Community notes from Maple City area update
Mrs Chas Bloom is quite ill and many residents such as Dro Fralick and daughter Miss Orphin visited Traverse City last week. Revival services at Long Lake were aided by Orville Chance and Miss Flora Bellinger returned to Ludington after a visit. Numerous local visits and church events fill the week with services at the Friends church and a Sunday schedule. Swastika club of Mabel hosted an oyster supper with out of town guests Mr and Mrs Geo Tray and son Harry of Traverse City, a menu of oysters, fried chicken and desserts, and music by Mrs Pray. Congregational church held an annual noon dinner with thirty-two attendees. Others sent updates on horticultural meetings, visits, and a charity bazaar raising funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple City
Chas
Bloom
Dro
Frank Burdick
Cedar
James Sullivan
R. Fisher
Traverse City
Samuel Halsted
Friends
Mabel
Chas.e. Pray
Geo. Tray
Harry
Pray
Mrs. Pray
Congregational Church
Earl Probst
State Horticultural Society
Ludington
Isadore Stebbins
Detroit
O. E. Dame
Indiana
Fuller
D. H. Scott
Northport Fruit Growers’ Association
Ladies’ Aid Society
Epworth League of the
Frank Bourisan
Fox Island
Chas, Joynt
Hattie
Gladwin County
Tfesther Seelig
Lake Junction Family Visits Chronicle
Robert Payne visited his nephew Harry Osborn last week. Mrs. Floyd Huff spent a day with Mrs. Robert Gary. Roy Crocker moved logs to Atkinson's saw mill. Mr. and Mrs. Julia Osborn visited Floyd Osborn and family on Sunday. Harry Osborn was in Traverse City last Thursday. December 11.
Hillside Grove social notes and visits
Mise Ruth Stevens spent the weekend at her Traverse City home. Earl Freman visited Herman Cox on Sunday evening. George Sachtleben hosted Frank Korb last Wednesday. Carl Davenport of Kentucky planned a return home after visiting Benjamin Mallory. Adeline Mallory stayed with Chas Sachtleben. Lily Gearing sprained an ankle but improving. Wes Baker guests of James Smiley. John Acres and brother Fred visited C E Mallory. Marie and Mary Smiley called at C E Mallory’s. Anna Gearing left for Dagwall to spend winter. Leon Hammontree was in town. Mrs Chas Wolfe and daughter Dorothy spent time with Mrs Whalen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillside Grove
Ruth
Stevens
Traverse City
Earl Freman
Herman Cox
George
Sachtleben
Frank Korb
Carl Davenport
Kentucky
Benjamin Mallory
Adeline Mallory
Chas
Sadhtleben
Wes Baker
James Smiley
John Acres
Fred
C. EK
Mallory
Lily Gearing
Marie
Mary Smiley
Frank Slusher
Anna Gearing
Dag. Wall
Leon Hammontree
Chas. Wolfe
Dorothy
Mrother
Whalen
Ladies' Aid Meets and Neighborly News in North Paradise
North Paradise community notes report The Ladies' Aid meeting hosted by Mrs BE Kean last Thursday with Mrs A Sayers presiding. Thomas Clark lost a horse last Friday injured in the woods. Several visits among neighbors occur including A Sayers with Leonard Cunningham and Winnie Pierce families. John Perhali family dined with A Sayers. engine moved to Voice's place for wood cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Paradise
Ladies’ Aid
BE. Kean
A. Sayers
Thomas Clark
Leonard Cunningham
Wikes
Frans
Local News Notes From Northport And Nearby
Northport reports Kellogs of Kasson opening a blacksmith shop. Scott Woodward of Traverse City attended a Masonic lodge meeting and recited poems. John Jackson heads to Texas for winter. Mr and Mrs Edward Kehl returned from Grand Rapids for specialist care. Marshalls of Traverse City visited. Mrs Benson from Traverse City was in town. A men only meeting at Congregational church drew about two hundred. Rev Sutherland spoke as church parlor and dining room opened. Christian Endeavorers hosted a reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northport
cKellogs
Kasson
Scott Woodward
Traverseity
Masonic Lodge
John Jackson
Texas
Edward Kehl
Grand Rapids
Kehl
P Meassrs
Kent and Co
W. Marshalls
Traverse City
Pleasant Grove and Almira Community Notes
Pleasant Grove reports Mr Stafford moving his family near Yuba into Dr Bunce’s farm house for winter. New teacher Claud Schunx arrives at school while former teacher Catherine Dobson resigns. Social news cover settlers, timber work, a 380 pound hog, and a Christmas tree plan. Almira notes a Will Lake party with 73 attendees, visits by several residents, lumbering work, and a shadow social with a fish pond to fund a Christmas tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Grove
Stafford
Yuba
S. R. Harsh
John Heykus
Dr. Bunce
Jos
Billedo
Marion Merrill
Claud Schunx
Traverse City
Catherine Dobson
J. H. Lyon
Carl Lyon
Walter Baird
Howard Irish
W. A. Bell
Clarence Wood
Adrian
Geo. Lindsay
Lindsay
Morden Lindsay
Upsall Hobbs
Williamsburg
Beckwith
Clirten
Glen Shaw
Bates
Gee. Whitson
Dee Whitson
Dee
John Jay Birth and Death Note in 1845 Record
A brief item notes John Jay as the first Chief Justice of the United States born and references his death on May 17, 1829. The New York Assembly passage appears as an ancillary line with numeric 103.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jay
Supreme Court of the United States
New York Assembly
Notable deaths and milestones from 16th to 19th centuries
A compressed list notes Colley Cibber’s death in 1757 and other figures: Sir John Thompson in Canada, Dr Samuel Johnson in 1781, Robert Browning in 1889, and Earl of Aberdeen’s death in 1850. It records political events such as Pennsylvania’s 1787 constitution ratification, Henry Clay’s nomination in 1830, and Taft’s 1910 Supreme Court nomination. Also mentions expeditions, education milestones, and a Saskatchewan election in 1905. Grand Rapids obituary notes Martin Howard, 72, professor at Chicago University and Notre Dame, with son Charles in Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Rainey
South Carolina
Corss
Waite Hampton
Robert Browning
John Thompson
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Taft
Grand “Rapids
Martin HL Howard
Chicago University
Notre Dame
Charles
Columbus
Ohio
Socialist county committee seeks nest office addresses
County socialist committee calls for the residence address of every socialist in the county and asks for the township of residence. Names, addresses, and the county secretary are to be sent to W. F. Henderson at 1219 Park Street. Deadline December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Henderson
Park, St. Dee
Olive trees of Syria endure centuries and fruit future
Olive trees in Syria reportedly thrive beyond four millennia, remaining productive. The reflection notes the trees' extreme age and continued vitality, suggesting they will bear fruit for many years more despite passing centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
Morris Chairs and Rockers on Sale
A catalog-style note promotes Morris chairs and rockers as appreciated gifts. It advertises solid leather upholstered chairs priced at 6.75 with an invitation to choose other items.
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Grand Traverse Region
Almira
Will Lake
Robert Wilson
Lillian Gray
Minnie Huellmantel
Walter+Lake
Fred Wilson
Author Martin
Platte
Flora Lake
Earl Gray
West Almira
LaBar
Bertha Richardson
Teddy
Beulah
L. O'Brien
Sidney Bates
Henry Bates
Colley Cibber
London
Pennsylvania
John S. Macdonald
Stz
National Republican Party
Baltimore
Henry
Edward Douglass White
Louisiana
Supreme Court of the
United States
Mary
Queen of Scots
James V
Council of
Trent
Duke of
Sully
Henry T. of
Brance
New Zealand
Samuel Johnson
First Savings Bank of
Boston
Earl of Aberdeen
Burnside
Fredericksburg
William Vernon
Harcourt
Liberal Party
England
Saskatchewan
Connine
Connine Lawyers
State Bank Building
Traverse City Ward
Matt N. Connine
Seer ES
Mern
Morocco
Meggendorfer Blaetter
Slater’s
Slater
Chr
Lth
Rockers
State of
Michigan
Nmas
PETS
Globe Wernicke
Morris
Lower
Nnias
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