Annual Meeting Lets Insurance Pay Loss to Hodges Case
About 180 Farmers Mutual Insurance Co members met on Decoration Day at Arbeiter hall. Officers were elected, reports heard, and a debate over paying Mrs. G J Hodges of Battle Creek township re warding her fire loss after her brother’s property ownership confusion. Proposals to pay from reserves or via assessment adjustments failed. a special committee was formed to draft resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Co
Arbeiter Hall
Ectolats
G. J. Hodges
Battle Creek Township
Todge
Hodge
Messrs
T. J. Shipp
Jacob Wortman
J. W. Breakey
Mgr. Hinkle
Lekford
J. KE. Joselyn
Matte Creek Township
McCotinick
Marengo
Aud Church
Burlington
Amer
Calhoun County
Battle Creek
Postumville
Tom
Joe Vor
Hall
Tay
J. A. Barnes
Union City
Garrier F. Torrey
Rochester
G. EB. Wheeler
General Otis Arrives Aboard the Meade in San Francisco
The transport Meade reached the port from Arana Wednesday night carrying Maj. Gen. F. Otis. A 13 gun salute greeted the arrival as parade boats and launches escorted the vessel toward the quarantine station. Generals Shafter allied officers planned to escort Otis from the landing to his hotel. Land Plaster at Hamilton's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Meade
Arana
F. Otis
Anwalishwad
Shafter
Kruger flees as British push edge toward end of war
War coverage in Pretoria dispatches reports Lord Roberts in Johannesburg and Pretoria abandoned by Boers. Kruger rumored to flee to Watervalboven while British troops march to occupy Pretoria. Dispatches note alleged peace talks, prisoner releases, and annexation of the Free State as Orange River Colony three days after Bloemfontein proclamation.
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Imtons
London
Larose
South Africa
Krenger
Lydenburg
Holland
Lord Roberts
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Loers
Wmfrikanders
Transvaal
War Office
Lord Rosslyn
Kraus Lied
Johanneshburg
Kruger
Pretori
Linda
Wruger
Watervalboven
Similton
Mail
Lord Toastyn
Daily Mail
Earl of Rosslyn
Burgomster de Souza
Gregorowski
Church Square
Pearing
Waterval
United States
Conens Hay
Leigh Wood
Parala
Free State
Bloemfontein
Knox
Kelly-Kenty
Pretty Man
Orange Free State
Anime River Colony
Lord Acheson
Queen
Repairing Old Roads and Health Promises Ad
An item discusses patching old roads versus building permanent ones to save costs. It then promotes Knox Stomach Tablets as a cure for various stomach and liver ailments, claiming to rejuvenate the body and deliver health benefits. A physician-like pitch ends with ordering details and a local lumber ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Chemical Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Farmers? Mutual Insurance Co
Pip
Paylor
Juamilton’s
Creek
Sir Knights
Tairgest
Pas
zAnts
Maccabees
Chalhoun County
Hattle Creek
Gen. Otis
Merienn
Forest
Ippines
Hamilton's
Lord Rosslen
BE. B. Hughes
Hamilton
Leppers
Bedford
Homer
Deep Cut Sale
Elysian
Elysian Cologne
Elysium
Ide
Ude
Ala
Tee
Drawers
Dite
Sv. R
Marshall, Mich
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