City Budget Report Shows Tax Decrease for Mt Pleasant
City manager report in Times shows debt reduction from 158500 in 1921 to 78266 by 1927 with total general bonded debt 59000 and water debt 19266. Water receipts retire 15000 bonds, pay interest 2500 and sink 4158, plus partial payment on a new well and a 35 foot pump house extension. Tax rate now 12.94 per thousand amid big city improvements. Detroit news follows with Michigan Bell extension plans costing 4807000 split between outstate and Detroit.
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Times
Mt. Pleasant
BELL
Detroit
Mich
U.R
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Deer kill forecast tops ten thousand in Michigan
Michigan reports indicate the open season may surpass 10 000 deer killed with partial tallies showing 4158 deer crossing the Mackinaw Straits between November 15 and December 3. District warden Fred Deuell notes additional wildlife including seven bears three wolves eight foxes and two wildcats.
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Lansing. der
Michigan
State Department of Conservation
Fred Deuell
Boyne City
Straits of Mackinaw
Thiers Elected High Priest of No 111 Royal Arch Masons
Mt Mansant Chapter No 111 Royal Arch Masons held annual elections at the Masonic temple. Officers elected include H L Thiers as high priest C I Clark as king K L Moyt as serjeant at arms J F Joiner as secretary and other posts filled by J B Deuel E D Bailey A R Ringstad W F Tebbel W G Ranida M A Cobb E P Brooks Bert Gray among named officers.
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Mt. Mansant
Royal Arch .Masons
Masonic Temple
Tl. IL. Thiers
C. I’. Clark
King
K. IL. Moyt
Seriba
J. HB
Deuel
J. FP
E. D. Bailey
A. R. Ringstad
W. F. Tebbel
Royal Arch
W. G. Ranida
M. A. Cobb
E. P. Brooks
Bert Gray
Sentinel
Old Time School Friends Entertained At Dinner
Miss Sabra and Mabel Dain hosted an old fashioned three course dinner for old school friends at their father Mabel Dain’s home in Farwell Sunday evening. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Graham of Shepherd, Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson and family of Rosebush, Miss Agnes McManaman and friend, and Miss Nellie Willey of this city. The gathering featured reminiscence and jokes from school days.
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Sabra
Mabel Dain
Farwell
Jesse Graham
Shepherd
George Johnson
Rosebush
Agnes McManaman
Nellie Willey
Mt Pleasant High School Honor Roll Roster
Mt Pleasant High School lists October 19 to December 2 honor roll totals. All A students include Gwendalyn Ackerman Verona Francisco Francis Minor Bernice Sanders Ardath Willy. A later group shows A and B students such as Ruth Allyn Margaret Barnes Mildred Barnes Louise Butler Francis Baumgarten Alda Bowerman Harriet Brondstetter and many others.
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Mt. Pleasant High School
Gwendalyn Ackerman
Verona Francisco
Francis Minor
Bernice Sanders
Ardath
Willy
Ruth Allyn
Margaret Barnes
Mildred Barnes
Louise Butler
Francis Baumgarten
Alda Bowerman
Harriet Brondstetter
Irma Smith
Vivian Spalsbury
Dorothy Starkweather
Vivian Stauffer
Alfred Stebbins
George Stebbins
Virginia Tice
Leona Walling
Mary Elen Whitcomb
Trial of Monroe Sheriff Adjourned
Hearings in the removal proceedings against Joseph Kinsey, sheriff of Monroe County, were adjourned yesterday at the request of prosecuting attorney Edgar G. Gordon until Monday January 9. The action began in Monroe Michigan and concerns official conduct.
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Monroe, Mich
U.P
Joseph Kinsey
Monroe County
Edgar G. Gordon
Holy Land marks 10th anniversary of freedom from Turkish rule
Jerusalem observes ten years since British capture of Jerusalem with flags flying and messages of congratulations. Field Marshal Plummer receives praise as Holy Land modernizes, expands courts and land titles, reforms commercial laws, boosts agriculture, irrigation, and crop production while preserving sacred sites under British civil governance begun after 1920.
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Jerusalem
U.R
Palestine
Marshal Allenby
Turkey
Lord Plummer
Holy Land
Judea
Jordan
Christ
Herbert Samuel
Michigan bean growers profit by holding crop
Lansing Dec 9 The hold beans strategy has boosted farm profits by hundreds of thousands across Michigan. A ten member bean committee urged farmers to hold for higher prices, with experts predicting as much as 5.00 a bushel. Officials say most of the crop was held and sold at 5.00 or more.
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Lansing
Michigan
Herbert E. Powell
Michigan Fregatey Exchange
Joseph Schnitzler to Address Lansing Traffic Club
Joseph Schnitzler will be principal speaker at the Lansing Traffic Club annual banquet on December 15. Willard J. Sweeney, purchasing agent at Michigan State College, will be toastmaster. Don Whitmore, club president, gives the welcome and Rev. N. A. McCune will deliver the invocation.
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Joseph Schnitzler
Lansing Traffic Club
Willard
Sweeney
Michigan State College
Tonstmaster
Don ©, Whitmore
N. ‘A. McCune
East Lansing
Pre Christmas Meetings At Center Methodist Church
Special pre Christmas meetings began at Center Methodist Church three miles west of Rose bush. Rev Leroy Whitney conducts nightly sermons through Friday with topics drawn from Matthew including The God of the Small and The Test Lamb. Services close with Christmas observances on December 23.
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Center Methodist Church
Rosebush
Leroy Whitney
Galilean
Democrats Consider South as Site for 1928 National Meet
New York Dec 9 The Democratic party weighing its next national convention for 1928 seriously discusses southern venue with Florida models as favored scene. Miami Worida Detroit and Cleveland are contenders with a tentative 200000 offer from Miami possibly sealing the choice. Jet of Wool Dresses Larson's Style Shop.
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New York
South
William E. Shafer
National Executive Committee
Florida
Miami
Worila
Detroit
Cleveland
Larson’s
Death rate declines reported in 28 nations
A world health brief notes that 28 countries cut their general death rate over 1901 to 1925, with reductions up to 9.6 per 1000 in some areas and only four countries showing increases. The United States made progress but trails nine other nations in overall public health.
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New ‘York
U.P
John K. Gore
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Newark
N. J
Association of Life Insurance
United States
Gore
Ganda
Life Insurance
America
Straits Settlements
Austria
Spain
Germany
Hungary
England
Wales
Switzerland
England and Wales
Italy
Four Montcalm Farmers Awarded Gold Medals
Thirteen Michigan farmers, four from Montcalm County, were awarded gold medals for services to modern scientific farming at the Master Farmers banquet in the Michigan State College Union. Bert Wermuth announced the awards. 200 farmers attended and Kenyon L. Butterfield urged greater support for farmers.
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Lansing
Mich
Dee
Michigan
Montcalm
Michigan State College Union
Bert Wermuth
Michigah Farmer
William Bristow
Wayne
Rev Y. Card
Hillsdale
Eva S. Compson
Mecosta
G. H. Lake
Gratiot
J. W. Lincoln
FE. A. Lundberg
Eaton
E. M. Moore
Ingham
J. A. Munson
Kent
A. J. Rogers
Benzie
Rick Rossman
H. A. York
Chippewa Pres
Kenyon L. Butterfield
Michigan State College
Notice to Subscribers Discontinuing Free Mt Pleasant Daily News
The Mt Pleasant Daily News will stop free distribution in the city on Saturday night December 10. Weekly subscribers to the Mt Pleasant Times will automatically become Daily Times subscribers unless they notify the office. Paid-in-advance weekly subscribers will receive a 12 cent weekly credit for the balance due on the weekly subscription. New Daily Times subscribers should call 8 to be added, with carrier boys delivering and collecting 12 cents weekly. Noncollect options require advancing payments for at least three months.
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Mt. Pleasant Daily News
Mt. Pleasant Times
Daily Times
Daily Times Alliée
Daily O
the Daily Times
Radio Talk By Practical Grower On Sugar Beets
A radio talk for sugar beet farmers will air Thursday evening December 15 from 7:35 to 8 o clock on WKAR wave 277.6. Speaker is C. R. Ovialt of Bay County, a practical farmer and successful beet grower, who serves as extension specialist in sugar beet culture at Michigan State College.
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WKAR
C. R. Ovialt
Bay County
Michigan State College
Owens Charged Again in Forgery Case
Chester Owens, who recently completed a fifteen day jail term for failing to pay a justice court fine, faces a forgery charge. He allegedly passed a $6.25 check to Oirie Raymond for gasoline and oil signed with the name John Brown.
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Chester Owens
Justice Court
Owens
Oirie Raymond
John Brown
Brock and Schlee Plan Endurance Flight
Detroit fliers William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, aboard the monoplane The Pride of Detroit, took off from Atlanta for Daytona Beach to launch a new endurance flight record attempt next week.
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Atlanta
William S. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Detroit
Daytona Florida
Purnell's Life Pawn in Ouster Move Conflict
In Lansing on December 9 the state and the House of David clash over Benjamin Purnell's life as a pawn in a legal struggle. The state supreme court stayed a decree targeting Benjamin and Mary Purnell, appointing a receiver for the colony, pending the colony's appeal with a decision not expected until December next year. Benjamin, confined to a Shiloh cot, weakens as experts say he may not survive the wait while the court prepares a 15000 page record.
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Lansing
U.R
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Benjamin
Mary Purnell
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ipouse
David
Eying
Ben
Shiloh
Ayeak
Rrivate
Carload Of Pipe Ordered For Oil Drillers Today
A 3,150 foot supply of five inch casing has been ordered for the test well east of Mt. Pleasant. One casing will be shipped today from Newark Ohio where Pureil company maintains a supply station for drillers.
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Mt. Pleasant
Newark Ohio
Pureil Company
Canadian Chief Attends Function in Washington
Washington hosts the greatest social event of the year a reception for the diplomatic corps by President and Mrs Calvin Coolidge. For the first time in U S history the head of another government Lord Wellington governor general of Canada attends the affair highlighting international ties.
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Washington
U.R
Calvin Goolidge
Lord Wellington
Canada
Sacred Heart Anil Banquet A Happy Sacred Heart Affair
One hundred five people attended Sacred Heart academy’s annual football banquet in the church hall on Thursday at 7. The event, run by the school athletic association and served by the Catholic Woman’s club, featured speeches from Supt. G. M. Gannard Coach W. G. Parker and Fr. Kehren along with music by Wooley’s orchestra and poetry from George O’Brien. Letters were awarded to fourteen players including captains Casey and Winston Duffy, ending with the singing of America.
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Sacred Heart Academy
Church Hall
School Athletic¢ Association
Catholic Woman's Club
McLuini
Aré
Gannard
W- G. Parker
Central State
Margaret Nichols
St. McLachlan
Sacred Heart Church
Ray Boulton
Minto-Bowlton
John Gagey
Winston Duffy
Fr. Kehren
St. Andrew’s Church
Saginiw
Kehren
George O’brien
Sppinaw
Pr. Mulvey
Sacred Heart
Four Feet
Captain Casey
Charles English
Joseph English
Clifford” Theisen
Robert _ McGuirk
James MacDowell
John Breidenstein
James Gleason
Theo Sowle
Jim Hackett
Emil Little
Lyle Hackett
Leo Nee
America
Wooley
Thompson names nine physicians as health commissioner
Mayor Thompson appoints nine physicians to lead Chicago health department after explosion injuries, hoping the expert team will build a new image for the city’s administration.
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Big Bill Thompson
Thompson
Chicago
Coats Date Noted At Larsen's Style Shop
One lot of coats available with 1 to 2 off at Larsen's Style Shop. Sale contains Larsen's fashion stock with discounted outerwear.
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Larsen
Two Ships Ground as Gale Rages in Great Lakes
Detroit reports two ships aground and ten missing after a twenty four hour gale across the Great Lakes. The Ataboe and Agawa are crippled or lost with crews saved. others overdue as snow and wind lashed the region.
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Detroit
U.P
Great Lakes
Mid-West
Keeweenawpoint
Lake Superior
Ithout
Agawa
Manitoulin Island
Harmonic
King
Midland Bridge
Ogles Bay
Sault Ste. Marie
Pvt
Colbourne
Ontario
F. B. Squire
Saskatoora
Selkirk
Toledo
Upper
Detroit River
Lake St.Glaire
Dubois
East Jefferson
Jefferson and
Fisker Avenues
Owen Park
Ishpeming
Mich
Blueberry
Ford Motor Company
Lindbergh Plans 2000 Mile Flight to Mexico City
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh says he is finalizing plans for a 2000 mile flight to Mexico City after accepting President Calles invitation. No definite departure date is set and the route may or may not include stops. He intends to use the Spirit of St Louis for the trip.
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Washington, D. C
O.R
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico City
Calles
Lindbergh
Chief Nevitt Urges Midland Lads on Sportsmanship
Bay City Central coach Garland C. Nevitt spoke at the Midland Kiwanian banquet urging players to value teamwork, self-control, and school spirit beyond athletics. He warned against chasing only wins and praised cooperation and fair play in defeat as true success.
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Garland C. Nevitt
Bay City Central
Midland
Kiwanian
Nevitt
Auction Sales Friday December 16 and Thursday December 15
Two farm auctions listed with locations near Mt Pleasant Summerton Weidman and Woods store offering horses cattle hogs sheep and implements Sale times 1 PM and 1230 PM Auctioneers Helman Davis McCall and partners with clerks See pages 6 and 4 for full sale lists Wisconsin professor attributes success to luck and outside influences not brains
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Otto Loomis
Mt. Pleasant
Summerton
Helman
Rosselit
Lis
William Wiggins
Weidman
Woods
Davis & McCall
A. Graham
Wisconsin University
Recess in Burns Sinclair trials in Washington
Attorneys used a recess in the Burns and Sinclair cases in Washington to prepare evidence for the resumption of the hearing next week. The trial, postponed due to illness of attorney George P Hoover, will open again Monday as planned. Armies in northern Gulf states are introducing poison gas in warfare. China has long resisted civilization but is now adapting.
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Washington
Burns and Sinclair
George P. Hoover
Attorheys's
Armids
Guf
China
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H. L. Thiers
Royal Arch Masons
Monroe
Center Church
Brock
Schlee
Purnell
Sacred Heart Anil
State
Lindberg
Mexico
Burns Sinclair
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