Pere Marquette Road In Move For New Trial
The divorce mill moved swiftly this week with five clerked decrees in two suits. Gerald F. Wilcox was granted a divorce from Ruth Wilcox and Joseph Malusch was separated from Katie Malusch with a one dollar property settlement. Myrtle Rowland was granted a divorce from Fred H. Rowland with a one dollar settlement. Abel Mosher regained her maiden name Mabel DeWitt in a separation suit from Clinton Mosher. Gladys Howard won custody of her child and a two dollar fifty cent weekly support until further order in her divorce from Glenn Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald F. Wilcox
Ruth Wilcox
Joseph Malusch
Katie Malusch
Myrtle Rowland
Fred H. Rowland
Abel Mosher
Mabel DeWitt
Clinton Mosher
Gladys Howard
Glenn Howard
Auxiliary and Legion Meet in Fine District
Mrs. Eva Spaulding spoke on Women's Emotions During the Way as Joseph Schnitzler James Hunt Frank Johnson Emma Nieman and Rose Thompson from Bay City participated. The groups planned the Higgin Lake cottage site and elected district officers for the coming year led by Commander Richard Hodges and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Spaulding
Auxiliary
Joseph Schnitzler
James Hunt
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Johnson
Bay City
Emma Nieman
State Auxiliary
Rose Thompson
The
Legion
Higgins Lake
Richard Hodges
Ernest O. Andrews
West Branch
Jerry Bjerke
Man
Father John Mulvey
Pleasant
Jos
Bark
Royal Barringer
Midland
Budge
Breckenridge
St Johns and Clare Take Leads in Track Meet
St Johns High and Clare won the track contest with multiple event wins. Names such as Clare Ovid Breckenridge Mt. Pleasant and East Tawas appear across sprints and field events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns High
Clare
Tance
Cramer
St. Johns
Tripp
Petoskey
Bailey
Mt. Pleasant
Local Track Relay Records Noted In Corunna Meet
Scant details show Discus Bouck Corunna and Black La peer Brown Belding competing in a distance event of 108 feet 6 inches, indicating field measurements and notable performances at the meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Clare
Casler
Ovid
Malleck
Breckenridge
Johnson
Reema Clare
Koshi
Bouch
Corunna
Hackett
Thornton
Soules
Belding
Packett
Hickerk
Brown
Clark
Henderics
Bailey
Bouck
Pitzlincek
Evans
East Tawns
Knapp
Marlette
Potter
Lapeer
Hewson
Hast
Tawas
Smith
East Tawas
Siglin
Moore
Odd and Interesting Facts From Around the World
A miscellany notes that The Deserted Village is highly quoted by authorities, Ontario requires poultry sale reports after thefts, Norwegians and Lapps neighbor Europe, Galileo used sand pipes, radium energy could lift heavy weights, a lion’s paw stroke ranks just behind whale tail and giraffe kick, trees guide compass points, moss favors north, South-facing limbs grow large, and Parnell disliked green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver’ Goldsmith
Welland County
Ontario
Europe
Galileo
Parnell
Of Interest To Women and Lifeboat Service Highlight
The Ontario minimum wage board collected over 17000 for girl employees from noncompliant employers with 3000 from one industry given to 150 girls. Emma Christman became a board of governors member for the Portland Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Banking. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution thanked 35 Northumberland lifeboat women who dragged the lifeboat in a blizzard last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Emma Christman
Portland
Ore
American Institute of Banking
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Northumberland
Women receive modern knighthood and Dutch matrimonial reform
The text notes first women to be named by the Order of the British Empire, marking a milestone in 1917. It also describes a Dutch movement to improve married women’s status, highlighting laws that limit a wife’s property rights and grant husband control over assets and children’s education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the
Netherlands Society of Women Citizens
Alma College Holds Graduation Week 1926
Alma College in Alma held graduation week for 40 seniors of the class of 1926. President H. M. Crooks delivered the baccalaureate address at the Presbyterian church. Final chapel, honors, the senior play You and I, the senior promenade, and the commencement exercises in the memorial gym completed the week with Charles A. Richmond delivering the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
United Press
Alma College
Pres. H. M. Crooks
Presbyterian Church
Philip Barry
Memorial Gymnasium
Charles A. Richmond
D. D
Ll.d
Union College
Union University
Schenectady, N. Y
Marriage License Applications Named In Mt Pleasant and Rosebush
Charles E. Tygart 34 Mt. Pleasant Nora K. Valentine 23 Mt. Pleasant Lloyd B. Spaulding 34 Rosebush Laura M. Conner 32 Mt. Pleasant One who claims to be a perfect 36 is not speaking of her age. Some boys are small for their age. So are some men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Tygart
Mt. Pleasant
Nora K. Valentine
Lloyd B. Spaulding
Rosebush
Laura M. Conner
Aunt Emmy Warns Mrs Norris on Platinum Stock Scam
In a dialog with Aunt Emmy, Mrs Norris recalls an offer to invest bonds in a platinum mine promising repurchase. Aunt Emmy warns against unverified promises and urges banking consultation. An evening paper reveals the mining firm faces fraud indictments, tying the scam to the stock seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Mrs. Norris
Mr. Stanhope
Emmy
Stanhope
Junior
Barnes
Mrs. Norrig
Elberta Peach Favorite in Michigan Survey
Lansing reports a Michigan survey on peach growing showing the Elberta variety dominating with 56.1 percent, followed by New Prolific at 6.5 percent. Interplanting with apples has declined to 34.6 percent, while 65.4 percent of trees are grown alone. The piece ends with a stray line about hosts and lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
United Press
Michigan
Mt Pleasant Markets Grain and Livestock Prices
Corrected market list shows grain and beans prices with wheat, light red kidney and dark red kidney beans, barley, buckwheat. Live poultry and eggs include prices for hens, spring chickens, heavy roosters, butter, butter fat, potatoes per bushel with small cent ranges. Local market figures reflect cattle veal calves pork dressed weights and stock items.
Humorous Reflections on Law and Society
A wry, clipped monologue mocks cynics and husbands. It jokes that a wife always wants a husband home earlier and critics claim men should pay up. It implies distrust of self styled reformers and jokes about women regulators and political bosses in a free country.
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Pere Marquette Road
Auxiliary and Legion
Dolores Costello
Vicks
Java
Tobey
Redner
Ecki
Mt. Pleasant Rendering Co
Fisher
Duco
General Motors
Pontiac
Oakland
Martin Naames
Mt. Pleasant, Mich
Pat
Mrs
Frank Owen
Broadway
Franklin
Gover’s
H.S
Gover’s Campus Store
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Ladies’ Union
Briggan
Children’s Sox
Wsing Revuer
Economy Department
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