Local Notes On Families And Businesses In The Village
Mrs H Sprague arrives from Chicago to stay with Mrs Mote Rice and other local updates mention illnesses, travels, a new baby born to former resident Jennie Failing Betser, wedding attendance, store changes as Frank L Masters takes over J W Randall’s dry goods, and village pride in curb appeal amid plans for a lumber yard.
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A. G
Jeremié Nichols
Marshall
Henry Huested
Coldwater
Mitchell-Huested
John Welch
Tekonsha
Mia
Jennie Hitshcock
Little
Denver
Col
J. W. Randall
Masters
A.D. Eldred
Detroit
J. Harsh
Lewis Granger
Whitney
Eckford Ladies Aid Meet at Mrs Butler Home
The next regular meeting of the ladies' aid society will be held at the home of Mrs. Frank Butler on Thursday afternoon May 16. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee. Price 2 50.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Frank Butler
Local Industry Awakens As Town Reels From Dullness
Gratitude and commerce surge as factories, machinery repairs, and new agents fill vacancies. Sawmill relocates to Cement City while real estate activity rises with improving business prospects. School sports see Homer varsity win 338 to 14 over Tekonsha. Lynn Mead suffers eye injuries. Community plans union meetings. Maccabees elects finance keeper. Funeral held for Mrs. Eugene Snelgrove in Ann Arbor, survived by husband and son. Strong Bros lease grain elevator. construction advances on several blocks. Presbyterian church holds annual meetings electing elders and deacons.
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Jas
Cook
Charles Hopkins
Union City Lumber Company
William Gibson
Condit
Cement City
Lynn Mead
Tekonsha
Homer Boys
Christaan Endeavor Society
Epworth League
P, Allen
Maccabees
Eugene Snelgrove
Ann Arbor
Presbyterian Church
H. E. Davis
Wm. W. Wells
W. O. Wells
Strong Bros
Lake Shore
Allen-Fellows
McConnell
Paul Collyer
Debt Owed Highlighted in Church Records
A fragmented OCR note shows an entry about a debt owed to a church, listing an amount around 800 dollars and referencing payment. The readable bits imply a financial obligation recorded in church accounts without full context.
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Cure For Coughs
An editorial touts Dr King s New Discovery for consumption noting a wife cured after severe lung trouble and obstinate coughs with profuse hemorrhages. The ad claims it treats coughs colds throat and lung troubles and offers trial bottles free at H J Hydes with 50c and 1 priced bottles.
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Texas
Claco
Tex
Dr. King
J. J. Fagor
H. J. Hyde's
Yale Bicentennial Committee Plans October Celebration
A Yale bicentennial preparation committee has been formed to organize the large Yale alumni gathering for October. The group will operate from the Yale Club in New York and stage a monster torchlight procession with costumes allegorical and historical floats and illuminations.
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Yale
Yale Club
New York
100 Men Wanted At Bosley's Hardware Fence Prize
A brisk classified advert announces 100 men needed at once to answer a challenge: what is the best wire fence made. The offer notes almost all responders will say The American. Sold at Bosley’s Hardware.
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Bosley's Hardware
Detroit Live Stock Prices At Michigan Central Yard
Detroit live stock market reports liberal receipts this week with active demand. Prices show Primasteera and helfera at about 4.75 to 5.0, handy butchers cattle 4.0 to 4.60, stockers and feeders around 4.40, Milch cows active near 5.00 to 5.25, calves 3.50 to 5.25, sheep and lambs dull with mixed 4.18 to 5.25, hogs active with prices around 5.00 to 5.25 and light receipts keeping trade brisk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Central
Detroit
Government to buy old Corcoran building for 3 million
The old Corcoran art gallery at Penn avenue and Seventh street, now used as the U S court of claims, will be purchased by the government for 3 million dollars. The owners have been receiving 10 thousand dollars annually in rent. The sale proceeds will be invested, with only the income spent, not funds for new pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corcoran Art Gallery
Penn Avenue
Seventh Street
United States
Court of Claims
Corcoran Gallery
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab Ad Claims Cure Rebate
A vintage ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets with a claim to cure cold in one day. It states druggists will refund the money if no cure and notes J W Grove’s signature on each box. Price listed as 250.
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J. W. Grove
Volunteer Surgeon Najib Tariy-ud-Deen Ordered to Columbus Barracks
A volunteer surgeon and acting assistant surgeon in the volunteer army service named Najib Tariy-ud-Deen has been ordered from Washington to the barracks at Columbus. The order indicates movement from the capital to the Ohio installation for service duties.
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Najib Tariy-ud-Deen
Washington
Columbus
Coincidence in Two Lives Leads to Shared Demise
Mr and Mrs Matthew Low of Springfield township Fayette county Pennsylvania were born on the game day fifty seven years ago and never separated during their thirty years of marriage. They died on the same day recently and were buried in a double grave.
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Matthew Low
Springfield Township
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
Auction Notice for Grocery Stock and Tools
For Sale. The grocery stock recently owned by Geo. Seymour. Most sell, Will sacrifice if sold soon. May 3-4. H. A. Ouvre. W. Raymond will have an auction sale at his residence in this city, Saturday, May 1th. All kinds of tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Seymour
W. Raymond
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Leedle Bros. Hardware
Eckford
Ber Ib
Timoth
Michigan Central Stock Yards
Wagner
Fletcher
Peoples Clothing House
Burnett Mann
Levanna
H. J. Hyde
Bath Tub
Bosley’s Hardware
H. A. Ouvre
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