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Take a look at what was going on in Manistee County 100 years ago. 

“Don’t use poor implements.” “Don’t let your plow get rusty nor dull.” “Don’t let your mind get rusty nor dull.” “Don’t stint your family in home comforts.” “Don’t fail to subscribe for The Comet.” “Don’t starve your stock nor skin your land.” “Don’t own more land than you can work well.” “Don’t imagine that you will ever get through learning.” “Don’t expect your cow to do much better by you than you do by her.” “Don’t throw away money by allowing go...

DECEMBER 24 Dec. 24, 1899: The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reported, “Daniel Strickland, an employee of the Iron Furnace Company, at this place, today, while working on top of the furnace, fell in and, descending 16 feet, struck a half-molten crust of red hot iron. He was about to sink to a terrible death when he jumped to a red hot bracket on one side ... In the meantime a ladder was lowered from above. He grabbed it and was pulled to the top in an unconscious condition.” The article concluded in saying, “His hands are terribly burned, his left wrist twisted almost off and his bo...