Ashfield mystery reveals a deadly plan and confession
Colonel Blake confronts Cyrus Doolittle and others about a murder plot in Ashfield. Royce and Doolittle confess entanglements with Carrie Brown and Bumpy Brown as Blake pieces together the crime. A dramatic confrontation foreshadows a confession and looming court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Robert Royce
Royce
Blake
Algyre
Oscar Perry
Bumpy Brown
Carrie Brown
Malone
Boston
Hubbard
Doctor Gorse
Bumpy
Colonel Blake
Gyrud Doolittle
Geo
Doolittle
Grigesby
Doollittle
Cyrus Doolittle
Hust
Carrie
Ashfield
Westminster Hotel
Ron
Amity Dam
Taft's Take on Postwar Morality as the Rolling Stone
The late William Howard Taft criticized postwar novelists' morality at a dinner of the American Bar Association. He called it a philosophy that urges people to enjoy themselves wander and dodge work, dubbing it the morality of the rolling stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Awell
Blackstone
Shad
Blake
Ash
Golonel Blake
The
Rolling Stone
William Howard Taft
American Bar Association
West Freeman area notes from the Fourth of July gathering
Mrs. B. Darnell and family from West Freeman visit Fred Bader’s home. Lew Presley and son Curtis travel to Farwell. Mrs. Chas Wheller and Albert to Glare and Harrison. Henry Fanstock of Farwell visits Jay Beard. Carl Williams family heads to Marion. many attend Lake George Fourth of July dance. visitors Edd and Lee Bader of Roger stop at Fred Bader’s Pont en route to Gadillac. Goudy family and Detroit guests stay at their Little Cranberry cottage over the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. ‘Darnell
Clifford
West
Freeman
Fred. Bader
Lew Presley
Curtis
Farwell
Chas. Wheller
Albert
Glare
Harrison
Henry Fanstock
Jay
Beard
Detroit
Little Cranberry Lake
Elm Grove Social Roundup Over the Fourth
Mr and Mrs Clifford Castle entertained guests from Herrick Saturday. Amos Van Horn and children of Flint visited James and Mrs McClung. Jess Tryon and son Billy of Ypsilanti and George Penny of Detroit stopped by with their mother Mrs Penny. The Tryons left Monday. Bennett hosted Detroit visitors on the Fourth. Butters of Clarksville visited J W Butters family. Tommy spent two weeks with grandparents. Langdon of Detroit visited Kaul family for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford
Castle
Herrick
Amos van’ Horn
Flint
James McClung
Jess Tryon
Gon
Billy
Ypsilanti
George Penny
Detroit
Wpenny
Tryon
Robert Bennett
Wm. Butters
Clarksville
J. W. Butters
Tommy
Langdon
John Kaul
Lake George Resort News Patch of Fourth Festivities
Numerous visitors and families from Rosebush Vassar Mt. Pleasant Flint Cleveland Chicago Milwaukee and other places spent the Fourth or a few days around Shingle Lake and Lake George. Residents hosted relatives at cottages in Oakdale Shorewood and nearby areas with reunions fishing and summer stays noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Johnston
Rosebush
Kelly Morgan
Port Huron
Mrs. Morgan
G. A. Silover
Wm. Land and Family
Vassar
Richard. Bigelow
Mt. Pleasant
Bigelow
Miss Rose Beardsley
Lake George
Grand Rapids
Gilbert
Saginaw
B. H. Delling
Maller
Gasoline Division
State Department
Henry Ayris
Chicago
Ayris
C. Saunders
Flint
Albert Moyes
George Wells
Milwaukee
Byran
George
Donald Bicknell
Shorewood
Mr Long
Durand
Roy
Howard
B. J. Ford
Hast Lansing
Oakdale
George Bilprough
Remus
Oaksdale
Charles
Joe Grim
Blimehard
Untitled Local Notebook Notes Cottage Vacations
Fragmentary notes detail a cottage at Shorewood on Lake George and a vacationing couple. Mentions Clare, Shirley Gurtis, Patty Joyce, Lionel King, Robert Garrison, and a trip to Mt. Pleasant with sparse context about utilities and beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Shorewood
Lake Georges
Shirley
Patty
Joyce
Soln
Thonet King
Lionel
Mt. Pleasant
Robert
Garrison
Potits Jac
Harry Davis
Weekend activity and birthdays fill Hinkville notes
Hinkville residents share Fourth of July visits and family gatherings. Charlie Purdy, Archie Purdy, and Al Purdy travel, while many families attend camp meetings and picnics at Stevenson Lake and at Mt Pleasant area farms. Birthday celebrations mark several neighbors with cakes and visits from relatives. Hay remains abundant but delayed by frequent rain as the harvest continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald “McBride
Elm Grove
Harl Owens
William Teale
Huon ‘Allen Ranch
Vern
Moline
Lansing
Burt Calking
Detroit
Midland
Nelson Trish
Rosebush
Clarence Bader
Stevenson Lake
Arthur Bellinger
Emma
Max Gladstone
Clare
Henry Hinkle
Ong
George Burch
Milo . Myers
Glare
Mr. Myers
Earl Owens
Louis Roberts
Gladwin
Gilmore
Mt. Pleasant
St. Louis
Bruce Gingery
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WALD
Pozing Beck
Ganders
Irving Bachellor
Treasury Bonds
Clare Realty CO
Throop & Caris, Prop
Lake George Resort
Coldwater
Lake Inn
New Friendly Management
Michigan Bell Telephone CO
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