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The St. Ignace News Saturday, July 16, 1892 Mr. Arnold is to run a boat from the Island to and from the Philharmonic and Cyril Tyler concert, in Orth's opera house on the 23rd. They are to combine both places in the one concert, knowing that the moonlight trip home to the Island will be an additional attraction. Reserved seats at Bogan's drug store. When you visit the Island, and want refreshments at a reasonable price, go to Mrs. Jos. Ford's restaurant. Miss Ida McElroy of Fenton's Bazaar, Mackinac Island, spent Sunday with her parents in St. Ignace. The Algomah is chartered for an excursion from Cheboygan to Mackinac Island tomorrow.
The St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, July 19, 1917 About fifty people took advantage of the Sunday excursion to Mackinac Island on the Lotus and spent the afternoon there. Dr. Clifford Couchois, veterinarian, who has been located in Kalamazoo the past year, arrived last week and has opened an office. Mr. Frank Taylor of Fort Wayne, Ind. has purchased of John McCarty the pretty cottage on the shore near Bennett Hall. Mrs. Webster of the Island House and a party of friends spent several days at her cottage at Les Cheneaux, returning to the Island Tuesday. William Richardson, of the Mackinac Island Coast Guard, arrived in the city Saturday for a visit with friends. He was recalled for duty, and returned yesterday afternoon. - Mining Journal Mr. J.J. McCarty and daughters, Mrs. Raymond C. Dudley, Mrs. Fred C. Rounds, and Mrs. E.M. Hadley, are occupying the McIntosh cottage. Mr. McCarty has spent his summers on the Island for the past fifteen years. 50 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, July 18, 1957 Keeping in mind the critical part weather plays in construction of the Mackinac Bridge, the Bridge Authority announced this week that sometime during the latter part of the week of July 22 to 26 is estimated when the last truss of the bridge will be lifted into place, thus linking the two peninsulas with a bridge. Notables of the construction concerns, bridge authority, highway department, and State of Michigan are expected to be present for this dramatic and historic event. The Mackinac Bridge will keep in step with temperature changes because allowances for swing and sway were engineered into the span. Dr. David B. Steinman, designer of the bridge, engineered the span to carry normal loads at temperatures ranging from 115 degrees above zero to 35 degrees below, said John W. Kinney, Steinman's resident engineer here. "You can call this the world's most corrected bridge," Kinney said. "Even tapes used in bridge steel fabrication were calibrated on the basis of a mean temperature of 68 degrees." On Wednesday, July 17, Mackinac's Grand Hotel, with its president, W.S. Woodfill, played host to 200 Islanders along with Gov. and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams, the city council, state park commission, historical society, and other noted distinguished guests for the hotel's 70th anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. James Echols of East Lansing spent the weekend visiting the John T. Chambers family. James will be remembered as having been stationed at Mackinac in the summer of '56 with the Michigan State Police. Catherine Hoban of St. Ignace spent some time this past week visiting her aunt, Helen Doud. 35 Years Ago The Republican-News & St. Ignace Enterprise Thursday, July 13, 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Coyne of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, are enjoying the summer at one of the Francis Doud's apartments on Lake Shore Drive. Katherine Curran left Friday for Midland, where she will make her home. The Lasley home was sold to the C. Olson family of Wisconsin, who will arrive in August to open their new home and be year-around Island residents. Mr. and Mrs. John Harris of Glasgow, Scotland, are enjoying a three-week's vacation visiting the James McGreevy Sr. family and Mrs. Agnes Shine. 15 Years Ago The St. Ignace News Thursday, July 16, 1992 Eight-year-old Rachelle Allers, daughter of Captain Paul Allers and his wife, Sabrina, was chosen out of 11 other girls to reign as "Little Miss Mackinaw" July 4.
Guests of Janie Hart at her Lakeshore Drive cottage are her son, Jim, his wife, Tina, and children Hollis and Dillon. Jim is the producer of the very popular TV show "Hillstreet Blues." Also a guest is Barbara Babcock of Pasadena, California, who plays the character "Grace" in the show, for which she won an Emmy. |
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