Weekend visitors and travels of Harrison area residents
Harrison CG Keagle and Al Baker of Mt Pleasant spent the weekend with the Myers family and other Harrison friends. Several local families hosted relatives from Saginaw Alma Owosso Flint Clare Beaverton Adrian and Wolver ine with illnesses travel and farewells noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. Keagle
al Baker
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Myers
Harrison
Wade Weaver
Saginaw
Douglas Maccon
Laura Lee
Houghton Lake
Bessie Williams
John B. Ranger
James Fisher
Florida
Howard Yoder
Owosso
J. B. Yoder
Gene
Vaughn Morrissey
Dale
Janice
Flint
Marion Johnson
Mae Sivans
Robert Evans
Peggy
Mary Neeley
Franklin
Pennsylvania
Albert Neeley
Robert Burns
Clare
John MacConnell
Beaverton
George Myers
CCC Gamp
Wolverine
Hunice Myers
Wallace Lockwood
Johanna
Marguerite Lockwood
Margaret Ann Ryan
Adrian
Don Whitney
Herman Walter
Jesse Hammersley
Dickie
Alma
Rex Clare
Traverse City
Harrison relatives host multiple weekend visitors
Detroit and Pontiac guests converge on Harrison for weekends and fairs. Numerous families including Archambault, Hoover, Philo, McGarfney, Amble, and Reigle host kin from Detroit Lansing Saginaw and Lake City, with many calling on local relatives and attending the Harrison Fair and summer visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Clarence Archambault
Robert
Clorence
Detroit
Richard McGarfney
Harrison
Leroy Hoover
Ashton
Harry H. Philo
Otis Stanley
Lansing
Clair Stanley
Harry Moening
Hart Skinner
William Sly
Pontiac
Sly
Don
Farwell
Katherine Bush
Paul Moore
Joseph Brinks
Lake City
Sarah Schmeger
Dorothy
Marion Schneider
Freida Schneider
Melvin Schalpeter
Kathleen Hampton
B. F. Hampton
William Henderson
James Henderson
Hast Grant
Dorothy Allen
Ewart Allen
Dover
Katherine Briggs
Billa Bush
Saginaw
Frank Bush
Betty Burgess
Dundee
Charles Amble
Aicen
Bruce Reigle
Esther Gebhart
Reed City
Gerald Reigle
Shirley Saad
Alma
A. Utley
Gladys Vick
Frank Leonard
Milwaukee
Wisc
Bert Lydell
Thomas Bell
Julia Cole
Gorden Beal
Dean
John Briggs, Jr
Cadillac
Joyce
Lora Lee Clingan
Hugh Harvey
John Kemmis
R S. Hargie
Portland
Fred Sleighbauch
Jacobson
J. P. Myers
Randall
Arthur Township
Frank Myers
Robert John
Irene Myers
Schuett House
Bessie Wiliams
Herbert Grosvenor
Jane Fisher
Niagara Falls
Bill Hill
J. Wisner
Montgomery
Minnie Canfield
Jennie Moon
Dorothy Ladd
Lakeview
Joseph Ladd
M. M. VanEvery
Phillip
W. W. VanEvery
Santa Monica
California
Henry Gardiner
Jack Reise
Richard McCar Rtney
Harrigan
Ed Mansfield
Jack
Katherine Mansfield
Cleveland
Ohio
Lockwood
Margeurite Lockwood
Paul Wallace
Gladwin
Calcutta Black Hole of Fort William Dungeon
The Black Hole of Calcutta was a small dungeon in Fort William where 146 white occupants were imprisoned by the Subahdar of Bengal during a storming on June 20, 1756. By 6 a.m. the next day only 23 remained alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
East India Company
Fort William
Bengal
Gold Rush Echoes as Madison County Booms Again
Virginia City Montana Madison County leads Montana in lode mining with 122 outfits active in Alder Gulch area. Placer mines number 16 with seven in Virginia City, two in Norris. Prospectors scour hills while older tunnels from 1860s era yield ore valued high. estimates show long-term gold production between 50 million and 500 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Mont
Madison County
Montana
Aldergulch
Norris
Madison
Alder Gulch
Bill Fairweather
Henry Edgar
Tom Cover
Michael Sweeney
Barney Hughes
Harry Rodgers
Silver anniversary of Citizens Mutual Auto Ins Co in Howell
The Howell event on August 29 marked the companies silver anniversary with golf and sports, a banquet and dance. Over five hundred agents attorneys and judges attended from across Michigan. Speakers included Insurance Commissioner John Emery Supreme Court member Edward Sharpe and Senator Miles Callaghan. A portrait of founder William E Robb was unveiled as a silver cup and $500 in silver dollars were presented. The firm noted 200 000 claims paid with 2081 lawsuits of which 1533 were adjusted before trial and 568 tried. 384 favored policyholders. The company has 744 licensed agents and 81 employees with ample coverage for claims and extensive attorney support. Business prospects for the coming year look strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Michigan
John Emery
Insurance
George B. Bushnell
Edward Sharpe
Supreme Court
Miles Callaghan
State Senate
Ernest
Mutual Insurance
Robert Sawyer
Monroe
Joe Warner
Ann Arbor
Joseph Nagel
Detroit
Robb
George J. Burke
William E. Robb
Alway
Russian Literacy Rises To 81 Percent of Population
Moscow report shows 81 percent of Soviet age nine were literate, up from 51 percent in 1926. The census excludes Russian Poland, lists 50 nationalities, with Russians at 99 million of 170.6 million total. Ukrainians, Jews, Germans, Poles and Finns are noted with respective counts. Industrial workers 32 percent, white-collar 17 percent, collective farmers 45 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Poland
Soviet Union
Missouri Man Moves House Over Treetops
Independence Missouri A lumber dealer named Dave Crick moved his 160 ton house to a new site across the road after raising it five feet. The journey spanned 500 feet over an orchard because street obstructions prevented transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Dave Crick
Crick
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Ithaca
Europe
Beverly Kay Gulick
United States
Beverly Kay
Clare Livestock
Harold Hanchett
Andrew Courser
Australia
Citizens’ Mutual Automobile Ins. Co
Howell, Michigan
W. J. Robb
Missouri
White House
Wilson
Dexo
Peaches Hale, Havens
Oregon
Sunnyfield
N. B.C. Cubs Ritz
National Geed Mouth
A Penn Motor Oil
BABO
Avalon Cigarettes
Kool Cigarettes
Borden’s Choc
Sultana
Liberty Bell
Pard
Ducklings
FANCY
Long Island
Los
A&p Food Stores
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