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Scans of miscellaneous Commercial Record newspaper clippings of jokes, strange happenings, comets, the Coxley Army parade, clubs, romances, vikings, duels, strange sightings, balloon accessions, airplane exhibitions and deliveries. Barbs were traded via satirical poems about the railroads (Applegates Trolley and Folly) and with a Cynthia of Chicago. All clippings that were curious enough for Chris Yoder to save but hard to categorize.
cr1878010405CedarPlankFrom1837Grave.jpg; S.A. Morrison shows a cedar plank gravestone that lasted from 1837 to 1878
cr1879041101AJPiercePhonetocs-LintsBGoshorn.jpg; A.J. Pierce, Lints B. Goshorn, cr1879042501-PhoneticQuote.jpg cr1879042501PhoneticQuote.jpg cr1879042501PhoneticQuote2.jpg cr1880040901CWNewtonDouglasDramaticClub.jpg; C.W. Newton bought scenery from Douglas dramatic club cr1880042301MrsWLRipleyHas140YrOldQuilt.jpg; W.L. Ripley's 140 year old quilt cr1880091001DietaryAdvice.jpg; Fresh oysters at R.F. Kleeman and sharp reply likely from CR editor Lena Woodall cr1884053001RuselDownerDivingApparatus.jpg; Rosel Downer diving apparatus cr1887021101MasonicDedication.jpg; Taylor block Masonic lodge, William P. Innes, old lodge destroyed by fire in July 1886, J.D. Jennings, F.A. Winslow. cr1888122801IndianCoinFound.jpg; East Indian coin found in Barber & Co., barrel of cloves by Johnnie Nies cr1890080801TheEditorInHades.jpg cr1892040101KelleysLakeCastleStoneReady.jpg; Castle at Kelly's Lake in northwestern part of Laketown township. Castle Park near Holland. cr1892050601InterestingOldBook.jpg; C.E. Bird's day book of Mr. Harris 1857 that mentions J.P. Wade, F.B. Stockbridge, E. Mix, Thomas McVea, Issac Lamoreux, schooner Three Bells, Scooner Challenge, George W. Read, Sea Star, Captain H. Ames, Harris & Collier druggists, Bird & Phelps, Dr. Hoy, cr1892052701CastleNearKellyslake.jpg; Macatawa park castle cr1892061001LakeMichBottleExperiment.jpg; bottles used to measure Lake Michigan currents cr1892061701HollandResort-ShadySide-Jennison.jpg; Shady side, or Jennison Park, purchased by Luman Jennison cr1892070801CannonsHeardFromChicago.jpg; S.A. Morrison reports that in 1837-8, locals could hear canons fired in Chicago cr1892112501MonsterComet.jpg; Comet Holmes cr1892120201GreatCometMissesEarth.jpg; 1892 comet cr1895070501Celebration-4thofJuly.jpg; Coxley's Army parade deemed a failure cr1894033001KOTMHallEnlarged.jpg; K.O.T.M. hall in Douglas, Knights of the Maccabees. Masonic hall repaired by F.M. Weed cr1895062101CoxeyArmy-JamesDavis.jpg; James Davis organizing Coxey Army parade. Coxey Army was a protest march by unemployed workers in 1894 during an economic depression cr1896061201BrickCastleInLaketown.jpg; Laketown castle south of Macatawa park purchased for summer school cr1897032601CometSeen.jpg; Meteor or comet sighted. cr1897032601TrailingArbutusScarce.jpg; Trailing arbutus, a wildflower, aka Epigaea repens, the mayflower or ground laurel cr1897081301SaugatuckMerryGoRoundReturns.jpg; Merry-go-'round set up in defiance of God? cr1898072901WeirRomance.jpg; Account of sweethearts photographed on steamship Crouse cr1898102801AlleganDamBeingBuilt.jpg; Allegan dam under construction cr1902091905SWBryanDance1867.jpg; P.H. Hancock finds 1867 Washington's Ball invitation in Nichols building. Document mentions Pine Plains House, George Arnold, R.Rogers, N. Bowker, Charles Abbott, George R. Stone, John C. Gorman, Capt. I. Wilson, Saugatuck Quadrille Band, S.W. Bryan proprietor cr1902121905BobtailDixie-Book.jpg; Bobtail Dixie by Abbie N. Smith cr1904051304BallonAscention.jpg; balloon ascension cr1904052001AeronautProfGoldman.jpg; Aeronaut Prof. M. Goldman balloon accession with steamer Aliber on standby cr1904052704BaloonistParachutes.jpg; balloon ascension parachute lands in John Priest's yard, balloon tangled in trolley wires near trestle cr1904061004BaloontoGoUpThe18th.jpg; balloon cr1904061704BalloonAscensionAndStrongMan.jpg; Strongman Merrill, balloon ascension and farm team exhibition cr1904062404BalloonAscentionResults.jpg; balloon ascension report that mentions E.L. Leland used as farmers' team exhibition judges stand, judges John Sailor, R.E. Reid and James Davis and winners August Lublow, C.M. Devine. The balloon caught fire. cr1904080501DuelFoughtInSaugatuck.jpg; Account of pistol duel over a woman cr1908070301ApplegatesTrolley-AlexanderThomson.jpg; Alexander Thomson praising Applegate's attempt to bring a railroad to Saugatuck cr1908071001ApplegatesFolly-PoeticReply.jpg; Anonymous reply to Alexander Thomson's railroad poem cr1913071101GlennMartinLandsInSaugatuck.jpg; Glenn L. Martin, hydroplane aviator, landed briefly in Saugatuck cr1913071801AviatonCruiseEndedGlennMartin.jpg; More abut Glenn L. Martin hydroplane spectacle cr1921081904CanoeTripToKazooAndBack.jpg; Keewatin Camp, Nick Ganzales, Tom Hughes, Milton Aaron paddle to Kalamazoo and back. cr1926100801LostWeddingRingFound-Morrison.jpg; Glen Chamberlain finds M.E.P. Morrison, aka Mary Elizabeth Peckham's ring. Mary was the spouse of S.A. Morrison. cr1929070501DailyAirplaneDeliverytoSaugatuck.jpg; Chicago Daily News Bellanca monoplane delivers newspapers. Mentions Harold Johnson and Cliff Condit from the Pal-Milwaukee Air Port at Milwaukee Ave. and Palatine Road, north of Des Plaines, Illiois. Papers for sale at Jack Williams' store. cr1937073008OpenAirTheaterComplemented.jpg; W.M. Savoy's open air theater, located one mile north of Saugatuck on US31, an early drive-in theater. cr1939092208GoodByeSaugatuck-ByCynthiaOfChicago.jpg; Me-ow! What starts as praise of Saugatuck's natural beauty ends with ridicule for the town's cr1939092908AnswersToCynthiaOfChicago.jpg; Two replies to Cynthia of Chicago (she mentions her Lincoln Park high rise in her original letter) from Pierre of Pier Cove and Lulu from Saugatuck. cr1939102008MoreCynthiaOfChicago.jpg; Another? Cynthia replies to Pierre. cr1939122208APrayerByCynthia.jpg; Not clear if this is Cynthia of Chicago or another. cr1941062701BigParade-ConcertAtNewCookPark.jpg; Call for parade participants cr1950081811BaleandSewersseeUFO.jpg; Florence Bale and Florence Sewers see flying saucer. Clipping also names Jean Simonson, Mrs. Simonson, Timmy Simonson, William LaGrave, Mary Johnston, H.K. White, May Secosta cr1951051101CameraWizDingsOrganize-CharlesMann.jpg; Wiz-Dings Camera club holds meeting at Hotel Saugatuck. Officers include Dale Crow, George Hungerford, Loretta Biller, Henry Gleason, Bill Simmons, Bill Wilson, Bud Bekken, Bob Crawford, Pauline Reiser, Bob Lokker, Ev Thomas, Charles Mann and Erv Kasten cr1952081507KonoldEstate.jpg cr1972101205VikingEvidenceFound.jpg; C.G. Forrester and son Jim Forrester believed they found a 1355 Paul Knutson expidition landing stone in Wisconsin. The authenticity of the referenced Kensingont Stone is disputed. cr1977102701WeenerBuildsWindTower-1.jpg; 82-foot wind tower built by John Marple Jr. and Al Weener on the property of John Marple Sr. who lived at 633 Pleasant St.

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Morrison, Stephen A. Jr. 1815-1905Newton, C.M.Woodall, Lena Mrs.Kleeman, Reinhold F. 1838-1894 or 1890Masonic Lodge #328 F. & A.M. SaugatuckNies, Jan "John" 1836-1920Parking Lot Butler Pantry/Wilkins Hardware/D.L. Barber & Co./Taylor & Barber Co.Bird, Charles Edmund “Carl” Jr. 1879-1968Collier, Thomas c1841-1871Hoy, Dr. William Tarlton 1818-1900Davis, James F.J.S. Crouse (ship) 1898Hancock, Phillip Henry 1849-1913Arnold, George Thomas 1846-1921Rogers, Reuben Turner 1840-1926Abbott, Charles Henry 1827-1899Stone, George R. Capt. 1838-1919Coates, Amariah H. Capt. 1836-1878Wilson, Issac 1827-1904Bryan, Willis Simon 1888-1972John A. Aliber (boat) 1897-c1927Priest, John 1836-1922Sailor, John Jr. 1868-1939Thomson, Alexander 1844-1914Morrison, Mary Elizabeth (Peckham) 1816-1881Williams, JackSewers, Florence B. 1893-1984Bale, Florence Isabell (Dutcher) 1884-1957Crow, Dale John 1899-1935Hungerford, George Boone 1916-1980Biller, Loretta M. 1913-2008Gleason, Henry 1925-2019Simmons, William "Bill" R. 1890/1-1966Wilson, William J. "Bill" 1915-1992Bekken, Edward "Bud" 1916-1983Crawford, George Robert "Bob" 1913-1999Reiser, Pauline R. (Jones) 1920-2001Thomas, Everard "Ev" D. 1912-2004Mann, Charles "Charlie" W.Kasten, Erwin Sr. 1904-1979Weener, Alan Jay "Al" 1951-

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