Grand Haven Daily Tribune Article Index

1894

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Article Subject Article Description
   
Court House /  souvenirs Holland manufacturer makes a court house cigar 
Railroads / description Description of Grand Haven and new railroad and importance
Wildlife / bears A black bear was shot north of Ferrysburg
Weather / synopsis Mild winter to this point
Science / depth gauge Measuring water depth by using explosives
Delinquency / gangs South Haven boys form ‘Jesse James’ gang
Religion / spiritualism Spiritualist, Joseph King, in Agnew
Sports / baseball Professional baseball clubs organize / salaries
Ships / captains Captain Harry Smith dies
Health / disease Grand Haven plague recalled
Piers / foghorns Michigan City wants steam powered fog whistle
Crime / jail break Man gets arrested to cause jail break
Life savers / near drowning Near drowning at Chicago water intake pipe
City / districts District nicknames listed
Ships / Roanoke Roanoke survives lake blizzard
Business / ice harvesting A gang of men are harvesting ice at the pier
Harbor / accident Horse nearly goes through ice at pier
Fires / sawdust piles Fire hazard of sawdust piles
Legal / water works suit Grand Haven wins suit against Wiley Water Works
Ships / Marshall Ney  First ship to land at Chicago was the Marshall Ney
Ships / Roanoke 2 crew and 3 passengers walk ashore over ice
Legal / waterworks suit Extensive article on Wiley Water Works suit 
Ships / Roanoke More on walkover ice from Roanoke
Recreation / sledding Sliding down hills on barrel staves
Harbor / Appropriations Congress appropriates $23,000 to improve harbor
(Dewey) hill / view of ships View from big sand hill of ships blockaded in ice
Great Lakes / currents Every one of the Great Lakes has 4 general currents
(Dewey) hill / view Good view from big sand hill
Residents / last names At least 500 Grand Haven people have ‘Van’ in their names
Delinquency / dogs A dog with tin can tied to tail can cause excitement
Crime / bigamy Story of Grand Haven bigamist 
Crime / bigamy Denial of bigamist
Shipping / boats  Navigation on lake down to muddy roads
Industry / machine shop Machine shop wants to locate in Grand Haven
Recreation / walking Many people are walking the beach  / good weather
Beaches / ice formations Shoreline ice forms bridges, inlets and waterways 
Personalities / Indian Joe Indian Joe parades down street as Indian chief
Industry / Rosy Mound Forrest around Rosy Mound is cut
Phenomena / grasshoppers 50 mph. SW wind brings in grasshoppers from plains
Rosy Mound / view Beautiful view from Rosy Mound described
Crime / bigamy More on Grand Haven bigamy case
Crime / jailbreak  Attempted jailbreak
Crime / murder Grand Haven’s first murder - 1845
Crime / bigamy More on Grand Haven bigamy case
Crime / murder Actual story on Grand Haven’s first murder
Crime / bigamy More on Grand Haven bigamy case
Railroads / shooting Tramp shot in foot riding train
Crime / murder More on Grand Haven's first murder
Railroads / shooting More on tramp shooting
Railroads / Buxton Layout of Buxton’s railroad
Litigation / Wiley suit More on Wiley Waterworks suit
Piers / construction Sturgeon Bay stone quarries supply fill for pier cribs
Fourth of July / plans Plans for fourth of July outlined
Crime / bigamy More on bigamist
Harbor / appropriations Congress will probably appropriate $25,000 for GH 
Piers / description Grand Haven north and south pier are 3187 & 5570 ft. 
Recreation / bicycles Various novelty bicycles pictured
Port Sheldon / development Story of Port Sheldon / ‘Metropolis of the West’
Shipping / forecast Lake shipping looks bleak for 1894
Region / economy Area passing from lumbering to fruit growing
Harbors / Appropriations $250,000 for Michigan harbors GH - $25,000
Life Savers / history Richard Connell was Grand Haven's first crew chief
Life Savers / personnel List of 1894 Grand Haven life saving crew
Horse racing / record Trotting record for 20 miles is 57:20
Piers / construction Grand Haven's. pier to be extended 100 ft. – n. pier 250 ft.
Ships / Goodrich line Grand Haven pride in Goodrich line
Harbors / legislation River and harbor items to be raised in Senate
Treasure / whiskey barrels Story of buried whiskey by harbor mouth
Ships / Pentland Story and description of Pentland
Transportation / streetcars Drawing/story of flying street car
Treasure / whiskey barrels More on buried whiskey
Highland Park / praised Recreational benefits of Highland Park
Ships / paddle wheel boat Story of 60 mph paddle wheel boat
Ships / Indian Bill Indian Bill in port with wood 
Fourth of July / donation Merchant donates $25 to 4th celebration 
Tramps / proposal Put tramps to work
Piers / repair Hinton in port with lumber for pier repair
Phenomena / singing sand Description of Lake Michigan’s singing sand
Personalities / Billy Andres Story of Grand Haven’s hero marshal – Billy Andres
Law Enforcement / uniforms Letter suggesting no uniforms for marshal
Piers / construction Grand Haven pier crib builder also builds Michigan City cribs 
Piers / repair Crew repairing pier by glass factory
Horse Racing / Geo. St. Claire Offspring of Geo. St. Claire
Piers / fishing Ed Pennoyer brings in first perch catch from pier
Ships / Hinton Hinton back in port
Ships / Capt. Lyman Capt. Chase Lyman story
Fourth of July / plans Ambitious plans for 4th of July
Phenomena / locusts Grand Haven locust warning
Industry / fishing Fishing operations on mid lake reef 
Sports / baseball Grand Haven’s first baseball team ‘Eagles’ / location of games
Highland Park / description 64 cottages at park / pavilion
Piers / fishing Good size eel caught at pier yesterday
Bicycling / use Bicycles good for professionals
Health / smallpox Smallpox warning
Piers / fishing Man catches 100 perch in four hours at pier
Piers / fishing 1 ½ lb. perch caught at piers
Fourth of  July / plans Blowing up sand hills
Horse Racing / tracks Grand Haven driving track to be plowed under
Piers / fishing Perch are biting well at pier
Treasure / whiskey / gold More on buried whiskey and gold
Highland Park / maintenance Park roads to be cleared of sand for $24 per season
Business / saloons Saloons not to sell drinks to poor on assistance
Piers / construction Pier cribs to be placed
Piers / construction Francis Hinton and Philetus Sawyer in w/pier stone
Piers / construction W. Vandenberg to furnish labor for crib installation
Phenomena / turtle heads Man cuts heads off turtles an lets new ones grow on
Piers / construction New pier crib to be sunk tomorrow 
Piers / fishing Perch not biting well at pier
Treasure / whiskey / gold More on buried whiskey and gold
Piers / construction Crib to be sunk by large gang of men
Ships / M.A. Cook Ship in port that was thrown over Chicago pier
Piers / construction More on crib sinking / arrival of more stone
Piers / construction Tug Evanston pulls in scow of stone for pier
Poem / 4 Little Kittens  
Accident / drowning Woman drowns in harbor
Piers / construction Hinton in with stone from Garretts Bay
Health / smallpox Small box prevention measures / Muskegon cases
Piers / construction Hinton in today
Phenomena / mirages Life saving crew sees mirages of schooner on lake
Sports / baseball Story of Grand Haven’s ‘first’ baseball team ‘Sisquiets’.
Crime / jailbreak VerHoeks and Stanton tunnel out of jail
Fourth of July / plans Naval display / balloon ascension proposed
Highland Park / bathing Two women in bathing two weeks ago
Crime / jail Capt. Eddie Irons arrested first jail inmate
Science / Chicago time ball Time ball on Masonic Temple is aid to navigators
Piers / construction Hinton in port
Lake Michigan / current Lake’s north-flowing current described
Navigation / shipwrecks Many ships wrecked in big gale yesterday
Personalities / Indian Joe Indian Joe to be sent to poor farm?
Ships / racing Explanation of Nyack/Wisconsin race
City / future Will Grand Haven become a large city / harbor advantages
Life Savers / criticism Milwaukee crew criticized for not aiding wreck
Piers / lights Fixed light put on Saugatuck pier
Crime / bigamy Bigamist sent to prison
Treasure / find Buried silver and gold found in celery field
Harbors / foghorn Foghorn to be established at Ludington pier
Fourth of July / plans Biggest Fourth ever!
Piers / construction Scow with pier timbers saved by life savers
Ships / drinking water How Great Lakes sailors drink from lake
Fourth of July / plans $300 spent on fireworks
Piers / lights St. Joe pier light to be moved
Grand River / navigation  No more Grand River navigation
Drownings / Spring Lake  High number of drownings at Smith’s Cove
Fourth o July / plans Fireworks to be shot towards lake, not towards  city
Tramps / warning Tramps warned they will have to shovel sand hills
Fourth of July / plans Free-for-all race up sand hill on 4th
Fourth of July / proposition Reward  for couple married at Court House on 4th 
Business / slot machines Slot machines in hotels and saloons abolished
Business / grocer dispute Complaint of grocer practices
Piers / fishing Hundreds of perch caught at piers yesterday
Fourth of July / (Dewey) Hill Plan for military battle on big sand hill 
Highland Park / use Resorters are arriving at Highland Park
Piers / fishing A black bass caught at pier weighed 3 ½ lbs.
Drownings / Spring Lake Smith’s Cove drownings disputed 
Piers / construction Francis Hinton went out today
Aviation / war balloons Big article & drawings on war balloons
Ships / Indian Bill Indian Bill in with wood
Sports / baseball Baseball inside city limits outlawed
Schools / poem Poem about class of 94
Piers / construction Hinton in with pier stone
Ships / Indian Bill  Indian Bill and other ships take shelter from storm
Fourth of July / court house Ad for 4th of July / court house dedication
Fourth of July / program Program set for 4th of July
Business / saloons Saloonists arrested for selling liqueur to an Indian 
Phenomena / tidal wave Tidal wave at Harbor Springs also 1876
Fourth of July / plans Military show / life saver exercises
Sports / gun club Gun club to hold shoot at (Dewey) hill 
Harbor / appropriations Increase of harbor appropriations urged
Highland Park / pier Steamer Rose will run to park pier
Highland Park / construction A number of cottages are being erected in park
Recreation / swimming No bathing inside city limits without proper suit
Industry / lumbering How so many saw mill accidents occurred
Fourth of July / plans Plans to include Alabama in 4th celebration 
Health / smallpox Smallpox gaining headway in Milwaukee
Holidays / Labor Day Labor Day becomes legal holiday
Highland Park / access Steamer Nellie goes to park daily
Highland Park / resorters Many new faces at park
Piers / lights Grand Haven light to be moved to end of pier
Fourth of July / preparations Fort for land-marine battle built across river
Fourth of July / preparations Big guns for battle escorted through GH
Piers / construction 100 ft. crib sunk at north pier today
Fourth of July / preparations Mayor Mansfield hard at work on (Dewey) hill
Fourth of July / plans Life savers to put on exhibition
Fourth of July / parade rules 4th of July parade rules set
Fourth of July / description Description of Grand Haven’s 4th of July celebration
Sports / baseball Baseball is big in Grand Haven 
Crime / fugitive Jail breaker VerHoeks reported shot dead
Fourth of July More description of 4th of July celebration
Grand River / rescue Boy falls in Grand River but is saved
Grand River / wildlife River fish are said to be badly diseased
Piers / construction Hinton in port with pier stone
World History / Waterloo Battle of Waterloo story and drawings
Sand dunes / view Sand dunes of Michigan can be seen from Chicago
Business / fishing Grand Haven charter boat fishing
Sports/ baseball Grand Haven game against Kansas City Blues
Crime / Robbery Grand Haven post office robbed
Fourth of July / expenses City expenses for 4th of July
Navigation / safety Duties of boiler inspectors
Recreation / baseball & bikes Baseball is in, bicycling is dead 
Piers / construction 100 ft. of crib sunk at north pier
Crime / robbery More on post office robbery
Horse racing / tracks Request to get Grand Haven racetrack open again
Crime / robbery More on post office robbery
Crime / robbery More on post office robbery
Publication / area description Petoskey newspaper has story of Highland Park, pier 
Piers / damage Michigan City pier crib washes out 20 inches
Highland Park / lake slide Talk of toboggan slide into lake
Transportation / ‘chunnel’ England – France tunnel / drawings
Highland Park / swimming Surf bathing is popular at park
Court House / Mary White Mary White at court house dedication
Piers / drowning Man drowns off Highland Park pier
Highland Park / maintenance Driveways at park should be cleared of sand
Piers / drowning More on pier drowning at park
Swimming / survival Life savers tell how non-swimmers to float
Piers / repair Hinton helps on damaged Michigan City pier
Piers / description Visual description of Grand Haven piers and harbor
Drowning / retrieving bodies How to raise a drown body with lime and fruit jar  
Phenomena / Chicago fire Reflection of Chicago fire was visible from here  
Highland Park / use Park is crowded / hotel full / tents all over grounds
Piers / safety Life rings and life board should be kept on piers  
Harbor / sightseeing Many people watch steamboats come and go
Piers / drowning Letter of thanks from family of pier victim
Crime / gang arrests Grand Haven gang leaders arrested for burglary
Transportation / motorcycles Story and drawings of first motorcycle
Sidewalks / replacement Replace wooden sidewalks with cement ones
Highland Park / use Highland Park hotel is full for first time in its history
Transportation / roads Need for good roads
Sports / baseball William Loutit umpires game at Recreation Park
Native Americans / demise There are very few Indians left
Ships / Roanoke Roanoke burns off Ontonagon, Lake Superior
Native Americans / visit Bass River Indians are camping in Central Park
Recreation / swimming Milwaukeeans do not bathe in Lake Michigan
Transportation / automobiles  Steam-powered road wagon - drawing
Drownings / St. Joe Two young men drowned at St. Joe yesterday
Crime / jailbreak Three prisoners break out of Grand Haven jail
Military / U.S. Army Uncle Sam’s army - drawings
Crime / jailbreak Rotten jail responsible for jailbreak
Highland Park / safety Complaint of no safety program at beach
Sports / baseball Success of Grand Haven baseball team
Transportation / roads More on better roads
Piers / construction Sawyer in with more pier stone
Piers / damage Contractor loses $15,000 from Michigan City pier shift
Lifesaving / museum Washington to have lifesaving museum
Ships / Nellie Nellie on Benton Harbor St. Joe run
Highland Park / use Despite hard times park had best season ever
(Dewey) Hill / praised The big sand hill is a Grand Haven landmark
Highland Park / construction Two more cottages to be built at park
Highland Park / cottage rental One cottage at park rents for $300 per season
Highland Park / crime Pickpocket caught at park
Highland Park / praised St. Lois man praises park
Phenomena / barrel explosion Whiskey barrel explodes in front of Kirby house 
Piers / construction Work on Grand Haven piers is about finished
Harbor / appropriations Grand Haven will not get harbor appropriation this year
Sports / baseball ‘Fixed’ game
Transportation / roads More on need for good roads
Highland Park / suicide note Prank suicide poem found in bottle on beach
Highland Park / use Many resorters leaving park for season
Piers / foghorn Foghorn sounding continuously – forest fires
Piers / collision Laura Miller runs into Holland pier
Crime / murderers In 1880 Grand Haven had 4 murderers in jail at once
Recreation / picnics Fruitport is becoming a popular picnic site
Ships / Roanoke Robert Bruce promoted chief engineer on Roanoke
Transportation / roads More on need for good roads
Piers / collision City of Milwaukee hits Grand Haven pier
Lifesavers / equipment Lifesaving kite - drawing
Crime / jail breakers John VerHoeks, Grand Haven jail breaker, caught in Duluth
Sidewalks / construction Cement sidewalk contractors are being kept busy 
Transportation / roads More on need for road improvement
Phenomena / dead birds Smoke causes128 birds to drop dead on ship’s deck 
Crime / jail breakers John VerHoeks, Grand Haven jail breaker, brought to GH
Ships / Ironsides Only woman survivor of Ironsides lives in Wisconsin
Sports / baseball Grand Haven Athletics team folds
Jail / description Report of criminal types and accommodations
Ships / Indian Bill Indian Bill in with load of wood
Gaslights / sold Grand Haven gaslights sold to Coopersville
Horseracing / Geo. St. Clair Geo. St. Clair changed from trotter to pacer
Harbor / elevated railway Plan for elevated railway across channel / hotel 
Horseracing / Geo. St. Clair Geo. St. Clair wins Detroit race
Horseracing / Geo. St. Clair Geo. St. Clair wins Grand Rapids race
Crime / jail breakers John VerHoeks, Grand Haven jail breaker, get 10 yrs.
Harbors / Foghorns Muskegon wants a steam-powered foghorn
Piers / foghorn Contract to deliver coal to Grand Haven fog house awarded
Entertainment / theatre Ad for Uncle Tom’s Cabin at opera house
Entertainment / circus Ad for circus - drawing
Lifesavers / action  Lifesaver’s wife prevents boat from going ashore
Piers / shipwreck Pier attracts hundreds to Potter shipwreck
Ships / Pentland Pentland make s it in OK – Grand Haven has the best harbor
Ships / Potter Potter hits south pier and beaches
Ships / Potter Damage to Potter not serious – no wrecks in 3 years
Ships / Ironsides Ironsides tragedy remembered
Ships / Potter Potter pulled off after pumping
Ships / Lady Elgin Ship that hit the Lady Elgin was ostracized 
Fatalities / West Olive Many unsolved mysteries and deaths in West Olive
Industry / lumbering Value of waterlogged timber at bottom of river
Ships / Lady Elgin Lady Elgin disaster recalled
Lifesavers / equipment Helmet for lifesavers invented
Medical / resuscitation Instructions on how to resuscitate drowning victim
Highland park / swimming Capt. Walker reports good bathing at park yet
Sidewalks / construction Problem with sidewalk uniformity
Lifesavers / personnel Grand Haven member of prestigious lifesaving Chicago crew 
Delinquency / gangs Grand Haven hoodlum gang terrorizes Spring Lake 
Catastrophe / fire The great Grand Haven fire recalled
Piers / wear Waves strain the timbers at the pier
Piers / weather Grand sight of waves sweeping the pier 
Entertainment / circus Circus in town
Horseracing / Geo. St. Clair Geo. St. Clair wins free-for-all at Charlotte
Religion / closing law  Sunday closing law enacted
Religion / closing law Sunday closing law fails – 3 aldermen violators
Harbor / religion Petition to close the harbor on Sundays
Religion / closing law Detroit News article on ‘Blue Grand Haven’
Ships / Indian Bill Indian Bill tied up at Muskegon - $150 debt
Water tunnel / construction Chicago water tunnel completed
Horseracing / Geo. St. Clair Geo. St. Clair wins Port Huron race
Piers / collision Austin struck pier yesterday – almost beached
Ships / Indian Bill Indian Bill in port
Ships / Indian Bill Tie-up at Muskegon was unjust
Wildlife / pelican An enormous white pelican was killed at Macatawa
Houses / criticism Grand Haven criticized for wasting best residential locations
Horseracing / tracks In the old days horse races were held on the ice
Shipwrecks / salvage Diver descends to 100ft 19 times in salvage job
City / nickname Grand Haven referred to as ‘Sand Hill City’ by Chronicle
(Dewey) hill / military The big sand hill as an artillery position
Medicine / legislation Kalkaska outlaws sale of brandy drops to children
Ethnic / city sections Description of city sections / Franklin St.
Crime / jailbreak Grand Haven jailbreaks recalled by old deputy sheriff
Education / Akeley College  
Residents / character Why Havenites succeed
City / character Grand Haven most sociable city in state
Phenomena / earthquake Benton Harbor has earthquake shock
Shipwreck / Antelope Antelope capsizes off Grand Haven pier – 3 drown
Shipwreck / Antelope More on Antelope drownings
Piers / damage Holland pier cribbing damaged
Phenomena / lights Reflection of Muskegon/Grand lights seen in sky
Phenomena / foghorn Grand Haven foghorn heard in Blendon township
City / nickname Grand Haven referred to a ‘the Haven’ 
Shipwreck / Antelope More on Antelope tragedy
Piers / repair Grand Haven engineer to repair Holland pier
Beach / safety Safety alert pulled off beach
Harbor / criticism safety  of Grand Haven harbor safety criticized by newspaper
Residents / pioneer Old Grand Haven pioneer T.D. Gilbert dies
Sports / baseball Indoor baseball at armory
Phenomena / lake level South winds cause lake level drop at Michigan City
Shipwreck / Antelope Antelope crew member washes up at Muskegon
Industry / Lumbering Old Grand Haven lumberman Carlton Storrs dies
Technology / typewriter Legal documents are now all typewritten
Lake Michigan / waves The sound of the breakers
Shipwreck / Antelope Crewmember body seen floating off Muskegon
Shipwreck / Antelope Capt. of Antelope’s body found north of Muskegon 
Recreation / roller skating Roller skating and tobogganing crazes  
Shipwreck / Antelope Antelope crewmember’s body found  
Shipwreck / Antelope More on Antelope crew
Shipwreck / Antelope Board with name of Antelope found on Grand Haven beach
Ships / Helen Stevenson Helen Stevenson in port
Ships / Atlanta Atlanta:  112 trips between Chicago and Grand Haven in 94
Industry / Iron Fruitport blast furnace
Fire / Corn Planter Corn Planter company saved from fire
Military / warship Strange French warship - drawing
Invention / bicycle Crude bicycle - drawing
Education / library Grand Haven school library praised
City / annexation Grand Haven plans to annex Norton, Fruitport, Ravenna, etc.
Lifesaving / personnel Grand Haven lifesaver crew  is made up of local residents
Ships / City of Milwaukee Story of what she did in 94
Lifesavers / station Lifesaving station closes for year / crew list
Delinquency / reputation Grand Haven is known statewide for it’s juvenile delinquency
Residents / history Old citizen of Grand Haven saw Napoleon Bonaparte
Household / clothes Some Grand Haven women clean clothes in gasoline - accident
City / annexation More on annexation plans
Highland Park / hotel Highland Park hotel sold
City / annexation More on annexation
Wildlife / minnows Many minnows can be seen in (Government) pond
Ships / X-10-U-8 Ship with odd name – X-10-U-8
Ships / Indian Bill Indian Bill leaves for White Lake
Music / popular music “Ta-ra-ra”, “After the Ball is Over”, “Sweet Marie”
Crime / grave robbing Grave robbing scheme questioned
Technology / electric lights Wm. Mieras will put electric lights in his house 
Navigation / deaths Navigation deaths listed / 1887 worst – 200 drowned
Harbor / the Sag Description of the Sag
Buildings / court house Photograph of Muskegon court house
Railroads / GH–Grand Rapids   
Recreation / ice skating Plan to flood Recreation Park for ice skating
Piers / rescue Girl falls off float at south pier - rescued
People / Capt. Robbins Article on Captain Robbins
Highland Park / pier Capt. Cobb’s pier at park coated with ice.

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