Laura Bien, author of the new book, "Tales from the Ypsilanti Archives: Tripe-Mongers, Parker's Hair Balsam, the Underwear Club & More," will be presenting excerpts and new readings Saturday, April 24, at the Ypsilanti Historical Society from 1 - 3 p.m. If her recent presentation at Nicola's books is anything ...
Today's newsstand review looks at the set of free publications I've collected over the past week, featuring three Chinese language papers available in Ypsilanti and copies of the Daily Northwestern brought back by a friend who went to Chicago.
"Look at that," I said to my husband during a walk last weekend in Highland Cemetery. "That hand is pointing down. Do you think that means they thought she was going to..." We stared at the mysterious symbol that darkly suggested that the person it signified, one Elizabeth from the ...
Last week's artifact seemed to have baffled commenters. It didn't generate many responses, almost as if readers had cold feet. That's perfectly all right, however, since the object in question was a foot warmer.
In 1897, Chicago railroad mail clerk Frank H. Galbraith drew a map of Michigan that was really a cheat sheet. Littered with tiny, charming pictures and colored lines showing railroad routes, the map was a mnemonic device meant to help people pass the qualifying examination to work for the railroad ...
“It is said that a large number of the $161.50 worth of woodchuck scalps Ann Arbor township has just paid for,” said the July 12, 1889 Ann Arbor Argus, “were brought in from surrounding townships which pay 10 or 15 cents bounty, instead of 25 cents. Some of the boys ...
Last week's Mystery Artifact was quite a pressing problem! Then yours truly added a wrinkle by saying you had to specify the fuel. Some respondents pleated for mercy, others got steamed, perhaps even a bit hot under the collar--but one person had the problem ironed out. This is a kerosene ...
Say there, neighbor, no offense, but you’re looking a little green around the gills. Step right up and let me tell you all about some wonderful new medicines I have today. Made by doctors under the most stringent sanitary conditions, bottled and rushed to you while still fresh. You might ...
When the Detroit Tribune sent a reporter out to ride on the wagon of rural route mailman and Civil War veteran Lawrence Buland just after the turn of the century, the result was a vivid portrait of Ypsilanti Township farm life. The reporter said, “I have had the opportunity to ...
Had I the heaven's embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under ...
The recent flap over student drinking is nothing new. This activity extends far back into the history of early Ypsilanti papers. One 1910 account details the riotous visit of rowdy Ann Arbor students to the demure, tea-drinking town of Ypsilanti. It was a quite a shock to our quiet city. ...
Many Washtenaw County families are cutting back on food, travel, and luxuries--even some necessities--during this difficult economic time. During WWII, the cutbacks were mandated, and regulated by ration books. Ypsilantian Eileen Harrison was a 40-year-old single woman, living at 413 Washtenaw and working as an editor for the Ypsilanti Daily ...
Think of the memory game that children played So long ago. A grownup brought a tray Laden with objects hidden by a shawl Or coverlet with fine brocaded flowers Beneath which, like the roofs of a small city, Some secret things lay cloaked. Then at a signal The cloth was ...
"Hello, this is Laura, who's this?...oh, hi!" "No, we didn't have any winners in last week's Mystery...what?" "I can't quite hear you--hello? Hello?" "I think I need a new telephone line!--Hang on for just a minute, OK?--while I take just a sec to install one with my handy telephone lineman's ...
On September 25 we had a chance to peek into the Scadin scrapbook, a 19th-century treasure stored in the Ypsilanti Archives. Today we return to the scrapbook for another gallery of beautiful images collected by Bertha Scadin, a member of a pioneer Webster Township farm family.
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