The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-02-16
Wydndotte in
Years Gone By
40 YEARS AGO

40 YEARS AGO
The Common Council was holding up
an amendment To the Anticipating or
dinance To cover street cars. until the
trolley line serving Wyandotte provid-
t1i smoking cars.
For the thrtS. months ending he
cember, 1899. the city Of WydndOttc
expended Il t,tal Of SEi2I.7T5 for poor
relief
Forty years ago. WEanddte had Il
volunteer fire department. the mem
hers being paid certain amount fOr
each fire alarm In order to fort>tall
hlackerS, Il resolution WAS passed by
the Council providing that members
we're 10 h. paid only fr fire. which
they actually attended
Mrs. Mary McIlct-ry. mother OF
James McCleery The mas McCl%.ry
and Mrs David craig. died from in
finnitieS due 10 I'D age
Nearly 500 people attended ln inyi-
tItion dance given bE the L.CB.A.
Gnd CM.B.A TIL. Herald recorded
that the. handsome GOWNS and jewels
Of the. ladies .-'InbiucdI with The sober
or Sarb of the male ,lalHrr>. formed
an animated picture, pleasing ro Ike
hold" Wyamdottc took lis dancing ser
iOuSly az the turn IF the Ccntury
Mrs. f. y BoWlt'> the city'> leading
lIhpn, graphtr ~ years ago. presented
the Methodist chuIN.li with II large
photograph of Captain John H. Ford.
wis - donations enabled the church to
erect Il new place Of worship.
4 New Jerusalem mother. when Of
f,er> Melody and Thdn arrived 10 ar
TEST her NoIS pn a charge of stealing
coal. successfully p'InTl>td the miniOnS
cf the law by brvlndi1hing the family
broom.
The ladies of ~. Stephens Epi>c'-
I,al church gave Il mi'a~urins party.
the invitations bearing this verse:
A measuring IrIrty j. given tU yOu 4:
lis >omcIhin. novel as well aS new :
The invitation is with the sack,
For u~,. in bringing or sending back
Three. cents for every foot yvJl re- tall
Measure Yourself on dar CT wall,
An cNi IA ccnr for e;t,h inch give
And thereby show h,'w high you live
With music and : M. recitation and
pleasure.
We will meet You "n,. and All al our
party uf measure
The Herald extends congratulations
T. Mr. ami Mrs. john +. MclncrneN.
who were married hy Rev. j y. Had
j.. hel"Vrd pastor 1f 81 Patrick
church ell - Valentines day. Fehru
airy II. 1870 The. brid. WAS Miss Flor
cn,t Gir.lrln. daughter of Mr. and
MR.. Gilbert Girardin. "ld-lime Wyan-
dutte residents. Mr.. and Mrs Mrlner-
ley left after he ceremony 10y rail
for Cincinnati where. they boarded tin
steamer New south for trip 10 New
Orleans
Tile. pastor and choir of 81 Patrick
church were handsomely entertained
" Mr.. and Mrs Edward A. George at
the Commercial hotel in Trenton last
Sunday. The Herald of February IL.
1900.
Marshal John Mcl.dy OrIeIrI slot
machines taken Out Uf saloons Tn.
Guug;in= Herald predicted that the
machines will doubtless p'apptar III
the near future
Mrs J. " Sprague. wife Of a FORMER
pastor of the WyandOtte Presbyterian
church. died in Vermont al the age Of
e.
Gib~onS American girlS" were all
the rage 40 years ago. The Tuesday
Afternoon Study club listened To pa
peers Oh The American Girl and The
Illustrated Girl" by Mrs. George T.
MacNichol granddaughter Of Captain
john b. Fordl and a reading on Amer
i,=in girl. frm kipling'S SEA TO Sea.
by Mrs VI X. Wood
After Wyandotte'S three mail car
riers had distributed Several dray
loads. more or le~S." of valentines, The
Herald Upined that THE goddess with
the bun..h of arrows and pierced heart
+ not prime favorite with Wyan-
d"tte'S mail carrying fore.
- YEARS AGO
OffilerS of the Arbeiter SSS-iety We're
LenitSl a request sent 10 the City Com