The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-01-23
WydndOtte in
Years Gone By
10 YEARS AGO


10 YEARS AGO
Forty years ago this week, 33 per
,.n> were III quarantine in WyImduttc
a. Il precaution against he sPr al ca
small pOX.
Fred &. Miller. widely known in
r>t-IuclcEing circles. sold his saloon
and boarding nuuSr Oh south Biddle
avenue, for $500 To Frank Marx. The
rOp rty incIudcd Il house and - fee
U1 frontage un Biddle avenue.
Tie Presbyterian sunday >chOU.
| I'D turkey banquet following the
(; intIal ell ction of officers.
The palatial steamer Western States.
Lmlt to run on the route b. wpen ID,
truit and Buffalo, was launched al
the Wyandotte >hipyard OH January
l.. 19n2. PreSpm at the launching wer
General Manager W. [. Mcmillan ana
General Passenger Agent y. y. SchantZ
IF tn new Detroit and Buffalo Steam
snip Company, and Consulting Englhs
TER Frank f.. Kirby
The ladies Of the city organized Il
basket ball tam and played Il game al
.Arbeiter hall. Tor an admission fse OF
H. cents
William f. Bryan. Wyandutte man
WAS appointed electrician OF the aSrl
cultural implement depar menl OF tn
state prison at jackson. 1t is unnect>
Sary To- STATE thai Mr.. Bryan was not
il confinement there. but was stat
,1nplOyr
Emergency hospital boaS eel of IN
patients under treatm ut.
As a sort of ameliUratOry feature
'rne Herald mcatiUned hat one JOIN
GnaSkey. when he died. carried $lW
a. lite insurance.
representative Henry &. Smith in
tIoduced bill i'll Congress, authOriZ
nlg the seer tary Of the treasury &c
issue life-Saving medals To James
Fountain. Edward Il. Nellis, George
Isabel. John Marx, Peter Schulz ri
Elmer Busha Robert Murphy ant
.IuSt ph ThOn of WyandOt,e, who res
rIed Abe and William Schubert from
browning in the ID, trOit river.
p YEARS AGO
The WyandUtIe Theaters Corpora
lion, operating lie Majestic anu MarN
tupaterS. elect ii these officers PreSl
cent, Henry Rochrig; vice president
Carl F. Schroeder: ,Cretary. Arthur
". Edwards; treasurer, Harry Tuck
tr. directors, the foregoing ana Mag
Iu> Meier. w W. England. Henry
Guthard and \. Kline.
The Detroit Valve and Fittings
Company voted to increase lis capia all
cation Ia 81 10000. and To declare ;
stock dividend of 80 per cent Tbs
company had 40 employees Oh lis pay
rOil Adjoining the accOum of this tx
,anSion in The Herald. was story
about a $lO.OOO fire 1T the company
works.
\ howl was going up about over
crOwdimg on trolley cars Of the IH
trOit United X ilway, running FROM
Nyandutte. One car. capacity 4S pas
= myers. was alleged to have taken Or
700 people. before reaching Detroit
Rudolph Pilz. puddler in the ole
WyandOttp rolling mill. and later EN-
pkOyt-d 10y the Michigan Alkal Com
Iany. died at the age of - years
Wyandottc milk dealers adopted th'
following slogan for edifica ION 81
customers No bottle, no milk. Then
- now. return of bottles was an I'M
I,Ortant matter.
Mrs Henry Rifenburgh boughi th'
Wyandotte theater from Mrs. Nellie
llaliOran.
public utilities bill was Introduce
in the Legislature at Lansing. Whlci
would AXE Wyandottes municipal Wa
ter and light plant out or local con
troll There WAS no probability. now
ever. of the bill passing.
Pictures starring Valeska Surar.
Clara Kimball Young. Julius Stlgrr
norOthy GiSh. owen Moore. Irene Fen
wick. Richard TravcrS and Franz
Keenan, were, announced for early pre-
srntatiun M the WyandOt,e theater.