Publicity fund boosted by strong local subscriptions
A mass meeting at Traverse City hall boosted local publicity efforts with $775 already pledged and a goal of at least $3,000. Subscriptions ranged from $5 to $100 from businessmen including Oval Wood Dish Co and Herald & Record Co, and a committee formed to organize a city-wide drive with Mayor calling a mass meeting Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse City
Oval’ Wood Dish Co
Smith & Hull
Hamilton Clothing Co
W. T. Roxburgh
Umlor
City’Book Store
R. J. Macdonald
Viele Vt
H.A. Lingelfelser
Reve
Kadrovach Land Co
Ed Payson
Peeveeee
W. P. Crotser
Traverse City Shoe Co
Herald and Record Co
Leon F
Titus O
Hobe
Herald & Record Co
W. D. C. Germaing
J. W. Milliken, Inc
A. Tracy Lay
R. Floyd Clinch
Elmer E. White
Wildman
Ino. R. Santo
Thomas H.sherman
R. H. Elsworth
J. W. Hannen
H. A. Musselman
Board of Trade
Umler
D. Wellington Curran
Texas
Curran
H. S. Hull
United States
Grand Traverse
Quarterly Convention of Grant and Green Lake Sunday School
The twenty fourth quarterly convention will be at Monroe Center M E church on Saturday April 8. Morning session features devotionals, papers on home cooperation and teaching tests, recitations, discussions, and appointments. Afternoon covers more papers, talks, reports of schools, officer elections, and closing songs. All are asked to bring baskets.
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Grant and Green Lake Sunday School Association
Monroe Center
M. E. Church
Jones
Ruth Davis
Henry Sackett
Maggie Schell
Wilda Batey
Mildred
Dorothy Stafford
C. H. Estes
Non-Partisan Ticket Nominated at Buckley Caucus
Buckley March 14 report a village caucus nominated non partisan officers led by President D. W. Walker and clerk Frank Moore The tally showed 99 votes cast with majorities from 8 to 30 The key issue was whether to maintain the village assessor’s $500 service and the measure secured a decisive victory for the proponents.
House Fire Damages Edgar Ormsby Residence
The home at Twelfth and Bohemia streets suffered severe damage after a Monday afternoon blaze started in the chimney and spread to the attic and upper story. Firemen forced access through the ceiling, limiting damage mostly to the roof and rear upper rooms. Estimated loss runs near $600 with $1,000 insured.
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Edgar Ormsby
Twelfth
Bohemia Street
Ormsby
Wisteria Rebekah Lodge Honors Rapid City LodgeGuests
Rapid City Wisteria Rebekah Lodge No 425 held an evening for Rapid City Lodge No 378 with about 115 attendees from Rapid City and nearby Bellaire. A class of 10 was initiated under Captain Charles Parker.
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Wisteria Rebekah
Rapid City
Bellaire
Charles Parker
Solo
Violet Besley
Coates
Burgett
Eeee Knapp
Ruby Russell
Forty Eight In Favor of Initiative Referendum Poll
A Lansing poll of the house shows 48 pledged to the initiative and referendum, eighteen opposed and seventeen unconvinced.
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House
Lansing
Traverse City's Development Lead Urged to Persevere
A Western Michigan Development bureau circular lauds Traverse City's publicity prowess as the region's pace setter while urging stronger efforts to keep rivals in Petoskey Charlevoix Frankfort Manistee Ludington from altering the lead. Officials call for a louder regional effort and continued aggressive campaigns to maintain prominence.
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Western Michigan Development Bureau
Alpena
Michigan
Traverse City
Development Bureau
Western Michigan
Petoskey
Charlevoix
Frankfort
Manistee
Ludington
Boards of Trade
Traverse
The
Elk Rapids Nominations
Elk Rapids March 15 At yesterday's caucus two citizen's tickets appeared Ticket 1 won with President Thomas J White Clerk Asa Maxwell Treasurer Charles B Carver Assessor J Eugene Hill Trustees Bernie Stocking Harry J Briggs and George Hanetl won seats.
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Elk Rapids
Thos. J. White
Asa Maxwell
Chas. B. Carver
J. Eugene Hill
Bernie Stocking
Harry J. Briggs
George Hanetl
Victory for Socialists in South Frankfort Election
March 15 report from South Frankfort shows two tickets, socialists and citizens, contesting the annual village election. The socialists won with majorities from 1 to 15. one office ended in a tie to be decided by lot.
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South Frankfort
Socialists
Citizen's
Lumber Yards Burned in Milwaukee Fire Death Reported
Milwaukee.dispatch reports the M. Hilly Lumber company yards burned today with an estimated loss of 200000 dollars. One fireman died from injuries sustained at the blaze. The fire prompted authorities to investigate cause and extent of the damage.
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Milwaukee
M. Hilly Lumber Company
United States Demands On Diaz Government In Mexico
Reported from Calexico and El Paso on March 15 and 25 describe U S demands for order justice and independence in Mexico The United States accuses Diaz government of resistance and calls for restraint while tensions rise over American prisoners Blatt and Converse held at Juarez and across the border in Ciudad Juarez The era’s war scare increases as State Department moves to secure their release and restore calm between nations.
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Calexico
Calif
Ligadones
Andrade
el Paso
Texas
United States
Mexico
Roosevelt
Washington
Blatt
Converse
Juarz
State Department
Ciudad Juarez
Uncle Sam
Diaz
Lawrence Converse
Lawrence Blatt
United
Neahtawanta Resort to Add Attractions and Improve Hotel
Neahtawanta resort plans for the coming season include hotel upgrades such as new ranges in dining rooms, refinished guest rooms with new beds and mattresses, and expanded acetylene gas capacity. S. Fred Cummings will manage, bringing two decades in hotel experience, with improvements to boat livery, golf and tennis yields, and enhanced transportation links with railroad trains and morning boat arrivals.
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Neahtawanta Resort Association
S. Fred Cummings
Cummings
Port Orange
Pla
Mr. Cummings
Traverse City
Neahtawanta
Pere Marquette
Cincinnati
Louisville
Weahtawanta
Michigan
Bowers Harbor
Proclamation Calls Traverse City Citizens Meeting
Mayor E Wilhelm urges all residents to attend a March 20 meeting at the City Opera House seeking funding for publicity, new factories, and broader city progress to improve conditions and opportunities. The Common Council will adjourn to allow wide participation.
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Traverse City
Common Council
City Opera House
E. Wilhelm
Americans Arrested in Mexico Spark Border Army Move
Reports claim Americans were seized in Mexico and kidnapped into the country while denials surface from Juarez authorities and the Mexican government. A large force under Gen. Carter faces potential orders to move toward Eagle Pass and El Paso as a Mexican insurrection looms south of the Rio Grande. An American source says 10,000 revolutionaries, largely coal miners, await a signal to attack federal garrisons, with officials in Washington and at Fort Sam Houston alerted to the evolving border crisis.
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United States
Mexico
Court of Letters
Juarez
Eagle Pass
San Antonio
Texas
Wm. H. Carter
Bkagle Pass
el Paso
Rio Grande
Carter
Washington
Chihuahua
Fort Sam Houston
J. W. Duncan
Department of Texas
Divorce Case in Circuit Court Dominates Chancery Week
Circuit Court hears ongoing chancellor matters with the divorce between John H Flack and Maggie Flack unresolved after contested proceedings. Loren Caster versus Nina Caster certified a decree while Yingling versus Sparling awaits Friday decision. Nerlinger versus Grand Traverse County adjourned to next term. Auditor general petition for land sales over unpaid 1908 taxes granted with Traverse City parcels objected by John J Tweddle.
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Circuit Court
John H. Flack
Maggie Flack
Loren Caster
Nina Caster
Mayne
John J. Tweddle
Winnie for Treasurer in City Primary Wins
Winnie defeated Lardie and Johnson in the city primary to secure the Republican nomination for city treasurer. Winnie led with 484 votes, Lardie 404, and Johnson 223, with Winnie holding an 80 vote margin after results were tallied.
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Dominic J. Dyer
J. D. Marvin
L. K .Cleveland
George I. Smith
Frank $S. Birdsall
Harry C.davis
Charles A. Bugbee
George B. Blue
Charles HH. Tansilovsky
Charles Wilhelm
Thomas G. Suilson
Oliver, Isgrig
Tracy H. Gillis
Isaac M. Winnie
Stephen C. Lardie
Fred L. Johnson
Winnie
Lardie
Johnson
C. G. Sherwood
Clerk
Amil F. Nerlinger
Recorder’s Court
W. H. Amler
Robert O. Slaby
Board of Education
George H. Cross
James J. Burden
Archie Miller
J. M. Wilhelm
O. G. Millar
E. C. Hogan
Board of Public Works
Herbert Montague
H. C. Davis
J. N. Martinek
C. A. Bug
Veterans Protest Against Pension Bill in Michigan Soldiers Home
McPherson post No. 18 G A R passes resolutions condemning a bill to divert pension funds from Michigan Soldiers Home Grand Rapids. It would cap monthly pensions at ten dollars and require excess to be sent to state treasuries. Resolutions urge Lansing lawmakers to oppose the measure and notify Senator Walter, Representative Chandler, and the National Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Soldiers’ Home
Michigan
Board of Managers of
The
Michigan Soliders’ Home
Walter
Chandler
National Tribune
McPherson
Department of Michigan
Leonard JD. Verdier
Kent
Grand Rapids
Congress of the United States
Lansing
Married at Noon Bates Michigan Marriage Unites Maude Arnold
At noon today in Bates Michigan Reverend Beers united Maude Arnold daughter of George Arnold and Montie Inquest in marriage. Immediate family attended. couple left for their furnished home about four miles from Traverse City on the peninsula. The couple are well known and highly respected locally.
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Bates, Mich
Beers
United Brethren Church
Place
Maude Arnold
George Arnold
Montie
Traverse City
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Hall
Grant and
Green Lake
Easle Pass
Gity
Zimmerman
Dean
Cleveland
Shilson
Hanslovsky
Republican City Ticket
Recorder's Court
Amil FP
Democratic City Ticket
G. G. Sherwood
W. HR. Unilor
J. MM. Wilhelm
George B. Kilbourne
G. Allen Smith
I.C. Darrow
Thomas Fitch
George Gegner
W. Dean
Levi Soule
Alonzo F. Hopkins
Fourth Ward
Alec P. Huellmantel
McPherson Post
Bates
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