Multiple Michigan incidents across towns report varied disasters
A fire at Kraft Cheese Co plant caused $20000 damage and destroyed boiler room equipment. A farmer William Bellfuse 55 was killed by robbers in Hersey. Rabies quarantine proposed for Iron county cows near Crystal Falls. A Detroit driver from Indiana caused minor car damage after a collision. A Clare canoeing death at Hight Point Lake. Prison fish farming at Marquette inmates nets Lake Superior. Several other local incidents include drownings, sewer cave-ins, and crimes across Ludington Battle Creek and Pontiac with various outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secottsvile
Kraft Cheese Co
Detroit
Clare
Marguerite Irwin
Hight Point Lake
Here
Clare High School
Patrick McConnell
Ishpeming
Marquette
Lake Superior
Corgan
John Wachs
Wachs
Kalamazoo
Brown
West Street
Pontiac
John Mackie
Hursul Mackie
Rochester
Mackie
Escanaba
William Ash
Myrtle
Soo Hill
Ash
Victor Johnson
State Insane Hospital
Newberry
A. C. Estabrook
Allegan
Michigan
Grand Army of the Republic
Bay City
Estabrook
Charles A. Bartlett
Grand Army
Manistee
Canfield
Green Lakes
Pere Marquette
East Lansing
Michigan State College
Lansing
Sheridan
Gladwin County
O. B. Fuller
Local Social Roundup in Jackson and Nearby Towns
Jackson visitors Mr and Mrs Fred Burke Jr and friends spent the weekend with Mrs Fred Burke Sr Fred Burke works at Hatton Ether Huffman and wife and Mrs Munson and husband from Midland spent Sunday at Lost Lake. Mr Hendershot of Alma called on Vi Finch who has built a boat for Mr Schagssaw of Saginaw. Mrs M W Finch and V F Finch and wife visited Mr and Mrs Emerson Alley Saturday evening to meet their new baby Carl Wesley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mreay
Fred Burke, Jr
Jackson
Fred Burke
Hatton
Ether Huffman
Myr. Munson
Midland
Lost Lake
Hendershot
Alma
Vi Finch
Finch
Schagssaw
Saginaw
M. W. Finch
V. F. Finch
Hmerson Alley
Carl Wesley
Fishing Trip and Local Visit Notes Across Northwest Greenwood
Northwest Greenwood reports guests and travels among families. Ll. M. Jones of McGlure Ohio and Hufman of Grand Rapids Ohio visited H. B. Jones. trips include Manistee Lake and Traverse City, with other locals traveling to see relatives in Detroit Plymouth and Lansing. The community notes rain relief, repairs by Gilber Gagnon workers, and family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ll. M. ‘Jones
McGlure
Ohio
Pap
Harry Coke
Pansy Badgers
Saginaw
Abe
van Buskirk’s
Gilbert Gagnon
N. Kress
Ulrich
Plymouth
Rex
Detroit
Miss Baker
The
Soo
Roy Kress
Miss. Cole
Lansing
H. B. Jones
M. J. Webber
W. Glark
Cecil
Howard Mead
Marion
Community Social Notes and Local Visits Near Mt Vernon
Mr Vernon Grange and families hosted gatherings Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Tom Marshall and sons and Merle Chapman of Pontiac. Several short visits and weekend stays with relatives across Flint Big Rapids Coleman Des Moines Coldwater township Houghton and Bay City hospital updates and a note of sympathy for Esther Stanley. Initiation of William Hawkins to follow with a Monday pot luck lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Brooks
Tom Marshall
Merle Chapman
Pontiac
Brackart
Charlie Haring
Clare
Bernie Eberhart
Bay City
Mt. Vernon Grange
Esther Stanley
Dorothy Brewer
Brewer
Marion Ackerman
Gertrude Dennis
Flint
Arthur Compeau
Hol. Northon
Maxine
Reardon
Patrica
Martin Holquist
Otto Franks
Big Rapids
Walter White
Edward
Cecil Allen
Coldwater Township
Leda Ackerman
Houghton Are
Gene Rowland
Coleman
Geo. Ackerman
C. L. Brown
Des Moines
Iowa
William Hawkins
Local social notes from Clare and surrounding towns
Mrs. Leo Springer and daughters plan a visit to Saginaw Tuesday. Jud Blystone from Ann Arbor attended Clare and Harrison commencement exercises, visiting his mother and returning Sunday. Bryan Miller named son Bryan David. Several neighbors, including Mrs. John Blystone and Mrs. Gean Allen, visited. Grace Mull and daughter Norma of Pontiac visited Miss Mull's sister. Rex and Norris Blystone helped T Robinett plant beans after dinner with the Robinett family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Springer
Saginaw
Jud Blystone
Friend
Ann Arbor
Clare
Niffen
Blystone
Alma
Bryan Miller
Bryan David
Eli Springer
T. Robinett
John Blystone
Gean Allen
Alf. Abbott
Clare and Harrison
Li Pidway
Norman ‘Blystone
Local Visitors and Bereavement Notices From Clare Area
Social notes show Mr and Mrs Roy Gordon and family visiting Glen Gordon's. Sympathy extends to Mr Watison and family for a recent bereavement. Vance Mickle and Al Abbott spent Sunday with Mrs BP Acre. Chas Smith of Sag inaw and family visited their parents Mr and Mrs Kelly Turner and Marion Wrights family in Clare. Albert Allen under Dr Clure care. Oscar Mull of Lansing weekend at A F Smiths. Clare residents respond to Marguerite Irwin funeral with Glen Blystone family attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Gordon
H. CG
Kelly Turner
Marion Wright
Clare
Chas. Davis
Albert Allén
Clure
Oscar Mull
Lansing
A. F. Smiths
Henry Rhodes
Henry Rhodes, Delivered A Real Call to’Clare For ‘T. Robinett Tuedday
Glenn Blystone
Norman
Ronald
Marguerite Irwin
Hatton News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Crops
Mrs Elmer Clute and son and Mrs Maud Harper and son from Harrison visit the Golden Glow. John Atwood calls on Mr Trumble. Irwin White's family from Saginaw visits. Henry Magnus helps Durfee boys plant potatoes as Hatton plans loadings this fall. Crops look fine after ideal weather and rain. Mack Monday visits and likes his new home. A sheep is killed by a car on Sunday and traffic remains heavy on the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Clute
Maud Harper and Son
Harrison
Post Office
State Bank
John Atwood
The
Brown
Trumble
Irwin White
Walter
Saginaw
White
Henry Magnus
Durfee
Hatton
Mack
Passing Scene Notes and Local Obituaries
Enroute to Lake George travelers observe crowds with carriages and lively teasing among couples. Clare window display features an odd cure bottle among produce. Mourning the death of Mollie Sanson, 80, pioneer of Arthur township, remembered as kind and farm-minded. Farmers discuss seasonal values with mixed weather remarks and casual comments on grass and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake George
Spose
Clare
Ivan
Mollie Sanson
Arthur Township
Dover Community Notes and Personal Visits Then and Now
Dover residents Lawrence Birdsall and both Roy Hoover families attended Sunday services in Greenwood. Charles Fitzpatrick and family had dinner at Hod Dysinger’s home in Brown. Myr. and Mrs. Mervil Perry of Lansing spent the weekend with Floyd Allen. Geo. Hilbourn of West Branch dined with Mrs. Arm Allen. Floyd Allen made a business trip to Baldwin. The column laments sparse community news and recalls a ball game scoring error versus Beal City and a close win over Coleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Birdsall
Roy Hoover
Greenwood
Charles Fitzpatrick
Hod Dysinger
Brown
Mervil
Perry
Lansing
Floyd Allens
Geo. Hilbourn
West Branch
Arm Allen
Floyd Allen
Baldwin
Dover Boys
Beal City
Dover
Coleman
Local notes on church service and community links
A Detroit minister preached Sunday morning at the Mission. Residents Oliver Birdsall and Mrs. Hisse Sillsbury are ill, with others visiting or returning home. A. V. Rule’s hand is improving after a splint removal. Alma war pictures were shown, and a party at Gilmore’s drew fifty-two attendees with lively games and a large chicken supper. The Buck family visited from Fostoria and traveled to Houghton Lake. Local fishing fever rose as F. S. Weaver and the Rule brothers reported nineteen pike and walleyes. Revival services at Kaner schoolhouse Greenwood township concluded the day with Rev. Stuckey at Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.L. Rule
Alma
Anderson
Arthur
Dana
Fostoria
Ohio
F. S. Weaver
Houghton Lake
Geo. I. Buck
Cold light efficiency could boost light output greatly
Ninety six percent of electrical current used for light is wasted as heat. A breakthrough to cut heat loss could multiply usable light by about twenty five times for the same expenditure.
Washington's Christmas Day Delaware Crossing Historic Action
The record notes Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas Day to attack British forces at Trenton New Jersey. The event stands as a landmark in American history tied to Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
Delaware River
Trenton
N. J
Spirit Writing A Tradesman Killed Then Died
The tradesman died suddenly after writing a letter that his bookkeeper found unsealed the next day. The bookkeeper sealed and sent the letter, noting in the message that the writer suddenly passed away after writing it. Stockholm. Kasper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haveing
Stockholm
Kasper
Muskrats Threaten Carp in Farmer Ponds
Muskrats eat fish and invade ponds where carp stock is kept. They mainly target sluggish fish and can damage ponds and feed supplies. The issue is a nuisance to fish culturists though not a major loss to overall fish populations.
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Albion
Lee Bartlett
Union City
Albion College
Chicago
Bud” Daugherty
Bartlett
Battle Creek
Boy Scout Council
Port Austin
Lloyd Schubel
Port Crescent
Muskegon
Muskegon Traction and Lighting Co
D. A. Powell
Powell
American Lighting and Traction Co
Muskegon Heights
Quality Service Stores Corporation of
Port Huron
Aaginaw
Ludington
Mason County
Kidder
Frank Knowles
oMeer
George Tate
Saginaw Street
Lester
Lawrence
Lawrence Jack
Jack
van. Dyke
Silverwood
David W.snover
C. D. Snover
John F. Snover
Hsther Snover
Public Utilities Commission
West Freeman
Northwest
Mr. Vernon Grange
Dover News
Colonville
Robins
Qwal Vandewarker
Prop
Fred Doherty
Strong
Hupmobile
Huer
Clate
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