Back in the Day: News from April 7, 1892
Linda Ciangi
Special to the Ionia Sentinel-Standard
THE IONIA DAILY SENTINEL, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892 The Gaiety Burlesque Company is here and stopping at the Hotel Dexter. They advertise A car load of Pretty Girls in Grand Marches and Ballads.
Wm. A. Smith of East Main street got his hand badly jammed this afternoon at the mill at Prairie Creek. Dr. Defendorf dressed it.
A child of turnkey Fred Smith is reported to be stricken with diphtheria by Drs. Cope and Tremayne. He lives on Front street.
SERIOUS FIRE AT BELDING. APRIL 11. (Sp l cor.) Fire broke out in the kitchen of the Hotel Bricker at 11 o clock last night from a defective flue. The entire Bricker Block consisting of the hotel and six stores was destroyed, also a dwelling in the rear occupied by Mrs. Piefer. The stores were occupied by A. Wagner, grocer; H. Moore, restaurant; W. F. Bricker, clothing and fancy goods; R. Skinner, Crystal Palace saloon; and H. D. Miller, hotel