Grand Haven Daily Tribune Article Index
1903
1902 Article Index Home Page 1904
Article Subject | Article Description |
Railroads / City Economy | Lack of railroad cars slowing ship freight to Grand Haven | ||||
Crime / Vagrancy | How the stone is used from hobo stone pile | ||||
Interurban / Storms | Blizzard handicaps Interurban - 2 articles | ||||
Crime / Vagrancy | Jail hobos protest order to shovel walks | ||||
Grand River / History | Lost cities on the Grand | ||||
City / Fire | Abram Fisher and crew tearing down Opera House remains | ||||
Motion Pictures / Invention | Motion picture reviewed | ||||
Navigation / Ice | Ice blockades port / Crosby steamers stuck | ||||
Interurban / Construction | Interurban tracks laid on dummy line to Highland Park | ||||
Pier Repair / Shipwrecks | Timber arrives to repair end of south pier struck by boat | ||||
Navigation / Ice | Steamers still ice bound | ||||
Interurban / Construction | Sand from dunes used for Interurban construction | ||||
City / Streets | Grand Haven needs street signs | ||||
Navigation / Ice | Ice blockade cost Crosby Line money | ||||
Navigation / Shipwrecks | Fish tug Dornbos almost sinks | ||||
Navigation / Ice | ice blockade broken | ||||
City / Organizations | Popularity of Women's Bachelor Clubs in Grand Haven | ||||
Crime / Assault | City electrician arrested for abusing city marshal | ||||
Crime / Vagrancy | Sheriff debate regarding hoboes in jail | ||||
Navigation / Ice | Picture of Nyack stuck in ice in Grand Rapids Press last night | ||||
Court House / Construction | Interior of Court House refinished / varnished | ||||
Grand Rapids / Disease | 500 cases of small pox in Grand Rapids | ||||
Story & Clark / Business | Piano tuners no longer come to Grand Haven because of piano factory | ||||
Military / World War | Grand Haven boys may fight Germany soon | ||||
City / Health | Grand Haven is being blanketed by 'soft coal' smoke | ||||
City / Health | Grand Haven man comes down with small pox | ||||
Interurban / Ice Sailing | Interurban may have ice regatta | ||||
City / Buildings | Grand Haven wants a Carnegie library | ||||
Factory / Construction | Building of Challenge Machinery to begin at once | ||||
Radio / Invention | Goodrich Line will get wireless telegraph station for Grand Haven | ||||
City / Health | Photograph of Charles VanZanten, small pox victim | ||||
Library / Central Park | Letter saying library should not be built in Central Park - 3 articles | ||||
City / Fire | Abram Fisher tearing up old dance floor at burned Opera House | ||||
City / Streets | Clinton Street residents complain of area street | ||||
Factory / Construction | Description of Challenge Machinery building / Cost - $60,000 | ||||
Buildings / Library | Council accepts Carnegie library proposal | ||||
City / Entertainment | Meeting held to propose new theater | ||||
Animal / Rescue / Hero | Man named 'Sparks' tries to save drowning horse | ||||
Sports / Hockey | Hockey gaining popularity here | ||||
Sports / Hockey | Big Hockey game at hardwood boom | ||||
Interurban / Entertainment | Interurban to build vaudeville theater at Highland Park | ||||
Buildings / Ghosts | Basement of Court House is 'chamber of horrors.' | ||||
Navigation / Ships | Importance of Inspector of Hulls & Boilers at Grand Haven | ||||
Factory / Construction | Work progressing on Challenge Machinery | ||||
Animal / Rescue / Hero | Funny side to drowned horse story | ||||
Winter / Sports | Grand Haven skating club forming / Hockey / Ice Sailing | ||||
City / Heating | Old stump fences used for fuel | ||||
City / Health | Another Grand Haven small pox case | ||||
Highland Park / Construction | Highland Park building boom - 6 new cottages by St. Louis folks | ||||
City / Improvements | New sewage system before new library? | ||||
Recreation / Sledding / Law | No more coasting at Grand Haven | ||||
Sports / Bowling | Bowler hits 235 at Buxton Bowling Alley | ||||
Interurban / Bridge Construction | Local diver does work at bridges for Interurban | ||||
Business / Ice / Piers | Ice being cut at Government Pond | ||||
Navigation / Shipping / Railroads | Railroad car shortage backing up freight on Grand Haven docks | ||||
Interurban / Collision | Interurban collision at Holland | ||||
City / Maps | City map and directory needed | ||||
Recreation / Skating | Preparing ice at boom for skaters | ||||
City / Economy | High hopes for Challenge Machinery | ||||
Sports / Boxing | Review of Grand Haven "Boxing Show" | ||||
Ice / Accident | Huge iceberg hits Fisher docks and pier | ||||
Lumbering / History | Old Grand Valley logging road recalled | ||||
Lake Michigan / Shipwrecks | Sinking of the Michigan and Wisconsin recalled | ||||
Business / Gloves | Description of Burnham Glove Factory / Wages | ||||
Lake Michigan / Shipwrecks | Last man to see the Michigan | ||||
City / Jail / Crime | Jail crowded (88) / Many hoboes | ||||
Automobiles / inventions | 100 mph auto shaped like boat -drawing | ||||
Interurban / Highland Park | Plans for Interurban to 'boom' Highland Park | ||||
Library / Central Park | Opposition to Carnegie Library at Central Park | ||||
Fruitport / Ice | 100,000 sq. feet of ice 12 inches thick at Fruitport | ||||
Interurban / Routes | Special Interurban routes through Spring Lake and Grand Haven described | ||||
Library / Central Park | Letter advocating Carnegie Library at Central Park | ||||
City / Streets / Plat | Plat of city showing Prospect Street | ||||
City / Library / History | Grand Havens first library recalled | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Ships blockaded by ice at Grand Haven harbor | ||||
Crime / Terrorism | Man planning to blow up England with submarine arrested | ||||
City / Health | City's first small pox death in 25 years - 2 articles | ||||
City / Health | City's first small pox death in 25 years | ||||
City / Entertainment | Plans for new theater (opera house) | ||||
City / Economy | Challenge Machinery construction progressing | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Dramatic story of ships imprisoned in ice off harbor | ||||
City / Economy | High hopes for Grand Havens growth in 1903 | ||||
City / Government / People | Photograph of Grand Haven City Clerk | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Tugs get provisions over ice | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Excitement over tugs tense at waterfront | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Ice blockade shows brotherhood of fishermen | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Tugs fail to escape ice today | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Communication needed for stranded tugs | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Tugs are safe in harbor | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Crosby's Nyack thanked for tug rescue | ||||
City / Parks / Railroads | Beechtree Grove to be cleared for railway spur to foundry | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | New ice blockades Nyack and fishing tugs from retrieving nets | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Dornbos tug frees Nyack from ice | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Tug captains produce safety signs and codes | ||||
City / Economy | Big clouds of dark smoke means good times for Grand Haven | ||||
Weather / Accident | Man injured by snowball | ||||
Aviation / Entertainment | Balloon ascension planned for Fruitport | ||||
Interurban / Highland Park | Drawing of new Highland Park Hotel | ||||
Aviation / Entertainment | Balloon ascension and parachute drop a success at Fruitport | ||||
Bridges / Safety | Area bridges in danger from ice flows / high water | ||||
Grand River / Accident | Little dog almost drowns in strong river currents | ||||
Bridges / Safety | Ice gorge threatening bridges | ||||
City / Government / People | Photograph of City Treasurer Peter VanLopik | ||||
City / Buildings / Homes | Central Park / Courthouse / Private Homes / Lawns / Government Building | ||||
Central Park / Library | Central Park deed forbids library placement | ||||
Aviation / Entertainment | Fruitport plans another balloon ascension | ||||
Highland Park / Improvement | New improvements for Highland Park | ||||
Interurban / Highland Park | Highland Park hotel only on paper | ||||
Electricity / Street Lights | Street lights to be on all night | ||||
Highland Park / Piers / Use | Thousands of people promenaded the piers and beach yesterday | ||||
Sports / Baseball / History | Old Grand Haven baseball players in town | ||||
Five Mile Hill / Cottages | New cottages on Five Mile Hill | ||||
City / Fire | Fred Warbers barn burns on Washington and Fourth | ||||
Hotels / Improvements | Kirby House refurbished | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Weather | Summer-like in Grand Haven / Stafford stuck in ice at Muskegon | ||||
Navigation / Ice / Piers | Atlanta releases Stafford from ice at Muskegon | ||||
Sports / Golf / Business | Young Grand Haven boys caddy at golf course | ||||
Central Park / Improvements | New flowers and improvements at Central Park | ||||
Navigation / Car Ferries | Large new Crosby ferry to be built for Grand Haven | ||||
Lake Michigan / Storms | Big gale on lake / Snow storm | ||||
Interurban / Construction / Legal | Case involving Interurban built on wrong land | ||||
Recreation / Horseback Riding | Horseback riding popular at Grand Haven | ||||
Navigation / Personnel / Labor | Local marine men always sought after - list | ||||
Navigation / People | Old Black Boat and Ironsides Captain Trowell dies | ||||
Life Saving / Duty | Life Savers go on duty at midnight | ||||
Grand River / Near Drowning | One-armed man nearly drowns in river | ||||
City Government / People | Photograph of Mayor Hoyt | ||||
Sports / Golf | Amateur golf tournament on Sheldon St. Links | ||||
Nature / Phenomena | Thousands of angle worms on downtown walks | ||||
Life Saving / 5 Mile Hill Treasure | Life Saving crew list for 1903 - no Deneau | ||||
Highland Park / Railroad | Two old Dummy Line cars brought to Fruitport | ||||
Sports / Golf | New golf course for Sheldon St. | ||||
Interurban / Highland Park | Electric lines strung at Highland Park beach for Interurban | ||||
Business / Trapping | Trapping still lucrative near Fennville | ||||
Police / Telephone / Invention | Police station may get telephone | ||||
Piers / Repair | Grand Haven piers praised / North pier repaired | ||||
Streets / Fire Department | Fire Chief Fisher waters down dust on Washington St. | ||||
Piers / Fishing | Fishing popular on south pier | ||||
Life Savers / Beach Equipment | Life Savers get (Mclleledon?) boat wagon for beach | ||||
Crime / Larceny / Racism | Colored' Cutler House porter arrested for larceny | ||||
Navigation / Car Ferries | New car ferry 'City of Grand Haven' to be launched in June | ||||
Recreation / Gambling | Local Grand Haven boys play craps in streets | ||||
Grand Haven man shoots strikers in self-defense in Detroit | |||||
City Council / People | Photograph of Grand Havens youngest alderman | ||||
Crime / Larceny | Cutler porter acquitted of larceny | ||||
Education / Pranks | GH University of Michigan student survives hair-cutting attempt | ||||
Telephone / Invention | New telephone exchange | ||||
Bridges / Ferries / Ships | Antelope used as Ferry at Spring Lake bridge | ||||
Interurban / Construction | Grand Rapids to Holland Interurban electric railroad proposed | ||||
Bridges / Innovation | Temporary draw bridge built at Spring Lake | ||||
Ships / Harbors / Dredging | US Dredge Farquar ready for east shore work | ||||
Schools / (Buses?) | Story and Picture of school (wagon?) | ||||
Recreation / Camping / Harbor | Campers pitch tents in Sag | ||||
Corps of Engineers / Ships | Photograph of the Gov. Hancock | ||||
Streets / Construction | Land excavated on Water St. used as fill for Fourth St. | ||||
Highland Park / Construction | Many new cottages at Highland Park this year | ||||
City / Hotels | Hotel Kirby is now Gildner House | ||||
Central Park / Use | Central Park is open for season | ||||
Corps of Engineers / Personnel | Col. Wm. Andres takes command of Corps of Engineers | ||||
Corps of Engineers / Ships | US dredge Farquar launched | ||||
Recreation / Boating | Grand Haven furnishes quite an impressive fleet of pleasure craft | ||||
Sand Dunes / Conservation | Hills behind gas works being covered with sod for preservation | ||||
Weather Service | Grand Haven to lose Weather Bureau? | ||||
Washington Street / Racing | Complaints of horse racing on Washington St. | ||||
Navigation / People | Old time Grand Haven mariner John Stark dies | ||||
Piers / Ghost | Phantom of the Piers / Mysterious woman / GR Press last night | ||||
Piers / Repair | 300 ft. of North Pier being repaired | ||||
Piers / Fishing | People lining piers to fish | ||||
City / Manufacturing | Big story on "The New Challenge Factory" | ||||
Navigation / History | Photograph of old Black Boats at news office | ||||
Central Park / Fountain | People asked not to throw fish and turtles in Central Park fountain | ||||
City / Poetry | Judge Hunton writes descriptive poem on Grand Haven (pamphlet) | ||||
City / Economy | Seventh Street booming / Description | ||||
Central Park / Maintenance | "Keep off Grass" signs put up in Central Park | ||||
Mining / Gold / Beach Sand | Mining gold from beach sand | ||||
Interurban / Accident | Interurban car goes off track injuring motor man | ||||
Piers / Repair | Repair of North Pier progressing | ||||
Bicycles / Bike Path | Lake St. bike path being destroyed | ||||
Highland Park / Construction | Graveled road proposed for Highland Park | ||||
City / Celebration | Memorial Day parade cancelled - too expensive for vets | ||||
Navigation / Shipwrecks | Old Grand Haven schooner Willie Loutit hits Alpena pier and sinks | ||||
Weather Service | Grand Haven weather station moves to Grand Rapids - reasons | ||||
Highland Park / Construction | Twelve new cottages being built at Highland Park | ||||
Shipwrecks / Phenomena | Bottle with shipwreck message found on beach | ||||
Life Savers / Crime | Naomi watchman Oleson (Milwaukee) arrested | ||||
Recreation / Fishing | Fly and bait casting become popular at Grand Haven | ||||
Life Saving / Invention | mayo life boat crosses Lake Michigan from Muskegon to Milwaukee | ||||
Navigation / Harbor | Small ships blockaded by big ships at docks | ||||
Navigation / Shipwreck | Captain Bean killed at St. Joe / Crushed by another boat | ||||
Navigation / Shipwreck | Mrs. Bean files suit (5,000) against ship owners | ||||
Navigation / Car Ferries | Car ferry Grand Haven soon to be launched | ||||
Wildlife / Fishing | Silver bass returning to local waters | ||||
Ship Building | Johnson Bros. get contract to build government dredge | ||||
Central Park / Use | Central Park praised | ||||
Agriculture / People | Photograph of George Hancock - Obituary | ||||
Navigation | Description of a trip on the Portland from Grand Haven to Duluth | ||||
Interurban / Construction | Interurban tracks laid on Spring Lake bridge | ||||
Lumbering / Fires | Sawdust fires still very prevalent at Grand Haven | ||||
Military / Invention | New submarine boat has new screws or propellers - drawing | ||||
Weather | Weather station move from Grand Haven | ||||
Interurban / Use | First Interurban car enters Grand Haven | ||||
Grand Haven / Near Drowning | Grand Haven boy nearly drowns in river | ||||
City / Streets | Photograph of Beechtree and Challenge Machinery area - dark | ||||
Sports / Golf | Golfers fixing up Sheldon St. course | ||||
Interurban / Advertising / Map | Big ad, photograph and map of Interurban | ||||
Landmarks / Five Mile Hill | Interurban ad shows Five Mile Hill in photograph | ||||
Interurban / Celebration | Plans for Interurban celebration | ||||
Interurban / Celebration | Grand Haven celebrates arrival of Interurban | ||||
Interurban / Accident | Interurban collides with street sprinkler | ||||
Automobiles / Accident | Eight people killed in Paris auto race | ||||
Interurban / Celebration | Grand Rapids Herald runs big story/ pictures on Interurban celebration | ||||
Interurban / Celebration | More on Interurban celebration | ||||
City / Economy / Interurban | Board of Trade feasts at Cutler House / Interurban | ||||
Interurban / Celebration | State papers cover Interurban celebration | ||||
Interurban / Construction | Interurban establishes office in Grand Haven | ||||
City / Economy / People | Board of Trade, Esselstyn, honored for Interurban work | ||||
Piers / Repair | Work on North Pier | ||||
Interurban / Use | Round trip ticket to Grand Rapids on sale for $2.50 | ||||
City / Economy | Visitors impressed with Grand Haven's growth | ||||
Farming / Celebration | Farmers picnic proposed for Grand Haven | ||||
Carferrys / Ship Launching | Photo of Mrs. Harriet Crosby who christened car ferry "Grand Haven" Mil Journal | ||||
Highland Park / Use | Highland Park cottages filling with resorters | ||||
Carferrys / Naming | Thanks to Mrs. Crosby for naming car ferry "Grand Haven" | ||||
Carferrys / Ship Launching | Car Ferry Grand Haven launched in Toledo / Description | ||||
Tourism / Highland Park | Cold weather slowing down tourism | ||||
Education / Schools / History | Ottawa County schools recalled | ||||
City / Streets | Seventh St. is gateway to Grand Haven / Needs cleanup | ||||
Military / Entertainment | Plans for new armory and opera house | ||||
Crime / Jailbreak | Trustee prisoner escapes from jail / Caught | ||||
Civil Disobedience / Holland | Grand Haven Sheriff called to Holland to help quell mutiny | ||||
City / Hotels / Advertising | New sign for Gildner Hotel - riverside | ||||
Carferrys / Construction | Sister Ship to car ferry Grand Haven to be built | ||||
Economy / Transportation | Grand Havens rail and boat advantages | ||||
Bridges / Interurban | Grand Haven council rejects repair responsibility to drawbridge approaches | ||||
Sand Dunes / Conservation | Government to experiment with beach grass to preserve dunes | ||||
Navigation / Ships | Steamer "Liberty' arrives to open Stoney Lake route | ||||
City / Real Estate | Lots on Beechtree selling fast | ||||
Crime / Larceny | Spring Lake Post Office safe robbed | ||||
Bridges / Interurban | Bridge approach issue should be settled / Fares hurt Grand Haven | ||||
Business / Advertising | Ad for Big Store | ||||
Bridges / Interurban | Letter to editor complaining of Spring Lake bridge approaches | ||||
Economy / Navigation | Grand Haven now has three distinct steamship lines | ||||
Navigation / Business | Rate war between Barry and Goodrich Lines | ||||
Interurban / Use | Interurban to be open to Grand Haven tomorrow | ||||
City / District / Names | Piety Hill District described | ||||
Navigation / Business | Rate war between Barry and Goodrich Lines | ||||
July 5th? | |||||
Recreation / Sailing | Gale overturns boats in Spring Lake Regatta | ||||
Spring Lake / Drowning | Boy drowns in Spring Lake | ||||
Sailing / Regatta | Flying Dutchman wins Spring Lake Regatta | ||||
Interurban / Accident | Head-on Inturban collision kills former Grand Haven boy | ||||
Highland Park / Business | August Boseker's bathing pavilion booming / Water 78 degrees | ||||
Highland Park / Improvements | City strings lights across the beach at Highland Park | ||||
Business / District | Beechtree real estate ad | ||||
City / Manufacturing | Challenge Machinery almost red to start | ||||
City / Interurban | Spring Lake bridge franchise between Interurban and Grand Haven published | ||||
Newspapers | Notice that old Newspapers are sold at Tribune office | ||||
Celebration / Crime / Vandalism | Garbage cans at Central Park destroyed during Fourth of July Celebration | ||||
Wildlife / Insects | Mosquitoes never a problem at Grand Haven | ||||
Highland Park / Resorts | More Chicago people in Highland Park / They usually favor Spring Lake | ||||
Stunts / Phenomena / Racism | Colored' strong man to jump from top of grain elevator into Grand River | ||||
Bridges / Interurban | Approaches to Spring Lake bridge to be improved by Interurban | ||||
Piers / Repair | North pier repaired crib being filled with stone | ||||
Drowning / Rescue / Heroes | Heroic rescue of two women drowning in Grand River | ||||
Agriculture / Business | Hundreds of boys and girls go to work on raspberry fields | ||||
Motorcycles / Invention | Allegan doctor owns first motorcycles | ||||
Highland Park / Near Drowning | Girl rescued from surf at Highland Park (Rip Current?) | ||||
Highland Park / Piers / Use | Big day at Highland Park and piers (surf conditions) | ||||
Sports / Baseball / History | 1896 baseball team recalled | ||||
Crime / Police / Federal | Secret Service man in city | ||||
Highland Park / Advertising | Ad for August Bosekers bathing pavilion | ||||
City / Sidewalks | City's two miles of cement walks praised | ||||
Sports / Baseball / Olympics | Olympic baseball team at Spring Lake | ||||
Missing Person | Grand Haven boy. Will Sullivan, missing | ||||
Navigation / Advertising | Photo ad of Barry Inc. steamers | ||||
Missing Person | More questions on Sullivan disappearance | ||||
Highland Park Pier Construction | Construction begun on new Highland Park pier | ||||
Highland Park / Interurban | Interurban begins Highland Park run | ||||
Interurban / Bridges | Interurban bridge completed | ||||
Interurban / Use | Interurban enters Grand Haven | ||||
Highland Park Pier Construction | Bosekers pier completed along with diving platform | ||||
Interurban / Highland Park | Interurban beach shelter station at Highland Park completed | ||||
Swimming / Piers | Swim race in channel | ||||
Missing Person / Murder? | Missing boy murdered? | ||||
Highland Park / City | Importance of Highland Park / Neglected by Council? | ||||
Bridges / City | Council and Mayor inspect Interurban bridge | ||||
Celebration / Balloon Ascension | Picnic day with balloon ascension planned for Grand Haven | ||||
Legal / Ferry Estate | Ferry estate to probate court | ||||
Schools | Big article on Stoney Lake summer school | ||||
Piers / Repair | North pier repaired | ||||
Manufacturing / Homes | Housing shortage for new Challenge Machinery employees | ||||
High School / Improvements | Report on new high school / Improvements | ||||
Interurban / Bridges / City | Council accepts Interurban bridge | ||||
Highland Park Hotel / Sidewalk | 4 foot wide cement sidewalk built in front of Highland Park Hotel | ||||
Car Ferry / Celebration | Car ferry Grand Haven entrance celebration planned | ||||
Bridges / Tolls | No more toll on Spring Lake bridge | ||||
Highland Park / Sailing | Pictures of Flying Dutchman and Highland Park cottages in GR Press | ||||
Recreation / Swimming / Stunts | Two jump off ship in Spring Lake for girls | ||||
Highland Park Hotel | Sidewalk and fence in front of Highland Park Hotel completed | ||||
Crime / Murder | Salt Lake City murderess turns herself in to sheriff | ||||
Entertainment / Advertising | "Uncle Toms Cabin" under tent ad | ||||
Crime / Murder | More on Salt Lake City murderess | ||||
Missing Person | Will Sullivan still missing | ||||
Picnic / Business | 2,000 arrive for Grand Rapids grocers picnic at Highland Park | ||||
Picnic / Business | More on Highland Park grocers picnic | ||||
Grand River / Phenomena | Small seiche (several feet) detected in Grand River | ||||
Human / Phenomena | Skeleton of 8 ft man found in Port Sheldon mound | ||||
Agriculture / Schools | School to change schedule to help berry pickers | ||||
Beer / Advertising | Schlitz Beer ad / Doctors advice for drinking beer | ||||
Crime / Murder | Picture and story in Chicago American about Salt Lake City murderess | ||||
Missing Person | Missing Sullivan boy's hat and coat found by river | ||||
Missing Person | River dragged for missing Sullivan boy | ||||
City / Celebration | Yesterday was 'ladies day' in Grand Haven | ||||
Highland Park / Maintenance | Keeping sand off the dance floor at the Highland Park pavilion | ||||
Interurban / Accident | Interurban employee dragged by car | ||||
Interurban / Facilities | Interurban sleeping car (St. Louis) - drawing | ||||
Michigan / Laws | Michigan to outlaw marriage between first cousins (September 17th?) | ||||
Interurban / Use | The Interurban carried a big crowd to Grand Haven Sunday | ||||
City / Mascot | Popular little dog 'Prince Henry' killed by Interurban | ||||
Piers / Near-Drowning | Daughter of John Fisher almost drowns at float bridge | ||||
Grand River / Lumbering | Dredge still digging up old pine at South Channel | ||||
Recreation / Motor Boats | Gasoline launches becoming popular at Grand Haven | ||||
Telephone / Accident | Abram Fisher's 5-yr old son falls from telephone pole and breaks arm | ||||
Corps of Engineers / Shipbuilding | Keel laid for new government dredge | ||||
Highland Park / Interurban | Highland Park pavilion and (Dummy Line or Interurban?) open until Oct. 1 | ||||
Missing Person | Diver looking for body of Will Sullivan in river channel | ||||
Harbor / Drowning | Man drowns at Goodrich docks | ||||
Harbor / Drowning | More on drowning at Goodrich docks | ||||
Navigation/ Phenomena | New Muskegon fog horn can be heard at Grand Haven | ||||
Sports / College Football | Illinois football tem practicing at Prospect Point, Spring Lake | ||||
Navigation / Car Ferries | Terminal secured in Milwaukee for car ferry Grand Haven | ||||
Missing Person | More on missing Sullivan boy case | ||||
Spring Lake / Legal | Prospect Point isolated by property dispute | ||||
Sports / College Football | Grand Haven football team goes to Prospect Point to watch Illinois team | ||||
Weather Station | Moving of weather station to Grand Rapids criticized | ||||
Settlers / History | Wm. Ferry's son visits old mission at Mackinaw Island | ||||
Tourism / Celebration | Crowds from Chicago, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids come to GH for Labor Day | ||||
Sports / College Football | Many go to Prospect Point to watch Illinois football team practice | ||||
City / Health | Health officer critical of Grand Haven sanitation | ||||
Recreation / Motor Boats | Local gasoline launch described | ||||
Sports / College | Illinois football stars show up at Spring Lake | ||||
City Streets / Repair | Lake St. to Highland Park and Lake Forest Cemetery in bad condition | ||||
Economy / Manufacturing | Challenge Machinery has largest payroll in the city | 1 | 2 | ||
City / Parks | Grand Haven needs a big natural park | 1 | 5 | ||
Crime / Assault | Bus driver assaulted by passenger over fare dispute | 1 | 3 | ||
Sports / College Football | Illinois football practice at Spring Lake coming to an end | 4 | 5 | ||
Highland Park / Interurban | Interurban service to Highland Park ends | 1 | 3 | ||
Education / Penmanship | Grand Havens neatest penman - Tommy Boyle | 1 | 3 | ||
Highland Park / Lake Michigan | Lake water is the warmest it has been all year. | 4 | 4 | ||
Sports / College Football | Illinois football team leaves for Chicago | 1 | 3 | ||
Grand River / Phenomena | Strange rise and fall of water in river this September | 1 | 3 | ||
Sports / College Football | University of Michigan football team practicing at Ludington | 4 | 4 | ||
Missing Person | Witness questioned on Sullivan boy disappearance | 4 | 5 | ||
Tourism / Advertising / Piers | The walk on the pier and city should be advertising | 4 | 5 | ||
Car Ferry / Harbor / Slip | New car ferry slip nearing completion | 1 | 3 | ||
Football / Celebrities | Famous football hero B. L. Chamberlain visits area | 4 | 3 | ||
Navigation / Car Ferries | Car ferry Grand Haven to arrive next week | 4 | 4 | ||
Interurban / Safety | Seventh and Fulton is a dangerous corner for Interurban | 4 | 5 | ||
City / History / People | Byron Parks recalls early Grand Haven days | 1 | 4 | ||
Entertainment / Theater | Grand Havenites go see Ben Hur in Grand Rapids | 1 | 3 | ||
Jail / Crimes | Jail inspection / List of crimes | 4 | 3 | ||
Shipwrecks / History | Ironsides tragedy recalled | 4 | 5 | ||
Navigation / Car Ferries | Route and schedule for car ferry Grand Haven | 1 | 3 | ||
Railroads / Invention | 110 mph monorail train in Ireland - drawing | 2 | 5 | ||
Missing Person | Work continues on missing Sullivan boy case | 4 | 3 | ||
Car Ferry Grand Haven/ Crew | Car ferry Grand Haven in Detroit / Crew List / Description | 1 | 3 | ||
Manufacturing / Foreign Exports | Dake Co. sending important shipment to England | 4 | 1 | ||
Sports / Harness Racing | Billie Black,' son of Geo. St. Clair, wins Columbus race | 1 | 3 | ||
Central Park / Maintenance | More money asked for Central Park maintenance | 1 | 3 | ||
Car Ferry / Harbor / Slip | Work rushed on car ferry dock | 1 | 2 | ||
Interurban / Business | Complaints about Interurban scheduling | 4 | 4 | ||
Sports / Harness Racing | Geo St. Clair's McKinley breaking records at Columbus races | 3 | |||
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car Ferry Grand Haven in Milwaukee / Importance of ship | 4 | 3 | ||
Car Ferries / History | Two car ferry days for Grand Haven will be like old 'Black Boat' days | 4 | 3 | ||
Economy / Railroads | The importance of railroads to Grand Haven | 4 | 3 | ||
Automobile / Racing | Notice of automobile race in Grand Rapids tomorrow | 4 | 3 | ||
Schools / Invention | New Remington typewriter for high school | 1 | 4 | ||
Harbor / South Channel | Old South Channel gets new life from car ferries | 4 | 3 | ||
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car Ferry Grand Haven delayed / Request for car ferry reception | 4 | 3 | ||
Highland Park / Use | Some Highland Park residents will stay until November | 1 | 2 | ||
Grand River / Death | Bank cashier found dead in river / Heart attack | 1 | 3 | ||
Automobile / Invention / Clothes | Story/drawing of 'automobile coat' | 2 | 2 | ||
Car Ferry / Harbor / Slip | Car Ferry dock nearly complete / S Channel bridge to be rebuilt / 2 articles | 4 | 3 | ||
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car Ferry Grand Haven arrives! | 1 | 3 | ||
Car Ferry Grand Haven / City | Ex-Mayor Baar praises new car ferry | 4 | 4 | ||
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car Ferry Grand Haven leaves for Milwaukee | 1 | 3 | ||
City / Economy | Grand Haven economic prospects / history praised by Detroit Tribune - good | 4 | 3 | ||
Interurban / Highland Park | Last Highland Park run of season for Interurban | 1 | 1 | ||
Interurban / Construction | Interurban to build amusement park at Fruitport next summer | 1 | 3 | ||
Military History / People | McBride family war history recalled | 1 | 3 | ||
City / Fire / History | Celebration/commemoration for Grand Haven fire proposed | 4 | 3 | ||
Military / Civil War / Uniforms | Civil War vet dislikes new brown uniform | 4 | 4 | ||
City / Military | Company G leaves for training in the south | 4 | 5 | ||
City / Fire / History | Fire crew for 'Great Fire' recalled | 4 | 5 | ||
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car Ferry Grand Haven can only use two tracks | 1 | 3 | ||
Crime / Gambling | Slot machines banned from Grand Haven and Ottawa County | 1 | 3 | ||
Car Ferry / Harbor / Slip | Work continues on car ferry dock | 1 | 6 | ||
Manufacturing / Challenge | Descriptive article on Challenge Machinery in Michigan Bulletin | 4 | 5 | ||
Grand River / Death | Michigan Tradesman has picture/story on Oakes - dead bank cashier | 1 | 3 | ||
City / Streets / Homes | Plat to be drawn for numbering houses and naming streets | 1 | 3 | ||
Life Saving Crew / Sidewalks | Life Saving crew members laying sidewalk | 1 | 5 | ||
Life Saving Service / Fatality | Life Saver killed by lightning while in lookout tower - Sleeping Bear | 4 | 4 | ||
City / Military | Company G holds its ground in war game | 1 | 3 | ||
Interurban / Mail | Electric mail car proposed for Interurban | 4 | 2 | ||
Storms / Piers | Heavy seas are washing over piers | 1 | 2 | ||
Sail boats / Invention | Sailboat made of barrels | 2 | 4 | ||
Life Savers / Piers | Grand Haven Life Saving crew almost lost on North Pier | 4 | 4 | ||
Shipwrecks / History | Stevenson shipwreck/survival recalled | 4 | 5 | ||
Piers / Construction | Grand Haven harbor needs breakwaters | 4 | 4 | ||
Piers / Shipwrecks | Ship hits inside end of pier | 1 | 4 | ||
Navigation / Invention | House moved to Grand Haven from Muskegon on scow | 1 | 4 | ||
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Photo | Photo/story of car ferry Grand Haven - 2 articles | 4 | 3 | ||
Radio / Invention | Liquid air and radio demonstration in Grand Haven | 4 | 4 | ||
City / Military | Company G back home with stories | 4 | 3 | ||
Challenge Machinery / Advertising | Challenge Machinery to use harbor view for catalogue | 1 | 2 | ||
Nature / Phenomena | Part of meteor found in Piety Hill | 1 | 2 | ||
City / Mail | Improvements to Grand Haven mail service | 1 | 3 | ||
Car Ferries / Employment | Car ferries do not cost jobs - Rebuttal to Holland Sentinel article | 1 | 3 | ||
City / People | Photo and story of Rev. Francis Smiley | 4 | 4 | ||
Sports / College Football | Illinois football team playing good after Spring Lake training | 1 | 3 | ||
Car Ferries / Employment | Tribune rebutts negative ferry impact on Grand Haven | 4 | 5 | ||
Rosy Mound / Shipwreck | Schooner Swan goes aground 3 miles south of Grand Haven at Rosy Mound | 4 | 5 | ||
Rosy Mound / Shipwreck | Schooner Swan still aground | 1 | 1 | ||
Sports / Harness Racing | McKinley wins at Lexington races | 1 | 3 | ||
Five Mile Hill Treasure | More specifics on Five Mile Hill treasure | 4 | 4 | ||
Milwaukee / Piers / Construction | Good article on Milwaukee's new pier - ref. to photos | 1 | 2 | ||
City / Newspapers | Story of Joe Emery, Tribune publisher | 4 | 3 | ||
Great Lakes / Geography | Magazine purports that the Great Lakes are far from Rockies | 4 | 3 | ||
Rosy Mound / Shipwreck | Grand Havenites walk beach to see stranded schooner | 4 | 4 | ||
Interurban / Hunting | Interurban creates special cars for hunters | 1 | 3 | ||
Rosy Mound / Shipwreck | Life Savers work to salvage schooner on beach | 4 | 5 | ||
Rosy Mound / Shipwreck | Work continues on schooner | 1 | 3 | ||
Interurban / Safety | Safely complaints about Interurban | 4 | 4 | ||
Rosy Mound / Shipwreck | Schooner still stuck | 1 | 3 | ||
Ferry Estate Settlement | Old Ferry documents lead to valuable land acquisition | 1 | 3 | ||
Missing Person | More information on Sullivan boy disappearance | 4 | 3 | ||
Sports / Football | GH High School beats Holland 6-5 / Also see previous game 0-0 tie | 1 | 5 | ||
City / Jail | Jail costs reduced from 40 to 30 cents per prisoner per day | 1 | 3 | ||
Navigation / Invention | Proposal for Grand Rapids to Holland ship canal | 1 | 3 | ||
Ferry Estate Settlement | Ferry probate case begins | 4 | 5 | ||
Ferry Estate Settlement | Ferry probate case attracts little local interest - 2 articles | 1 | 2 | ||
City / People | Life of Akeley recalled in Muskegon Chronicle article | 4 | 4 | ||
Ferry Estate Settlement | Ferry probate case moving slowly | 4 | 5 | ||
City / Jail | Jail funding criticized | 1 | 2 | ||
Car Ferries / Lake Michigan | 8 car ferries I operation on Lake Michigan this winter | 1 | 3 | ||
Highland Park / Use | Some Highland Park residents will stay until mid November | 1 | 3 | ||
Grand River / Phenomena | Car Ferry Grand Haven causes river to rise / Peculiar sounds | 1 | 3 | ||
Fishing / Crime | Grand Haven fishermen accused of illegal netting | 4 | 5 | ||
City / Celebration | Celebrating Halloween in Grand Haven | 4 | 5 | ||
City / Celebration / Vandalism | Many Halloween pranks in Grand Haven | 1 | 2 | ||
Industry / Fishing | Two good photos of the Dornbos tug in Grand Rapids Press (Oct 31) | 1 | 3 | ||
City / Celebration / Vandalism | 13 youngsters arrested for Halloween pranks | 1 | 3 | ||
Shipbuilding / Great Lakes | Great Lakes shipbuilding - tionesta - drawing | 3 | 4 | ||
Bicycles/Motor cycles / Invention | Attachable motor for bicycles - drawing | 3 | 4 | ||
Highland Park / Use | Many visitors to Highland Park yesterday | 4 | 5 | ||
Hunting / Railroads | Hunting down because of railroad fares | 4 | 5 | ||
Military / Civil War | VanWormer family sent five brothers to Civil War | 1 | 3 | ||
City / People / Origins | Many leading Grand Haven citizens are from Stowe, Vermont | 4 | 3 | ||
Economy / Agriculture | Spring Lake to get pickle plant | 4 | 5 | ||
Central Park / Maintenance | Central Park prepared for winter | 1 | 5 | ||
Piers / Repair | Stone arrives from Sturgeon Bay for north pier crib | 1 | 5 | ||
City / Manufacturing | Possible new furniture factory for Grand Haven (Stafford Company) | 4 | 4 | ||
Recreation / Golfing | Golfing is dead in Grand Haven - Sheldon Links deserted | 1 | 4 | ||
Storms / Piers | Waves washing over piers - sightseers | 1 | 3 | ||
City / Manufacturing | More on plans for new Stafford Furniture Company | 4 | 3 | ||
Lake Michigan / Storms | Big storm on lake | 1 | 2 | ||
Challenge Machinery / Personnel | Story of James Lee, Challenge Machinery founder | 1 | 3 | ||
City / Manufacturing | More on Stafford Furniture Company proposals | 4 | 5 | ||
Life Savers / Personnel | No. #1 Grand Haven Surfman, VanWeeldon, to head South Manitou station | 1 | 3 | ||
City / Manufacturing | More on Stafford Furniture Company proposals | 4 | 5 | ||
Navigation / Advertising | Photograph/Ad of Barry Line boat | 4 | 6 | ||
Shipwrecks / History | Wreck of Antelope recalled | 4 | 5 | ||
Legal / Persons | Holland judge / Ottawa County personage / suicides | 4 | 5 | ||
Navigation / Use | Passage on lake lines up for this time of year | 1 | 2 | ||
Mayor / Crime | Ex-Grand Haven mayor, (Perry?) arrested in Grand Rapids water deal | 4 | 5 | ||
Corps of Engineers / Ships | New government dredge almost ready to launch | 1 | 3 | ||
Crime / Murder | Former Grand Haven man, Cornelius VanZantwick murdered | 4 | 5 | ||
Entertainment / Theater | Majestic Theater opens in Grand Rapids | 1 | 2 | ||
Weather / Grand River | River is frozen over on 'Canadian Side' of river | 1 | 2 | ||
Entertainment / Theater | Locals go see "Wizard of Oz" in Grand Rapids | 1 | 3 | ||
City / Celebration / Economy | What Grand Haven should be thankful for on Thanksgiving | 4 | 2 | ||
City / Newspapers | Tribune moves to new building | 4 | 5 | ||
Interurban / Crime | Interurban ticket scam | 4 | 5 | ||
Interurban / Crime | Letter to editor on Interurban ticket scam | 4 | 5 | ||
Automobile / Invention | Newton's steam auto of 1680 - drawing | 3 | 6 | ||
Radio / Invention | Grand Havens only wireless machine on display at Boydens | 1 | 5 | ||
Streets / Maintenance | City snowplow horse team out today | 4 | 4 | ||
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car Ferry Grand Haven breaks ice for smaller boats | 1 | 1 | ||
Pier / Accident | Naomi hits north pier - 20 feet of pier damaged | 1 | 3 | ||
Life Saving / Schedule | Life Saving station closes for winter / Close calls recalled / Crew List | 4 | 3 | ||
Celebration / Automobiles | Picture of 'Uncle Sam' in Thanksgiving automobile | 2 | 4 | ||
Prison / Murderer | Grand Haven sheriff visits the murderer Tibbetts in prison | 4 | 6 | ||
Recreation / Pool | Photograph / ad of fancy pool player | 4 | 3 | ||
City / Manufacturing | Stafford Furniture deal falls through | 4 | 4 | ||
Recreation / Pool | Pool shark to give exhibition | 1 | 3 | ||
Vagrancy / Hoboes / People | Shorty,' King of the Hoboes,' passes through Grand Haven | 1 | 3 | ||
Fire / Manufacturing | Basket Factory fire biggest in years | 4 | 3 | ||
Life Saving / Schedule | Volunteer life saving crew for winter? | 1 | 3 | ||
Industry / Agriculture | Success in the local fruit industry | 4 | 3 | ||
Mail / Invention | One-wheeled postal cart | 3 | 2 | ||
Piers / Appropriations | Grand Haven harbor to get $20,000 in appropriations | 1 | 1 | ||
Central Park / Maintenance | J. Dejong is Central Park custodian | 1 | 4 | ||
Crime / Vandalism | Boys warned not to throw snowballs at tower clock | 4 | 5 | ||
Interurban / Maintenance | Interurban big 4-hourse snow plow out tonight | 1 | 6 | ||
Ferry Estate Settlement | Ferry probate case continues | 4 | 5 | ||
College Football / Life Savers | University of Michigan football coach get ride in breeches buoy at Ludington | 1 | 2 | ||
Railroads / Accidents | Pere Marquette snow plow capsizes near Rosy Mound | 4 | 5 | ||
Crime / Jailbreak / Shooting | Grand Haven sheriff shot in jailbreak | 1 | 3 | ||
Crime / Jailbreak / Shooting | More on jailbreak and shooting sheriff (Supplement) | 1 | |||
Navigation / Ice blockade | People line pier to see ice blockade (Supplement) | 4 | |||
Telephones / Personnel | Telephone operators praised | 1 | 2 | ||
Fire Department / Safety | Fire Chief Fisher warns snow shovelers not to cover hydrants | 1 | 3 | ||
Sports / Harness Racing | Records of Geo. St. Clair's sons and daughters | 1 | 3 | ||
Crime / Jailbreak / Shooting | Sheriff recovering from shooting | 1 | 3 | ||
Corps of Engineers / Ships | Government dredge launched | 1 | 5 | ||
Automobile / Use | Motor cabs popular in London - drawing | 2 | 4 | ||
Crime / Vagrancy | Hobo problem | 4 | 5 | ||
Corps of Engineers / Ships | Machinery for new dredge at Government Basin | 4 | 3 | ||
Corps of Engineers / Ships | Extensive description of new dredge (Supplement) | 3 | |||
City / Schools / Business College | Plans to start a business college in Grand Haven | 4 | 6 | ||
Crime / Jailbreak / Shooting | Jail escapee makes confession | 4 | 6 | ||
Railroads / Accidents | Big train wreck east of Grand Rapids | 1 | 4 | ||
Interurban / Accident | Holland couple killed at Grandville by Interurban | 4 | 4 | ||
Crime / Jailbreak / Shooting | Written confession of jail breaker | ||||
Tribune / Article Index | Yearly chronology for 1903 |