County News From Our Oren Correspondent
Work began on the mill under Mr Heister and family expected home soon. Several residents return visits and trips to Chicago Kalamazoo and Detroit noted. A barn project near Sheridan injures Noah Bartholomew in a fall while workers finish a structure. Local dances celebrate July 3 with good attendance and a young rider injured by a fall.
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Gerence Catt
Noah Bartholomew
Anderson Dicker
Sheridan
Lower
Nekford
Brace Lake
Robinson
Indy
Dover Village Fourth Celebration Marks A Splendid Day
Farmers finish haying and harvest prep amid joyous mood and splendid weather. Dover residents celebrate with cannon, baseball prize game won by Duck Lake, and a fireworks display on Main Street including a balloon. A few missed the speech due to pursuit of entertainment and drink.
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Dover
Pos- BexFen
Lee Center
Duck Lake
Lee Boys
Jevening
Tekonsha Village Notes Include Tax List and Local Plans
Village taxes are collected as Tekonsha, once a deserted hamlet, shows signs of revival with brighter trade at stores and new improvements like the Blake house. A fruit drying venture is discussed. a maple bark louse found on maples raises foliage concerns. A concert to be held next Sunday features Baptist Sabbath Achoos. a skating event excites residents. Local sketch includes school meeting July 14 for two trustees, census data, and various visits and social notices from Tekonsha correspondents.
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Blake
Tekonsha
W. CG. T. Ui
Sre
Dodge
W B. Pett
Lonia
Ida Swindt
Holly
Che
Sherman
Cylon
James I. Main
George T. Pratt
D. W. Randall
Marengo and Albion News Highlights in 1884 Notes
Marengo area reports a two mile race win by Traverse of Sherwood Indiana and local observations on crops, census figures, blames and social happenings. Albion and Kekford populations given. Almanac notes include baby show results and a new rink’s impact on Parma merchants. Weather, telegraph updates, and community events round out a dense county brief.
Albion's old bank counter replaced by modern esign
The Albion exchange notes the bank counter where James Sheldon did business for thirty years is giving way to a newer design. It likens Sheldon’s reaction to the change to the old lady in Will Garleton's poem about a new church organ. Immigrants from Germany settle in Albion, buying furniture to start homes and seek citizenship, described as industrious and likely to prosper. May travel stories recount Geo Wisclogel and co. Schwerr returning from Germany via Hampton Roads to Paris and Strasbourg, planning a short stay in Stuttgart before returning home. The paper notes preparations for an new institution in Albion, with a meeting called for July 7 at the opera house to discuss progress and benefits for Cord and Springdale residents, urging a large turnout.
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Albion Exchange ‘Bank
James Sheldon
Albion
Geo. Wisclogel
Sheriden
Co. Schwerr
Germany
Hampton Roads
Paris
Strasburg
Wiselogel
Stutgardt
Albion Sill
Opera House
Concord
Springdale
Mirror
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Decatur
Mich
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Misa Ford
F. A. Maynard
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Sherwood
Len Center
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Henry
Partello
Leo Center
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Carl Leigh
Ionia
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W. M. Padpeck
R. Johnson
Lena
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J. M. French
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F. R. Randall
Fuly
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Eckford
R. Martin
Casa County
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Barnes’ Dance
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Dre. Ewers
Stopp
Memer Bat
Frost Gur
C. EK
Darrow
Geo. Miller
Wypastas
Kansas
Dire. Lydis Miller
Mn. P. Arthur
Wyandotte, Mich
W.C. French
West Bay City
Homer
Martin W. Osborn
Misa Kuma Bartholomew
Perry Wyant
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Tekansha
W.C
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Litchfield
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H. D. Thomas
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Coldwater
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Jessie Keeler
Burr Oak
Lyon Lake
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Jackson
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Nettie
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Marengo
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Peter Katz
Qaresen Lodge
J. HH. Godfry
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Jackson Co
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Allen D. Jeffries
Delorest
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Albion Mirror
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