Holmes Siding Camp Near Manistee in 1912 Notes
A Work party estimating Charles Rug gles estate near Holmes Siding camped nearby. Local visits include John Price and wife at Ed Merritt's, and many neighbors at church events, strawberry picking plans, and summer travel to Traverse City. George Barber and Miss Sarah Wilson wed June 19 1912. Continuous social news covers family visits, illnesses, births, and arrivals at Cedar Lodge and Gull Island cottages along with train schedules and church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ruggles
Manistee
Cadillac
California
O. V. Holmes
Maple City Strawberries Ripen as Crops Rise
In Maple City the strawberry season shows a strong crop outlook. Local births note a son born to Mr and Mrs Leon Drake on June 10. Several town residents report trips and visits including Mrs R Fister to Cleveland and Buffalo, Mrs Snyder of Lake Ann visiting, and Ethel Ryker attending a Traverse City wedding. Small local notes mention a baby welcomed to Mr and Mrs Carpenter, a shore call by Mr and Mrs Chas Ackerman of Glen Haven, O Kellogg moving into the Ashley house, and Warren Dull leaving the drug store job, dated June 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Drake
R. Fister
Cleveland
Buffalo
Snyder
Lake Ann
Ethel Ryker
Traverse City
Carpenter
Chas. Ackerman
Glen Haven
O. Kellogg
Ashley House
Warren Dull
Pretty Wedding at DeGroat Home for Bessie and Grady
A noon ceremony at Mr and Mrs Geo DeGroat home united Miss Bessie DeGroat and Nathaniel Grady of Williamsburg. Rev B Douglas officiated. Attendants were Viola Grady and Albert DeGroat. Guests from Port Huron Detroit Jackson Lapeer and Des Moines IA attended. A dinner followed and a reception in Williamsburg. The bride, active in church circles, and groom plan to farm in Williamsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. DeGroat
Bessie
Nathaniel Grady
Willamsburg
Rev. B. Douglas
Rapid City
Viola Grady
Albert DeGroat
Port Huron
Detroit
Jackson
Lapeer
Des Moines
Grady
Williamsburg
Ottinger
Carrie and
Floy
Traverse City
Cedar Run Defeats Maple City 8 to 3 in Sunday Game
Mrs. Kate Rickels returns home from funeral of her brother Joe Bur ett. Cedar Run ball team played Maple City Sunday with an 8 to 3 Cedar Run victory. Rev. Giddings to preach next Sunday night at the Empire chapel. Young Folks class met at John Haywood's last Wednesday with ice cream and cake. Maggie Powell and Fay McCouaha attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Rickels
Benton Harbor
Joe Bur
Ett
Cedar Run
Maple City
Rev
Giddings of
Empire
John
Haywood
Maggie Powell
Fay McCouaha
Local Social News From Lake Junction and Nearby
Mrs. Frank Wiggins visited Mrs. J Osborn Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs. J Huff visited in Oviatt Sunday. Frank Payment and EE Payne were Traverse City callers last week. Miss Sarah Doran of Chicago returned home to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Doran. Mrs Kate O'Brien was guest of her aunt Mrs Martin Doran Sunday afternoon. June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wiggins
J. Osborn
J.ean Huff
Oviatt
Frank Payment
EE. Payne
Traverse City
Sarah “Doran
Chicago
Thomas Doran
Kate’ O'Brien
Martin Doran
Local notices from Bendon area volunteers and visits
Bendon residents report visits from Benzonia Detroit and Cadillac while Inland church prepares for revival and fourth quarterly Inland circuit meeting. Temperance programs given at Bendon and Inland Sunday schools. Ladies Aid convention attracts attendees from Grawn Traverse City Interlochen and Inland. New cottages rise at Diamond Park as developers such as Gene Cook A G Anderson S D Burke and Earl Widing start projects. E E Mieras of Grand Rapids to lead revival services Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Cook
Benzonia
A. G. Anderson
Grand Rapids
Bendon
Inland
Harley Kenney
Cadillac
Detroit
Greenman
Burdickville
S. D. Burke
Schubert
Inland Church
Kendrics
Grawn
Traverse City
Interlochen
Diamond Park
Gene Cook
A. Allen
Earl Widing
E. E. Mieras
King and Queen Lay Wales Museum Foundation Stone
London June 26 The king laid the foundation stone for the Museum of Wales at Cardiff signaling the royal visit to the west of England and Wales. On Friday the king and queen travel to Bristol for the formal opening of the King Edward Memorial in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Wales
Museum of Wales
Cardiff
Bristol
King Edward Memorial Infirmary
Kingsley News Roundup Under Miss Edna Wall
Local items from Kingsley and nearby include news of residents traveling to Traverse City Grand Rapids and Cadillac, visits with relatives, farm improvements and repairs, fishing trips, and social gatherings at Arbutus Lake. Community announcements cover church, lodge, and school activities, plus notable incidents such as a barn fire scare and a domestic trip to Mesick for business.
Fife Lake Department Seeks Local Items for News
The Fife Lake Department calls for items of general and personal interest to benefit the community paper. Readers including churches, fraternal societies, and the Grange are urged to contribute news on social events, entertainments, improvements, business changes, and real estate transfers in town and county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsley
Grange
Edna Wall
Herald
Local Social Roundup with Visits and Transfers
Mrs W R Fuller and daughter Lot attended a family visit with sons Lucins and Tinemar driving to Mabel Sunday returning Tuesday. Mrs Wim. Dean and two sons Harry and George of rant spend week with Mr and Mrs Chas Dean. Harry stays through vacation. Mrs John Whitmore of Watton came to care for Sir G W Barnes. Bent Blue fixed listening posts in front of a store. Mrs A Savers entertaining granddaughter Ela Perhadm Kingsley. Horace Flanders and two sons left for a family reunion in Sherwood and Centerville. Orange Fuller went to Mattel then to be away after the 4th. M E Arnold added a new addition to the poolroom for lakes goods. Mrs A Richmond returned from Cadillac. A tool house built at the cemetery by W A Sinclair. Mrs Emmett Price visited in Manton from Wednesday until Monday. Mrs Beals in Manton for the past week. Mrs Bassett and two children of Lake City guests of Mrs Guss Colberg Friday and Saturday. Wilbur Johnson of Mancelona guest of G C Church Saturday afternoon. Born to Mr and Mrs Chas Reynolds a son on Wednesday June 15. Miss Mollie Clark returned home from Cadillac Friday. Siegfried Bernsteine returned to Columbus Ohio Friday. Mrs Bern-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooler
Buckley
Maude Wilson
Lansing
M. C. Lewis
Traverse City
Dave Graham
Empire
Pearl Lake
Empire Co
Fred Wilson
South Almira
Stanley Hawkins
Frankfort
Hugh Scott
Manton
Avana Hall
Grace Kehl
Oberlin
Amos Ranger
Olivet College
A. F E. Marsh
Cincinnati
Cedar Lodge
C. Josel
Chicago
E. Scott
Royal Begilaw
M. A. C. College
Rev.f. Sweet
Oscar
Louis Anderson
Omena
Dr. Harvey
Handley Cottage
Elizabeth Holton
Hart, Mich
Maud Putman
L. Halliday
Jennings
Fred Halliday
Adam Seegnitler
Chas
Merritt
A. B. Stinson
Deneth
Meyers
Earl Case
Mesick
Frank Conrad
Standish
RB. Bamagarth
Conrad
Brownson
Wilson
Fond du Lac
Wis
Wisconsin
Chas. Millard
Goldie Tremly
Arbutus Lake
C. N. Snyder
Manistique
Lewis Kephart
Michigan
Henry Brautigan
John
Cora
Edna Wall
Sunda
Roy Brown
Baxter
Ernest Storrs
Summit City
Edna Tiffany
Mt. Pleasant Normal
Fred Secksteine
W. MT. Brower
P. H. Bernsteine
Siegfried
Ainspaugh
Cadillac
Pitts
Pioneer
Mich
Geo. Filkins
Howe
Boyne Falls
Als. Baker
Miss Beulah
Flint
Hutchins
Wm. Graves
Boardman
William Hutchins
Manistee
Dave Benson
Dorothy
Kalamazoo
Geo. Kimball
G. W. Barns
Cadilac Hospital
CC. J. Barns
Jackson
Frank Parrigo
Abram Silvernail
Pansy Steel
Bay City
Anway
C. B. Headrix
Ural Baker
Flora Aldridge
Springfield
Wim. Dean
Harry
George
Dean Harry
John Whitmore
Watton
G W. Barnes
Bent Blue
A. Savers
Ela Perhadm Kingsley
Horace Flanders
Sherwood
Centerville
Orange Fuller
Mattel
M. E. Arnold
A. Richmond
W. A. Sinclair
Emmett Price
Beals
Bassett
Lake City
Guss Colberg
Wilbur Johnson
Mancelona
G. C. Church
Chas. Reynolds
Mollie Clark
Siegfried Bernsteine
Columbus
Ohio
Bern
University of Michigan Celebrates Diamond Jubilee
Diamond Jubilee exercises at the University of Michigan mark 75 years of founding on the campus in Ann Arbor. Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati delivers the day’s address during the commemorative program. Frank Ernest, a son of Rev. A A Wall, earns a degree from the architectural civil engineering department, and Fred Stevens of Barlow Street suffers a minor cut to the second finger at the Oval Wood Dish factory but expects a swift return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan Today
Lawrence Maxwell
Cincinnati
the State University
A. A. Wall
Old Mission
Frank Ernest
Fred Stevens
Barlow Street
Stevens
Diamond Cut Diamond Story Reveals Postal Trick
The father narrates a boy who loves hockey and laziness, noting how the letter carrier starts deliveries around breakfast. He watches the boy hurry downstairs only after good weather, then catches him destroying a postal card from the teacher about a school absence. The father prevents the ruse by having the teacher send the card to his downtown office.
Tallest Trees Worldwide and Ancient Specimens
The Australasian eucalyptus reaches about 480 feet, with California mammoth trees listed from 276 to 376 feet tall and 108 feet around at the base. Ring analysis suggests ages around 2,900 to 2,500 years for some giants, while Kos Island hosts a wall-preserved ancient tree of several thousand years with a 30 foot trunk circumference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Kos
Asia Minor
Too Many In the Party Knight at the Inn
A Spanish knight, noble and poor, arrives at a French inn and lists multiple grand titles. The landlord declines to accommodate all the mentioned gentlemen, leaving the intruder’s attempted lodging unresolved in this brief anecdote from Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
France
Juan Pedro
Hernandez
Rodriguez de Villanova
Malafra
Santiago and
Alcantara
The Unsought Thought Quote by Locke
A reflection on ideas that arrive unbidden and are often the most valuable. The note urges securing such thoughts because they may not return, highlighting the mind's spontaneous insights as precious.
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Grand Traverse Region
Holmes’ Siding
John Price
Ed Merritt
Wallace Fish
George McManus
M. E. Fish
Solon Tyler
Almira
George Barber
Sarah Wilson
Alta Hoffine
Cora Case
Ness
Alva Brooks
North Paradise
Sadrick
Jesse Moore
Violet Clark
Algo
Hayes
Walter
Fife Lake
Jim Duffey
Ezra
Milks
Silas Milks
Carl
A. Boman
Northport
W. D. Robertson
St. Ignace
C. M. Stewart
Evanston, Ill
Eustich
St. Louis
Gull Is
F. Gilbert
Neahtaw
Cory Newman
Charlevoix
Elmer Crain
Mary Cauliefleur
Lois Rodgers
Warren Depew
Asa Jessup
Frank Moorman
Chalker
George Powell
Durand
Ande
Masel
Sarah
Hellen Watson
T. Sherrinson
South Boardman
Ashley Pray
Tonnie Broomhead
Miss Montgomery
E. T. Pray
A. B. Fairbanks
Martha Love
Ty Pray
Ethel Pray
Myra Hammond
L. Tilmore
Erie Chase
Torin Worden
Fleeping Hind Society
Mary Glendening
Porter, Sherman
Hintten
Monroe Center
Lake Junction
West
England and
Rhea
Mesdames Ranger
Peter Heinrich
Little Fern Rial
R. (. Sparling
Spencer
Wesley Sparling
Cobalt
Canada
D. H. Powers
Ernest
Jessie Bowden
Will Bowden
Rosa Bowden
Lee Rial
Cal Pease
Eureka
Montana
Pease
Vida Shutler
Bernice Stingon
Joe Madison
Winnie Rial
Iron Belt
Carl Tedman
Stand
C. R. Snyder
Calvin Pease
Mont
Big Rapids
Geo. Hayes
Carl Case
Claud Moore
Edwin Chaufry
Rosa Chautry
Rial
Geo
R. Bawmngarth
Guest
J. Conrad
Stevie
Ralph Hicks
Walton
Leda Brower
Blanche Bryant
Beulah Howe
Rev. Meadows
J. A. Skinder
Ida Fulkerson
Fibre
Barney Rogers
Geo. McClelland
Harold Dewey
J. R. Peltz
Ikingsley
Grace Wood
Nalkaska
Eugene Green
Mrs. J. Codd
Jas
Lyle
Bite Lake
O. G. FL
Noble
W. &G. Willard
Maxum
A. C
LaBar
Arbutus Rebekah Lodge No. 97
Ada Gibbs
Mary Colberg
Edith Bonnell
Florence
Campbell
Geraldine St. Aubin
Geraldine
Spworth League
Brad Poo
Fife Lake Department
Miss Mae Dewey
C. A. Hammond
Wilhelm Block
Connine
Connine Lawyers
State Bank Building
Ward
B. Connine
Matt N. Connine
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