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Newspaper
Mount Pleasant Times
Location
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
2
A long string of Coleman locals and friends visit relatives and friends in Bentley Saginaw Midland Flint Mt. Pleasant Clare Farwell and Detroit while others host travelers from Canandaigua Kalamazoo Battle Creek and Detroit. The notices list dozens of gatherings including funerals commencements visits and a constant stream of travel between Coleman and nearby towns.
Edward Decker, sick with erysipelas, is improving. W Fitzpatrick and L McQueen host visitors. Roy Miller shops with Pleasant neighbors. Mrs. Oscar Luce cares for her ailing mother Mrs. Wright. Fern Taylor visits Mt. Pleasant aunt Mrs. Ralph Woodard. Floyd and L McQueen visit Lansing parents. Mrs. Warick returns from three weeks in Detroit.
Funeral services were held Monday at 10:00 am in St. Patrick's Church Irishtown for Mrs Bridgett Duffy. Rev Father McNeil officiated. A number of old friends from Mt Pleasant attended the service.
A drive to the south part of Chase county Kansas took ten days, as stated by the Crocker Brothers. They claim bringing the herd to Kansas for summer costs 30 to 40 percent less than rail transportation.
Sealed proposals are due July 1 1926 at 2 00 pm EST at the Isabella County Road Commission Mt Pleasant Michigan for grading three miles of road in Nottawa Township beginning at the corner of sections 16 16 21 22 and running north between sections 16 15 9 10 3 4 to the corner of sections 3 4 Nottawa and 33 34 Gilmore Township. A $200 certified check accompanies each bid and the right to reject any or all bids is reserved. Signed Co R Converse Chairman.
In Matfield Green Kansas United Press reports Flint Hills cattle men revive cattle trailing as an economical move. Crocker Brothers moved over 2500 head from Osage Oklahoma to Chase and Butler counties Kansas, following traditional trail routes.
President Arthur Bernardes, after 3.5 years in office, urges moving Brazil’s capital from Rio de Janeiro to a Goiás center. He cites constitutional provisions for a future capital in Goiás and argues funds now spent on Rio should cover relocation costs.
Central Normal alumni re-elected officers at the annual meeting. Officers named are President Philip M. Keen Bay City. vice-president Norris Hanks Marine City. secretary Mrs Glen Porterfield Owosso. treasurer Frank K E Robinson Mt. Pleasant. Class of 16 held its decade reunion with a noon picnic and an evening commencement dinner and dance.
Mabel Mosher was granted a divorce from Clinton Mosher in circuit court last week and will resume the name Mabel Devitt from her prior marriage.
A craft note suggests using calendars as decorative covers for wall paper blemishes. The tip emphasizes practical aesthetics and simple DIY adaptation.
John Brenner drives to Mt Pleasant with Ari Hungerford and John Brenner. Del Deming's three youngest children had measles last week. Tuesday visitors to Lewis Gray included Andrew Alexander Jay Cobb Rena Hungerford and Celia Brenner. Union Aid in Riverdale drew Mrs Lewis Gay and Willis Cobb on Wednesday. Otsego’s Edward Achenbach spent days at the Hungerford home. Allie Beebe and daughter Rena visited Rena Hungerford Thursday afternoon. Ari Hungerford and family and Achenbachs called at Ben Clifford’s Wednesday evening. Barney Duffy died at home after a long illness Saturday. Wallace Parks Delilah Keep and her daughter from Lansing stayed at Uri Hungerford’s Saturday night. Dell Deming’s family visited Robert Morse Sunday evening. Mary Hungerford’s Sunday visitors included Uri Hungerford and family Elias and Ben Hungerford, Ben Clifford, Delilah Keep and Wallace Parks. Jeff Hall hosted guests from Boyne City and De Sunday. Frank Deming and son Harold visited nearby over the weekend. John Brenner and family and Rosebush’s John Neff spent Sunday at Stevenson Aire. Ari Hungerford’s group Delilah Keep and Wallace Parks called at R D Cobb and Ben Clifford homes Saturday evening.
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