Latter Office was won by Theodore
Megges. the entire Republican city
ticket was successful.
FOrty-three WyandOtte soldiers who
served in Company +, Thirty-fif
Michigan Volunteers, arrived home
from the south. Owing to a report that
the train was not to stop until it reach
Ell Detroit, reception planned for the
soldiers was abandoned The Herald
reported that "the boys were all in the
best OF health and spirits and many of
them have gained flesh during their
stay in the south"
Ecorse reported 46 cases of typhoid
fever. four Of them fatal, from August
3. 1898 to April 1, 1899
Headquarters of the mayor, city
clerk and city attorney We're all cen
tered In the Ffrst Commercial and Saw
ings bank building. 40 years ago.
st. Stephens EpiScOpa! church chose
the following vestrymen: o. H. Chris
tan, John Wayman, j. b. Ford, Jr.,
Alfred Steele, John NJ Parker, Adam
P:ersOn and Lyman p. johnson.
The old Methodist church building
was purchased by Hugo MehlhOSe, who
planned moving 1t to the adjoining lot
GU the north.
IS YEARS AGO
These were the winners in the city
election - years ago, In 1914: Mayor,
Charles II. Mari; city commissioners,
Hubert s. AmiOt, Charles Gartner and
Carl +. Schroeder; city clerk. Charles
III. Block; city treasurer, James G.
Headman; justice Of the peace, Henry
. MalOch; cOnstables, Carl Juchartz,
luther Grasley, James Bowlsby and
Charles Sanders. A water and light
bond proposition, calling for bonds to-
falling $4,000, received a majority Of
go. but failed to get the necessary
twO-thirds vote.
The City Commission awarded con-
tracts for paving Poplar, Vine and
Chestnut streets to X. ID. Baker & Co.,
of Detroit
An old generator at the light plant
was sold for $3.50.
There were q births and Is deaths
in Wyandotte during March, 1914.
A total of 1.772 votes was east at
the city election.
Mayor Charles H. Mari treated the
then present and incoming city Off
Gals to Il beefsteak supper at Carl +.
SchrOeder'S cafe.
John 8 Smith, former we'll known
rclling mill man. died at his home i'll
Melrose, Mich.
The Presbyterian Brotherhood elect
cd Arthur f. Baisley president, Henry
4. Genthe and James CalderwoOd vice
presidents. w 5. Matthews secretary
and Alexander Purdie treasurer.
Board of Education decided To in
troduce commercial course in the
high school.
A pOstOffice department inspector
was rumOred to favor three lots on the
northeast corner of Biddle avenue and
Oak street for new $4,000 poStOffice.
The Tuesday Study club chose these
officers: President. Mrs. j. ;. Van Al
styne; first vice president, Mrs. j. II.
Bishop; second vice president. Mrs.
Flora Baxter; secretary and treasurer,
Mrs. n. g. BOwbeer; corresponding
secretary. Mrs. III. Il. Girardin.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-04-07

NOTICE OF REVIEW SPECIAL As
SESSMENT DISTRICTS FOR THE
LAYING AND CONSTRUCTING Or
CAST IRON WATER MAINS IN.
elusive OF ALL NECESSARY
HYDRANTS, GATES AND VALVES
AND OF WORK PERTINENT
THERETO, ROLLS NUMBERED
1S2 TO EOS INCLUSIVE, CITY or
WYANDOTTE
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
CHAPTER W

From within the Temple of Truth" came the tinkle of bells and the wailing of pipes.
 "Well, at least this is free" Christine said aloud, land after all, he gave me my start on the Boardwa.x."
 She slipped inside.
 On a stage designed to suggest all the mystery of the Orient, two slim girls, dressed as temple dancers, were gyrating and pros- trating themselves as if before an unseen presence.
 A deep gong sounded, and they scurried from sight. From behind a screen of grillwork that simu- lated delicately carved white mar ble, a shining figure in silver robes appeared as If by magic. He moved majestically forward and stood for moment, his arms crossed on his chest, his dark face lifted as If waiting - listening. Then he intoned in a deep, vibrant voice, "Thy servant is ready, O Krishna! Speak through these un- worthy lips"
 For a while Chandra's perform ance was much like others Chris tine had attended. He described small objects, gave the numbers of license cards, the insignia of lodge emblems, and the dates on letters which an assistant in a white turban took from people sit ting here and there and held, ap- parently without glancing at them, pressed against his own forehead.
 He read and answered questions without having seen or touched the cards on which they were written:
 "A lady wishes to know about . ring Yes, I see 1t clearly an emerald set In diamonds She thinks maid stole it."
 Suddenly the strange tawny eyes in the dark face fixed them selves upon a stout woman near Christine.
 "No, Madame, she did not take k You should have looked more carefully" Chandra went on sternly, before you accused a helpless servant of such crime Why, Madame, did it not occur to you that the ring might have slipped through that rip in the lining of your purse2"
 The woman gasped.
 Why not look now?" Chandrs suggested. Then, as the woman hesitated, he almost thundered Look now, Madame, and b, thankful that it is not too late t< repair the mischief you hay, donel"
 The woman fumbled in he, purse, cried out--a bit too sharply Christine thought-and held aloft something that glittered with green fire.
 "Oh, I am so sorry about that girl" she stammered. T - I don't know how to thank you, Swami
 Do not thank me, Madame, ' Chandra told her. Tt is the great god Krishna you must thank"
 "The great god my foot!" Christine thought derisively. And
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
SERIAL STORY
 Murder on the Boardwalk BY e. .1Hoe. eoAM & & sToNe @
the Beachmont telephone ex- change was a paid spy.

the Beachmont telephone ex- change was a paid spy.
 When Christine had recalled last nights conversation in the clear light of morning, 1t had entirely lost the frightening strangeness her own confusion and fatigue had lent it the night before. Of course everyone in Beachmont knew who Mrs. Emma Talbert was. Probably Cousin Emma had telephoned instructions to someone to see that her guest went to the Crestview, and the operator had overheard; and in her hurried attempt to pass on the information, had not had time to choose her words.
 But now 1t was not possible to put SO innocent a construction upon the girls strange behavior Of course she was this mans spy How easy to listen in, and find out that one of the wealthiest women on the beach was expect ing cousin to visit her, and the name of that cousin How easy when the cousin called the house and found her hostess absent, tc suggest hotel And how easy afterwards for this charaltan tC have had her every movement watched! -'~v
 Well, anyhow" Christine thought Ines not going to make a Roman holiday of me and get away with it."
 When the rest of the audience filed out, she remained stonily ir her seat. The clairvoyant came tc her at once.
 (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
CRANIl)M CRACKERS

Do you read as many books as the average person7 If so. you should be able to score high in this test. Choose the correct answer in each case, then compare with the list.
 1. Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath2" Julia Ward Howe, Julian Hawthorne, John Steinbeck.
 2. Gone With the Wind" con- cerns chiefly what American state2 South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Texts.
 3. What prominent European statesman has a current book on the stands relating to the interna- tional situation? Hitler, Chamber lain, Mussolini, Stalin?
 4. What recently dead authors work is now appearing postumous- ly? Thomas Wolfe, Ford Madox Ed Howe?
 5. What profile writer on psy- chology, whose latest book is now current, is dangerously i'll in Eng land? Alder, Freud, Jung, Watson?
 Questions on Back Page
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17
} STORIES
 IN STAMPS
Foned Eiffel Tower
 Weothers All Storms

tdmed ElrreI lower
 Weothers All Storms
 FOR 50 years storm of criticism A has ragged around the Eiffel Tower, famous Paris landmark. Even before its construction be- gan, critics labeled it "Tower of Babel" and a "frightful, odious nightmare" Today 1t has been termed unsafe, out of keeping with its surroundings, and peh- tions for it's removal have been circulated.
 But the old tower. reaching 1000 feet skyward. takes criticism as well as 1t withstands the rav- ages of time and weather.
 Built in 1889 as the central at traction of the. French Interna- tional Exposition, the tower is ex- ceeded in height only by the Em- pire State building (l248 feet) and the Chrysler building (l040 feet). It weighs 15.400, 900 pounds. is composed of l2.000 steel plates held together by 2,500.000 rivets.
 Approximately l7.0o0,000 per- cons have "climbed" the tower. Elevators now carry visitors to landings on each of the three plat forms, but in the early years Of inc towers history the climb was made on foot. Visitors pay most of the handsome revenue the tower brings the French govern ment, and advertising rental now increases it's annual earnings. The tower paid for itself -7.s0o.0oo francs---ln two years.
 The s0th anniversary Of the completion Of the ElfFel Tower is comrnem0rnted on the French ,.nI .s.lasaA <AanaD ahnea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17

that St0ogeS acting was terrible.
 All around she heard murmurs: Isn't the swami marvelous?" He told my sister who -" "-and 1t happened the very day he said it wouldl"
 Then abruptly, in the midst of a sentence, Chandra broke of, pressed his fingers to his eyes, and said - a startled note in his deep, somno- lent voice, But this must wait There comes to me - something urgentl"
 One could almost feel the silence in the room.
 'There is here at this moment" Chandra was going on, "a young woman who badly needs advice. . will not name her I will not even describe her or tell where she is sitting. I am particularly anxious neither to embarrass nor. annoy her - because the word has come to me that must help her if I can"
 Behind Christine a voice said, T never saw him do anything like this before. It gives me the creeps."
 It gave Christine the creeps.
 Whether 1t was deliberate trickery with the illumina tion or not, all the light T the room seemed to gather itself about the glittering fig- ure on the platform.
 within the last 24 hours" Chandra went on, "this young lady has encountered @ series of surprising experiences. She has met with a grave disappointment; she has, by a strange coincidence, unexpectedly found work when she most needed It."
 No one in the room seemed to breathe - least of all Christine.
 During the last 24 hours" the swami" was going on, this young lady has also received a mysteri- ous telephone communication con- corning something very near to her own safety, which I fear she has already decided to disregard. 1"
 But" Christine thought with a sickening clutch of premonition, "why--he can't mean mel"
 She did not know whether she moved, or even spoke the words aloud. In any event, there was a sudden craning of necks.
 T must ask for quietp Chan dra's voice cracked. You will, if you please, keep your eyes on me-"
 His own strange, tawny eyes were not on Christine, but widened on space, as If following some remote vision; yet she felt that they did not miss a flicker of her eyelids; and that deep, hypnotic voice was compelling her to listen.
 T would beg of that young lady" he was going on, his tone suddenly gentle and pleading, "that she think over the events of the past A hours I would beg, for instance, that she try to remember whether, when she returned to her room this afternoon, there was any, thing about its appearance that ex- cited her suspicion And now, if she will come to me privately, I shall be glad to advise her, at no cost to herself-because the word comes to me that this Is 6 thing ] must do".
 His eyes swept the spellbound audience commandingly.
 That is all, my friends" he said. GO in peacel"
 He raised his arms in what was almost a gesture of blessing; and the audience filled obediently out. AS they went Christine saw faces turned toward her-some touched with superstitious awe, some curi- ous-Some amused.
 Christine, restored to sanity by those glances, blazed with anger.
 She had once read a book called "An Expose of the Medium Rack et" It was all entirely clear to her now. Of course that girl at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17

that stooges acting was terrible"
 All around she heard murmurs: 'Tsn't the swami marvelous?" |. "He told my sister who -" . "-and 1t happened the very day he said 1t wouldp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17

France had an argument over the stamps issued in connection with the launching of the French battle ship, Clemenceau, the Government having placed an acute accent over the letter e." whereas the states man never used 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-17

Then abruptly, in the midst of a sentence, Chandra broke of, pressed his fingers to his eyes, and said - a startled note in his deep, somno- lent voice, But this must wait :.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16
No Last Frontier
(From the Cincinnati Enquirer)

(From the Cincinnati Enquer)
Our last historians who the history
America the pushing forward of the frontier from the Atlantic
the Pacific That offered ambition and enterprise field of unlimited
of the
do? lament with Alexander that there
MORE worlds The march frontier
lands fruitful plant with wheat and to
the buffalo domestic cattle The his
orans righ-hat frontier is
other frontiers which beyond their calculation
geographical They measured miles,
of knowledge and of invention The frontiers
which advanced from the
theory high speculation into act Our old from
definite limit That a reached But the frontiers of
the 0 limits
gandfahers revouonze the world We
maves of the automobile apne Have
all Our genius invention frontiers for
worlds
static people sit
that all
history has been inability
larger
and can be last frontier.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16

Marshall Murray was Missoula
visitor over the weekend. He Wis
tied with friends and relatives in
that district,
Syncopated seconds gives you
three floor shows at the Hi Jinx
Friday night; take your choice, 5,
g. or 10 p. m. 1t
Charlie Powell gave a short talk
to members of the local Boy Scout
troop last Tuesday evening at the
high school.
Mrs. A. G. Farris returned Mon
day night from an extended visit
with friends in Missoula, Helena
and Great Falls.
Mr.. Ira Moore Of Kalispell visited
at the c. O. Rowe home Tuesday.
He left yesterday for California to
spend the winter.
Spirit runs high for the four pop
ular class queens. One will be
crowned at 1880 Friday evening.
It's always a keen contest. You'll
want to be in on the close at IL p.
M, Big Gym. 1t
If you want an evening of en-
tertainment then don't miss the Big
Night of the year-Syncopated Sec
onds at the high school. Friday ev-
enlng. 1t
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16
Making Forests Too Tidy
Is Bad for the Soil

GENEVA.-Don't tidy up forests
too much by removing fallen finn.
Der and otherwise clearing the
ground, is the advice of a LEADING
Swiss ecologist. DR.. Arnold Pictet
II you clear away all such accuno,,.
latlons of rubbish you deprive the
forest of much of its biological work
ing capital.
Trees are soil-exhausting cron
Dr.. Pictet points out. They with.
draw large proportion of the soils
original store of nutrient substances
and lock 1t up in their stems. When
they fall, the swarming destructive
life OF the forest foor-insects
worms, fungi, bacteria-unlock
these boards and return the acc,,-
mulated capital to the soil as hui
mus.
LAUNDERING operations inevitably
carry off a good deal of this capital
to market. Fire destroys It, not to
be replaced for centuries Fallen
trunks. and forest litter generally
can re-invest part of it in the
soil, If only they are permitted TO
return, as dust to dust.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16
/, SS1A 10 CAL
| I5 s 7 Y FF

M. E. Aid Bazaar December 2 at
the X. M. 1927
E. E. Jaqueth left Monday on a
business trip to Great Falls.
Be sure to see the film Foot
steps," depicting the life of a Red
Cross nurse. Coming soon.
RUMMAGE SALE BARGAINS by
the Woman's Club Saturday, Nov.
Is, at the Community Room. 1t
Miss Eleanor Williams was called
to Hastings, Nebraska, leaving last
Thursday, by the serious illness of
her father.
Dick Veldman, who has been at
tending Washington State College
at Pullman, was recently advised
by his doctor to suspend his studies
for this quarter in order that his
eyes might rest and recuperate from
a trouble that has been bothering
him of late. He recently returned
to his home here.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16
W ar on Caterpillars

SYRACUSE. NJ Y. : Organisms
that cause deadly disease to tent
eaterpillars are being cultured at
the New York State College of For
estry here, to be released in an eff
fort TO control the forest tent cater
pillar, which has developed into a
major pest. The disease has been
known for a long time. hut this is
the first attempt that has been made
to propagate it artifcially and use
IT as a means of forest defense.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16
Dodge Death by a Second

Psychologists have found that ap-
proximately one-ifth of American
automobile drivers dodge death by
a second. This is the time these
drivers allow themselves to get back
in line in the face of on-coming traf-
fic after passing a car.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16
Early Locomotives

Locomotives were made in Pitts
burgh before the railroad ran to that
city. In 1885, two locomotives were
built there and shipped east to carry
canal boat loads from Johnstown to
Hollidaysburg.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16
First Electric Trolley

The worlds first electric trolley
car system passed out of existence
recently when bus service was in
stituted on the three-mile route be-
tween Sunbury and Northumber-
land Pa.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16

For Sale-House of seven rooms
and bath. Corner Minnesota and
9th st. Terms if desired. p. o.
Box 902 or inquire at this office.
24-25.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16
CLASSIFIED

For Rent-3-room modern house,
partly furnished.-Dr Chas. j. Mar
tin. If
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-11-16
GO 600 Roses Grown in nav

An English grower produced 5000
dozen rose blooms a day. At his
death he owned 16l2 acres of glass
houses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-26
PRIEST NAMED in
WILL FILED HERE
Late Mrs. Nora Sullivan
Makes Provisions For
Memorial Masses

+ 81 -H y
The win Of the late Mrs. Nora
Sullivan, which was admitted t.
probate today by Judge Patrick Hea-
ley, provides that all but 5000 Of her
estate shall be used as offerings for
Masses for the repose Of the souls Of
her family and that of her husband
the late Timothy Sullivan.
Rev. Edmund O'Connell, Of the
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Bridgeport, is to receive the offering
for the masses.
The only other bequest IN the will
is one of 5000 to a sister in-law,
Julia Sullivan. The remainder is to
go to Father O'Connell.
The size of the estate will not be
known until after an inventory has
been completed. Mrs. Sullivan died
Oct. IL. Her viii was drawn Aug. 81.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-26
M'EVOY PRESIDES
IN SILVER CITY
First Superior Court in
Meriden's History to
Open Tomorrow

Judge Frank p. McEvoy of Water
bury will be in Meriden tomorrow for
the opening Of the first superior
court session ever held in the Silver
City. Sessions of the high court in
Meriden were authorized by the 1889
General Assembly. The legislation
removed some Of the broad powers
Of the Meriden city court and gave
them to the superior court.
The opening meeting will be a
short calendar session with motions
to be heard in seven cases and no
cases up for assignment for trial.
Clerk Albert r. Chamberlain Of
city court will of1lciate as assistant
superior court clerk.
Ex-parte divorce cases may be
heard in short calendar sessions but
none are booked for the court OPEN
ing Friday.
Under the present procedure, all
cases are returning to the superior
court In New Haven and then
transferred to Meriden only on mo-
ton for that action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-26
SENATOR BRIDGES
| WILL VISIT STATE
G. O. P. Presidential Nom.
inee In 1910 to Be Guest
at Luncheon

Another Connecticut visit will be
made soon by Senator II. Styles
Bridges Of New Hampshire, candi-
date for the Republican presidential
nomination in 1910. Senator Bridges
within a few days viii visit his Con-
necticut campaign manager, Sheriff
Edward Platt Of Fairfield county.
Sheriff Platt plans luncheon for
the senator, to which he will invite
prominent G.. o. p. leaders from
about the state.
The Bridges candidacy does not
set too well with many Republican
leaders, notably National Commit
teeman Samuel Pryor, Jr., who has
been directing campaign aimed at
building up Gov. Raymond e. Bald
vim sufficiently to earn him q
place on the national ticket.