Traverse City prepares for Elks reunion arrival
The Michigan Elks delegation led by E. Thomas and C. E Lowne arrives in Traverse City with J. J. McKivitt and Norman Slade. A big celebration follows with hotels, badges, and a parade plan as merchants decorate the city and the city opera house is reserved. Thousands expected Thursday.
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Board of Trade - Information Bureau
Holley
Board of Trade
George B. Amiotte
Boar
Missouri
City
Traverse City
Friedrichs Postmaster Takes Charge At Traverse City
The Traverse City post office changes hands this Wednesday as postmaster O. P. Carver retires after four years ten months in office. Frank Friedrich receives his commission and assumes duties, marking a formal handover during a period of local activity and travel notices. Nearby Lake Junction reports an electrical storm that cut telephone lines, while residents like James Colman and families attend Cedar Run gatherings and local visits occur among residents such as John Karns and George Cook with kin.
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Traverse City
O. P. Carver
Frank | Friedrich
Friedrich
Carver
Gary
Traverse City Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs G Pray traveled to Traverse City on Thursday. Miss Onie Lindsey hosted the Sawastika club on June 2 with officers Alydia Boyd Freeman Lassee Bertie Warden Mabel Shaw Hattie Warden. Ice cream and cake were served and praised the hostess. Grover Hammond visited Traverse City on Monday. Mr and Mrs Ad Norman of Welston visited A S Pray over Sunday. Clifford Pray also traveled to Traverse City on Monday. June 6.
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Pray
Traverse City
Onieindsey
Sawastika Club
Alydia Boyd
Freeman Lassee
Bertie Warden
Mabel Shaw
Hattie Warden
Miss Onie
Grover Hammond
D. Norman
Wellston
A. Ss.pray
Clifford Pray
Card of Thanks for Flowers and Kindness
A thank you note expresses gratitude to the G A R boys Royal Neighbors Grangers and many friends for flowers and kindness during illness and after the death of husband and father Mrs Holbrook and children.
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Grangers
Holbrook
Detroit to Host 22nd Christian Endeavor Meet
Delegates to the Twenty second Annual Christian Endeavor convention travel by Detroit autos and take a river boat ride on the Detroit river. The event June 22 to 25 features free outings on Belle Isle and a luxury excursion steamer for all qualified delegates from Michigan societies.
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Christian Endeavor
Detroit
City of the Straits
International Convention of Christian Endeavor
Epworth Leagues
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Society of Christian Endeavor
Belle Isle Park
Belle Isle
Endeavor Society
Epworth League
Baptist Young People’s Union
Episcopal Guild
Mary R. Phinney
Collingwood Ave
Personal notes highlight local visits and travels
T. J. Carns returned home after eight months in California. Mr. and Mrs. L. Mahn arrived from Muskegon to visit. G. W. Becker of Grand Rapids is in the city on business. G. P. Coller departed for Ann Arbor after recent visits with friends. Miss Gayle Griswold and Miss Margaret Ward spent Sunday with Miss Neil Kent in Petoskey. Miss Mabel Parrish of Grand Rapids is staying a few days with friends. P. H. Reed of Port Huron will visit local friends for a few days. Albert Mearoy was in town today on hotel business.
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Record-Eagle
T. J. Carns
California
L. Mahn
Muskegon
G. W. Becker
Grand Rapids
G. P. Coller
Ann Arbor
Gayle Griswold
Margaret Ward
Neil Kent
Petoskey
Mabel Parrish
Frends
Port Huron
Albert Mearoy
Visiting Blair Parents Reported For Mrs Cowles
While visiting her parents Mr and Mrs H B Cowles of Blair township may make that area their home. Ae He Van Keulin of Cadillac is a visitor in the city on business for a few days.
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H. BE. Cowles
Blair
Township
Ae He van Keulin
Cadillac
City
Three E’s. Christian Endeavor Faithful Pastor Youth Work
An early account describes Christian Endeavor as a faithful experiment in a pastor's life with his young followers. It highlights the movement as an epoch making transforming experience and hopes it will realize the expectation set by past and present achievements by Co. H Hubbell.
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Farthenray. Co. H
Hubbell
Miracle Under Orders in The Glory of the Shia Tale
A Persian manuscript tale portrays Nadir builder of a golden porch as a world conqueror who tests faith in a sacred shrine. When a blind man prays fervently before the Imam, the monarch swears his sight will be restored if he returns home still blind. The blind man’s vision is miraculously restored in minutes.
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Nadir
Obituary Mistake Sparks Funeral Notice Mixup
In Milwaukee two men discuss a case where an obituary for an acquaintance was printed by mistake in a city paper. One exclaims the notice is bogus and notes the person is not dead, joking the man would be in a pickle if believers everything in papers.
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Milwaukee
Harper’s Magazine
Special Terms for Automobilists on the Road
A toll gatekeeper recalls terms for drivers in bear skin and goggles. He notes he sometimes calls them deadbeats and other times bimed rascals as speeding machines breach the gate. The scene captures Chicago News tone on parsimony and economy.
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Chicago News
His Suggestion The Great Red Builder Dialogue Reveal Face Resurfacing
A humorous quirky note from the New York press presents a morning scene. A man asks his wife how he looks and she replies with a playful dig about his face needing resurfacing. The excerpt captures domestic banter in a newspaper voice.
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Betweenshim
Wwairly
New Yorks Press
The Only Kind Exchange in a Fragmented Chat
A brief dialogue fragment shows two speakers discussing a plain view of Miss Luglie and an exchange about life being a task once it ceases to be a promise. The text reads as a clipped literary exchange with no clear event or setting.
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Miss Luglie
Emmaa
Why Is This or Every City Man Joins Country Josh
Washington Herald notes a humorous trend as urban men greet friends who relocate to the countryside with playful teasing. The item captures a city attitude toward rural moves and the social dynamic of welcoming or ribbing newcomers.
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Josh
Washington Herald
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R. Floyd Clinch
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James Loudon
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Roy Graves
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W. H. Matchett
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