Michigan News Briefs Chronicle Local Accidents and Notes
Lake Odessa man Henry Geiger, 55, is badly injured after being crushed by a felled tree. In Big Rapids, Mr and Mrs Rus sell McLachlan celebrate the birth of their twelfth child. Charles Petch in Marshall crawls for help after a log pins his leg and is rescued by horse team. Bay City and Lansing report hatchery plans and a murder case solved. Flint baker Charles Scroggins fractures skull after a fall. Kalamazoo finds Mrs. Lizbeth Bush’s body in Wood’s Lake after a long search. An unnamed buyer pays for a car entirely in dimes and nickels in Marshall. Russell O Berry family suffers burns, while Bay County prepares to lay a new courthouse cornerstone. Olivet and Alma players win all MI AA honors. Federal fish hatchery efforts plant millions of whitefish fry along Lake Michigan shores. Muskegon coach C P Zeigler leads two undefeated teams. Cadillac sheriff helps jailbreaker by recognizing the man who picked him up. Lansing murder mystery solved via ballistic tests linking weapon to earlier crime. Battle Creek truck driver Smery Smith dies after collision with a freight train in heavy snow.
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Big Rapids
Louise
Russell McLachlan
Chippewa Township
Mecosta County
Marshall
Charles Petch
Bay City
C. J. Hyland
Michigan State Fish Hatchery
Saginaw Bay
Lake Huron
St. Joseph
Joseph White
Morrison Channel
Richard Tilton
Tulsa
Okla
HE. A. Wile
Chicago
Flint
Charles Scroggins
H. D. van Norman
Fenton
Russell O’berry
O’berry
Russell
Bay County
Samuel G. Houghton
Olivet
Kane
Barton
Alma
Borton
Détroit
Charlevoix
Federal_ fish hatchery gren
West Traverse Bay
Lake Michigan
Mackinaw City
Muskegon
C. P. Zeigler
Muskegon Heights High School
Zeigler
Heights
Cenrat Tunior
Greater Muskegon
Cadillac
Charles H. Nixon
Ingham County
Kelsey Parker
Parker
Lansing
Eaton County
Frank Hull
Spencer Cribb
John Blue
Hull
Blue
Battle Creek
Grand Trunk
South Kendall Street
Smery Smith
Great American Tea Co
Smith
Community Notices and Local Social Updates
Shoppers and visitors listed include Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cook, Mrs. Metcalf, Mrs. Mahan, and families with trips to Harrison Grand Rapids and Jackson. A baby girl Marvel Delores was born March 30 to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Colton. Wedding party details from the 500 Clubs at George Irwin home and a primary school notes update show improving attendance and spring activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Mahan
Harrison
Lewis Colton
Marvel Delores
Lucile Brooks
Windover
Clare
Raymond Scott
Irwin
George Scott
Grand Rapids
Farawell
Mt. Pleasant
Irene Irwin
Farwell
Aaron Irwin
Matthew Scott
Ewart
Dwight Gilman
George Irwin
BE. W. Brown
R. Barton
O. C. Somerville
Hart Snider
BL. Snyder
A. Irwin, Jr
Geo. Irwin
A. Irwin
T. H. Brooks
Hazel Scott
Virgil Oman
Dorothy Andrews
Louise Oman
Olive Scott
the Frog
Michigan women win Vail Medal for public service
Olive M. Martin and Mrs. Eleanor Purdy receive the Theodore N. Vail medal for acts of public service in 1932. Martin aided fire prevention in Elmira, while Purdy helped save a Detroit subscriber during a gas incident at Centerline. The Michigan Bell committee notes 54 recipients since the fund began.
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Michigan
Olive M. Martin
Elmira Telephone Company
Elmira
Petoskey
Eleanor Purdy
Detroit
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Centerline
Michigan Telephone
Theodore N. Vail
Burch Foraker
Michi ‘Gan
Vail
Miss Martin
Purdy
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Universal Telephone Service
Bell System
Michigan Bell Company
Michigan Committee of Award
William Manaquen
Earl H. Baker
Herbert Alain
Ironwood
Vera Hadley
Benton Harbor
Rural notices and family visits in Beaverton area
Chas Granda of Beaverton stays with Mr and Mrs Roy Cummins. Olin Cooper leaves for Detroit for medical care. Nora Stanfield Glenn and Earl Fry attend Anson Stanfield’s funeral in Findlay. Greenwood visitors Robert Jones to Warl Fry’s home. Ed Cooper Leo and family visit Wm Goodrich. Will Rogers Alma visits Freeman Goodrich. Defreese family moves to Lyndin Blosser farm. Blosser family travels to Indiana and Kansas. Leo Cooper Lola visit Guy Stanfield. Mrs Clifford Anderson takes her mother home from Grand Rapids.
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Chas, Granda
Beaverton
Roy Cummins
Olin Cooper
Detroit
Nora Stanfield
Glenn
Earl Fry
Findlay
Anson Stanfield
Robert Jones
Greenwood
Warl Fry
Ed. Cooper
Leo
Wm. Goodrich
Will Rogers
Alma
Charles Catron
Freeman Goodrich
Merritt
Charles Defreese
Lyndin Blosser
Blosser
Indiana
Kansas
Leo Cooper
Lola
Guy Stanfield
Clifford Anderson
James Seymour
Grand Rapids
Moores Crossing Residents Change Occupants
Bob Howell and family relocate from the Odette farm and stay with Mrs. Wm. Larkins. Earl Funke plans to move onto the Odette farm after purchasing it. Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Fish and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wilde visit relatives, Mr. and Mrs. John Madison, for a weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Howell
Odette Farm
Wm. Larkins
Earl Funke
Stevenson Lake
Delbert Fish
Norman Wilde
Ann Arbor
John Madison
Local Happenings Include Visits and Party Attendance
Mrs Maggie Hale from Marion spent the weekend with the Deitz family. Heith Davis and Dorothy Cutler attended a Freshman class party at the Stroud home near Park Lake Friday evening. Mrs Albert Bruce from Greenwood and her father M C Foster were at the Townhall election day. Mrs Peter Cook called at her parents home of Mr and Mrs James Heckthorn on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Hale
Marion
Deitz
Heith Davis
Dorothy Cutler
Stroud
Park Lake
Albert Bruce
Greenwood
M. C. Foster
Townhall
Peter Cook
James Heckthorn
Election draws large crowd as votes counted
A large crowd attended the election with 301 ballots recorded. Mr and Mrs John Colmus of West Grant and their son Leo visited Mr and Mrs Gerome Frees and Mr Baker on Monday. Mrs Brees of Flint cared for Jos Murphy and has since returned home. Murphy’s condition remains poor.
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John Colmus
West Grant and Son
Leo
Myr
Gerome Frees
Baker
Brees
Flint
Jos. Murphy
Murphy
Gilmore Social Notes and Local Events
Mr and Mrs R W Field and son spent Sunday at the ham Seymour. Stanley Glass cut his foot badly last week. Mr and Mrs W R Jarman move back to their farm after a year with her uncle Hol Gamble. Mrs Benton Loomis and Marjorie of Clare visited Gilmore relatives. Luanna Dague dined with her parents near Sherman City. Delbert, Robert and Roberta Dague visited the Blam Seymour home. Miss Dague celebrated a birthday with parents outside and received a rose tinted glass luncheon set. a pupil program marked the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillian Hatch
Greenwood
Miller
Elvin Budd
Halmond Woods
Hayes
George Sears
Woods
Henry Huber
Baby
Cooper
Ed. Dunham
Frank Sherrick
Wmn. Bogue
Long Lake
Jessie Cooper
Leo Gronda
Earl Price
Ivan Bowles
Frank Brooks
Charles
BH. P. Cooper
Tra Blosser
Paris
Indiana
Charles Defriese
Stanley Glass
W.R. Jarman
Hol. Gamble
Benton Loomis
Marjorie
Clare
Gilmore
Luanna Dague
Sherman City
Dague
African catfish swims on its back in ancient Nile waters
The Nile African catfish evolved to swim belly upwards, giving its underside a dark color while the sides and back remain silvery. This unusual orientation is noted as a peculiar adaptation in its evolution.
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Nile
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Lake Odessa
Henry Geiger
Lake News
J. L. Cook
Metcalf
AEDES
Frost and Franklin
Moores Crossing
Winterfield
Rancalce
R. W. Field and Son
Hlam Seymour
Michigan Bell
Fleming Shoe Coq
Davy
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