The Athletic At Work In A City Apartment
A reporter observes a locally famed athlete in a third story room on State street preparing for a workout. The scene captures his vanity as he admires muscles, practices with Indian clubs, belts out facial contortions, and poses before a mirror while peers watch from across the street. The piece notes conceit and suggests modesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stellog
Battle Creek
State Street
Gax
Tug Wilsons
Hoanlons
Sol Smith Russell
School Board Organizes and Elects Officers
At a Saturday meeting the school board organized with Mon Geo Ingersoll as chairman and Jas A Miner as secretary. Ingersoll elected moderator. N J Frink became director. Deville Hubbard assessor. A plan to collect delinquent tuition was approved. two-week advance reports required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Ingersoll
Jas. A. Miner
Ingersoll
N. J. Frink
Deville Hubbard
A. O. Hyde
Porter
W. L. Curran
A. H. Dalang & Co
Tagergell
Hubbard
W. Hor Winot
Node Rink
Ib Feere
Deville Babbar
Geo
Lagersotl
Glenn
Miner
Temperance Meeting Prods City Chapter Of W C T U
Mrs Geo Robinson of Battle Creek led a temperance rally at the Baptist church to organize a local W C T U branch in Marshall. Mayor Gage of Battle Creek spoke on public sentiment, alcohol dangers, and political reform, urging new officers and a ban on the liquor trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Robinson
Battle Creek
W. C. Ty
Gage
Robinson
Masdames W. W Pattengill
Cheng L. Sleeper
E. Marble
C. T. Cook
C. B. Rowley
W. W. Pattengill
Geo. Boughton
Sec
G. Mikes Addie Hollon
May Fredenburg
Mesdames & W. Hill
W. R. Lepper
W. W.pattengil
C.B. Rowley
Elle Perance
W. J. Bathaway
Onondaga
Baptist Church
City
Jr. Sherman
Pope
Michi
Sociey
Temperance Workers
Michigan
Chicago
Toonista
Temperance reform speech urges independent ballots
The speaker denounced rigid party loyalty and urged voters to act with humanity in mind. He supported temperance goals but argued for independent voting, thanking Mayor Gage and Rev. Mr. Delamiter for the benediction as the audience followed the discourse attentively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Pattingill
Gage
Mr. Delamiter
County News Briefs From Battle Creek and Nearby Towns
A roundup of local items includes a Union School Furniture Co shipment to South America, Naiad Queen rehearsals for G A R benefit, a Toledo hose race canceled, Rev A P Moors beginning at Battle Creek M E church, J M Ward starting a two story brick block opposite the post office, Flora Wishard leaving for missionary work, a strong Spiritualist seance by Mrs Silverton, Grand Trunk engines arriving, Allan Raymond purchasing Van Valkenburg groceries, plans for a commercial department at the high school, local railroad momentum, thefts in stone jug area, 175 pupils in graded school, Homerites eye expo prices, a revival of a singing society, notes on various locals and a new village mill, a Homer ball club naming bid, and a novelty butter fly trap invention advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union School Furniture Co
South America
Tribune
G. A.r.—Tribune
Toledo
Union
Battle Creek
Fremont
A. P. Moors
M. E. Church
Battle
Silverton
Abner Hitchcock's
Frelinghuysen Avenue
Grand Trunk Road
England
Journal
Allan Raymond
Tilsonburg
Ont
van Valkenburg
A. H. Dibble
Detroit
Rayshoud
H. H. Brown
Mr. B
Muskegon
Enterprise
Battle Creek Township
Wm. Morgan
Singing Society
W. L. Mahony
S. Webster
Thomer
The
Ziskas
E. A. Collins
Bays
Michigan
Homer
Walter
Albion News Snippets From A Defunct Era
Local notes report Albion whisky price at four cents per quart and a disbanded Albion baseball club. Banked local counts show 40 WCTU members, a 813 pupil census, and details of residents in Denver. Mentions of Chas and Wesley Pailing, River Frost at Denver Iron Works salary, and a house purchase on College Hill reflect community chatter and early 20th century local economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilk
Albion
Albion W. C. T. U
Ed. Clark
Crescenta of
Detroit
Albion Club
Chas
Wesley Pailing
Denver
Murar
River Frost
Secon
Denver Iron Works
Barry Hes
Agard
Res Republican
Mensa
Brockway
Ereaes Co
Laches Tony
Tekonsha News Roundup Highlights Local Civic Life
Albion travelers ferry 122 Norman horses en route to Illinois. local marriages, school counts, and evolving town news fill Tekonsha notes. Cherished residents move, abstain from tramping cemetery plots, and a health ordinance aims to keep Tekonsha clean. The community eyes temperance talks, Chautauqua planning, and Sherwood college ties as locals attend fairs, church programs, and baseball games.
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the Statesman
Marshall, Michigan
Snd
Aescador
Uneéo
Wr. Miner
County News
Illinois
France
Helen M. Porter
L. Silliman
Levi Ly Lockling
Happy Valley
Cal
San Diego
Recorder
Tekonsha
Carrie Bliss
Virginia
News
G. PD. Lewis
M. Forbush
J. C. Blake
Misa Ann Barnes
Tekonsha Union School
CG. W. Jones
Tekoneha
S. D! Nichole
Counell
Win, van Orman
Granger
Newa
Eldred Fe
Tekofisha
Shore
Marshall
H. N. Hoyt
Presbyterian Church
Barlington
M. E
Lettie Howard
Burlington Station
M. V. Rork’s College
Sherwood
Sherwood Club
Sherwoods
Earl Smith
Mia
Traver
Itia
Timothy Shanahan
State St
Sign
Marshall and
Vicinity
Hyde's
Timothy
Watson’s
A, Watson
the Beat
Davis & Lewis
Hyde
Saratoga
Campbell & Gilet
Chickering md
Spicer
Biasell
South Bend
Spicer Gells
LWA
Studebaker
Tron Fairbank
P. A. Spicer
Edwin (. Burt
Burt & MH Ars
Fargo
J. & R. Butler
Westminster
Fahey & Whalen
Martin Block
Boots
N. Webster
Remembe
C. B. Webster
Hulett
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