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An Interesting Relic

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Day
16
Month
July
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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A viT.r interestlng relie was reeently ound In the lol't oí i lie oíd Vandavarker building on Mato st, whciv hoy are putting n a new front. It vas a note book belongihg to C. H. Vorden, who nsed it as a journal vlien he wn elerklng n Hiram iker's general More ín 1855. A: titee, aceordlng to Mr. Worden, verything was cliarged a:U th book 3 ful! oí ñames oí prominent people vho at i .no time and another pui'cliaa il goods nt the store. Thls hst lnludes the namea o-f many of the oldesi ettlers in the eounty and shows thal eople r.iuic ;:]1 tlu' wa.V frOBQ üli.ühíin and other places 15 or 20 miles way to do their trading here. Mr. VonTou sald thal h had looked hrdbgh the book very earefully and if all Chose whos naones a) peared bere, but ten were allve at th presíit time. Soiiie of these ,nr .Mr. ovlen himself, who says he is at present M'iili ten Jead men, William Allabv. íoswel] Waterman, John Rose, It. 'cwnsend and John C. Mead. Other íames aippearing In the book are C. II. VanGeiser, A. Sager, .1. II. Hicks, foi'i! Renwick and A. lloys. Sngar Tul at 11 cents a ponud or 10 pouurls or a dollár, a very different prlee rom that ol' today.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat