Battle Creek Visitors and Local Arrivals Noted
Miss Vida Vary visits Battle Creek while many residents and guests travel from Jackson Ellsworth Aum Arbor and Albion to nearby cities. Notables like Editor Moses and H F Hollon arrive from St Louis. Mrs Joe Brooks and Mrs Neale host relatives in Battle Creek as graduation plans unfold in Ann Arbor and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Watkins
Ann Arbor
Mary Woooley
W. L. Page
Myron
Asa Townsend
Bertha Townsend
Benueaux
Moses
H. F. Hollon
St. Louis
Mary Bosley
F. Palmer
Caroline Bennett
Louisville
Joe Brooks
Little Son
Detroit
Cream of Wheat Prices Plunge In Local Ad Fragments
Fragmentary OCR notes show a price line for cream product around 1873 with values like 49 cents and 19 cents, and strange spellings suggesting a local grocery listing or ad snippet. The readable bits indicate a promotional price set in old currency contexts, with unclear product naming and formatting.
News of the County Highlights and Local Notices
In Cerenseo June 1 edition Mrs. Geo Bowen is sick and the W T U will meet this week. Strawberries near end of season. cherry trees stripped by local youth. Otis Fountain visits family in village. Whelihon on vacation. Funeral for the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Bender at Congregational church. Wood washed from George Stevens’ property damaged a mill and cost the miller. Dr. R M Gubbins plans visit to Canada. Frank Reed entertained Albion visitors. Mrs. Geo Stevens hosts sister from Canada. Officials’ public spending questioned. bids for an iron bridge were late from a Chicago bidder. Kalamazoo river bridge bid awarded to Groton Bridge Co. New York for $1300. work to start in August. Harbridge and Yollick attend Lyon Jake Sunday school, plus Children’s Day at Francisco. A deputy sheriff helped capture suspects after a childlike day event. Anecdotal note on intestinal length and DeWitt’s Colic Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerenseo
Geo, Bowen
T.U
Mia
A. G. Cameron
Lulu Phelps
W. Smith
Otis
Fountain of
Grand Rapids
John Fountain
Gareieen
Whelihon
Franklin Bender
Harbridge
Jeorge Stevens
Tod
J. W. Bell
R. M. Gubbins
Canada
Frank Reed
Albion
Kalamazoo River
Groton Bridge Co
New York
KH. Harbridge
D. Yollick
Lyon Jake
Francisco
Julia Whelihan
Aet
Paring
Jackson Rela
Burlington Town Notes and Local Visits
Burlington diary items record a photographer visiting on Tuesdays, local improvements like paint on stores, park facilities described as among the finest in southern Michigan, and social notes including school terms, commencement attendance in Hillsdale, and an illness prompting family travel. Delegates from G A R posts settled dates for the coming Calhoun County Battalion reunion, while ads mention DeWitt's Colic and Cholera Cure as trusted relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Bert Ogden
Chicago
J. M. French
Marshall
G.C. Cole
Michigan
Bessie Barton
VanScheidh
Minnie Randall
Hillsdale
Frank French
Plano Binder Co
Godby
Kentucky
Watson
Florida
Leonard Holden
Detroit
Hattie Wood
Jackson
J. M. Leonand
J. Nelthorpe
England
America
G. A. R. Post
Calhoun Co
Abscota News Roundup and Local Notices
Abscota column reports James Packard buried after lightning near Athens. Local residents Mrs. Frank Carver and daughter return home from Battle Creek visit. Mrs. Vroman, W. D. Baker’s mother, is ill. Charles Lowell and others shared Sunday with Clark Lowell. Zenns Gould and Mrs Dr Brigas visited W. J. Baker. A Pa. reader advocates DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin ailments, praising cure by A. O. Hyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abscota
James Packard
Athens
Frank Carver
Battle Creek
Vroman
W. D. Baker
Charles Lowell
G. B. Buell
D. J. Huston
Union City
Clark Lowell
Bull Hill
Lumber City
DeWitt
A. O. Hyde
Meeting Highlights From Bedford G C U G 8 Assembly
Bedford June 1 The Gc U G 8 met at Henry Lisk's with about 125 attendees including men women and children The program on Famous Men featured Rev James Davis Mrs Albert Dicey and James A Garfield among others with music recitations papers and readings The society praised rural school work and noted seventy five visitors in the school year Also mentions local illness and health ads for One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitts Little Early Risers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gc. U.G
Henry Lisk’s
James Davis
Irah Coon
Clara Peek
T. de Witt Talmage
Albert Dicey
Ed Low
Local Notes from Wishders and Surroundings
Farmers begin haying as Horace Gardner buys a wheel. Roads erode and improve. Milton Diehl and Clark return from northern Michigan seeking a settlement. Sunday school notes. Funeral for Frank Bender’s youngest child attended by Dider, Miller, and Decker families. Visits and illnesses update residents Ida Freed and others. Guests from Kansas and Minnesota head to Sycamore Illinois before returning home. Pass along the word about DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Gardner
Milton Diehl
Clark
Michigaan
Childrens
Ally
Wilders
Wu. D. Miller
Silas Decker
Frank Bender
Careseu
John A. Andre
Ed Miller
Canvis
Willis Wells
Northern Michigan
Ida Freed
Sulters
Kansas
Wilder
Minnesota
Sycamore
Geo.finkle
Local Ladies Attend Lyon Lake Convention and Community Events
Mrs A M Murray of Abscota and Mrs Heliker attended the Lyon Lake convention and praised it as profitable with royal entertainers. Children’s day at Francisco schoolhouse drew a large crowd. Rev E H Harbridge of Ceresco received warm thanks for closing remarks. Miss Mae Briggs of Battle Creek appeared at a June event. Will Rapp entertained the Lainery Society midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Murray
Abscota
Dark Cornera June 18 social and church notes
June 18 Dark Cornera reports residents visiting at Lee Center and Frank Stultz’s near Ainger, with church events at Lee Center and Olivet. Mentions Miss Elsie Frye, Miss Blanche Pratt, Mrs. Ed Danford, Rev. Davis, Mrs. Raiman, Edna Marshall, Ida Osborne, and Rev. Webster. Childrens day exercises praised. temperance drills noted. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers reference and Electric Bitters advertised for headaches and constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dark Cornera
Mabel Wetthove
Lee Center
George Brett
Newton
Elsie Frye
Christin Endeavorers
Epworth League
Blanche
Maria Pratt
Frank Stultz
Ainger
Ed. Danford
Jamey Darrow
Ladies Aid Society
A. L. Ford
Davis
Olivet
Raiman
Edna of
Marshall
Samuel Coats
Ida Osborne
Convin June 13 Senior MB Giuucher Confined at Home
Convin, June 13 Srs MB Giuucher has been confined at home since September 1493 and could not walk, spending Wednesday with Mo ail Mus C M Avkerson. Will B Brackett closed a successful form in Dist No 6 last Friday. Neary Huggeete's new house nears completion with finishing touches and an addition planned for looks and comfort. Mrs Johnhomas to entertain the LA B on June 85. The society meeting will feature a vay Lee event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srs
Giuucher
C. M. Avkerson
Will B. Brackett
Dist
Friay
Neary
Johnhomas
L.A
vay-Lee
Cooperative faith and community events noted at Sunday school
The record mentions discourse themes at M. P. vimrehl bp and a Sunday school institute with delegates Miss Louie McWethy visiting Mason and Miss Nellie Austin staying at Homer while Mrs. White is ill. It notes Hood's Sarsaparilla claims of curative power and its popularity as a medicine, with promotional language about its supposed superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
M. P
Irwin Kimmer
Lin
Ind
Byers
Sunday School Institute
Tarry
Louie McWethy
Mason
Nellie Austin
Hood's Sarsaparilla Praised by Albion Man
Howard Daskam of Albion Michigan writes that after suffering liver torpor bowel sluggishness and general debility he used three bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla. He reports complete relief with no further need and boosts the remedy as superior medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Howold
Howard Daskam
Albion
Mich
School entertainment at Dist No 1 Marshall hosts Abi Scott
Miss Abi Scott and pupils of Dist No 1 Marshall staged a schoolhouse program Friday evening June 12 featuring Lar Tidge Paxton and Thorpe orchestra, recitations by Abi Scott and Nellie Langridge, songs and dialogues. An appended health ad promotes Shaker Digestive Cordial as a tonic and digestant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Davy
Nelle Wat
Kid
Ernest Bentley
Ray Lambe
Hughes
Keott
Wart
Migsen Abi Sco
Qnpsis Hughes
Nellie Langridge
Rudentley
Pritz Hawkine
Owen Langridge
Sale
Mincie
Jre
Wes
Guecuss
Will
Fredonia Preacher to Lead Services on June 21
Rev. F D Randall of North Adams will preach at the Congregational church Sunday morning June 21 at 10:30 and at East Newton at 2:30 p m The Fredonia Congregational Sunday school will observe Children s day Sunday evening June 21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredonia
F.D. Randall
North Adams
Congregational
St East Newton
Fredonia Congregational Sandy School
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jap Mattings
S. E. Cronin. Department Store
Perkonnis
Vida Vary
Fred Maxell
George Trembte
Ellsworth
Kan
Craig Miller
Aum Arbor
Chas
van Valin
Dan Peck
W. R. Simons
Wm Hawkins
van Wert
George Miller
Russell
Spencer
Paw Geddes
Dr. King of Alleran
L. CG
Roy Preston
T. L. Livingston
W. D. Stone
Eugene van Dusen
J. C. Patterson
Hillsdale College
Josephine JanDelle
Edith Tremaine
Jamestown, N
Dakota
W. H. Porter
Herehice
Jessie Porter
Cecil Peck
Leon Jacobs
Hamilton Church
Wil Escher
Roy Robertson
George Potter
Stella Saxton
Auditorium Hotel
LeRoy Hyde Brown
St. Matthews College
San Mateo
Cal
Knoxville
Tennes Werner and Bradley
Eckford
Jake
News OF the County
Statesman
Pou
Knapp
Hyde
H. Watkins
A. C. Hyde
Qlomts
Scott
Bedford
Orica
A.C. Hyde
Erida
Herricksville
Wai
Doolittle
Lyon Lake
R. H. Lawrence
Wree
Jacob
A.O, Hyde
North Marengo
Hewitt School
Jouse
J. A. Withee
Webster
Nessian Ay
W. T Drake
Convin
Jeno
Jerraus
Rilee Creek
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