Quirky small-town notes from the 1890s
From The Chelsea Standard, November 28, 1895
The small towns of Washtenaw County were never short on drama or humor. In one week’s paper, Milan and Maybee squared off over something as lofty as fire ladders. The Milan Leader insisted the fire chief had “full control” of them, while the Maybee Courier hinted that the rival editor had perhaps been “climbing that ladder, too.”
Meanwhile, the Saline Observer reported that West Main Street was lively on Saturday afternoon when “three old silverheads from the country” overindulged and began “playing the monkey act” in the street, down on all fours and in other “unaccountable positions.” The editor sighed, “What else can we expect of the boys when the old heads set the examples?”…