By Emma Jane Muir
Special to the Record-Eagle
November 25, 2009 12:00 am -- Plunging into the icy water of Grand Traverse Bay from the Northern Michigan Transportation Company's dock, Emory Boyer, driver for the C. D. Taylor Coal Company, narrowly escaped death last Friday afternoon. Boyer was standing on the dock when the lines of the harness became wound around one of the stakes on the wagon and the team began to back. Before he could step to safety, the wheels had shoved him into the water. John Sanborn, along with other dock workers, went to Boyer's assistance, throwing him a long rope and several planks. -- Work on grading a mile of the East Bay road was begun last week, C. H. Estes going out with a force of men. The work at this place is not as heavy as it is in some of the locations and should be completed in a short time. -- A fire was set on the city dumping grounds this forenoon to clear away the rubbish which has been dumped there during the past months. To get the grounds in shape, new soil will be used to cover the area. -- Frank Smith of the Peninsula has an unusually attractive display of apples in the State bank. There are five varieties in the display as follows: Wagners, Greenings, Fellow Water, McIntosh and Red and Winter Bananas. -- Miss Grace Thomas was hostess last night to a party which resembled a stag affair. The guests were attired in frock coats and they spent a very enjoyable evening, singing and fortune telling, being the order of the evening. Refreshments of cocoa, sandwiches and cake were served. -- Grinnell Bros. have an attractive window display representing Cook's discovery of the North Pole, the Bradley, Cook's flagship, with her array of flags occupying the center of the window. The display will be kept at the store until the end of December. -- Chicken thieves entered the coop of Mrs. C. A. Cole of Brookside farm last night, completely raiding it. The theft is deplorable as Mrs. Cole is a widow, 70 years old and is largely dependent upon her garden and her poultry. There is a clue to the thieves and prosecution, unless restitution is made, is likely to follow. It's a pretty low sort of man who will rob an aged widow. -- The Musselman Grocery Co. has just closed a deal, whereby it becomes possessed of the F. Firzlaff Grocer Co. of Manistee, the Firzlaff Co., being one of the biggest wholesale grocery houses in Northern Michigan. The branch will be under the direct supervision of Howard Musselman of this city who will also retain charge of the local branch. -- Two deer arrived last night over the G. R. & L. for E. C. Woodrow, who went up beyond Mackinac into the wilds of the upper peninsula. A deer also came in on the same road for Charles decker, conductor on the M. & N. E. who crossed the Straits in quest of game. -- J. W. Slater and his farm manager, Asa Curtis, returned last night from the auction sale of short horn cattle held at Kalamazoo. There was a total of 44 heads of cows, 2 year olds, yearlings and calves sold. The majority of them were calves and two year olds. They realized $2,418.50 -- The young ladies of the Welcome class and a few others of the Friends church met at the home of Mrs. John Tremain Monday evening, dressing dolls and doing other work for the Ladies' Aid bazaar. A fine potluck super was served at 6:30. There will be another meeting at Mrs. Charles Jeffries' next Monday evening. -- William Kennicutt, a neighbor of the late William Crisp, who died Sunday morning, passed away last night after being ill a number of weeks with heart trouble. Mr. Kernnicutt was 58 years old and his wife died a year ago last September. He leaves one son and three half brothers, Bert, Ira and Edward. -- Advice on deportment. A gentleman holds the door for a lady. -- Medical advice of a century ago. Lamentable failure will inevitably attend the efforts of any attempting to nurse, if she has not a suitable disposition. -- Best buy of the week. Taffeta Undershirts, All Silk, Black only, $6.75 at The Barney Co.
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