Grocery Store Ad Offers Weekend Specials
A neighborhood grocery ad invites shoppers to visit this week. It lists Picnie hams 18¢ per pound, sliced breakfast bacon 40¢ per pound, Pink Alaska salmon 2 cans 25¢, raisins 2 pack 24¢, seedless 4 lb 39¢, White Lily flour 2 1 2 lb 89¢, peanut butter 20¢ lb, pancake flour 5 lb 27¢, macaroni or spaghetti 8 for 25¢, jelly powder 3 for 25¢, Eagle condensed milk 21¢ per can, evaporated milk 3 cans 29¢, O'clock coffee 2 lb 35¢, Crisco 20¢ per lb, and Gur Windows shown with extended evening hours to 8 o'clock.
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Eagle
Light House
Tea Service Evolution in Early Spoon Design
A fragment notes spoon design shifting from bell shaped handles as tea drinking became common. Early spoons were small and fitted to wooden handles, used with tiny teacups and coffee chests, reflecting scarce tea and gradual social adoption.
ForSale Or Rent Help Wanted Ad Fragment
Classified note shows for sale or rent offer and a wordplay payment instruction with advance payment and letter sounds. It appears as an old style advertisement fragment mentioning a broker or agent and a quoted price per word. The text hints at a wordplay gag using initials sounding like B word.
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ForSale
Lear Mad
Bro
FOR SALE Classified farm items and livestock list
Multiple short notices offer items for sale including milch cattle ordinary horses and ponies young bulls turkeys seed and farm equipment. Listings mention contact persons and locations such as Orin Reynolds West Grant Penpt PTS SF RAINES Clarefac Hathorne Glen Blystore David Seifer Red Truman WV. Smith Warwell J. G. Kunzelman Mt. Pleasant and Lewis Bird Corunna. Prices appear for a Star touring car seed and seed hearts of gold melons.
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Barrie Rmn
Orin Reynolds
West Grant
David Seifer
Wanted notices clutter local ads seek farm help and livestock
WANTED Two guinea hens Mrs Jos Hudson Clare Phone 299. WANTED Young heifer calf Will pay 3.00 to 5.00 Mrs Chas Cor win Route 2 Farwell. WANTED Young heifer calf Will Laas te AeeA. WANTED Nursing to do night or day Call at 212 BE 7th St Clare 513. SALESMAN WANTED to solicit orders for lubricating oils greases and paints Salary or commission Ad dress The Harvey Oil Co Cleveland O FOR RENT The Samuel Sly ranch in Franklin township Write or call upon Clarence W Long Harrison Mich 1712.
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Chas. Corwin
Route
Farwell
TL Zere
Laas
Te Aeea
St. Clare
Harvey Oil Co
Clevesland
Samuel Sly
Franklin Township
Clarence W. Long
Harrison, Mich
Sealed Bids Sought For Village Auction Items 1927
Sealed bids due by 9 00 a m February 28 1927 for lots 7 8 9 10 block 15 Harrison city and lots 9 10 block 26 Wilsons addition Joe Stevens garage filling station tools a 1924 Ford model car Ford sedan Ford truck stake body Studebaker touring car and more each bid must include a $25 cashier’s check to W L Harper administrator estate of Joseph Stevens.
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Whson
Harrison
Wilson
Harrisop
Joe Stevens
Studebaker
Longest Non-Navigable Rivers Highlighted
The Platté river and its northern fouls reach about 1,250 miles and are described as the longest non navigable river in the United States and possibly the world. The Orange river in South Africa, about 1,400 miles, is perhaps the next longest non navigable river.
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Platté River
Fouls
United States
Orange River
South Africa
Correspondence from South West Gilmore Scribes Local Happenings
Chas Bamne g hand hunting incident reported with injuries and a broken finger. Jay McAlvey and family visited Ed McAlvey’s Sunday. L McAlvey and wife hosted Ray Jarman and Miles Loomis families. Mrs George Pitts returned home after work for Alvin Wood. George Pitts and family visited Stanley Glass home Sunday.
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Chas
Bamne
Squires
Jay McAlvey
Ed. McAlveys
L. McAlvey
Ray Jarman
Miles ‘Loomis
George Pitts
Alvin’ Wood
Stanley Glass
North Arthur visitors and local social notes
Detroit residents Mr. and Mrs. Austin visit their daughter Mrs Wade Cradit in Gladwin. Mrs H Bruner and two children stay with her daughter north of Gladwin. Myrtle Bruner returns home with them. Chas Nash cattle buyers visit and admire the dairy herd. Russel Williams visits his parents over Sunday. Um Kanarr starts ice week. Mrs Jim Defoy and family attend to a sick mother.
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Austin
Detroit
Wade Cradit
Roy Gordon
Chas
Nash
Gladwin
H. 2
Bruner
Myrtle Bruner
Russel Williams
Kanarr
Jim Defoy
Maple Grove Social Notes From Sunday Visitations
Maple Grove community excerpts记录 a string of Sunday and midweek visits. Families and individuals such as Finch, Inez, Courter, Arthur Finch, Clare callers D Piedeman and smother, Mrs. Martin, Arleigh Millman, Walter Smedley, Mrs. Timpe, Bertha Rulapaugh, Fraser Frisbee, Milton Davis, Earl Halsted, Lillian Graham, Joe, Gerald Perry, Mrs. Elsie Perry, John W. Moore, Dave Davis, Mervale Perry, and Cassie Davison are shown visiting relatives in Farwell, Owosso, Cadillac, and Saginaw areas.
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L. Finch
D. Piedeman
Smother
Mrs. Martin
Byatt
J. Tiedeman
Timpe
Bertha Rulapaugh
Milton Davis
Earl Halsted
Lillian Graham
Joe
Lansing
Guy Perry
Gerald
Gilmore
Elsie Perry
John W. Moore
Farwell
Dave Davis
Saginaw
Cadillac
Mervale Perry
S. McGoogatn
Cassie Davison
Milton
Babe of Former Rosebush Parents Taken
Mr and Mrs George Hersey of Berkley Michigan returned here February 11 with their eleven months old babe William Dayton who died after a weeks illness from whooping cough bronchial pneumonia and croup The child rests in Denver cemetery beside an infant brother Three little sisters and the parents mourn in sympathy with the community Services were conducted by Rev Whitney at the home of Wm Ciuley February 12 Several local residents are noted for recent travels visits and events including W S Sleight visiting Hartland Centre and Mrs Fenner being brought from St Louis by Loren Coyne and son Danny Other items mention new telephone service for Oscar Willey a birthday party at Mrs Coynes and a Sunday visit by Glen First of Ionia.
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George Hersey
Berkley
Michigan
Babe
William Dayton
Whitney
Wmn. Ciuley
Denver
W.S. Sleight
Hartland Centre
Gee. Huskinson
Loren”Coyne
Danny
St. Louis
Fenner
Oscar Willey
Susan Daly
Frank
Geo. Bayliss
Flint
Loren Coyne
Social notes from Mt Vernon area gatherings and births
A patrol of weekend visits includes Mr and Mrs Walter Hess Elm Grove with Mt Vernon friends. Several families from Mt Pleasant Detroit Flint Loomis Rosebush Saginaw and Sag inaw exchange visits. Doris Lorraine Compeau born Feb 3 in Saginaw to Arthur and Mrs Compeau. Communities plan upcoming events and lectures.
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Walter Hess
Elm Grove
Geo. Har ‘Ing
B. Daniels
Mt. Pleasant
Jennings Archamboult
Hazel McGinty
Bernice Carrier
Orlando Thayer
Detroit
Louie Thayer
Roland
Richard Brooks
Drvin Schutt
Rosebush
Harold
Paul White
Flint
Walter White
Leda . Ackerman
Byatt
Clarence Ramey
Dave Crowley
Paul
Harold White
Sanborn
Doris Lorraine
Arthur Compeau
Saginaw
Frank Wild
Jennings
Pboult
Little
Patricia Compeau
Ed. Northon
Edward White
Max
Walter Wiite
Dea Stough
Hart
Fred Marshall
Richard ‘Brooks
Mystery Affair Named By Local Group
A cryptic notice invites the public to uncover a mysterious affair described as intriguing and secretive. Admission is capped at ten cents, and Grangers are encouraged to bring friends to learn more firsthand.
Rosebush Methodist Church Center Services and local notices
The Rosebush Methodist Church near Rosebush hosts a community centered service with Sunday School at 9 30 and a 7 09 evening service. Midweek prayer is at 7 00 Wednesday. Local visits note residents returning from Ludington Lansing and Detroit for various events and a birthday party at Willey home with many attendees from nearby towns.
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Center
Rosebush
Alive
B. L
Esther Seiter’s
Rosebush Church
Average shave length cited by Birmingham barber
A Birmingham barber estimates the average May shave requires 133.8 feet of razor strokes. The remark appears in the Dearborn Independent citing a routine grooming measure.
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Birmingham
Ala
Dearborn Independent
Violet Rays Proposed to Treat Dog Distemper
Ultraviolet rays are being tested as a treatment for distemper in dogs. The note suggests violet light might offer a future cure for this common canine ailment as experiments proceed.
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McEwan’ Street
Fred M. Morgan
Firestone
Jacksons Market
Tive Turkey Gobblers
Rta
Truman WV. Smith
Warwell
Howard Penrose
Geo. Fitzpatrick
Lewis Bird
Corunna
Mich
Ray Harrold
Clare Realty Co
Clare, Mich
J. G. Kunzelman
Broadway
Jos
Hudson
Clare
Carl Gardon
W. L. ‘Harpies
Dias
le Harper
Hetate
Joseph Stevens
North Arthur
Maple Grove
Inez
Sears
Mr. Courter
Arthur Finch
Barryton
Mt. Vernor. Grange
Prani ® Nevins
Loomis
Rosebush Methodist
Jefoy Me Whitney
The
Lord ‘Wiitney
Ludington
Audrey Hirst
M. J. Stielde
Spence Stickle
B.J. Thoti
Bénninger
Goeht
Emery First
Arthur Morgan
Willey
Doimna Willey
Forest Johnston
Levi Willey
Nellie
Albert Willey
Pleasant
Harl Willey
Mae Johnston
Ronald
Wil Shepherd
Midland
Geo
Johnston
Alma
Preston Johnston
Alec Hislop
Ramey & Feighner
Rexall
United Drug Co
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