Michigan Rural Delivery Routes and Busy September Parade
In Michigan on Sept 1 there will be 247 rural delivery routes. A mid day parade features the Royal Brass band with the Late Trixie Co. Railrond Jack appears at Kakumiuno Labor Day. City attorney Powers is confined to his home. Easton, a noted editor and politician, died in Union City. The 26th annual reunion of the old 21st Michigan Infantry is planned for Grand Rapids in October. Pedestrian rights at crosswalks urged and a Detroit Boston baseball score of 2 to 1. A banana peel nuisance prompts calls for sidewalk safety measures.
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Michigan
Royal Brass Band
Trixie” Co
Jack
Kakumiuno
Labor Day
Powers 5
Charlotte Tribune
Easton
Union City
21St Michigan Infantry
Grand Rapids
W. B. Grane
Albion
Kalamazoo Asylum
Crane
New York
Tach
Labor Day events and local notices in Albion
Albion notes report Labor Day activities in Kalamazoo and Albion including an excursion, a grand concert by the Royal Brass Band, and 74 cents for the round trip. Other items mention a railroad stockholders meeting, a horseman’s retirement, penalties for practicing medicine without registration, births, a Sea serpent misidentified as a pickerel, Chicago livestock records, Battle Creek death rate concerns, crop conditions, a marriage announcement to be resident in Flint, a court case progress, a shooting arrest, a forgery note from Mrs Pond, and regional wheat and potato crop reports from Southern Michigan.
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Kalamazoo
Hanter
Albion
M. Rees
Royal Brass Band
Kralamazoo
Toledo & Northwestern Railroad Co
Albion State Bank
Chicago
Battle Creek
State Board of Health
Warren Pringle
Miss Mands Pringle
J. Curtis Brown
Buffalo
N.Y
Brown
Flint
Edward de Forest
Battle Crook
Cora Vorce
Wandell
Hatch
Austin
Graham
King
Lane
U. S
Pond
Roy Pond
North Marshall
Michigan
Calhoun County
Calhoun
Branch
Hreg Press
Reunion attendance and wartime notes at Camp
Judge Kelley attended the reunion along with Hon. Joseph G. Cox of Battle Creek. The W R C turned receipts to the annex committee for the Soldiers Home room in Grand Rapids. Mrs Agnes M Wiley and Mrs Libie Smith attended from Albion. Mrs Thirts Gifford presided at the W H C meeting with Agnes Wiley serving as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County Soldiers and Sailors Veteran Battalion
West End
Camp Goo
Marshall
N Gon
State Street
Marshall Drom Corp
Powell
Williams House
Patterson
John Cuzzins
G. E. Willits
H. A. Peterman
Cunningham
Hattie Creek
Marshall Drum Corps
W. A. GC
Col. Cornwell
A. H. Miller
A. J. Phillips
Paxtella
Lisut
Aa. Bellinger
Battle Creek
R Minjor
O. O. Suuth
Albion
Sergant
Miaurshall
Chaplais
J. M. Getehell
Marehall
Julius Gifford
Calhoon Goonty
Bul
Calhoun
Gifford
Mra
Marie Traver
Alice Perrine
Magpie Towne
Sarah J Wickham
Libbie Smith
Burnham
J. L. Cox
Michigan
Bliss
Joe
Annd
Pingres
Judge Kelley
A. Jones
Getchell
Judge Lane
J. O. Patterson
Long
Colored Quartettes
Sons of Veterans
Vik. Pond
Woman's Relief Corps
Joseph G. Cox
Grand Rapida
Calhoun County
Agnes M. Wiley
Libie . Smith
Thirts Gifford
Burlington
W. H.C
Agnes Wiley
Fraternity Day at Big Gal Houn County Fair Oct 9
Marshall tent No 105 prepares for Fraternity Day on Wednesday Oct 9 at the Big Gal houn County Fair. A four member committee led by Elmer Bennett will invite tents across nearby counties to join the local lodge, seeking broad participation and a red letter day. Central City Tent 13806 has accepted and will appoint five members to implement the program.
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Central City
Marriage Licenses Listed for Battle Creek and Chicago
William Henry Halliday of Battle Creek and Gertruds Gratz of Chicago appear on license lists. Charles W. Willis of Bust Leroy and Etta M. Hurt of Sonoma also recorded. Additional entries reference local students and housing inquiries with incomplete details and misspellings.
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Wiliam Henry Halliday
Battle Creek
Gertruds Gratz
Chicago
Charles W. Willis
Leroy
Etta M. Hurt
Sonoma
Robert Gardner
Ray Kelley Poth
Notice of disavowal of silk sales agent
We understand an agent is canvassing this area selling silk using our name to aid sales. We have nothing to do with such party and have never seen him nor any alleged improper dealings. 8. V. REaepen.
Special Labor Day Train To Kalamazoo From Battle Creek
S T Blair president of the Battle Creek Trades and Labor Council arranged with Michigan Central to run a special train to Kalamazoo on Labor Day Monday Sept 2. The train departs Battle Creek at 7 46 am and returns from Kalamazoo at 11 pm. Round trip fare 75 cents. About 1500 Marshall laborers and K O T band members expected to travel for the city celebration.
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S.T. Blair
Trades and Labor Council of
Battle Creek
Michigan Central Raiload Company
Kalamazoo
Marshall
Battle Creek Wins At Lyon Lake Farmers Picnic
Battle Creek led the annual harvest celebration at Lyon lake with about 1,500 attendees. The Pastime Gun club shooting contest drew teams from Battle Creek Albion Charlotte Tekonska and Tromer. Battle Creek won the exam contest with 81 points and the silver cup. Albion took second with 75 and the prize for the first Albion team. The six-man Battle Creek lineup included Harry McCanley H M Dunlap M and A R Hen ce George Bernard and Ariest Wubbard.
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Lyon Lake
Furty
Battle Creak Albion
Charlotte
Tekonska
Tromer Wid
Calhoun County
Naws
Batdley Creek
Albion
Marsaball
Marshall
Charlotte Boys
Battle Creek
Harry McCanley
Proclamation for Labor Day observance in Michigan
Gay Bliss issues proclamation urging full participation in Labor Day on September 2, 1901. It notes Michigan law designates the first Monday of September as a holiday and calls for closed workplaces to allow workers to join ceremonies, stressing mutual respect between labor and capital and hope for progress.
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Gay. Bliss
Michigan
Battle Creek Oil and Varnish Company Limited Formed
Battle Creek based firm files articles of association with $1,000,000 capital. Two hundred thousand shares subscribed by G. W. Bodine and others. Intended products include varnishes paints oils dyes and related goods. Plant expected to employ 200 to 300, with a new process to lower costs and attract buyers. Officers listed as Bodine chairman Daskam secretary Miller treasurer Giapp.
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Daskam
Battle Creek Oil and Varnish Company Limited
Battle Creek
G. W. Bodine
Howard O. Bodine
Chicago
O. H. Daslam
Marshall
F. W. Clapp
Obusy
Man
D. H. Daskawm
J. F. Miller
IP. W. Giapp
Bonding Proposition Wins by Strong Majority
Voters approve the bonding measure by a comfortable margin. The article notes a community bake sale at the W. O. U rooms Saturday afternoon with goods like brown and white bread and hermit cookies, selling from 1 o'clock onward.
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John W. Baird
Battle Creer
Yseen
Eroyar Hotel
City
ROYAL
Grant
A. Mi. E. Church
South Bend
Ind
Persoza
Detroit
Boston
Ab. Harris
Yais
Board of Education
Lua Zacharas
Ionia
Slill
Jennie Rae
W. W. Todd
Jackson
Leadstone
Cleveland
Blanche Stark
Grace Bros
Agrin
Onn
Naomas Wallace
Sir Knight
Bios
Mension
V. Reaepen
SOF
Anxiona
Leedle Bros
Connection
Michigan Central Will
Whee
Battle Creek OF and Varnish Company Limited
Battle Creek Pilon
Eagle Opera House
E. W Hoskins, Mgr
Shays 7
Trixie
Imperrial Orchestra
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