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The Travels of Daniel Paul, 1901
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on May 21, 2018
During the Civil War, Daniel Paul served as a Private in the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H. After the Civil War, he moved to Michigan, but kept in touch with his Lykens Valley friends and relatives via correspondence to the editor of the Lykens newspaper.
Two results of that correspondence from the year 1901 are reported below:
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WEDDED
The marriage of Miss Nora Adelia Paul, a well known and successful teacher in the public schools of St. Joseph County, to William Hamilton Munson, of Corey, Michigan, was solemnized by Rev. B. F. Grenoble, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Daniel Paul and wife, near Constantine, Michigan, on Wednesday, 27 March [1901] at 8 o’clock p.m., in the presence of the immediate relatives and friends of the contracting parties. The beautiful and impressive ring ceremony was used. The bride’s costume was white satin-striped tissue with chiffon and pearl trimmings. The groom wore the convention black. Miss Mary R. Skinner, of Jones, bridesmaid, wore white Persian lawn. Frank. L. Paul, of Marion, Indiana, brother of the bride, was best man. Miss Nellie Bechtel rendered the wedding march from Lohengrin. Many handsome and useful gifts were displayed. Following the ceremony a bountiful repast was served. The decorations were pink and white carnations and maiden hair ferns.
Lykens Register, 19 April 1901.
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MICHIGAN HEARD FROM
Constantine, Michigan, 16 December –
- JOHN A. KULL –
Dear Sir: As I am an old subscriber to the Register, I thought I would write a few lines this morning while the thermometer is 8 below zero, and about two inches of snow on the ground, to let some of my friends know that I am still on earth and well. I was at the national Encampment at Cleveland, Ohio, in September, expecting to see somebody from Dauphin County that I knew, but did not see a single soul. I have been to a good many in my time, and always found some familiar face, but was disappointed this time.
We had a nice winter up until last Friday, when it rained all day and then snowed, ending up with the tail-end of a northwestern blizzard.
Times are good, and there is plenty of work for everybody that wants to work. Here are a few prices of produce in this part of the country: Beef and pork steak 10 cents; dressed hogs 6 ½ cents; fat steers on foot 4 to 5 cents; old corn 60 cents; new corn 55 cents; hay $9 a ton; straw $4; potatoes 90 cents; butter 16 cents; eggs 22 cents; live poultry – turkeys 7 ½ cents; chickens 5 cents.
I will not write much this time, as I am not personally acquainted with the present editor. My regards to Mr. Samuel Fenn , and a Merry Christmas to all.
Yours truly,
DANIEL PAUL
Lykens Register, 20 December 1901.
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News articles from Newspapers.com. This series will continue up through the death of Daniel Paul, which occurred in Lykens in 1911.
Special thanks to Debby Rabold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for discovering these articles about her relative.
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