Social notes from Clare area residents and visitors
A roundup of visits and events around Clare includes Drs. Cour and Dawe trips, June 24er festivities, birthdays from Dolores Ann Witbeck to June Coveart, weddings of Madgeline Dora and Mike Lynch, Capper's Farmer prize for Cleo Paxton, new local shop Vanderwalker's Grocery, and many relatives visiting from Detroit Saginaw Toronto and Lansing with trips to Mackinaw City Petoskey and Gaylord.
Elm disease threat: census warns billions at risk
The forestry association warns Congress must fund a $15 million five year program to combat Dutch elm disease. One billion elms valued at about 750 million could be lost if action is delayed, with New England and middle Atlantic regions most affected.
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Town
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Association
New York
America
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Sit Eating as London Seventeenth Century Custom
The practice involved hiring a man to eat bread at a funeral to remove the deceased's sits. This custom reflects rituals of death and social beliefs in London during the seventeenth century.
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London
First to Levy Income Tax Wisconsin
Wisconsin became the first state to levy an annual income tax on its citizens in 1911. The move marked a pioneering approach to state revenue and tax policy, influencing later fiscal reforms across the country.
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Wisconsin
Temple Community Notes and Local News
Sunday school and church at Town Hall resume with Thursday prayer meetings. Many locals listed visiting, working on farms, or traveling to Clare and Marion. The Black Death killed up to 25 million in Europe during 1348 1369. Existence is measured by achievement, not duration.
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William Barrus
Ida. Palmer
Manton
Europe
Asia
England
Hecker
Alne
Explorers Learn to Smoke in Santo Domingo Habit
A historical note recounts European explorers adopting smoking during their time in Santo Domingo where the practice was already a native habit. It highlights cultural exchange and the spread of tobacco use in the early era of exploration.
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Santo Domingo
Greenwood Center Social News At a Glance
Mr and Mrs Ed Schwantz and family of Detroit spent the weekend with Hol Bruce, their son Jack staying for the summer. Mr and Mrs Hudson Jones entertained eighteen friends Sunday in honor of Mrs Jones and Mr Newt Kress birthdays. Mr Steve Robbing and son Hol of Lansing spent the weekend at the Van Valkenburg home. Mr and Mrs Chet Pickering entertain the former’s mother from Cadillac. Ronald Schaaf had an appendicitis operation at Mt Pleasant hospital Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Frank Stuckman and family visited H Stuckman this week.
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Drs. Jos. Cour
Saginaw
Mary Frances Peterson
Detroit
John A. Jackson
Hilda Shepherd
Toronto
Velma ‘Howe
Roy Harter
Miss Howe
Yonia
Joan Richard
Mary
Gentile
Buffalo
Cranberry Lake
Gordon Speer
Lansing
H. C. Gudney
Harry Greenaway
Port Huron
Manistee
Dolores Ann. Witbeck
Marvin Wit‘beck
Barbara Jean Chaffee
Doris Maxwell
Hart Treland
Lorraine Shultz
Sandra Shultz
Mary Helen Bernier
Phyllis Sternaman
Donald and
Billy Barber
Donald Waite
Ewart
Ed. Schwantz and& Family
Hol. Bruce
Jack
Hudson Jones
Jones
Newt Kress
Steve Robbing
Hol
van Valkenburg
Chet Pickering
Cadillac
Don Schaaf
Chicago
Naida
Ronald Schaaf
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Frank Stuckman
Met
H. & Stuckman
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Mike Lynch
St. Cecilia’s Church
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Nora Jackson
Dale Peterson
Tony Achard
Beauty
Midland
Emma Wilson
June Coveart
Winnie Coveart
Grand Rapids
East 4Th Street
Vanderwalker’s Grocery
Herold MacAlonan
M. W. MacAlonan
H. BH. Speerstra
Alma
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Arthur Pleming
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Flint
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Rey
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Marion
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Anna Crawford
Laura’ Burns
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Traverse City
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