Local Correspondence Chronicles Weekend Visits and Travel
Neighborhood notes from Ray and surrounding towns record visits and family gatherings. Mr. and Mrs. James Byles entertain relatives from Reading and Toledo, while many others host kin from Fort Wayne Monroeville Quincy and Battle Creek. Community members share health updates, sales, and travel to lakes and fairs with numerous farm and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Byles
Ray
Sig Wing
Reading
Toledo
Ray Knapp
Battle Creek
Coldwater Lake
Claud Knapp
Quincy
East Side People Visit Friends and Attend Local Events
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Schaeffer and daughter Rolene with Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Adams visited Addison Cement City and Somerset Michigan, calling on friends and relatives last Sunday. Lloyd Foss and Herman Albright attended Bethel homecoming. Families had supper with Frank Purdy in Coldwater. Residents went to the Coldwater circus and praised it. Ernest Balch of Bellevue called on neighbors Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lint
Roy Bachman
Clear Lake
Mississippi
Glenn Schaeffer
Rolene
A. D. Adams
Addison
Cement City
Somerset
Mich
Lloyd Foss
Herman Albright
Bethel
Percy Adams
Frank Purdy
Coldwater
Ernest Balch
Bellevue, Mich
Community Notes From Kinderhook Michigan Area
Grace Strong visited friends near Edmore while Wm Bordt builds a hog barn and John Weigle raises a silo. Dr Lyle Masters and Wm Masters called on Sherm Forrester mid week. Several residents travel for visits and coal supplies. A long awaited rain fell last Thursday and benefited crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Masters
Rochelle, Ill
Wm. Masters
Angola
Sherm Forrester
Ford Exhibit at Michigan State Fair Showcases Fordson Tractors
Ford occupies a prominent space at the Michigan State Fair with a display featuring tractors and road building gear. The exhibit highlights special flanged wheels and tractors operating electric lighting plants. A coal shortage display demonstrates Fordson use in plant operations.
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Ford
Michigan State Fair
Fordson
Tractor display draws engineers at state fair exhibit
The Fordson tractor exhibit showcases every type of commercial trailer usable with the tractor for moving heavy loads. Engineering institutions have sent groups to study the tractor’s role in modern engineering, making the historical display a highlight at the state fair.
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Fordson Paws
Marconi’s Mother Irish. Various Local Notices
The piece notes Marconi’s mother was Irish, a fair in South Bend and Mishawaka ended Saturday, B G Roberts to teach general science in Montpelier Indiana schools, a reunion of Ohio people at Stetler’s Landing Coldwater Lake on August 24, a 3000 strong chiropractors parade in Fort Wayne as a convention feature, thirteen of forty five Coldwater food shops told by inspectors to clean up, and the ex Kaiser said to be about to wed a German woman with little European reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Stetler’s Landing
Coldwater Lake
Moonshine Stills Drive Forest Fires in Pacific Northwest
Reports say moonshine stills account for no less than 25 percent of fires in Pacific Northwest forests. Stills are hidden in inaccessible woodlands where sparks from fires spread rapidly before crews detect smoke, with recently burned areas showing clear moonshining evidence.
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Pacific
West
Patterson-Fletcher High Value Suit and Overcoat Sale
Patterson-Fletcher's ad touts a buy one, get a second identical garment for one dollar. The retailer claims 1,649 suits and 783 overcoats were taken by men and young men, and invites readers to purchase any item in the lot at regular price then add a second for one dollar this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson-Fletcher
Patterson-Fletcher’s
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