Jottings From Battle Creek District News
Various local notes cover births, deaths, and events in Battle Creek area. Items include a October 15 19 teacher examination in Battle Creek, a cherry tree at Calkins farm, a birth in Fredonia township, band praise at the fair, an upcoming lecture at the Christian church, horse show prizes, a Grand Rapids fair carriage purchase, John Cushman’s death and funeral, Hoyt's Brass Monkey at the opera house, Maze Tramble in a production, Mayor Powell installing a home phone, public recital by Alice Bell, property transfers near Prospect and Linden, express messenger Charley Hindenach’s return, rain damage to a new house, Page Bros. Buggy Co. Springfield fair contracts, Commander Merrell visit, Miss Nanny Bentley eye injury and recovery at University of Michigan.
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Calkins
Claude Mudica
Fredonia Township
Partello
United Brotherhood
Christian Church
Hughes
N. H. Rammond
Battle Creek
Grand Rapids
Page Bros
John Cushman
Lee
Carver
Honee
Hoyt
Opera House
Maze
Powell
West State
John
Alice Bell
East Eckford Presbyterian Church
Springfield
John P. Merrell
Merrell
Mortgomery
Stme
South Atlantic
Nanny Bentley
Univeraty Hospital
Ann Arbor
Marshall Football Joins State Interscholastic League
Marshall's football team enters the state interscholastic league in district four, facing Albion and five other teams Albion St Joseph Benton Harbor Dowagine and Niles. All six play on the 8th of the month with Marshall meeting Albion. A November 16 playoff narrows to a Thanksgiving final in Ann Arbor between district winners. Last year Pontiac and Plainwell reached the final with Pontiac prevailing 6 to 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Thia City
Albion
St. Joseph
Benton Harbor
Dowagine
Niles
Ann Arbor
Pontiac
Plainwell
Calhoun County Sunday School Convention at Baptist Church
The annual Calhoun County Sunday School convention meets at the Baptist church in this city on Monday and Tuesday October 15 and 16. Alfred Day, state superintendent, will attend and deliver an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County Sunday School Association
Baptist Church
Alfred Day
Marriage Licenses for Davenport Carter and More
Charles Davenport of Duck Lake weds Rebay Carter of Clarence. Samuel W. Marshall and Belle Tompkins of Albion. Won McCotter and Mamie Wood of Lea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Davenport
Duck Lake
Rebay Carter
Clarence
Samuel W. Marshall
Belle Tompkins
Albion
McCotter
Mamie Wood
Lea
Committees Named by Board of Jail Inspectors
County board of supervisors assembles to appoint investigating committees. Names listed include Equalization Ashley to Ellis, Claims Leonard to Wood, and Ways and Means Stileon to Hough. A state tax total of 70 226 51 is noted alongside jail and poor superintendent reports urging sewerage fixes and shower baths. The session adjourns to 10 oclock Wednesday.
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Board of Supervisors
Hamilton
Austin
Ashley
O'Hara
Haven
Bascom
Shipp Doolittle
Clute
Wilkins
Ellis
Leonard
Mack
Freeman
Webb
Caldwell
Scott
Wood
Henry
Willison
Hank
Graham
Dibble
Ishwark
Crandall
Bull and Fish
Stileon
Hough
Fish
Grandall
Snyder
Martin and Morgan
Shipp
Kelley
Cranda
State Board of Corrections and Charities
Albion
Inspiration Institute to be held in city on November dates
A forthcoming Inspiration Institute will be held in this city on November 22 and 24 after a scheduling change discussed in Lansing with state and school officials. County teachers expect a strong program led by Burnham and a late afternoon educational rally with noted speakers. A fuller notice will follow. Also: For sale a 140 acre farm north of Marshall with good buildings and orchard, plus a stock farm. Michigan Farmer ad promotes long-standing Detroit weekly on agriculture and offers Marshall News subscription deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnham
Lansing
Calhoun County
Burnhall
Marshall
Conins
Gro
Michigan Farmer
Detroit
Mich
Marshall News
Beat
Augustus Snell Arrested After Albion Warrant
Augustus Snell of ickford, 70, with a warrant for gross lewdness, was arrested in Albion Saturday afternoon. He was brought to the county jail and arraigned before Justice Merrill for examination, with a Saturday morning date set. Also included is a lengthy regional lumber industry note describing vast timber and cedar resources on the North Pacific coast and employment prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Snell
Ickford
Albion
Snell
Elmer Himebaugh
Eckford
Wooten
Graham
Merrill
Uclock
Berg
Washington
Vir
Sprace
Hemlock
Ceder
Heigth
North Pacific Coast
Personal notes from Mill Brook and Homer social visit
Mr and Mrs Win Hornbeck of Millbrook host Miss Bertha Hornbeck and others. Ollie Dean Roy Murdock and Dan Dorsey spent Sunday with Dan Dorsey. Beatrica and Bertha Manning returned from Homer. George Rowley visited Elhart Indiana and returned home. A B Swanger of Partello in city. may work for O S Reniger at Olivet. Elizabeth Smith returned from Illinois and the west guesting Dr Michenor Geneva NL. B Crane of Breckinridge Mo left for home. Crane ran the Hord millway in the six ties remembered by locals. The firm Crane & Hurd was known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Dean
Roy Murdock
Dan Dorsey
Homer
Beatrica
Bertha Manning
George Rowley
Elhart
Ind
A. B. Swanger
Partello
Swanger
O. S. Reniger
Olivet
Elizabeth Smith
Illinois
West
Michenor
Geneva
Crane
Breckinridge, Mo
Hord Mill
Crane & Hurd
Fraud Theory Emerging In Marie Defenbach Death Case
Chicago police pursue charges of conspiracy and suspected murder in the August death of Marie Defenbach at 10 La Salle avenue. Three men are held on allegations tied to a planned swindle against insurance companies and two societies, with possible poisoning linked to the death. The insured carried policies totaling 12,000 from New York Life Canadian Order of Foresters and Kolg Sabo Ladies of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Marie Defenbach
la Salle Avenue
Chicazo
New York Life Insurance Company
Canadian Order of Foresters
Kolg Sabo Ladies of Honor
Schurz resigns to avoid partisan civil service criticism
New York Oct 8 Carl Schurz resigns as head of the National Civil Service Reform league and Civil Service Reform Association. He says he resigns to avoid being seen as antagonistic to the administration while noting his opposition to other policies has grown clearer. He emphasizes reforms must appear unbiased and free from personal or political bias. Additional dispatches report floods in Tampico area, Duke gifts to Trinity College, a large fire at Atlantic Transport pier, and a Wisconsin man receiving $3,000 for eye injury losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carl Schurz
National Civil Service Reform League
Civil Service Reform Association
George Mcaneny
Schurz
Civil Service Reform
Raleigh
N. C
Trinity College
Durham
N.C
Washington Duke
Duke
J. H. Duke
Atlantic Transport Line
North River
West Houston Street
Wise Men of Goshen Chase an Escaped Man
Officers Gill Doud and Farner hunted Ed Frink who escaped from Kalamazoo asylum and camped along the Kalamazoo river. They pursued him by river and ford, Frink trained a boat to drift away but surrendered after a chase. He was returned to Kalamazoo this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gill
Doud
Farner
Goshen
Mr. Dowd
Will Gill
Ed Frick
Kalamazoo Asulum
Frink
Kalamazoo River
Cleveland Mill
Mnoman
Furner
Gigi
Kalamuazoo
Current Events Highlights From Various Regions
Reports outline Bubonic plague in Llandaff Wales and Lipton denying pork cornering. Texas battleship not retired. Toledo hosts railroad employees convention. Koch claims malaria remedy. Illinois arbitration board backs mediation law and amendments. Brussels police foil plot against Prince Albert. YMCA Illinois biennial at Canton Oct 18–21. Farming communities seek faster mail delivery. Ryan schedules talks in Michigan Ohio New York. Lambert Tree cites army officer on Chinese atrocities. Russian peace congress view on ending wars cites resource exhaustion risks.
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Llandaff
Wales
Thomas Lipton
Texas
Toledo
Koch
Herlin
Guian
Bureau of Atatistics
Hanna
Illinois Board of Arbitration
Brussels
Prince Albert
Young Men's Christian Association of Mlinois
Canton
Post Office Department
Ryan
Michigan
Ohio
New York
Lambert Tree
Chicago
China
Baseball standings and New Hampshire census figures
Baseball standings show Cubs Brooklyn Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston St Louis Cincinnati New York and others with varying records across games. Separate item reports New Hampshire census data, stating population rose from 376,520 in 1890 to 411,588 in 1960, up 35,058 or 9.3 percent.
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Cubs
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Tioston Oy
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Sargylat Pintgsburgh
Louis
Mutsburgh
New Hampshire
Washington
Census Bureau
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Aptll
Marshall and Sea
Conunnus
Ohto
Womer May Coxerry
State Board of Agriculture
Ohio Artificial Stone Tank Co
W. W. Miner
Ohio State Fair
Daniel Pratley
Eckford, Mich
H. S. Warner
C.O. Miller
Prospect and
Linden Streets
Charley Hindenach
Chicago and West Michigan
Interscholastic League
Miialon
Board of Jail
Office of Poor Supper
Inspiration Institute
Sarawnd
Marshall Mich
Fekford
Ratea
W. H. Whitaker
Jefferson Ave
Fee
Gen
Northern Pacific
Paul
Mino
Ehar
Mrs
Win. Hornbeck
Millbrook
Miss Bertha Hornbeck
Agalin
Axaoclatinoa
Civil Service Reforma
Avnold
Hamaud
Vet
Tampico
Panuco
Taines
Gulf
Chila Station
Mexican Central Railroad
Tames
Pauld
Raecine
Wis
Robert A. Kitts
Johnson
M. D
Hattie Chkiek
Des Merit
Cas. B. Mrap
Marshall, Mich
Madison
Onl, Cine Co
Bushel Baskets Co. 3
Russia
Steve
J. Nagel
Igeddroit
Nettle
H. L. Lathron
Addroitr
H. Lathrop
Adswada
Madison Street
Battle Creek Avenue
Td State Street
J. W. Fletcher
Shisahop
Walter W. Clark
Walter
Ruhayé
Wall
State Street
Lane
M.D
Val
The
Chronicle
Clark
Postatica
Dew L
Lont
Wm Ryan
Jeddeewin
Bwartwoul
Stern
R. L. Jackson
J. M. Parsons
Hamilton St
W. State St
H. A. Snyder
D-T
Manny
Brute Street
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Ems
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Way Bright
Mailand Express
Rare
Hyaton
Uggies
G. Po
TS A
Mmevsbudl
Shia
Natal
West Bouna Wo
Malandre
Sanday
Physicians Directory
Chas. J. Carson
Post Graduate Hospital
Ohicago
Omeco Inj
Starr King Church
Greene’s Drug Core
Prospect
George H. Greene
Dillan
Grey Drug Store
State Atreat
North Fogle Re
Fred 1. Harris
Smiley
LH State
Helen M. Parker
John Butler
Tod
N. B. Sherman
Proiaghy
Hart's
Brewer's Dry Gooda
Madisop /Bt
Marshall Avs
W. H. Rowland
Dentil
T. L. Gronin
F. G. Powers
Dentit
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Pueblo
Half Lake City
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Rateco
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