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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
3
Washington readers witness a lull as the Senate House and Supreme Court recess. Few senators and representatives remain, offices quiet, doors locked, and guides lead tourists through a nearly empty Capitol. Population drops as workers disperse coast to coast. activity returns when Congress reconvenes.
Notes recall roller polo traceable to Newport in 1874 as trials begin August 9 to choose the US Davis Cup tennis team. Pittsburgh marked as early to provide boxing instruction to police and John J. McGraw begins his 25th year as New York Giants manager. Tri-State League ends its first half season.
NEA reporter Lorma Duff notes Pan American Canal swimmers in town performing exhibitions. A mermaid-like act features hands and feet shackled and submerged, then surfaced with the chains removed. The piece also touches on Reds leading NL first half and golf sandwich habit of Gene Sarazen, plus snippets on British amateur athletics, boxing tactic, Paris horse racing pools, and New York dry cleaners’ strikes during watermelon season.
William F Miller and wf to Eliza C Ray transfer part of section 29 Rolland two for 1650. Virginia E Richter to Lena Harig lot 11 block 12 Normal School add to Mt Pleasant for 500. Edwin Howard to William C Leach and Daniel Leach part of section 29 Broomfield two for 75. Albert M Slocum to Blanche E Brown half of section 12 Denver two for 476. Jacob Kunkel and Anna to George Kunkel sw 1 4 of se 1 4 section 7 Nottawa two for 1. Dwight Durnin and Irene to Michael Mahaney west half of se 1 4 and northeast 1 4 of se 1 4 section 30 Tsabella two for 1. Malcom Wardrop and Margaret Wardrop to John and Garrie Gaugier lot 8 block 6 Brown and Leaton add to Mt Pleasant for 1. Marriage licenses list multiple couples from Mt Pleasant and surrounding towns. Estate matters include numerous probate actions and guardian accounts.
In historical notes of interest to women the earliest wrist watch is linked to Queen Elizabeth I as a ruby and diamond bracelet presented by the Earl of Leicester in 1672. The piece also recalls Louisa May Alcott's early acting ambitions and Manchester England naming a schoolhouse The Betty Kjelsberg House in honor of a notable woman.
Eleven new buildings are needed for a Plymouth women's prison. Four new oil wells started in Saginaw district. More than forty prosecutions for careless forest fire settings under the Hartman act. Thirty-eight large American airplanes took off from Ford Airport Dearborn. Midland Sun notes a hardware store still stocks four horsewhips. Peppermint oil half the world supply produced in Michigan. Oscoda County shows the smallest school population, with 584 students, among several counties listed with low enrollments.
A Buffalo New York woman reported a theft inside a church where the suspect, who should have been attentive to the sermon, fled the scene after the robbery. Local police are reviewing surveillance and seeking witnesses.
Eaton Rapids alumni fund a war memorial with a heavy stone boulder and a bronze inscribed table for World War dead. A foundation is under way and the project preserves names on a massive stone.
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