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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1926
Page
4
Sunday visits span Alma Flint Detroit Saginaw and Bay City with relatives and friends including the Rock Lake cluster. Local incidents include a wrist injury from a fall and several trips to Toledo Saginaw Grand Rapids and Pontiac amid community gatherings and a Crystal Lake Presbyterian picnic.
Riverdale residents report visits across Michigan and Ontario including Judson Kings in Shepherd and Laura Ewald in Port Elgin Ontario. The column notes illnesses and hospitalizations such as Agnes Carnier and James Willoughby, with several families hosting relatives and friends over weekends.
Lansing August 12 Four proposed amendments to the Michigan constitution will go before voters in November. Only one, raising legislators pay from 800 to 1200 dollars per session with extra session pay up to 10 dollars a day, is expected to draw major interest. Other measures would allow sheriffs to serve more than two consecutive terms, permit metropolitan districts for bonds and utilities, and let cities condemn more land for public improvements to profit from increased values.
A reflective saying notes that a person is not old until they lose the desire to join the navy. It contrasts differing life stages with longing for adventure and the meaning of age.
Udine Aug. 12 The village of Venzone revels in ancient mummies in its cathedral and graveyard. Local authorities seek permission to inter bodies in church grounds. Napoleon allegedly studied the vaults in 1807. Over twenty mummies remain preserved, due to natural soil properties and a hydrogen carbonate gas creating a mould that absorbs humors.
A terse note states shock relief returns a Seattle man’s voice and a divorce settles disputes, implying personal autonomy restored after conflict. The text contrasts personal agency with others retaining theirs, suggesting a broader social message.
Mrs Arnold Stutting travels to Walkerville for a vacation with Mrs S C Safford and her daughter Helen. Henry Reed of Toledo joins the group for a time.
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Flaugher Homer Moses and Myrtle Lynch spent Sunday at Blue Lake. Mrs. Marie Coddin of Mt Pleasant visits her sister Mrs. Joe Brewer. Stansell children have whooping cough. Mrs. George Morrison and Raymond Marie and Bernice of Saginaw spent the weekend here. The married folks party was well attended and enjoyed by all.
Minnie Dela Coomer spent Wednesday with Mrs Layton Taylor. Laura Jones works for Mrs Gerald Smith. Mrs Ed Smith called on Mrs Layton Taylor Friday. Lattie Hoge of Mr Pleasant called on Mr and Mrs Layton Taylor Wednesday. The Taylors received a long letter last week from their nephew Charles Patterson who is in Singapore. He is in the
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