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<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nI could almost guarantee that visiting such a place, could make you “infamous”<\/strong> in a small town\nThe following articles are just a few examples of reports of infamous characters tied to houses of ill fame\n\n\n\n

\n\nAlpena Argus (Alpena, Michigan) 14 May 1879, Wed \u2022 First Edition \u2022 Page 3\nTake note: that Mr. Glover from the article above received a sentence of 9 months in the house of correction<\/em>, while Ms. Hoy only received 30 days in county jail<\/em>. \u00a0<\/em>I guess it helps to be a woman if you are keeping a house of ill fame.\n\nAlpena Argus (Alpena, Michigan) 11 Dec 1889, Wed \u2022 First Edition \u2022 Page 3\nThis article tells the story of sailors from a logging camp getting into a brawl with some local boys. It appears that one gentleman, not sure from which side, was caught and paid a fine. However, all other men involved decided to come to an unwanted but necessary compromise to keep quiet. No other charges were pressed.\n\nAlpena Argus – (Alpena, Michigan) – 25 Mar 1891, Wed \u2022 First Edition \u2022 Page 3\n<\/td>\n

\nThe article below talks about a woman, who fled from Alpena County to Rogers City after some of her “associates” were arrested and prosecuted. She arrived in Rogers City and did not find work, so she decided to head back towards Alpena. On her way back, on a cold Northern Michigan December night, after drinking more than her fair share, she passed out and froze. She died shortly after. \u00a0Her death seemed to make national news. \nThe interesting part to me is that the main concern of the writer was the reputation of the city of Alpena and not the young woman that died.\n\nAlpena Argus (Alpena, Michigan) 15 Jan 1879, Wed \u2022 First Edition \u2022 Page 3\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nThese four articles span a time period of 12 years, from 1879 to 1891. \u00a0So appears that our little town of Alpena did have a few “infamous” characters in its midst.\n\t\t\t\t\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was raised in Alpena, a small town located on Lake Huron in northern Michigan. One of the early newspapers in Alpena was the Alpena Argus . Throughout my research, I have come across several newspaper articles referencing “houses of ill fame”. This peaked my interest. I could never imagine…<\/p>\n Continue reading<\/span><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n Continue reading<\/span><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"location_tag":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/2069-5905-841-267_orig.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59672,"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/59672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52"},{"taxonomy":"location_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogistonajourney.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_tag?post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}