Grand Haven Daily Tribune Article Index
1904
1903 Article Index Home Page 1905
Article Subject | Article Description |
Automobile / Invention | 1780s automobile - drawing |
Commercial Fishing / Crime | Booth Packing Co. case (illegal netting) goes to court |
Athletics / Clubs | YMCA proposes for Grand Haven |
Commercial Fishing / Crime | Booth Packing Co. gets 'not guilty' verdict in illegal netting case |
City / Disease / History | Grand Haven's smallpox scare recalled |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Repair | Car ferry Grand Haven has had many broken propellers |
Economy / Agriculture | Potential for growing cranberries here |
City / Economy | Grand Haven rated sixth in Michigan shipping traffic |
Navigation / Ships / Names | Steamer "City of Milwaukee" to be renamed "City of Holland." |
Aviation / Invention | Strange new flying machine |
Crime / Jailbreak / Shooting | Jail breaker Wilson gets 20 years for shooting sheriff |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car ferry Grand Haven is handling the ice well |
City / Disease / History | Epidemic of 1865 recalled - detailed account |
Telephone / Use | Long distance telephone use in Grand Haven |
Telephone / Business | Grand Haven may get second telephone company - Citizens Telephone Co. |
Economy / Agriculture | More on the possibilities of growing cranberries at Grand Haven |
Lake Michigan / Ice | More ice on Lake Michigan than ever |
Navigation / Ice blockade | Winter ice is blockading freight movement |
City / Disease | Small pox victim causes panic at City Hall |
Weather / Agriculture | Cold temperatures endanger experimental peach buds |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car ferry Grand Haven breaks ice in river |
City / Schools / Business College | Business college setting up in Grand Haven |
Navigation / Ice Blockade | Ice blockade letting up |
Ice / Phenomena | Muskegon man may have tried to walk across Lake Michigan on ice |
Sports / Track and field / People | Famous Grand Haven track star, George Kersey, recalled |
Lake Michigan / Ice | Only 15 miles of open water on lake |
Piers / Destruction / Ice | Stony Lake pier carried away by ice |
People / Phenomena | 105 year-old Grand Haven resident lived in three centuries |
Dewey Hill / Navigation / Ice | Grand Haven residents go to the top of Dewy Hill to watch ships battle ice |
Weather / Streets / Sidewalks | Streets and sidewalks crack from ice |
War of 1812 / Ships / History | Hull of Porcupine sent to Lansing - History of ship |
Lumbering / Business | Cutler Savidge Lumber Company liquidate assets |
Navigation / Ice Blockade | Car ferry Grand Haven and Naomi finally make Milwaukee |
City / History / Newspaper | Old Grand Haven newspaper recalls 1859 |
Harbor / Fees | Wharf fees to be paid at City Dock |
Education / People | Class of 1894 praised - all doing well |
Interurban / Accident | Woman struck by Interurban in Grand Haven |
Highland Park / City / Weather | Temperatures warmer at Highland Park than Grand Haven |
Ottawa County Jail / Crimes | Description of crimes of inmates at Ottawa County Jail |
Wildlife / Food | Request to feed starving seagulls with kitchen scraps |
Wildlife / Food | More on starving seagulls |
Recreation / Skiing / Dewey Hill | Snow skiing on Dewey Hill |
Piers / Winter Maintenance | Pier is always clear of ice for beach residents and workers |
Corps of Engineers / Ships | New hydraulic dredge is being finished in Government Pond |
Manufacturing / Coal shortage | Soft coal shortage is hurting Grand Haven factories |
Recreation / Skiing / Dewey Hill | Grand Rapids Ski Club may come to Grand Haven |
Recreation / Golfing | Golf enthusiasts and Sheldon St. Links |
Highland Park / Cottage Rentals | Requests for Highland Park cottage rentals are up - boom expected |
Interurban / Highland Park | Improvements to Grand Haven to Highland Park route |
Navigation / Ice Blockade | Ice blockade finally broken |
War of 1812 / Ships / History | A big piece of the Porcupine in Grand Rapids museum |
Wildlife / Food | Starving seagulls get a feast |
Shipwrecks / History/ People | Master of car ferry Marquette #17 was 1st mate on Ironsides |
Native Americans / Artifacts | Muskegon burial grounds / Mrs. Ryerson / Indian cemetery at Grand Haven |
Interurban / Use | Interurban tracks drain water from ice thaw on Washington St. |
City / Water / Health | Havenites advised to boil drinking water during ice thaw |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Repair | Car Ferry Grand Haven breaks another propeller wheel |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Repair | Car Ferry Grand Haven has broken six propellers this winter |
Interurban / Theater | Scheduling of Interurban theater car (motion pictures?) |
City / People / Chicago | Grand Haven's colony in Chicago |
Judicial / People | Judge Pagelson dies of heart attack |
Industry / Agriculture | Plan to grow grapes at Grand Haven |
Suicide Attempt | Grand Haven woman fails at suicide with carbolic acid |
Piers / Use / Navigation / Ice | Many visit pier to watch Naomi and car ferry Grand Haven battle ice |
Bridges / Maintenance / Ice | Ice around railroad bridge blasted with dynamite |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Repair | Car ferry Grand Haven breaks another propeller battling ice |
Navigation / Piers / Sand Bar | Sand bar forms across Grand Haven harbor mouth |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / People | Captain of car ferry Grand Haven resigns |
Judicial / People | Photograph of Judge Pagelson |
Industry / Agriculture | More on growing grapes at Grand Haven |
Interurban / Excursions | Interurban advertising excursion to Grand Haven to see ships in ice |
Interurban / Maintenance / Snow | Interurban 'red devil' snow plow kept busy |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Ice | Car ferry Grand Haven's passengers walk ashore over ice at Milwaukee |
Sports / Harness Racing | Geo. St. Clair coming back to Michigan |
Navigation / Ice Blockade | Naomi and car ferry Gand Haven drifting in ice flow off Racine |
Navigation / Phenomena | Muskegon's fog whistle heard here |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / People | Car Ferry Grand Haven captain reinstated |
Life Savers / Personnel | New Life Saving crew listed |
City / Snow Removal | Request to remove snow banks on Washington St. |
Highland Park / Use / Worlds Fair | Highland Park use should be good despite St. Louis World Fair |
Military / Radio / Invention | Wireless-guided sub torpedo - sketch |
City / Politics / Sheriff / Invention | Photo of Cornelius Nyland, candidate for sheriff |
Interurban / Improvements | Interurban to get two open-air cars for Spring Lake - Highland Park - GH route |
Industry / Agriculture | More on growing grapes at Grand Haven |
Piers / Bridges / Repair / Ice | Piers damaged and bridges threatened by ice flows |
Interurban / Damage / Floods | Spring floods cover Interurban tracks |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Piers | Car ferry Grand Haven has narrow escape in channel |
Grand River / Floods / Damage | Local barn carried away by flood |
Grand River / Floods / Damage | Dead horse and carriage float down river |
Grand River / Floods / Damage | Flood continues - bridge still standing |
Flood / Dewey Hill / Sand Dunes | River current is cutting away at sand hills |
City / Money Expenditures | News supplement with Grand Haven City expenditures |
Lake Michigan / Ice | Ice gorge is broken |
Life Savers / Personnel | Frank Fisher is moved from Holland Life Saving Station to Grand Haven |
Grand River / Floods / Damage | House falls in river |
Grand River / Floods / Damage | Flood undermines car ferry track |
Hunting / Floods / Grand River | Hunters shooting muskrats coming down flooded river |
Grand River / Floods / Damage | City bridges inspected / Flood damage assessed |
Flood / Lumbering | Boats scavenge for lumber floating in river from food |
Grand River / Near Drowning | Three men nearly drown in river |
Interurban / Flood | Interurban started after flood |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Flood | Car Ferry Grand Haven has to anchor in channel - flood current |
Interurban / Flood Damage | Damage reported on Interurban bridges and approaches |
Recreation / Golfing | Sheldon St. golf links becoming popular |
Nation / Panama Canal | Big article on Panama Canal |
Piers / Flood Damage | Government pier revetment damaged by floods |
People / Civil War History | McBride recalls Battle of Shiloh |
Grand River Bridges / Flood | Work continues repairing flood damage to bridge approaches |
Entertainment / Advertising | Photographic ad for Lyman Brothers |
Grand River / Floods / Damage | Trees saved roadway from floods |
Grand River Bridges / Flood | Water 40 ft deep at railroad bridges |
Economy / Floods / Interurban | Business hurt by closing of Interurban |
City / Riverfront / Dewey Hill | Former Grand Haven resident has city photograph shot from Dewey Hill |
Grand River / Navigation | Large tug makes it to Grand Rapids |
Interurban / Floods / Wildlife | Submerged Interurban rails kill fish |
Bridges / Tenders / Interurban | Guardians of the bridge praised by Interurban |
Piers / Damage / Near Shipwreck | Steamer Atlanta hits south pier - some damage |
Military / Armory / Construction | Plans for new armory described |
Grand River / Floods / Damage | 40 ft channel caused by flood described |
Entertainment / Opera House | New Grand Haven opera house unlikely |
Piers / Damage / Near Shipwreck | Much damage caused to pier by ship collision |
City / History | Ex-Mayor gathers historical data on Grand Haven in Milwaukee |
Life Saving Service / Personnel | Grand Haven Surfman to be St. Louis World Fair |
City / Military | Co G inspected at temporary armory |
Military / Celebrity | Russian admiral visits Grand Haven |
Piers / Harbor / Channel | Harbor entrance will only need slight dredging |
Rivers / History | Ex-Mayor McBride finds old French maps - river names |
Navigation / Ships | Refurbishing of Nyack completed |
Entertainment / Music / Celebrity | Havenites to go to Muskegon to hear John Phillip Sousa |
Dummy Line / Interurban | Old Dummy engine to haul sand for bridge repair |
Sports / Recreation / Snow Skiing | Local boys out skiing Grand Haven hills |
Story & Clark / Business | Delivery of Story & Clark piano to Mexico |
Dummy Line / Interurban | Old Dummy engine powered up |
Highland Park / Crime / Larceny | No break-ins at Highland Park this year |
Piers / Floods / Fishing | Water next to piers twice as deep from floods / Good fishing |
Automobiles / Use | Automobiles catching on in Grand Haven |
Life Saving Service / Personnel | Surfman Peterson leaving for St. Louis |
Highland Park / Cottages / Pier | Elaborate Grand Haven summer house to have Lake Michigan pier |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Dredging | Car Ferry Grand Haven dredges out South Channel with her propellers |
Grand Haven / History | Pre-settled (1834) book by Mr. Baar describes Grand Haven |
Pier / Damage / Repair | Damaged south pier revetment held together with lines |
Dummy Line / Interurban | Dummy engine still hauling sand from Highland Park for bridge repair |
Recreation / Motor Boating | More gasoline launches expected this year |
County Courthouse / Phenomena | Clear windows of court house killing birds |
Corps of Engineers / Ships | New government dredge 'General Ludlow' powered up first time |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car Ferry Grand Haven to carry excursionists this summer |
Dummy Line / Interurban | Interurban Grand Haven car barn with Dummy engine inside burns |
Dummy Line / Interurban | Dummy Line owners listed |
City / People / Pioneers | Josette Robinson dies - sister of John Parisian - Recalls GH history |
Commercial Fishing / Crime | Dornbos Co. charged with selling undersized trout |
Piers / Flood Damage | Pier crib damaged by flood still floating |
Highland Park / Use / People | First Highland Park residents arrive - D. C. Marks usually the first |
Interurban / Floods / Use | Interurban open into Grand Haven again |
Recreation / Games / Marbles | Jonnie Klaverto wins marble guessing contest |
Central Park / Improvements | Central Park gets new maples |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Ads | Engravings of car ferry Grand Haven put on checks |
Military / US Navy | Battleship Missouri drawing - turrent explosion |
Recreation / Yachting / Boating | Steam yacht 'Sea Fox' moves to Grand Haven - description |
Piers / Floods / Damage / Repair | Damaged south pier revetment under repair |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | Car Ferry Grand Haven makes record run across Lake Michigan - 4:45 |
Interurban / Facilities / Docks | Interurban/Robbins canopy dock described |
Native Americans / Burial Ground | Indian grave yard dug up by gravel company at Bass River |
Highland Park / People | Captain Walker, popular Highland Park custodian, dies |
Entertainment / Circus / Ad | Big circus ad |
Recreation / Yachting / Boating | More description of Sea Fox |
Entertainment / Circus | Frisbee Bros. Circus sets up |
Entertainment / Circus | Big crowds attend circus |
Central Park / Improvements | Walter Phillips efforts to beautify Central Park |
Sports / Track and Field | Grand Haven High School first track meet |
Sports / Track and Field | Results of GH High School track meet at Holland |
Sports / Baseball / 5-Mile Hill | Baseball game at 5-Mile Hill diamond |
Interurban / Highland Park | Interurban prepares cars for Grand Haven - Highland Park traffic |
Sports / Harness Racing | Ad for breeding Geo. St. Clair |
Motorboat Racing / Record | First suto-boat arrives at Grand Haven / Sets speed record |
Motorboat / Construction | Auto-boat builder arrives at Grand Haven |
Politics / Photography | Photo of Hans Dykhuis running for Ottawa County Sheriff |
Highland Park / Crime / Larceny | Highland Park residents complain of petty pilfering about cottages |
Interurban / Highland Park | Interurban schedule to Highland Park announced |
Streets / Sand Dunes | Sherman Boyce praised for saving Clinton St. from drifting sand. |
Highland Park / Pavilion | Bosekers Highland Park pavilion opening for season |
Military / Battles | Yalu River battle map |
City / Storms | Heavy lightning storm hits Grand Haven |
Highland Park / Use | Highland Park known as 'children's paradise.' |
Propecting / Gold | Spring Lake man strikes it rich in Mexico - gold |
Washington St. / Concessions | Pop corn stand erected on Washington St. and Second. |
Corps of Engineers / Ships | Gen. Ludlow starts dredging Grand River |
Automobiles / Bridges | First automobile crosses over new bridge arrives in Grand Haven |
City / Holiday Celebration | Memorial Day celebration described |
Grand River / Bridges | New Grand River bridge completed |
Lake Michigan / Towns | South Manitou and Frankfort described / GH boy is youngest Surfman in US |
Piers / Floods / Damage / Repair | Pier crib still floating from flood damage |
Central Park / Crime / Vandalism | Flower beds in Central Park vandalized |
Grand River / Flood Dmage | Wm. Swarthout house on north side of river moved from floods |
Highland Park / Interurban | New Highland Park Interurban cars described |
Business / Artifacts / History | Business token found across river |
Mail / Inventions | US Mail 'chariot' for rural regions |
Yachting / Personnel | Lake Michigan yachts are employing 'Japs' in their crews |
Juveniles / Vandalism | Juveniles damage cigar store Indian |
Highland Park / Dummy Line | Destroyed Dummy train disposed of in Fruitport |
Automobiles / Accidents | Former Grand Haven man seriously hurt in Indiana auto accident |
Highland Park / Use | Large Chicago camping club inquires about Highland Park |
Highland Park / Use | Highland Park opening delayed because of bad weather |
Piers / Floods / Damage / Repair | Damaged pier revetment held together by chains |
City / Mail / History | Early Grand Haven mail delivery recalled |
Military / Submarines | Russian submarine launched |
Interurban / Highland Park | Grand Haven branch of Interurban is known as the 'Water Route.' |
Interurban / Spring Lake | Spring Lake wants an Interurban station |
Interurban / Highland Park | Interurban runs off track at Highland Park |
Wildlife / Fish / Harbor | Bullhead fish have fight in channel |
Highland Park / Use | Lake warms up for bathing |
Religion / Sunday School | County-wide Sunday School rally/parade at Grand Haven |
Crime / Larceny | Horse poisoner at Peach Plains |
Dewey Hill / Party | Big picnic party bonfire on Dewey Hill |
Disease / Crime / Graft | Quarantine 'graft' exposed |
Streets / Phenomena | Skull found on Lake Ave. |
Navigation / Phenomena | Muskegon fog whistle clearly heard at Grand Haven |
Interurban / Legal Prank | Interurban present 'fake lawsuit' on Interurban |
Disease / Crime / Graft | More on quarantine graft |
Automobile / Use | New Cadillac automobile arrives for Grand Haven man |
Automobiles / Accident | New automobile has accident on bridge |
Highland Park / Fourth of July | Big ad for Highland park balloon ascension |
Highland Park / Fourth of July | More on balloon ascension |
Highland Park / Use | Opening of Highland Park / Improvements |
Navigation / Fire Safety | Crosby steamers hold fire drills |
Libraries / People | Photo of Webster Batchallor, library benefactor |
Navigation / Car Ferries | Grand Haven to get another car ferry next year |
Spring Lake / Fourth of July | Spring Lake Fourth of July celebration described |
Automobiles / Country Roads | Automobiles causing problems on local country roads |
Bicycles / Accidents | Boy seriously hurt on bike near Highland Park Hotel |
Navigation / Ships | The Eastland of Chicago is a very popular excursion boat |
Bicycles / Accidents | Boy hurt on bicycle at Highland Park still in critical condition |
Court House / Maintenance | Court House custodian, Charles Christmas, praised |
Highland Park / Entertainment | Mental telepathy and magnetism to be at Highland Park pavilion |
Bicycles / Accidents | Highland Park boy recovering from accident |
Dewey Hill / Business | White Horse Inn to be built atop Dewey Hill |
Sidewalks / Akeley Institute | Akeley Institute to get cement sidewalks |
Grand River/ Floods / Science | Rain and current gages installed on Grand River |
Piers / Damage / Floods / Ships | South pier in bad shape from ship collisions and floods |
Highland Park / Use | Cold weather is hurting resort business |
Piers / Damage / Floods / Ships | Workers brought from Muskegon to load stone for pier crib repair |
Navigation / Shipwrecks / Dredge | Pentland grounds off Grand Haven / Dredging criticized |
Automobile / Yachtsman | Spring Lake yachtsman has canary-yellow touring car |
Highland Park / Street Lights | New street lights for Highland Park planned |
Bicycles / Accidents | Boy in Highland Park bicycle accident dies |
Lake Michigan / Park / Camping | Grand Haven seeking encampment grounds on Lake Michigan for park |
Insanity | Cow confiscated from insane woman on Franklin St. |
Transportation / Buggy | Fashionable driving cart attracts attention in Spring Lake. |
Harbor / Dredging | Postmaster consults with Corps of Engineers to finish dredging harbor |
Sand Dunes / Wildlife | Ginseng found growing along lakeshore hills |
Life Saving Service / Tourism | Life Saving drills are a good attraction to visitors |
Piers / Harbor / Appropriations | District Corps of Engineer chief asks for harbor appropriations |
Highland Park / Dining | Fish dinners at Highland Park Hotel by landlord McBride |
City / Navigation History | Black Boat Milwaukee recalled |
Swimming / Drownings | Why Grand Haven has so few drowning accidents |
Interurban / Facilities | Special Interurban outing car |
Port Sheldon / Camping | 200 resorters camp out at Port Sheldon |
Grand River/ Near Drowning | Tramp rescues boy in river |
Piers / Damage / Floods / Ships | Engineers in town inspecting pier |
Navigation / Schooners | Unique schooner Ida Caroline described |
Yachting / Spring Lake | Good photograph of the 'Flying Dutchman' yacht |
Highland Park / Facilities | Grocery wagon to Highland Park shows its importance |
Interurban / Invention | Grand Haven has first electric dining car in country. |
Central Park / Wildlife | Proposal to acquire squirrels for Central Park |
City / Photographs | Grand Haven has many good 'maritime view' picture collections |
City / Transportation / Railroads | Travelers go from New York City to Grand Haven in only 24 hours |
City / Sidewalks | Sidewalk construction dispute between residents |
City / Leisure / Vacations | Grand Haven favorite vacation spot of local resident |
City / Recreation / Camping | Plea to Grand Haven to buy Lake St. campgrounds |
Sports / Harness Racing | McKinley to switch from trotting to pacing? |
Interurban / Invention | New Interurban dining car doing well |
Juveniles / Fires | Fire Chief Fisher blames sawdust fires on carelessness and boys |
Harbor Regulations | 8 mph speed limit set for harbor |
Sports / Basketball | The Bloomer Girls - women's basketball team |
Piers / Damage / Floods / Ships | Congressman to inspect Grand River harbor |
Interurban / Construction | New electric railroad from south? |
Interurban / Construction | More on new Interurban route |
Automobiles / Accident | Small boy run down by automobile - not seriously hurt |
Harbor / Drowning | Yong man drowns in river near grain elevator |
Piers / Damage / Floods / Ships | Harbor inspected / Half-dredging criticized |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Use | 200 Milwaukee excursionists visit Grand Haven on car ferry |
Piers / Life Saving Service | Life Savers use south pier for breeches buoy drill |
Piers / Damage / Floods / Ships | Repairs commence on south pier |
Piers / Navigation / Instruments | An anemometer is located in one of the fog houses on south pier |
Highland Park / Use | Highland Park reporting poor season for surf bathing |
Story & Clark / Automobiles | E. H. Story passes through Grand Haven in touring auto |
Business / Phenomena | Peculiar story of Grand Haven fruit vendor |
Interurban / Accident | Boy rescued from wheels of Interurban |
Highland Park / Celebration | Grand Haven Day at Highland Park |
City / Military | Co. G prepares for 'mimic campaign' |
US Life Saving Service | Life Saving exhibition |
Crime / Jail / Shooting | Shorty the Hobo shot by man confined in jail with hoboes / Court case |
City / History / Population | Grand Haven population / History |
Piers / Repair | More stone arrives for broken pier crib |
Live Savers / Lookout Tower | A watch tower is being erected on North Pier for Life Savers |
City / Political Districts | Proposal to divide the Third Ward |
Highland Park / Use | Reasons for poor Highland Park attendance this year |
Hoboes / People | Woman traveling as hobo arrested |
City / Mascots | Famous old Grand Haven mocking bird 'Dick' dies |
Hoboes / People | More on hobo woman |
City / Buildings | Plans submitted for new armory and opera house |
City / Newspapers / Artifacts | Bound volume of Grand Havens first newspapers on exhibit |
Barber Shop / Invention | First revolving hydraulic barber chair installed |
Highland Park / Entertainment | Children's parties at Highland Park pavilion |
Spring Lake / Photographs | Production of Spring Lake postcards by Lou Cairns - Addison |
City / Districts | Protest against 'Piety Hill' name |
Business / Laundry | New laundry on 7th & Fulton |
Spring Lake / Yachting | Flying Dutchman wins Spring Lake Regatta |
City / People / Photograph | Photograph of Suel A. Sheldon |
Highland Park / Street Lights | Highland Park lights are an attraction view from the lake |
City / Photographs | Grand Haven postcards are very popular |
Spring Lake / Regattas / History | Evolution of regattas at Spring Lake Yacht Club |
Motorboat / Invention | Auto-boat exhibition at Spring Lake |
Weather / Phenomena | Setting sun and thunderstorm creates sky phenomenon |
Navigation / Invention | Goodrich steamers now have 'torch buoy' |
Highland Park / Interurban | Interurban puts switch on Highland Park line to ease crowds |
Business / Celebration | Highland Park Merchants Day schedule of events |
City / Tourists / Highland Park | Resorters opinion of Grand Haven |
Business / Celebration | Highland Park Merchants Day Picnic ad |
Vagrancy / Racism | Success of 'boxcar dago' |
Business / Celebration | Merchants Day Picnic at Highland Park described |
Business / Celebration | More on Merchants Day Picnic at Highland Park |
Interurban / Use | Grand Haven to Muskegon 'Loop the Loop' trip popular |
Piers / Repair | 40 feet of pier revetment removed at Government Pond |
Highland Park / Beach Safety | Bather enjoy Highland Park high surf - life lines, rafts |
Piers / Repair | Bad shape of south pier - repair |
City / Sidewalks | Poor shape of Lake St. walkway |
Highland Park / Use | Worst year at Highland Park ever - pavilion open to October |
Piers / Repair / People | Pier repair supervisor takes residence in Grand Haven |
City / Parks | Estes Park, across river, praised |
Grand River / Navigation | Riverboat Helen LaMore navigating between Grand Rapids and Grand Haven |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Race | Car ferry Grand Haven races steam yacht 'Sea Fox' |
Highland Park / Entertainment | Children's party at Highland Park pavilion a success |
Piers / Repair | Big force of men working at repairing pier |
Highland Park / Use | august good month for surf bathing at Highland Park |
City / Fire Department / Mascots | Fire Department gets pet owl |
Highland Park / Street Names | Highland Park street names sent to Postmaster |
Recreation / Golfing | Sheldon St. golf links seldom used / Golf dying out? |
City / Railroads | 99-car fruit train passes through Grand Haven |
Piers / Repair | South pier repairs halts pier walk promenades |
Recreation / Bicycles / Invention | Giant bicycle swing -drawing |
Automobiles / Use | Large runabout from Milwaukee Auto Club here |
Manufacturing / Furniture | New metal furniture line from American Brass |
Highland Park / Lightning | Lightning causes near-panic at Highland Park dance |
City / Lightning / Damage | Lightning storm causes city electrical outages |
Piers / Storms | High surf rolling over piers |
Recreation / Motor Boating | Power boat craze popular on Spring Lake |
Car Ferry Grand Haven | Car ferry Grand Haven grounds in Milwaukee harbor |
Lake Michigan / Real Estate | Ad request for 75 acres of land on Lake Michigan |
Religion / Artifact | Grand Haven man has 1643 Dutch bible |
Entertainment / Business | Pillmore Capital Amusement Co. described |
City / Garbage Service | Grand Haven garbage collection rates |
Interurban / Use | Highland Park residents complain of Interurban closing |
Piers / Repair | Repair on south pier |
City / Fairs | Ad for Grand Haven street fair |
Piers / Repair | Piles on hand at Government Pond to fix pier |
Highland Park / Use | Water temperature at Highland Park 72 degrees - many bathers |
Piers / Repair | New pier crib described |
City / Fairs | Opposition to the carnival |
Piers / Repair | Work on south pier continues |
Recreation / Motor Boating | Auto-boat 'Noisy Dutchman' tested on Spring Lake |
Ottawa County Courthouse | Court house coal bin caves in |
Crime / Fraud | Control of vendors and fakirs on Washington St. |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Race | Car ferry Grand Haven challenges yacht Sea Fox to a race - $4000 |
Child / Abandonment | Baby found on porch of house |
City / Fairs | Carnival setup and schedule |
Piers / Repair | Cribs being built for harbor repair |
Child / Abandonment | More on abandoned baby |
City / Fairs | Article on street fair |
Navigation / Ships | Picture of the Lady Elgin in the Milwaukee Wisconsin yesterday |
Entertainment / Motion Pictures | Movie "The Great Train Robbery" plays in Grand Haven |
Sports / Harness Racing | Eastern paper does story on trotter McKinley |
Crime / Jail / Shooting | Ottawa County Jail report |
Street Fair / Phenomena | Leopard man show asked to leave town |
City / Fairs / Crime | Pick-pockets hit carnival goers |
City / Fairs | Carnival winds down to finish |
Recreation / Motor Boating | Spring Lake residents complain of auto boat noise |
Sports / Harness Racing | Phil St. Clair does well at Howard City |
Navigation / Rescue | Pentland rescues crew of Pewaukee |
Sports / Football | Grand Haven High School football team lacks enthusiasm |
Hunting / Crime | Sportsmen complain of duck hunting violators |
Navigation / Storms / Shipwrecks | Most dangerous winds for Grand Haven shippers are southwest |
Interurban | Description of Grand Rapids - Grand Haven Interurban (southern) route |
Piers / Repair | Piles for south pier repair driven |
Wildlife / Fish | Big Musky cut up by tug Auger (Capt. Fisher) |
Street Fair / Phenomena | Leopard man show passes through town on way to Chicago |
Sports / Shooting | Clay pigeon shoot at Bennetts (Mulligans) Hollow |
Piers / Repair | Lumber arrives for new South pier cribs |
Crime / Piracy | River pirates hit Beech Tree area |
Ottawa County Courthouse | New county court house coal bin described |
Railroads / Vandalism | Passenger train pelted with stones |
Piers / Repair / Ships | Pewaukee in with stone for pier repair |
Railroads / Vandalism | Boys who threw potatoes at train caught |
Juvenile / Crime / Harassment | Complaint that boys are harassing old dog warden |
Piers / Repair | Pier stone held up by legal writ |
Highland Park / Use | Interurban pavilion at Highland Park closed for season |
Sports / Football | Grand Haven High School football team abandoned |
Piers / Repair | Pier stone released from Pewaulkee on $3000 bond |
Recreation / Hunting | Grand Haven duck hunters ready for duck season |
Piers / Repair | Pier crib ready for installation |
Manufacturing / Novelties | Brass Novelties Co. production described |
Recreation / Bowling | New bowing alley to open |
City / Garbage Service | 2 cents per week for household garbage removal |
Railroads / Vandalism | Father denies his boys threw potatoes at train |
Piers / Repair | Another load of stone arrives for pier |
Piers / Repair | Cribs at pier being loaded with stone |
Piers / Repair | New pier crib completed / Superstructure next |
Highland Park / Interurban | 30,000 fares collected on Highland Park branch of Interurban in August |
City Buildings / Library | Financial plans for new public library |
Highland Park / Maintenance | Boseker sets up winter quarters at Highland Park |
Building / Phenomena / Ghosts | Whispering gallery phenomenon at Boyden building |
Sports / Basketball | High school girls basketball team listed |
Piers / Repair | Pewaulkee arrives with stone for pier |
Recreation / Motor Boating | Lose 'Em Quick' auto-boat beats Gran Haven to Grand Rapids record 3:16 |
Dewey Hill / Cross Raising | Cross erected by strangers on Dewey Hill |
Crime / Artifacts | Criminal relics on display in storefront |
Newspaper / Artifact | 1857 Ottawa County newspaper described |
Crime / Drugs | Cocaine fiend taken to prison |
Dewey Hill / Cross Raising | Another cross appears on Dewey Hill |
Navigation / Ships | Improvements on Naomi described |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Invention | Car ferry Grand Haven has a powerful searchlight |
Dewey Hill / Cross Raising | Cross on Dewey Hill a political omen? |
Dewey Hill / Cross Raising | More cross burnings on Dewey Hill |
Juveniles / Entertainment | Local kids set up make-shift opera house |
Dewey Hill / Use | Crowds of Havenites visit top of Dewey Hill |
Automobile / Racing | Bicycle and auto enthusiasts visit Grand Rapids for auto races |
Piers / Repair | Pile driver is at south pier to work on superstructure |
Dewey Hill / Cross Raising | Volunteer detective to investigate cross mystery |
Automobile / Racing | Havenites at Grand Rapids auto races are new auto enthusiasts |
Piers / Repair / Improvements | Concrete bed placed at end of south pier / Taller steel beacon tower planned |
Great Lakes / Storm Theory | Mariners theory on 3-day blows on the lakes |
Piers / Repair / Storms | Pier repair delayed by storm |
Five Mile Hill / Artifacts | Portions of a skull found near Five Mile Hill |
Above posted to web but not corrected | |
Shipwrecks / Publications | "Heroes of the Storm" book tells of GH Live Saving Crew / Jesse Martin wreck |
Piers / Storms | Storm threatens fog horn house and tram way |
Interurban / Storm Damage | Storm waves wash out Interurban tracks at Highland park |
Piers / Repair | More stone arrives for pier repair |
City / Parks / Duncan Woods | City negotiating price on Lake St. woods (Duncan Woods) |
Piers / Repair | New pier crib being installed today |
Piers / Improvements | New lighthouse arrives on supply ship Hyacinth |
Navigation / Near Shipwreck | Pentland almost lost off Escanaba (Cana Island) |
Navigation / Near Shipwreck | GH Schooner D. A. Wells just misses Sheboygan pier in gale |
Piers / Repair | First section of new pier crib sunk |
City / Library | Proposals for location of new library |
Central Park / History | Transformation of Central Park from eyesore to beautiful park |
Dewey Hill / Hunting | Hunting is good in swamp behind Dewey Hill |
Piers / Repair | Pier workers wear oil skin aprons to avoid splash when dropping pier rock |
City / Politics | Circus tent for Republican election speeches erected |
City / Holidays / Pranks | How Halloween pranks have changed |
Crime / Invasion of Privacy | Increasing 'Peeping Tom' problems on 5th and Lafayette streets |
Piers / Construction / Lighthouse | Work on new steel lighthouse tower |
Highland Park / Conservation | Warning not to shoot squirrels in Central Park |
City / Holidays / Pranks | Halloween pranks described |
Sledding / Central Park | Central Park fountain cover used as toboggan slide |
Piers / Repair | Steam barge Hurd brings stone for pier |
Recreation / Bowling | Local sailor hits perfect score at bowling alley |
Piers / Repair | Work on pier cribs continues |
City / Buildings / Weather | Gradn Haven to get weather station back |
City / Buildings / Safety | All three-story buildings in Grand Haven should have fire escapes |
Piers / Repair | All work on pier substructure completed |
Sports / Football | 30 Havenites to go see University of Michigan play University of Chicago |
Automobiles / Accidents | Former Grand Haven woman run down by automobile in Grand Rapids |
Missing Person | 11-yr-old Grand Haven boy missing |
Grand River / Near Drowning | Man saves two boys at Ferrysburg bridge |
Piers / Construction / Lighthouse | New lighthouse ready for erection |
Missing Person | Missing boy found |
Piers / Repair | More stone arrives for pier repair |
Navigation / Mississippi River | Sea Foam starts journey down Mississippi River to Florida |
Sports / Boxing / Crime | Fruitport prize fight recalled - 10 yrs ago |
Recreation / Hunting / Ships | Grand Haven hunting party to leave for UP woods on Pentland |
Insanity / Crime / Jailbreak | Insane woman tries to escape from county jail |
City / History / Mineral Springs | Old Grand Haven mineral springs recalled |
Piers / Repair | Work on south pier crib still progressing |
Sports / Football | State enthusiasm for University of Michigan football increasing |
Sports / Football | Grand Haven rooters return from University of Michigan-Chicago football game |
Entertainment / Navigation | Lake storm strands theatrical troupe |
Piers / Repair | Pier cribs being lowered on spiles |
Sand Dunes / Fire / Harbor | Smoke from burning dunes obscures harbor |
Sports / Football | Lowell to play Grand Haven for State Independent League Championship |
Piers / Repair | More stone arrives for pier repair |
Recreation / Fishing | Good perch fishing at Government Pond |
People / Phenomena | Strange long-haired musician visits Grand Haven |
Sports / Football | Grand Haven prepares for Lowell football game |
Wildlife / Phenomena | Strange bird captured at Rosy Mound |
Holiday / Wildlife | Scarcity of turkey for Thanksgiving |
Sports / Football | Lowell 'bad sports' in loss to Grand Haven |
Piers / Repair | More stone delivered for pie cribs |
Sports / Football | Grand Haven - Lowell football game described |
U.S. Government / Crime | Local government inspector dismissed - scandal |
Sports / Football | Havenites root for Muskegon in victory over Lowell |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Harbor | Car ferry Grand Haven periodically grounds in South Channel |
Aviation / Invention | Drawing of airship 'California Arrow' |
War of 1812 / Shipwreck | Timber from Porcupine displayed in Tribune office |
Car Ferry Grand Haven / Harbor | Car ferry Grand Haven grounds outside of harbor |
Piers / Repair | Work continues on pier repair |
Piers / Repairs / Lighthouse | Erection of new steel beacon delayed |
Missing Person | Lake dare-devil feared lost in balloon small boat |
Education / High School | Grand Haven High School curriculum described |
Piers / Repair | Second pier crib weighted down with rock |
Missing Person | Body of dare-devil balloon boat captain found |
Piers / Fog Horn | Fog Horn tender reports mostly clear nights this year |
Piers / Repair | More stone arrives for pier crib repair |
Motor Boats / Publications | Sketch of Noisy Dutchman appears in Rudder Magazine |
Real Estate / Legal / Crime | Questionable deed on Lakeshore property |
Automobiles / Christmas | Ad drawing of Santa Clause driving automobile |
Sports / People / Medicine | Photograph of Prof. V. B. Roche - Athlete / Hygienist |
Highland Park / Construction | Cement cottage to be built at Highland Park |
Motion Pictures / Invention | Charles Boyden has motion picture machine |
Navigation / People / Telephone | Capt. Kendricks home gets telephone #292 (marine hero) |
Piers / Lighthouse / Construction | Light beacon tower at end of pier nearly done |
Schools / Fire Safety | Fire safety features at new high school praised |
US Life Saving Service / Work | New Life Saving procedures / schedules listed |
Sports / People / Medicine | Prof. Roche, fitness expert, challenges Japanese wrestler |
Real Estate / Legal / Crime | Lakeshore ownership deed rejected - not recorded |
Piers / Fog Horn | Mariners say new fog siren not as good as old fog horn |
Piers / Repair | South pier repair completed |
US Life Saving Service / People | Grand Haven surfman Peterson returns from St. Louis Exposition |
Life Saving Service / Schedule | Request to keep Life Saving station open year around |
Sports / People / Medicine | Another photograph of Prof. Roche |
Piers / Lighthouse | New South Pier light tower much higher than previous one |
Harbor / Ice / Car Ferry | Difficulty clearing ice from South Channel for Car ferry Grand Haven |
Spring Lake / Winter Navigation | Spring Lake completely frozen over |
Piers / Damage | New pier section sinks |
Piers / Damage / Repair | Sunk pier crib section held together by chains |
Lake Michigan / Storms / Pier | Storm waves wash over catwalk |
Christmas / Electricity | Electric Christmas tree at Book Store |
Navigation / Storms | Steamship Naomi has rough passage through storm |
Piers / Lighthouse / Construction | Work still being done on new light beacon tower |
Piers / Damage | Contractor claims to be no way to blame for pier failure |
Piers / Storm / Signal House | Light keeper held hostage in pier lighthouse by storm |
Piers / Lighthouse / Construction | Three more weeks construction on new light beacon tower |
Storm / Highland Park / Piers | Huge hurricane force storm hits piers and Highland Park |
Storms / Ship Safety | Storm qualities of Naomi |