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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
13
An old Black man is hired to a street cleaning post in a Tennessee town with a White supervisor. The supervisor pushes for constant work, leaving the veteran exhausted while the boss claims the job is to keep him busy. The piece ends with the old man pondering the supervisor's role.
In a dramatic hotel lobby scene two well dressed women argue over the meaning of chatting. The house detective insists they are hens while the stenographer calls them ladies. The piece satirizes the so called refined art of gossip and its harm.
The fragment speaks of children seeking toys and fleeting joy. It contrasts playful wishes with the later disappointment of broken toys, echoing Ella W. Wilcox’s line about unreason and temporary pleasures.
A domestic guide outlines using fresh vegetables and fruits in summer, with less meat and desserts. It recommends dates figs raisins nuts ices and ice cream, and suggests a freezer friendly approach for wholesome treats. It also offers a light warm weather veal preparation with small steps and simmering.
Basil Harper employed by J. T. Brown in Verone. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Burch visited the former mother in Clare Sunday. Mrs. Kittie McIntosh attended the funeral of aunt Mrs. Fannie Munger at Farwell. Geo. Bach attended funeral of Edward Allen at the home of Ivan McIntosh in Vernon. Prayer meeting at the Sharland home. Jane Purdy and Reginald McBride of Flint weekend visitors of Al Purdy. Gordon McIntosh drove Mrs. D. Wilkie and family to Bay City Sunday. Sadie Connors called to Saginaw for funeral of John Wager's mother. Miss Maggie Ward of Clare visiting nephew Wm Hawkins.
Word has been received that Hubert Sellers of Lansing is in hospital and quite ill. Many relatives and friends visited homes across the area including Mr and Mrs William Sellers and Mr and Mrs Roy Strong. A party at the James Wood home honored their daughter with about sixty attendees.
Mt Pleasant area residents hosted visitors and relatives over the weekend. Churchgoers at Coomer heard Mrs Ledford speak with praise. Local families including the Bellingars and Christie discussed health concerns and farm work. Anson Bellingar delivered veal calves to Millbrook. A New York case involved a man struck with a hammer losing his voice. Singers beware.
A sequence of social visits fills a weekend as Mr and Mrs Jasper Snider host relatives from Flint Rose Bush and Detroit. Visitors include Andrew Nevill from South Vernoa, Roy Walters from Oxford, and many others staying with or visiting the Sniders and Bolens, with extended family across Coleman Alma Mt. Pleasant and Hinkleville.
Vernon Mr and Mrs Clarence Egbert of Ann Arbor resorting at Lake were Sunday callers at the Thomas Bolen home. J Walter and Gladys Butts of Saginaw spent Saturday night and Sunday at the Andrew Irvin home. Andrew Irwin Jr is spending a few days this week in Midland. Ruth Myers came home Monday night from Ypsilanti to spend her vaca
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