School Begins Amid Village Excitement and Travel Notices
School started Monday with large attendance as village life resumes. Visits include George J Katz of Erie Pa with his father Chris Katz, Rev ET Randall on vacation, and many relatives traveling from Chicago Nebraska Trinidad and Battle Creek. A funeral for Miss Ida Patton occurred, and local events included a Homer ballgame 22 to 9.
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George J Katz
Erie
Chris Katz
Samuel Herrick
Phillip Brnshhart
F B Abrams
Ray
Ind
RM Rogers
James Panghorn
Chicago
ET Pane
Local notes from Ceresco Michigan Central telegraph work
A compact Ceresco column reports on telegraph pole upgrades by the Michigan Central, local illnesses including typhoid fever, travel updates, school terms, social events, weddings, and a funeral. It notes a Sunday school rally, a Maccabees social, and a fall corn harvest underway with farmers cutting corn.
North Marshall and Eckford Community Notes
Local brief items from North Marshall and Eckford report visits and travels of families, school starts, reunions, club meetings, and upcoming events. Notables include the Bryan and Stevenson club in Eckford and the BEU L S September meeting at Wartman home. Easter references and a house robbery occurred, with ongoing investigations noted.
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Eckford
PH ‘Taffee
Silas Decker
Lady Undertaker Mrs E B Hughes In News Item
Mrs Nowlin traveled to Jackson to visit relatives and join the Maccabee gathering. Pulaski residents attended the Maccabee celebration in Jackson. Pastures dried up and farmers delay wheat sowing. Wind toppled apples from trees. Willey Brothers broke their pen engine and separator cylinder. repairs ordered. Hats and capes offered at modest advance.
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Willey
Local notes and move announcements in Duck Lake region
Bert Allen leaves for Iowa to head the commercial class at State Normal. Cass Cortrite goes to Adrian to work for Page Fence Co. A pole raising at Chas Van Ocker’s on Sept 15 followed by a speech by 8. D. Williams, future congressman. Bertha Ringler starts a full term at Nichols schoolhouse. Harry Wetherell returns to Big Rapids for another college course. Mesdames McVicker and Smith visit Battle Creek. O and Sam Tooley go to Albion. Frank Hart nursing boils. Fletcher’s The People’s Clothing House advertises a wide range of coats suits and furnishings at marked prices.
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Bertha Ringler
Nichols School
Harry Wetherell
Big Rapids
James McVicker
Eval Smith
Battle Creek
Sam Tooley
Albion
Frank Hart
South Bedford notes common to many readers and visitors
Jessie Eaton librarian returns traveling library No 16 and many locals attend events. Brown of Battle Creek begins building a home on land bought two years ago. Mrs Flarery and her children visit Bannister family in town. Lydia Powers resumes Battle Creek school duties. Ethel Finlay and Alice Atkins attend Battle Creek high school. Fletcher's People’s Clothing House advertises low prices on apparel. Excursion to Jackson draws many locals. Various visits from Grand Rapids, Union City, Colon, Battle Creek, Lansing, and Chicago. The Lyon Lake Ladies Aid plans a meeting for Sept 19 at Mrs GC W Brown’s residence.
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Kassen Richardson
Bedford
ET Randall
Florence Biggs
Cogewell
Nebraska
Alice Cols
Trinidad
Ariz
David Shedd
Bronson
Frank Pick
Oklahoma
Corcaco
Jackson
KOTM
Joe Shaw
Has Shaw
Port Huron
I J Bradley
Mary
Steve Cooper
Battle Creek
W Harmon
Bertha Pollock
Mary Richey
Putnam
Florence Richey
Knapp
Hopkins
Jessie Eaton
B M Brown
Flarery
Grand Rapids
Gerard Bannister
Lydia Powers
Minnie Stillson
Herbert Dean
Fort Laevenworth
Kansas
Ethel Finlay
Alice Atkins
Battle Creek High School
A Holcomb
Union City
Henry Palmer
Colon
Jessie Hanson
Ross Coller
Graham
Luna Foote
Clara Shinn
St. Joseph
Michigan Orphan’s Home
Miss Shinn
Lottie Limbrooke
Ft. Wayne
Toledo
Virginia Rowell
Eckford
Jessie McDonald
McDonald
Big Maccabee Tents Parade Honors State Winners
An estimated 20 000 people attended a Wednesday parade at noon. Martin G Loenecker won the day’s Voting contest and served as king. Central City tent claimed the state’s largest membership and took the broom from Calhoun tent Battle Creek. Arbor hive Ann Arbor transferred a banner to Central City tent. A Colon excursion train of 20 cars carried over 1 000 people. The Daily News and Weekly News praise their papers.
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Jackson
Martin G. Loenecker
Central City
Calhoun
Battle Creek
Arbor Hive
Ann Arbor
Tocal
Colon
Personal notices from Kalamazoo and nearby cities
Thursday's Daily News lists numerous visitors and movers from Kalamazoo Battle Creek and surrounding areas. Names include B A Paugburn J W Baird F M Wadleigh M F E Brown J M Powers B L Tiffany A S Gibson D Bennett Ea Whitelam Miss Marie Bergy Miss Emma Meier Ida Stowell Mrs S E Stowell Clara Shinn Lottie Limbrooke Virginia Rowell and others as they travel attend weddings visit relatives or participate in events and preparations for upcoming seasons. Several are noted attending a wedding and visiting local institutions while others travel for work or social engagements.
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B.A. Paugburn
Kalamazoo
J. W. Baird
Battle Creek
F. M. Wadleigh
W.A. Groaby
Marie Bergy
Milwaukee
John East and
M. F E. Brown
J. M. Powers
Charlotte
B. L. Tiffany
Des Moines
Iowa
A. B. Wagner
A. S. Gibson and
D. Bennett
Partello
Washington House
Ea Whitelam
van Wert
Ohio
Brose Wycoff
Fowlerville
Emma Meier
A. Meer
Indianapolis
Ida Stowell
Red Bank NJ
E. Stowell
Wilmot
Dakota
Amos Wilson
Missed Train Sparks Wild Tale of Peach Adventure
A man from near Marshall ran off on a peach excursion to South Haven with another man's wife leaving his wife at home. On return, the pair failed to connect at the station, a telegram from the lady prompted by curiosity arrived in tears, and a friend eased her distress by telegraphing his rescue plan. The crackerjack affair ends with charity urged while noting a woman was the catalyst.
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Aan
Marshall
South Haven
Kalamazoo
Alamo
Leander
Divorce Suit Filed by Eugenie Blair in City News
Eugenie Blair sues for divorce from Robert Downing citing incompatibility. J W Hradshaw settles in a new location, promising a good site for a drug store. A telephone is installed at the Republican county headquarters over Bosley hardware. Call 815 to reach County Chairman L C Robinson. Jackson pauses a streetcar franchise transfer to F N Rowley company, leaving routes from Battle Creek to Jackson and Albion. J E Page travels to Grand Rapids to select space for the state fair exhibit Sept 24 26, with G E Hayne directing, aiming to win first prize for Marshall. A Claman family entertainment for Presbyteran ladies is rescheduled to Thursday the 20th, not Friday the 21st, due to a misunderstanding.
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Eugenie Blair
Ohe
Lady of Quality
Robert Downing
J. W. Hradshaw
Republican County
Bosley Hardware
L. C. Robinson
Jackson
F. N. Rowley Street Car Company
Battle Creek
Albion
J. E. Page
Grand Rapids
Page
G.E. Hayne
Moore
Marshall
Lansing
Claman
Assassin of German minister captured in Pekin
A Pekin dispatch dated the 5th reports Japanese troops arrested the assassin of German minister Buran Von Ketteler and handed him to German authorities. The suspect confessed. Li Hung Chang says he can protect American lives and interests in China and will use his power to do so.
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Li Hung
Chicago
Pekin
Buran von Ketteler
Li Hung Chang
China
Northern Pacific Home Seekers Excursions Schedule
The Northern Pacific Railway runs Home Seekers Excursions on the first and third Tuesdays each month. Tickets from eastern terminals to main line and west branches via Aitkin and Little FallsMinn. cost one fare plus 2.00 for round trip. The trips allow settlers to inspect land prices and conditions with aims to buy homes in the northwest. For details contact W. H. Whitaker Detroit Mich or Chas Fee St. Paul Minn. six cents for Wonderland 1900, a descriptive tourist book.
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Northern Pacific Railway
Aitkin
Little Falls
Mann
Northwest
Northern Pacific
W. H. Whitaker
Detroit
Mich
Fee
Pass
St. Paul
Minn
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