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Benzie Banner April 8, 1897

The Bailey mill has started up cutting shingles. [Crystal City]

The passenger train made its last trip to the North Side Monday. We express our heartfelt sympathy to Frankfort for losing it; also on our part we miss jumping on and riding around t he lake; but it seems natural again to see the filled car passing through our beautiful village.

Benzie Banner April 22, 1897

The train from the east Saturday evening was two hours late on account of a wreck down near Clare, The front trucks of a freight came off and striped the trucks from eight cars, piling the debris ten feet high.

Durand is grieved over the prospective loss of the Ann Arbor division offices which will be moved to Alma or Owosso. The citizens are now trying to get the D., G. H. & M. division headquarters located there.

Benzie Banner May 6, 1897

Friday evening the westward bound passenger train was delayed several hours by a landslide at the clay cut about a half mile beyond the outlet. Workmen were sent for from both Frankfort and Benzonia to remove the obstruction. The train arrived at Frankfort about 11 o'clock.

Benzie Banner June 17, 1897

Saturday the freight train struck a calf belonging to L. P. Judson, near Crystal City crossing, and threw it about 4 rods into the brush and strange to say it escaped with only a sprained foot and a few scratches.

[South Frankfort] The passenger train has been running to Frankfort the last few days on account of the ferry being laid up for repairs.

Benzie Banner Aug. 19, 1897

(Homestead) There were three car loads of cattle shipped from the station last Tuesday.

Benzie Banner Sept. 2, 1897

The dock from the ferry to the ice house is to be filled up and a railroad track to be laid on it.

Benzie Banner Sept.16, 1897

The T. & A. have commenced building their new dock. They are to have an elevator in connection with the dock.

Two car-loads of cattle were shipped from Homestead Tuesday.

Benzie Banner Nov. 4, 1897

The Ann Arbor railroad has spend over $100,000 at South Frankfort this fall by building a freight house 80x400 feet and adding several thousand feet of track to their yard, making it one of the finest railroad yards in northern Michigan.

Benzie Banner Nov. 25, 1897

The new warehouse is complete.[South Frankfort?]

Benzie Banner Dec. 2, 1897

There will be six boats for the Ann Arbor Ry. This winter, four besides the two cat ferries.

Capt. Ed Williams will have command of the Str. Lawrence which will be one of the boats commissioned in the A. A. Ry. Service.

Benzie Banner Dec. 23, 1897

[Thompsonville] An extra train has been put on since November. The business here is double that of a year ago.

Benzie Banner Dec. 30, 1897

[South Frankfort] Three of the flour boats were in port Monday.