Thanksgiving Gatherings and Local Notes Across Homer
Thanksgiving day brought social visits and meals at the Weed home with Bly Weed and others. Local reports note Molly Metzgar’s return from Battle Creek and community events from the I.O.O.F. election to Y P S C B plans and a Christmas tree concert at Congregational church. Market prices, a new draying sale, and several area changes in residents populate a wide set of small-town items.
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Dee
Frank Weed
C. C. Bly
Mra
J. M. Weed
Verne
Burt Weed
Ida Preaton
Fred Weed
Battle Creek
Goo. Bills
Eckford
Maida Sutherland
Battle Creet
Congregational
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Airlcere
N. G
Burt Weedy
Art Bartiett
W. O. Culver
Treas
N. J. Lester
Jagger
Frank Ball
Kalamagoo
Nerera
Bila Metzgar
Ano Arhara
Baptist Chncel
Guy Culver
Remaimber
Baytiat Parsonage
John Metauny
Wits
South Bend
Phelps
Joby Ulrich
Mark Goodwin
Chicago
Marshal
T. Curils
Convis
Homer
Dee. H
Frank I
Mahany
Chas. E. Guehrlat
John Tillotson
Ham
Tonj
Alexander. Sherrard
Benjamin F. Goodrich
Electric Oil Stove Co
Detroit
E. Flaker
Matilda Fisteher
Firemen’s Hall
Golden Cross
Homer Orchestra
James Punoyar
Freddroydan
Clay
Gen. H. Marsh
Broad Street
Calhoun Mill
Col Shannon Dead Afoxt prominent Manon citizen dies
Col John A Shannon a prominent Michigan Ohio area figure dies of pneumonia at 63. Born Wyandot County Ohio October 79 182 his career included county Republican chairman drain commissioner and Wood County prosecutor. He served in Ohio militia rose to colonel then moved to Michigan 1883 to Inghem County. He leaves a wife and two daughters. Burial planned at Bowling Green.
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Manon
Republican
Bee County
Shannon
One Hundred
Ohio Infantry
Todd
Poe
Detroit
Knoxville
Tenn
Columbus
Wood County
Ohio
Michigan
Inghem County
Bowling Green
Thanksgiving Notes and Local Notices of Michigan
Thanksgiving events and social updates across East Eckford and surrounding townships. Reports include dinners hosted by Ladies Aid Society, dances at Walk-Inshaw’s, parish circle gatherings, and reflections on family visits. Local obituaries, school activities, tax notices, and community announcements from Albion, Eckford, Benton Harbor, and Marshall provide a snapshot of holiday week life with names, places, and dates.
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Marhatl
Olivet
Aelock
Mira Esina
Aieliday
Atse
Mabel Walkindhaw
Herry
Albion
May Brown
Eckford Frien
Rendall
Battie Creel
Wm. Huggetts
A. Brown
Ethia
Kannas
Palace of Art Remains as White City Memory
The Palace of Art endures beside the lake, a majestic reminder of the World’s Fair grandeur. Though the White City fades, the gallery of painting and sculpture and the Field's Columbian Museum promise to entertain and instruct future multitudes with the 1893 exposition’s splendid panorama.
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White City
S Columbian Museum
Minder
Exposed to Smallpox Panic Hits Detroit Work Sites
Detroit reports a smallpox outbreak among 160 workers at a new eruptive disease hospital near the temporary facility. Two machinists have died with four more at risk as health officers quarantine homes of infected workers and investigate spread to city residents.
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Detroit
Aloy
Michigan Officials Push Free Silver Conference Call
Detroit and Lansing figures including Archibald Fisher and other Democrats back a Lansing meeting on Friday to discuss free silver. Detroiter reports a misfire in a rooster fight dispute near Inox Mountain ends in a fatal shooting. The Third National Bank ex cashier Frederick Marvin case jury unable to agree and released. Detroit schools to stay closed another week due to diphtheria risk.
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Galt
DerAort
Apencer O. Fisher
Governoo Michigan
Lansing
Marvin Fury
Detroity Dee
Frederick Marvin
Third National Bank
Altar
Unknown German dies after hotel stop in Williamton
A German traveler stopped at a Williamton hotel, was taken ill and died. Authorities arranged a quick burial in the potter's field five lines later, drawing criticism for the haste and lack of a burial service.
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Williamton
Steve Brodie
Pesys Boyant Dorvalb
University of Michigan
University of Chicago
Chicago
Wayne
Wayne Closed Last Week. Rev. Emerick
E. Jarvis
Benton Harbor
Rick
Lansing
Jonal
Norway
Catherine Bray
Albion
Notre Dame
Horace Upham
Jarvis
Tuscolo County
Ugo
Alek Cat
Herg
Army
R. C G. Johnson
Flat
Fenton- Fille
Detroit
United States
Grand Rapids
Calhoun County
Battle Creek
Marshell
Abton
Fennville
Alle- Ean County
Marquette
Bangor
John W. Stone
Houghton
Mich
Upper Peninsula
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