Incomplete historical date compilation prompts
A set of dated facts mentions the first YMCA in Boston on December 29 1851 and the last major U S Indian conflict at Knee Creek on December 29 1890. It also notes Paces elected first president of China and the first U S postage stamp used on December 31 1847. It lists Spera immigration depot opening and the United Nations Declaration signed on January 1 1942.
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YMCA
Boston
U. S
Knee Creek
D. D
Aate
Paces
China
Spera
Farwell Christmas Gatherings Highlight Local Families
Local residents hosted and joined Christmas dinners and visits across Farwell and surrounding areas. Notable events include Mr. and Mrs. John McCel land dining with the Ryckmans in Lake George and many relatives sharing meals and holiday time with Ethel Thrush and other families. One anniversary marked 41 years.
Thrushes Welcome Baby Diane Sue of Farwell
A daughter named Diane Sue was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Thrush of Farwell on December 13 at Clare Osteopathic Hospital. She weighed six pounds 15 ounces. Enriched foods such as bread flour and cereals have added iron riboflavin niacin and thiamine to restore or exceed whole grain nutrient levels as set by federal and state standards.
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Ham
Will Graham II
Bernice Cook
Clare Osteopathic Hospital
Viola Smith
Beulah
Sidney Thrush
Ethel Thrush
Kenneth Barnhart
Coleman
Alvin Harvey
Flint
Alma Perry
Diane Sue
Frank Thrush
Farwell
Christmas Week Visits Across Saginaw Area
Mrs Ettie Harvey spent Christmas Day with her son Basil in Saginaw and visited Mrs Albert Sonntag and family. The weekend included a Christmas dinner at the Hotel Doherty and gatherings with the Sonntag and Seiter families plus other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ettie Harvey
Basil
Saginaw
Harry Sonntag
Cheryl
Albert Sonntag
Harvey
Sonntags
Doherty
Joe Eisenhauer
Glen McLaughlin
Farwell
Lula McPhail
Albert Samborn
Cherri
Dexter
Dale Lee Ouderkirk
Ronald LaVinge
Donald Ouderkirk
Lansing
Laurence Seiter
Austin Knapp
C.C. Knapp
Minnie Drake
Elizabeth Samson
Do You Want A Heaped Cord Of Wood Explained
Michigan agricultural weights and measures experts warn that many buyers overestimate a cord of firewood. A true cord equals a four by four by eight foot stack, but most sales refer to about one third of a cord, or a stove wood pile, leading to confusion and potential mispricing.
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Michigan Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Food Inspection Division
Clyde Cottom
Cottom
Pulp and Paper Mills
Christmas family visits span several states across the holidays
Rochester and Grand Rapids families visit relatives in Michigan for Christmas. Multiple households including Foss, Wolfe, Bicknell, Maxwell, Larson, Dull, Case, Chaffee, Bouchey, Born and others share meals, gifts, and gatherings across towns like Ann Arbor Clare I C C F Hall and Hinsdale Illinois. Anglers Market note: fishing gear industry valued at 300 million dollars annually in the U S.
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Larry Foss
Rochester
Thomas Wolfe
Cathey Ann
Grand Rapids
Earl Foss
Willard Bicknell
Reva Maxwell
John Larson
Ann Arbor
Ron Dull
Evanston
Illinois
Arents
Leon Ull Sr
William Case
Horton Case
Donald Case
Farwell
Ronald Chaffee
New Baltimore
May Chaffee
Sterling
Ellsworth Chaffees
Cecil Bouchey
Clare I.C.C.F. Hall
David Born
Hinsdale
G.C
Glen D
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Yesteryears
P.S
Michigan Consolidated
Gen. Ware
Vietnam
Keith L. Ware
I Field Force
Ware
U.S. Army
Nha Trang
J. H. Binford Peayej
Farwell News
John McCelland
Howard Ryckman
Lake George
Irving Cummins
Roy Cummins
Wilbur Fletcher
Lawrence Kadwell
Ewart
Harry Lee
Albert Kadwell
Dewayne Ward
Phillip
David
Gilbert Waddington
Edmore
Berdella Wichert
Temperance
Edward Kuck
Veteran’s Hospital
Harold Pike
Leon Thrush
Anna Wood
Hershel Reese Sr
Cecil Davison
Stuart Gra
Air Defense Command
ADC
United States
Maxwell
Clare
Farm Bureau’s Farm Owners
Larry Rank
Don Swindlehurst
Farm Bureau Insurance
Ichigan
Koo
Ackerman
Nyle Haggart
Spartan
Alcoa P.D.Q. Ivory
Personal
NBC
Michigan U. 5
Spartar ‘Stores
Tg Oe
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