Grand Haven Daily Tribune Article Index
1894
1893 Article Index Home Page 1895
| 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. |