Klan Parade Sparks Fatal Night Riots in Carnegie
In Carnegie a night of rioting followed a Ku Klux Klan demonstration. Thomas R. Abbott was shot dead, Stephen Jarzombek seriously wounded, and several others hurt. Authorities arrested Undertaker Patrick McDermott and jailed men on concealed weapon charges as Klansmen were fined. Police released sixteen others found from Klan vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Stephen Jarzombek
Patrick McDermott
Carnegie
Abbott
Allegheny County
W. K. Flaherty
Joseph Joyce
Mrs. Anna Burbush and kin return from eastern trip
Correspondence notes Mrs. Anna Burbush and family coming home Tuesday after a five weeks' journey through the east and south. Preparations begin Wednesday for a new gravel road half a mile west of Leiter Corners. Misses Elizabeth and Agnes Elliott of Detroit visited sister Mrs. Allen Border. Mrs. Mabel Stone of North Rose Bush helps Lorin Seiter during her mother's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna. Burbush
Res
Leiter Corners
Elizabeth
Agnes Elliot
Detroit
Allen Border
Mabel Stone
North Rosebush
Lorin Seiter
Southwest Gilmore Community News Brief
Mr and Mrs Chas Carpenter rejoice at the arrival of a baby girl. Mrs C and children stay at the Isaac Shaner home. Mrs Ed Olger entertains her sister from Port Huron. Chas Squires worked on a road job near Saginaw and spent the weekend at home returning Sunday. Wm Cotter and family visited the Jesse Burgess home. Nearly all in the vicinity attended the Weidman celebration Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Carpenter
C. and
Isaac, Shaner
Ed. Olger
Port Huron
Chas. Squires
Saginaw
Wm, Cotter
Jesse Burgess
Weidman
Pleasant Valley Rural Notes and Local Arrivals
Pleasant Valley notes mention rain benefiting fields except threshing, with three machines active. Thelma Orvis is ill after a trip to Mt. Pleasant. Archie Tryon recovers well from an operation. Mrs. HE. A. Bunyan returns from Frankfort. Marie Slater and Franklin Schaaf visit Detroit before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. C. Penrose and Sadie attend a Newmarket Ontario family reunion. Hagle church held its annual meeting Wednesday night. J Presley and family visited O Penrose on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma
Orvis
Mt. Pleasant
Archie Tryon
HE. A. Bunyan
Frankfort
Charles
Marie Slater
Franklin Schaaf
Detroit
Louis Slater
Ten Million Disabled in War Worst Sufferer Germany Cited
International Labor Office figures show 7.124 million disabled across listed nations from World War I with Germany-France Britain and others named. The bureau cautions data gaps from Turkey Bulgaria Baltic states Portugal Hungary Japan and suggests ten million disabled men is not an over-statement.
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Geneva
International Labor Office
Germany
France
Great Britain
Italy
New Zealand
Australia
Finland
Turkey
Bulgaria
Baltic States
Portugal
Hungary
Japan
Japanese Premier Tomosaburo Kato Dies After Illness
Tokyo confirms the death of Prime Minister Tomosaburo Kato after months of illness. The veteran statesman had been Japan’s right hand to Admirals Togo and Kamiimura in the Russo-Japanese War, entering as a captain and retiring as a rear admiral with the Order of the Golden Kite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Baron Tomosaburo Kato
Japan
Kato
Togo
Kamiimura
Farm Bureau urges 20 percent wheat acreage shift
The American Farm Bureau federation states the federal government will not take extraordinary actions to store 200 million bushels of surplus wheat. It urges farmers to plant winter wheat acreage at least 20 percent, higher than the 15 percent level cited in recent agriculture reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Local Visitors Trail Through Jackson County Over Weekend
Brush College J visited the home of his father Frank Costs in Jackson County over Sunday with Coats and daughters Donna and Gretchen and sister Mrs J C Newman. Mrs Frank Sanders hosted cousin Volney Shiltz and family from Baltimore Ohio and Noble Shiltz with wife from Athens Ohio. Mayo Robinette and wife called Sunday afternoon. Enoch Millie and wife returned to Lansing after visiting friends here earlier last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brush College J
Coats
Donna
Gretchen
J.C. Newman
Frank Costs
Jackson County
Frank Sanders
Volney
Shiltz
Baltimore
Ohio
Noble Shiltz
Athens
Mayo Robinette
Wite
Enoch Miliie
Lansing
Social Visit Notes From Carey Corners and Nearby Inquiries
Mrs. Martin Eberhart and daughters Elsie and Hilda visit Frank Lamphere with Mr. and Mrs. McNeill from Stirling Minnois while Mrs. Wager of Detroit visits her daughter Mrs. Charles Church. Mrs. Wm. Johnson from Farwell spends time at Fred Babcock's home with the family. Pearl Leichti and two children stay at the Lampheres. Miss Imeille Church shows improvement. Mrs. Fred Babcock travels to Alma after the sudden death of her sister's baby, Fredrick Andrews. Mrs. Pearl Leichti and two children and Mrs. B. C. Markham of Lansing visit Fred Babcock.
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Martin Eberhart
Elsie
Hilda
McNeill
Stirling
Minnois
Frank Lamphere
Wager
Detroit
Charles Church
Wm. Johnson
Farwell
Fred Babcock
Pearl
Leichti
Imeille Church
Alma
Fredrick Andrews
Pearl Leichti
B. C. Markham
Lansing
West Grant Community Notes Describe Weekend Visits
West Grant residents share a weekend of visits as relatives from Concord Indiana Battle Creek Marion Saginaw and Sandusky Ohio travel through. Names mentioned include Reasa Bartlett Claude, Milo Robinett Wm Lewis James Sutton Katie Sutton Mrs Lawrence Robinette Norma Sutton Frank Sheahan Edith Conklin Orin Smith Edith Conklin Edith Conklin, Russell Ickes, Anna Timm and William Cleveland among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reasa Bartlett
Claude
Concord
Tom Patterson
Ewart
Milo Robinett
Wm. Lewis
Indiana
North Pole
James Sutton
Katie
Lawrence Robinette
Emmet
Sutton
Norma
Frank Sheahan
Mt. Pleasant
Fred Hubel
Herbert Randall
Orin Smith
Battle Creek
Edith Conklin
Marion
Russell Ickes
Saginaw
Wn. Timm’s
Anna
Sandusky
O. Wm
Cleveland
Southeast Sheridan Social News Minutes
Southeast Sheridan notes list visits and travel among local families. Residents and relatives from Clare Wise Farwell Flint Detroit Coleman Rose Bush and Illinois visit Orval Macklem school repairs and housing veneering mentioned. Pearl Gerow travels to Flint for work. others spend weekends with kin.
Windover Lake Social Roundup and Local Notices
Mr and Mrs M O Crowner and companions from St Johns stay a week at Rum Rite Inn. Mrs C F Phillips and sons Rus sel and Curtis with Miss G Cook and sister visited Ray Phillips and wife. Freeman town hall dance and lunch drew a good crowd. Ray Phillips and wife and Mrs Eeith Burns toured to Saginaw and returned Monday. Ladies Aid will meet at Mrs Wm Davidson's September 6 with all members expected. Clare callers this week included several local couples and Howard Green of Toledo visiting J Burns. Rev Gray of Ovid gave another fine sermon and plans to return home after six weeks here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Crowner
St. Johns
C. F. Phillips
Russel and Curtis
G. Cook
Ray Phillips
Freeman Town Hall
Eeith Burns
Saginaw
Wm. Davidson
Clare
C. E. Smith
Thos
Nichols
Tom Barlow
John Burns
John Sears
M. Finch
J. Beard
Howard Green
Toledo
J. Burns
Rev. Gray
Ovid
Hinkville Notes on Visits Roads and Political Talk
Ruth Koontz sought work in a Lansing five and ten store while visits ranged among Hinkville families. A new road opened to traffic from Clare to Farwell, with dust and nostalgia as residents recall old times. Arthur Bellinger and family traveled from Lansing for weekend visits. Chas. Koontz and Vera Moline hosted relatives. Governor Groesbeck and political chatter frame the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Koontz
Lansing
Nelson Irish
Alma
Vera Moline
George Seals
Clare
Clarence Seals
Grand Rapids
al. Byba
Burton Calkins
Rosebush
Moline
Groesbeck
Harry Oliver
Toledo
F. Hinkle
A. Oliver
T. H. Maynard
Charles
O. K
Farwell
Arthur Bellinger
Mary
Ted
Levi Hodged
Chas. Koontz
Long Lake social news and family visits reported
Mr and Mrs Ivan Smith and family of Marion visited at Lester Dillenback's home. Will Stanfield and family and cousin Herb Crampton spent Sunday at Arnold Late's. King Pleckledge and family visited Arthur in Winterfield township. Sunday School is set for three at Long Lake school house. Wallace Compton works in Battle Creek. Warner Cahoon of Modersville left for Flint to visit sisters. Lilian Bugbee of Clare attended Milton Bringman’s social and will visit friends. Hemire family of Midland visited Wallace Compton and Ada Compton joined them. Thimble Club Social held at Milton Bringman’s. crowd enjoyed a quilt raffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Smith
Marion
Lester Dillenback
Wallace Compton
Battle Creek
Midland
Ada Compton
Saginaw
Thimble Club
Milton Bringmdan
Lela
Malcomson
Hela
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