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General Inaccuracy

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
February
Year
1889
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Den.ocrat last week devoted coneiderable space to "correcting" a correo tion of The Register of the week previouB. Kow, were these ciitidsms in any way true, we could accept them gracefully, but the explanation ia by far more inaccurate than the original statement that our contemporary made and which we corrected at the request of interested parties. The item referred to in both 'papers was in regard to the erection of a club house at Strawberry lake by Ann Arbor Commandery, K. T. The Register reported ttiis item asfalse. The Democrat said it was true. The Democrat has gained an unenviablereputationfor the general inaccuracy of its news, and always gets muddled if there 6 a chance. In this case it is considerably muddled. It is true that anolher club house is contemplated at Strawberry lake. but it will not be erected by the "K. T. lodge." A club is being formed lor this object, and cause several members belong to the knights, the Democrat jumped to the conclusión that the CommAiulery was the party. With a little invwtigftüon, that paper could have found out that this was not so, and even that 6everal of the meuibera of this club are not knights templar. The criticism says, ''Wlien the Democrat pubüshes an item of news it alwaysaims tobe correct, and the local reporter of Thk Eecxstbb for last week was grostly in error." Our local reporter "for taet week" was not in error on this item at least. He happens to be one of the parties interested in the project mentioned, and isthoroughly posted on the subject. We are glad to see lliat the Democrat aimB to be correct, but a perusal of the columns of that paper will prove that the editor must be a poor marksman. Foran example see the item in the Democrat of Feb. lst, yivingthe annual report of the "Allmendinger andOrgan company." The capital 6tock isgiven at $2,5000,000 ; paid in, $1,200,000 ; invested in real eetate, $636,401 ; personal estáte. $8,940.91 ; and amoi-.nt of creditf, $3,53656." If tliis "item" is correct, it would be well for the Btockholden to investígate the affairs of the company. From the figures given ly our contemporary, a deflciency of over $550,000 appeare in the funds. But fortunately the figures are far from correct. The company is in excellent ehape, and the report is only a6pecimen of thestupidity of our contemporary.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register