Local notes and county fair highlights from Convis and nearby towns
From Our Chow Correspondent and Burlisgtton Badger reports mix town news. Wheat and corn fields, school teaching, and church services are noted alongside local remarks on dancing parties, a pumpkin beam contest, theft of sacks of wheat, and preparations for new farmhouses. Prominent names include Dr. C J Lane, Miss May Buckingham, Mrs Court Gatch, and Rev J G White.
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Denvis Gommenu
C.J. Lane
Charlotte
James Emigh
Prof
Ellis
Olivet
Eld. Spooner
May Buckingham
Jackson
Village Boom Prompts New Street Lamps In Service
Nearby residents and visitors noted improvements as Epica progresses. James Reed and wife attended the Hijledale fair while Henry S. Austin and wife went to a Lansing event. Petoskey visits, Battle Creek trip, hay orders, and a new house plan surfaced among local happenings.
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James Reed
Hijledale Fair
Henry S. Austin
Lansing
Paw Kirkland
Battle Creek
Perker Bickford
Marriage and church events mark village week
This week in the village featured the marriage of Mrs Betsy A Redfield to Abner Sa bin at her home with close friends in attendance. The corner stone laying of the new Presbyterian church took place on Wednesday with ministers from abroad and a ten cent supper in the old church lecture room.
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Mra. Ellwood
Jackson
Misa Florence Cogswell
Myrrs
Mia
Brady
Canada
Betsy A. Redfield
Abner
Sabin
Clarendon
Battle Greek G A R post banquet October 21
A long list of local matters includes a grand banquet planned by the Battle Greek G A R post for October 21. Also noted are street lighting issues, a Bird foundry workforce of 65 with a $400 weekly payroll, and various industrial and civic developments in Albion and nearby towns.
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G. A. R. Post
Bird Foundry
Wheat and market report from the era notes firm prices
The 1885 market brief reports a firm wheat market with costs rising, corn steady, rye and barley quiet, butter and cheese in moderate demand, poultry weaker due to large supply, and hog prices up with most receipts bought by whippers. Sheep remain small and weak, while cattle stay active with price advances. Local ads promote store offerings and hardware repairs.
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Caio
Oet
Oebe
Gire
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