Henry James Henry ends long county service and reform
The article lauds James Henry for four years as Justice of Peace in Battle Creek and three years as county supervisor. Re-elected by a majority of 867, he streamlined county operations by recommending the county building committee’s disposal, saving hundreds annually. His work on the poor farm cut costs, and investigations saved taxpayers more than three times the probate judge’s salary each year.
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Marshatt
Brutestian
Henry
Battle Creek
Board of Supervisors
Ilomor
James Henry
County Treasurer Reelection Bid by Calhoun Official
Guy Fisk, born February 2, 1857 in Yates County New York, moved as a child to Michigan then Branch and St. Joe Counties. He farmed near Athens taught school and engaged in public service while active in political affairs and seeking reelection as County Treasurer in Calhoun County.
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Guy Fisk
Yates County
N. Y
Michigan
Ste. Joe Marne
Gantorville
St. Joe
Branch County
Athens
Fink
Public
Public Schoola of
Centerville
Athens Township
St. Joe County
Fisk
Foster Taq Foster for State Rep in Battle Creek Township
William Foster of Battle Creek township sits at Forter farm near Lake Gogac as Republican nominee for Michigan state representative. A longtime Calhoun farmer, he is praised for sobriety, industriousness, and public affairs interest.
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Calhoun County
Wiliam Yoster
Battle
Greek Township
Lake Goguac
Foster
Michigan
Ifona
Dr Robertson Elder of Battle Creek Church and Physician
Dr Robertson a 2 member elder of the Ritet Presbyterian Church of Battle Creek was a former president of the Homeopathic Medical Society of Michigan. He studied in Albion College and medicine in Marshall and at Cleveland Homeopathic College, locating in Chelsea then Battle Creek where he built a large practice. He was active in Masonic orders and the Maccabees and married to Mary Durand with four children. a staunch Republican active in local affairs.
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Robertson
Ritet- Presbyterian Church of
Battle Creak
State of
Michigan
Iby
City
Ife
Albion College
Adam Bagley
Marshall, Mich
Cleveland’ Homeopathic College
Chelsea
Battle Creek
The
Maccabees
Mary Durand
L. M. Gilette
Sheriff Williams of Calhoun County Named in History Memoir
H R Williams the popular sheriff of Calhoun County is profiled as a native of Ohio born June 2 1850 in Medina County Lafayette Township. He started on farms, studied district schools, worked in Oberlin and Cleveland grocery trades, then Ravenna insurance before moving to Rattle Creek in 1882 to run a livery business. In 1898 he won the Republican sheriff nomination and election, remaining locally trusted for fair public service beyond party politics.
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Rerbert BR. “Williams
Calhoun County
Ohio
Lafayette Township
Medina County
Western Reserve
Oberlin
Cleveland
Ravenna
Rattle Creek
Williams
Republican Party
Willams
Fraternal Ties Highlighted in Local Sheriff Figure
A district representative described as a distressed man and farm-born Mariner of the Homeland Go. Fraternally linked to Knights of Pythias and the Hiks, he is active in those orders. Sheriff Williams’s man of nerve is ready for any duty assigned.
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Hom
Rland
Knights of Pythias
Hiks
Williams T
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J M Hatch Portrait and Prosecution Record in Calhoun
J M Hatch, incumbent prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, is profiled with details of his birth May 27 1858 in Lee Township his education at Marshall High School and the University of Michigan Law School class of 1880 his early practice in Marshall and real estate holdings he is a Republican who has served as circuit court commissioner and was elected prosecuting attorney in a prior term now seeking re election with an active campaign
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Ofice
Calhoun County
Jesse Monroe Hatch
Hatch
Ft Lee
Aly
WY. M. Tratch
Mr. Satch
Marshall
Law Department
University of Michigan
Ile
Hateh
Ethan Allen County Clerk Candidate Biography
Ethan Allen a Republican candidate for County Clerk was born in Marshall Calhoun county Michigan in 1863. He began in public schools at five, lost his father at fourteen, supported himself on a Burlington farm then as a clerk for Karl Smith later. He built a clerical career in Marshall Union City and Athens and served four years as Athens postmaster. He currently runs the dry goods department for S EB Cronin in Marshall and has long Republican ties and wide local friendships.
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Ethan Allen
Marshall
Calhoun County
Mtch
Ife
Elphios Alien
Ethan
Burlington
Karl Smith
Smith
Allen
Union City
Athens
Harrison
S. EB. Cronin
Corn Pudding Recipe Fragments
A fragmented reading shows a corn pudding recipe with corn pulp and moll ingredients, yolks beaten, salt, and vegetable notes. The text is garbled but indicates mixing corn pulp with yolks and seasonings to form a pudding or custard.
Dasham Daskam: A Popular Albion Official and Protector
Dasham Daskam born Bridgeport Connecticut April 2 184. He moved to Michigan at age five settling in Paw Paw Van Buren county then Albion where he spent his life. He apprenticed as a mould maker in 1871 later engaged in wood and coal business until 1898 and held public office including village treasurer seven terms supervisor alderman and register of deeds Calhoun County. A Republican, he is active in county and state conventions and belongs to several fraternal orders and Masonic bodies in Albion.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Michigan
Betitling
Paw Taw
van Buren County
Dasham
Albion
Daskam
Gaia
Howard
Tie
Calhoun
Q County
Battle Creek
Gally
Calhoun Lodge
1.C. O. Fy
K. O
Albion Lodge
Albion Camp
Modern Woodmen of America
Calhoun County
Murat Lodge
A. M
Equine Philanthropist in Havana Supplying Life Saving Serum
A Havana based equine philanthropist at a bacteriological lab, likened to Pasteur Institute, provided 74,000 cubic centimeters of anti diphtheria cerum since 1895, credited with aiding 1,800 cures. The horse remains in good health while linked to the institute’s history from its founding.
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Havana
Cuba
Pasteur Institute
Baltimore
Indianapolis News
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Springport
Jackson County
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Estelle Austin
Marengo
Board of
United States Pension Examining Surgeons
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Te Healen
Galned
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Modern Woodmen
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Odd Fellows
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U. W
M. E. Church
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GUY_ FISK
E. P. Keep
H. R. Williams
William Tinkinley
J. M. Hatch
Theket
Register of Deeds
C. Howard Daskam
Opele San
Nantes
Albany
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