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Newspaper

Mount Pleasant Times

Location

Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1926

Page

8

Sunday visits and picnic announced at Jones Landing

Grant. Curtiss and family of Winn spent Sunday at the Elmer Bellingar home. Oren Bellingar and family were at Lucious Bellingar's. Clint Jones and son from Brinton called on neighbors. Sunday callers at Oren Bellingar's included C. A. Carr Weidman James Curtiss Freeman Curtiss and William Richardson. Union Sunday school picnic will be at Jones Landing this week Thursday. John Christie returned from Ann Arbor last Friday. Freeman Curtiss returned home Saturday from New York. Mr. and Mrs. Van Alstine were Pleasant callers Saturday afternoon.

Grant. Curtiss Winn Elmer ‘Bellingar Oren Bellingar Lucious Bellingar Clint Jones Brinton C. A. Carr Weidman Jones’ Landing John Christie Ann Arbor Freeman Curtiss New York Mrs. van Alstine

Community Notes From South Rosebush

Mrs Wesley McKnight recovering after a serious operation. Mrs John Neff visited Sanford for huckleberries. Mrs George Nolan returned home after several days in Saginaw. Mr and Mrs Pete Mogg of Mt. Pleasant spent Sunday in the area.

Wesley McKnight John Neff Sanford George Nolan Saginaw Pete Mogg Mt. Pleasant

Local residents share Sunday visits and notices in Saginaw area

Miss Velma and Tlorence Mc Knight visited in Saginaw on Sunday. Mrs. Marie House and Mrs. Dorothy House returned home from Chesaning after weeks of visiting relatives. Several locals hosted callers at Layton Taylor and Jones households. Mrs. Frank Emery and children from Lansing visited her parents. Pearlie Taylor returned to Detroit after a four week stay. Shhroeder gave a Sunday school talk after services. The primary department at Center S. S. will sing next Sunday morning.

Velma Tlorence McKnight Saginaw Marie and Dorothy House Chesaning Gerald. Smith Elmer Jones Layton Taylor Edd Miller Liew Ackerman Gladys Elmer Judson Sealand Taylor Frank Emery Lansing John Cristle Pearlie. Taylor Annie Bolton Staveley Mt. Pleasant Bert Staveley Center S. S

Walton Corners Farm Helpers Assist In Hay Harvest

Orrin First and Preston Johnson helped on the Harry Johnson farm near Marion last Friday to take in hay. Colman Lewis of Lansing spent the weekend at home while Ina Allen drove to Big Rapids.

Orrin Preston Johnson Harry Johnson Marion Colman Lewis Lansing Ina Allen Big Rapids

Local Social Notes From Caldwell to Merrill and Toledo

Glen Smiley traveled to Toledo to assist in a dance hall remodel in Coldwater Lake. Mr and Mrs John McMahon of Merrill visited Mrs McMahon’s sister Mrs William Miller and family Sunday. Miss Orpha Belle Roberts is noted as a writer.

Coldwater Lake John McMahon Merrill McMahon’s Wm. Miller Orpha Belle Roberts

Event in town ends with friends gathering at Jesse Couser

A fragment notes that several friends attended a gathering last Friday evening at Jesse Couser, with limited additional details available from the readable text.

Jesse Couser

Lansing Families Visit Abbott and Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Courger and family and Mr. Hunt and family of Lansing visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Abbott. Mr. and Mrs. Green called on Mrs. Smith Sunday.

Camp Meeting Attendees Include Bayes Brunner Bryant Families

The Bayes Brunner and Bryant families along with Leo and Loraine Flory attended a camp meeting near Gladwin on Sunday. Edward and Jay Kennedy were at Houghton and Bight Point Lakes.

Bayes Brunner Bryant Leo Loraine Flory Gladwin Edward Jay Kennedy Houghton and Bight Point Lakes

Community Notes Show Visits and Milestones Across Town

Maynard Tanner visits Mt. Pleasant with a host of relatives including Bert Hill Mary Baldwin Weller Gilmore and Imhoff families for birthday and anniversary celebrations. A proposal to name a new municipal housing project for Lady St Helier is noted. Other items mention a Rhinelander boating incident a caution about borrowing money and a Kew garden expedition from Edmonton Alberta. Jane Austen manuscript facts conclude the roundup.

Maynard Tanner Bert Hill Mary Baldwin Mt. Pleasant Weller Gilmore Detroit Clara Mae Imhoff Lakeview Jacob Imhoff Harold A. M. Gilmore Mac Imhoff Maynard Gilmore Bernice McKinnon ɢF Clare Rhinelander Wis Kew Garden Edmonton Alberta Arctic Circle Canada Alaska Jane Austen British Museum

Ford three-engined monoplane makes successful test flight

The Ford three-engined monoplane completed a first flight of 655 minutes after liftoff from Ford Airport with pilot R W Schroeder. Henry Ford and executives witnessed. A second flight of 45 minutes followed amid a large crowd including officials from National Air Transport Colonial Airways Western Air Express and others. The design emphasizes safety passenger comfort and forward vision with a larger cabin eight passenger capacity and separate freight room. Landing gear uses rubber disc cushions to prevent rebound.

R. W. Schroeder Ford Schoreder Henry Ford Edsel Ford Ford Ece National Air Transport Company Chicago Colonial Airways Company Boston Western Air Express Company Ls Angeles Eduwy Jo ‘Aundumioo Skenary Epiuaygt Fort Meyers Detroit Cleveland

When Machines Take Over a Steel Mill

The narrator wanders a vast steel plant watching overhead cranes, cutting machines, cooling floors, and fiery furnaces hum with minimal human labor. He recalls Ruskin’s prophecy of time-saving machines reducing people to near-slavery while outer traffic of bridges and locomotives emphasizes a world of relentless industrial motion.

Piranesi Butler Ruskin

Fordson Rescues Ida Kansas Newspaper From Short Circuit

The Ida Kansas Daily Register moved into a new plant with modern machinery when a short circuit burned the city transformer fuse delaying press start. Editor praised Henry Ford and local Ford dealer Frank McCarthy for a Fordson tractor rescue by belt splice and wheel removal ending the outage.

Register Frank “McCartney Fordson Roy Warner Henry Ford Dearborn ‘Independent Independent Iola Daily Register Dearborn Independent Fordson Power The Someboy Frank McCarthy Ford Pitcure

Ford Model T Powers Robinson Ventilating Kiln Accelerators

The Robinson Ventilating company of Pittsburgh and Harmony, Pa, integrated a Ford Model T power unit into their brickkiln accelerators after trials. They found the gasoline engine reliable for continuous 24 hour operation five to six days, performing as well as initial tests and plan to outfit all kilns with the Model T unit.

Robinson Ventilating Pittsburgh Harmony Pennsylvania Robinson Ford Motor Ford Robinson Company

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Coomer Glen Smiley Toledo Lady St. Helier London County Council Honolulu Emerosa Kansas Ida, Kansas Daily Register Pire Mobil Oils America Floyd H. Johnson Ford Sales and Service MT Pleasant
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