Pittsfield Area Notes and Rail Timetable Items
Railroad time tables show south and north schedules for Ann Arbor and Pere Marquette services. Local notices list visits, gatherings, farm services, floral offerings, hospital duties, and various residents traveling or visiting relatives at Flint Cadillac Marion and Clare during the summer. Aagencies report summer events at U. of M. and local social meetings with family and friends.
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Harold Fosberg
Coleman
Clare
A. N. Friz
Matilda Park
Flint
G. R. Bogan
U. of M
Ann Arbor
Roy Wilson
Marion
Cadillac
T. Carl Holbrook
Lansing
State Prosecutors
H. B. Halstead
Sebewaing
Wm. Cole
Dorothy
Mary Gilmore
W. D. Hodson
Genevieve Campbell
George Waltz
Grand Rapids
Paul Zimmerman
F. A. Hachmuth
Nettie
Butterworth Hospital
Glee Duncan
Long Beach
Cal
John Duncan
Vernon
C. S. T. College
Mt. Pleasant
Holbrook Announces Candidacy for Clare County Prosecuting Attorney
T Carl Holbrook declares his run for Clare County Prosecuting Attorney on the Republican ticket in the September 4 1928 primary. He asks for voters confidence and support and signs respectfully.
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Clare County
T. Carl Holbrook
Stockwell declares candidacy for county road commissioner
ORLIB STOCKWELL announces his bid for the county road commissioner seat. He pledges faithful duty if elected and asks voters to support him on September 5 in the campaign message.
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Orlib Stockwell
Fear Adds to Severity of Global Poverty Perception
The text argues that perceived poverty is amplified by fear and anxiety. It claims sensitivity exaggerates poverty, with worries about imaginary ills inflating the problem beyond reality.
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Ravon
Clare County Drain Commissioner Candidate Seeks Republican Nomination
A resident announces candidacy for County Drain Commissioner on the Republican ticket at the September 4 1928 primaries. He cites loyal voter support from Clare County two years prior and asks friends for continued backing. The statement notes a $713 amount.
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Clare County
Isabella County
Somerville Seeks Clare County Road Commissioner GOP Nomination
Clare County voters are urged to consider O O Somerville as a Republican candidate for County Road Commissioner in the September 4 1928 primary. Somerville outlines twenty years in Midland mercantile work city posts including clerk and treasurer and Midland County treasurer, plus three years contracting road work, pledging a careful economical administration and soliciting votes.
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Clare County
Garfield Township
Midland
Mich
Midland County
John Whith Seeks County Surveyor Nomination
John Whith announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for County Surveyor. He thanks county voters for past support over three terms and pledges to deliver his best service if nominated and elected.
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John Whith
Detroit News Review Cites Odd Bird Population Estimate
A suburban observer claims the country hosts 4.0 billion birds, an estimate questioned by readers. The Detroit News notes the figure and hints at dubious source credibility.
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Detroit News
Michigan Bell Pays $3.22 Million in 1927 Taxes
A Michigan Bell Telephone Company tax report shows state and federal payments totaling 3,223,408 for 1927. State taxes rose 415,976.05 from four years earlier with per phone taxes at 4.32 for state and 1.36 for federal, boosting overall utility tax contributions toward the state’s primary school fund.
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Fuller
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan Bell
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Bell Company
Tax Commission
State Tax Commission
Condolence resolutions from Clare County Board of Supervisors
The Clare County Board of Supervisors adopt resolutions mourning Samuel McGoogan. They vow to attend his funeral in a body and express heartfelt sympathy to his family, with copies to be sent and printed in two county weeklies. Signed by the board members.
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County Board of Supervisors
Samuel McGoogan
Clare County
Clare County Board of Supervisors
Clare Sentinel
Harrison Cleaver
Trip Through the South Adds Lee Era Reverence
Mrs Jhe Wilson recounts travels from Paris to Lexington and Richmond noting Confederate monuments and Lee's tomb. She describes Berea College, mountain roads through Kentucky, and southern manners while contrasting labor norms with the North.
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Jhe Wilson
South
Kentucky
Paris
Lexington
Richmond
U. S
Jeff Davis
Libby
Robt. Lee
Lee
Confederacy
Stonewall Jackson
Berea
Berea College
Kentucky Mountain
Alleghenys
Cumberland Gap
Wilson
Michigan
Florida
Bodies fed to birds in Lhasa Tibet villages
Reports describe a frozen ground in Lhasa where burial is impossible and residents practice sky burials. Localities reportedly employ human butchers to prepare corpses in small pieces and offer them to scavenging birds.
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Lhasa
Tibet
British Empire Size Compared With France and Colonies
The British Empire covers 15,226,749 square miles, the largest territory of any nation. France and its colonies total 5,870,461 square miles in comparison.
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British Empire
France
Her
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A.M. West
Harrigan
Tas van
Hdith Gorr
Mullet Lake
Tip
Hwing
J. Doherty
Hart, Gordon
Rolland Johnson
Detroit
Charlie Johnson
River Rouge
F. C. Sanford
Charles
L. H. Thompson
Elsie Stinson
Thompson
The
Clare County Savings Bank
Home For Savings
Pol. Adv
Chas. Durnin
OO. C. Somerville
McEwan Streets
Michigan - Bell Telephone Company
Fred Geiger Neallg Cook
Reginald Sharp
John Burnett
Merritt Finch
A. S. Keysor
Robert Burns
Perl Tryon
Charles Spobn
A. Dawson
William Arnold James Graves
Thomas Crawford
David Ward
John Phimsey Oise Derby
Walter Crigier
Henry Gardiner
Ralph Weber
Ben Carpenter
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Board of Supervisors
ELMER
Kirkconnell
State Bank
the Bank
Ruth Beauty Shoppe
Marcel
Curl
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Elsie. Howlett
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