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Michigan news highlights steady state, winter woes and odd tales
Michigan reports show Stanton debt free, ice jams on Muskegon river, Grand Rapids night school with 20 pupils, and a broad mix of weather, crime, and local incidents. From law to lumber to small-town mischief, a mosaic of 1880s Michigan life unfolds with towns from Kalamazoo to Manistee and Armada in focus.
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Big City
George Heumann
John M. Chambers
Dry Gooda
T. Jorenh
Rogers City
Cadillac
St. Joseph
Loomis Bank
Adrian
Grand Rapids
Myers
Detroit
Spring Lake
Wolaton Comfort
Tecumseh
Bogee
Otisville
Aldrich
Armada
John Reed
Allegan County
East Saginaw
Sanday
James Williams
Albert Stewart
Marquette
Astvation
Macomb County
Alrich
Grand Haven
Wisconsin
Michigan
Alcra
Oneida
White Lake
Adl
South Haven Messenger
George A. Saith
Capitol Building
Lansing
Emma Abbott
Ontonagon County
Algonac
Armatrong
Uigney
Downswell & Co
Lottie Fisher
Goldwater
Mich
Fish
Jackson
Lenawee County
A. E. Schofield
Coldwater
Willian H. Haskell
Michigan Central Abops
Rochester
Aud Haskell