Centenarian Thomas Gordon to celebrate 100th birthday in Howard City
Thomas Gordon of Howard City will mark his 100th birthday with a community celebration in his hometown. He plans an air plane ride over the area, a trip he eagerly anticipates, recalling a life spanning Scotland to the Great Lakes and a Civil War era return to farm life.
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Thomas Gordon
Howard City
H Howard City
Gordon
Scotland
Boston
Ocean
Great Lakes
Franklin Pierce
Gaylord Norton
Detroit Flying Club
Tucker
Oine
Croton
Muskegon River
Auto Accidents Claim Three Lives in Grand Rapids Area
Grand Rapids reports three fatal accidents over the weekend. John Koniuzak 40, his wife, and another man were critically injured when their car left a ditch near city limits after a picnic drive. Carence Blakeman 20 died at St Mary’s Hospital after a motorcycle crash. William Ward 55 Cedar Springs farmer died after a hit and run as he walked near the village limits.
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Grand Rapids
U.R
John Koniuzak
Koniuzak
Anthony Witte
Carence Blakeman
St. Mary’s Hospital
Wiliam Ward
Cedar Springs
Ward
Poison Causes Deputy Death in Michigan Review
William Kirby a 45 year old Clinton county deputy sheriff died from poisoning not a slugging as earlier believed University of Michigan experts found alcohol fusel oil and carbolic acid in his organs The deputy was found near his car six miles from St Johns initial death wound misled officers before a poison bottle was located prompting further inquiry in Ann Arbor
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ST. Johns
U.P
William Kirby
Clinton County
University of Michigan
Kirby
Here
Ann Arbor
Detroit church severs ties with Aimee Semple McPherson
Detroit Four Square Gospel Lighthouse ends its relation with evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson after an $8000 deficit including 40.50 for beauty parlor treatment. About faculty members vote to form Detroit Gospel Tabernacle as an independent body. The split follows financing disputes from the July revival and a $2706 note due October 6 for the Masonic temple rent.
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Detroit
U.P
Aimee Semple McPherson
Detroit Four Square
Los Angeles
Church Council
Detroit Gospel Tabernacle
Masonic Temple
MacCullough
Witch Murderers To Go On Trial Week Of Sept 30
Eugene and Pearl Burgess face trial for the July murder of Mrs. Etta Fairchild in Kalamazoo. Circuit Court Judge George V. Weimer announced the start during the week of September 30 to avoid inexperienced jurors. Prosecutor Paul M. Tedrow aims to have jurors fully prepared by month’s end.
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Kalamazoo
U.P
Eugene
Pearl Burgess
Etta Fairchild
Circuit Court
George V. Weimer
Paul M. Tedrow
Tedrow
Green accuses Groesbeck era of fund juggling in Michigan
Gov. Fred W. Green charged that during the Groesbeck administration state funds were shuffled monthly to show balances and then returned to their funds. He cited transfers from the highway fund and argued tax collection timing distorts fiscal facts, asserting state finances are healthy despite claims of deficits.
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Lansing
Alexander Groesbeck
Charles J. Deland
Fred W. Green
Deland
Advice On High Blood Pressure From Public Health Service
Washington reports the U S Public Health Service warns against becoming obsessed with hypertension. They say high blood pressure can be relieved or cured with a cheerful outlook and avoiding frequent pressure checks. Treatment should be guided by a competent physician with family doctor advised exercise levels and attention to overall food quantity rather than quality. Drugs are usually discouraged but may be life saving in emergencies.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Evolution Shifts From Sun Interest to Halfbacks This Fall
The article notes a transition in focus from sun related interests last summer to halfbacks this fall, indicating a shift in priorities and possible strategy changes. It references evolving preferences and upcoming plans.
Love Drives Girl From Home To Tobacco Chewer
A curious local saying notes that affection for a man who chews tobacco and eats onions prompts a girl to abandon a comfortable home to be near him, reflecting a quirky moral tale from the era.
Ship builders paid Shearer as observer for Geneva talks
Samuel W. Wakeman testified to a Senate committee that Bethlehem Ship Building and others paid marine expert William B. Shearer more than 25 000 as an observer at the Geneva disarmament conference. Payments were made in cash through attorney Henry Hunter with verbal contracts and no formal records.
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Washington
U.P
William B. Shearer
Senate
Samuel W. Wakeman
Quincy Mass
Bethlehem Ship Building Company
Wakeman
Clinton Bardo
New York Ship Building Company
Shearer
Geneva
Shortridge
Wakenan
Henry Hunter
Atlantic Coast Ship Builders Association
Hunter
Mr. Hunter
United States Shipping Board
Ship Building Board
New York
W. H. Bardo
Frederick P. Palen
Newport News Ship Building Company
Three Bandits Rob Oil Station and Kidnap Woman
Maklar county deputies hunt three armed attackers who robbed 15 dollars from Nellie Marshall at her husband’s oil station in Pontiac. They woke her at midnight, forced her into a car, drove to a side road near Green Oaks, assaulted her, and left her to walk to the Gage home before police were alerted.
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Pontiac
U.P
Maklar County
Nellie Marshall
Mrs. Marshall
Green Oaks
Jarvis Gage
Reputies
Gages
Can
Pure Oil to Erect Employee Homes Near Midland Site
Construction began on foundations for 15 houses planned by Pure Oil for its workers on a tract one mile east and half a mile south of the M-20 Midland intersection. Unconfirmed reports suggest an "oil city" may rise near the Root discovery well. A hard surface road leads from M-20 to the Tomes site.
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Pure Oil Company
Midland-Isabella County
M-20
Tomes
Riverdale Rocked By Oil Tank Fire After Train Wreck
Eight oil tank cars caught fire and exploded after a Pere Marquette train from Muskego wrecked in front of Riverdale station. The blaze destroyed the station and damaged fourteen cars while firemen from Alma and Breckenridge saved the business district. One car was hurled 100 feet and several nearby structures suffered minor injuries from debris.
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Alma
Emre
Muskego
Riverdate
Breckenridge
Itatian
End of Great Music Warns Sir Hamilton Harty
Sir Hamilton Harty warned at Hull that modern music, driven by jazz, is undermining classical tradition. He called it a machine age of music and blamed a mental disease for fans’ tolerance of grotesque, brutal, and sardonic sounds and the decline of enduring composers.
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London
U.P
Hamilton Harty
Congress of Incorporated Association of Organists
Hull
Sir Hamilton
Stick Fatal Ends Life of Wis. Farmer
Andrew Lindberg, a farmer from GALESVILLE Wisconsin, was killed when a stick he threw at a fleeing calf rebounded and pierced his abdomen. The incident occurred Sept 22 and was reported by United Press.
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Galesville
Wis
Andrew Lindberg
Trumbull Bride Weds John Coolidge in Plainville
Florence Trumbull becomes Mrs. John Coolidge at a simple ceremony in Plainville Connecticut. Former President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge attend and 400 guests are invited to a reception at the Trumbull home. Detectors guard $10 000 in wedding presents as the couple’s Amherst friend Stephen Brown serves as best man.
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Plainville
Conn
Florence Trumbull
John Coolidge
New England
Coolidge
Northampton
Irving T. Stevens
Trumbull
Maine
Connecticut National Guard
First Congregational Church
Miss Trumbull
White House
Trumbull Mansion
Stephen Brown
Mass
Amherst
Haggerty Case Remains Unsolved After Trial
Detroit report notes the Wood mystery case continues unresolved as Ralph Wood Cecil Holt and Herbert Sullivan are acquitted of conspiring to kill Ambrose L. Haggerty during a police ambush at Wood's Wyandotte estate. Over 50 witnesses testified over two days. Grace Wood and two aides face assault with intent to kill charges tied to the plot.
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Detroit
U.P
Ambrose L. Haggerty
Wood
Yralph A. Wood
Cecil W. Holt
Herbert Sullivan
Haggerty
Wyandotte
Mich
Grace
Taylor Pierce
William Thompson
Wool
Lone still operator captured after daylight raid
Richard Babcock, 29, alleged lone operator of a large still in the wilderness of Campbell farm, Wise township, is jailed after a Friday raid led by Sheriff Andrew Schertel. Two barrels with 120 gallons of mash and a liquor plant with 100 gallon daily capacity were seized. the operator was unaware of officers' approach until close.
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Richard Babcock
Campbell Farm
Wise Township
Andrew Schertel
Central State Teachers college football ends preseason with scrimmage
The 1929 Central State Teachers College football camp concluded with a morning scrimmage as only twenty players were available. Coach Nowack noted overall improvement but flaws in tackling, blocking, and backfield fumbling remained.
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Central State Teachers College
Nowack
Maroon and Gold
Detroit Tech
U. of M. B’s
Ann Arbor
Central State
U. of Alb
Western State
University of Toledo
Staff Of 22 For 9 Pupils At Lilienthal School
In San Francisco auditors found the Jessa W. Lilienthal School, a correctional institution, has a staff of 22 to teach nine boy pupils 16 students, a principal and five teachers. Under Juvenile Judge Michael Roch the inmate population was reduced from 72. Soon only one teacher will remain and staff will be cut to nine.
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San Francisco
U.P
Opera Bouffe
Jessa W. Lilienthal
Juveile
Michael Roch
Powerful Union Gridiron Team Crushes Locals
A powerful Grand Rapids Union High School eleven debuted in 1929 by defeating Mt. Pleasant 41 to 0. The Red and White used hard-hitting line plunges and two passes in the final quarter, with Cant. Brzowski and Dauksza scoring and extra points.
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Grand Rapids Union High School
Mt. Pleasant
Furniture City
Union
Blue and Gold
Dauksza
Tanis
Cant. Brzowski
Red
White
Warriors
Vurgaitis
Brzowski
Piechocki
Tony Dauksza
Ferris
Spalsbury
Cline
Lowell
Porter A Gilleo Dies at Home at 53
Porter Allen Gilleo 53, longtime Ann Arbor Railway employee, died at his home at 11 30 am Sunday. Born April 19 1876 in Winfield township Montcalm county he worked as Ashley agent 1906 1916 then superintendent of telegraph and car distributor for 18 years at Owosso. Survived by widow Mary Murphey and brother C C Gilleo Grand Rapids. Funeral services Tuesday 2 pm at his home with Masonic rites. interment in Alma mausoleum.
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Porter Allen Gilleo
Ann Arbor Railway Company
Mr. Gilleo
Winfield Township
Montcalm County
Ann Arbor
Ashley
Mt. Pleasant
Ann Arbor Company
Owosso
Mary Murphey
C. C. Gilleo
Grand Rapids
Gilleo
Masonic Order
Alma
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Michigan College of Mines
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Keweenaw Point
Aimee
Detron
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Groesbeck
Leader
Riverdale
Stick Fatal
Boomerang
John
Florence Trurdull
Beargatsen
CARP
Union Gridiron
Ann Arbor Railroad
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