State Champion Horse Pulling Defeated by George Abbott Team
A. D. Vanderbeck's state champion pulling team fell to George Abbott of Elwell as his owned and driven team pulled 22 900 pounds. Vanderbeck's team, from Forest Hill, started but failed to reach the distance in three tries, ending within 9 inches. Gorham Brothers team driven by Myron Davis finished third with 2 800 pounds. A new lighter-class winner, L. Thren’s team pulled 2 450 pounds 18 feet 5 inches, eclipsing E. Foote’s 2 400 pounds 27 feet to take second, with Fred Campbell’s 2 400 pounds 25 feet 6 inches in third.
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George Abbott
Elwell
Abbott
Vanderbeck
Forest Hill
Gorham Brothers
Myron Davis
L. Thren
Broomfield Township
E. Foote
Isabella County
Fred Campbell
Denver Township
Training School Set to Open Monday September 18
The Training School will open Monday September 18 the week before the Normal opening. Enrollment is open in remaining grades including kindergarten first seventh eighth and ninth. No room in second through sixth grades. a waiting list may be created by calling the Training School office. phone 283. No tuition, books and supplies provided. Faculty includes P G Lantz superintendent Miss Frances Farnham principal junior high school Miss Margaret Koopman history and geography junior high school Miss Florence Meyer English junior high school Miss Edna Heilbronn sixth grade.
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P. G.lantz
Frances Farnham
Margaret Koopman
Florence Meyer
Edna Heilbronn
Dairy Cow Auction Listings At Mt Pleasant Sale
Auction notices list sales Saturday Sept 4 at the Cement Feed Barn Mt Pleasant. J K Seafuss sells a carload of Holstein and Guernsey cows starting 1 00 oclock with Davis and McCall as auctioneers. See list on page 12. Next week announces Reybert and Willey conducted a pure bred and high grade dairy cattle auction with details in the following issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Seafuss
Mt. Pleasant
Guernsey
Davis and McCall
Reybert and Willey
Coal Miners Stick Says Local Man
A Pennsylvania coal mining region suffers from a prolonged strike with few leaving the country. BEF Collins says miners out of work are holding on after a three week trip to DuBois Oil City and nearby towns. He notes Saturday store crowds in the strike area but overall dull business. Continued on page 6.
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Pennsylvania
Bef Collins
Collins
Phil
DuBois
Oil City
Akron
Ohio
Eric
Cleveland
Toledo
Mt. Pleasant
Inspection of County Roads Begins Tour of System Check
County officials launched the annual inspection tour to assess road conditions and future needs. The party will cover every mile of the county road system through the week, including the road commission, board committees, clerk Perry Thompson, clerk Bert W. Shangle, and engineer Merle Johnson. Progress includes 17 more miles of gravel in Isabella county and the erection of numerous direction and mileage signs hand lettered by A. W. Keith of Mt. Pleasant.
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County Board of Supervisors
County Road Commission
Board of Supervisors
Perry Thompson
Bert W. Shangle
Merle Johnson
Isabella County
A. W. Keith
Mt. Pleasant
Bean blight shows little damage in Isabella County
The bean blight is not worse than in typical years in Isabella County say local elevator men. William Francis of the Isabella County Farmer's Grain Co notes the blight does not harm the crop more than in other years. E B Hepker of Mt Pleasant Produce Co adds he has not heard complaints from farmers recently.
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Isabella
William Francis
Isabella County Farmer’s Grain Company
E. B. Hepker
Mt. Pleasant Produce Company
Well Contract Signed for Mt. Pleasant Water Plant
Officials of Harmon Ness of Indianapolis signed a contract to install a new water well in Mt. Pleasant at a cost of $11,500. Well-digging equipment arrived and work began the following day. Details appeared in last week's Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon- Ness Company
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mt. Pleasant
New Atwater Kent radios offer low prices and detector tubes
Durfee Realty Co advertises new Atwater Kent radios at low prices. The notice promotes the new detector tube for sets and a complete stock of tube batteries B Eliminators and all radio supplies. Phone 52 Mt Pleasant 6941-421fA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwater Kent
Durfee. Realty Co
Mt. Pleasant
Ernest Cameron Nominated for State Superintendent at Detroit Convention
Local supporters in Isabella County back Ernest Cameron formerly of Mt. Pleasant for the state superintendent of public instruction. Cameron is secretary treasurer of the State Teachers Association with offices in Lansing. Born in Sherman City he began teaching in Isabella rural schools and served as county school commissioner. His retirement fund work is cited as gaining teachers’ solid backing statewide.
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Isabella County
Ernest Cameron
Mt. Pleasant
State Teachers’ Association
Lansing
Detroit
Myr. Cameron
Sherman City
Sherman Township
Central Normal
Cameron
Michigan
Additions near completion at court house
The courthouse additions begun last May are expected to finish around September 7. Plastering started Wednesday and fireproof vaults will be installed once they arrive. Contractor A D MacRae reports 6 to 8 men have worked on the project since May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
A. D. MacRae
Auto wreck claims life of two year old boy
An accident near Mt. Pleasant left Junior Torpey dead after the car driven by Mrs. J A Torpey Jr flipped into a ditch. Four year old Eileen sustained serious facial injuries. other occupants escaped serious harm as the mother and relatives were shaken by the crash.
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J. A. Torpey, Jr
Junior
Eileen
Cecil Haight Tarpey
Tarpey
Austin
Bay City
Fair Week Racers Set for Saginaw 100 Lap Race
At Saginaw on Labor Day Sam and Elvin Ross of Isabella county will race in the fourth annual 100 lap event. Sam Ross, 1925 state champion, defends his title with a new car. Trials begin at noon, final start at 3 p m with over a dozen trial entrants and seven starters for the final. Records likely to fall after recent fast times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Sam
Elvin Ross
Isabella County Fair
Sam Ross
Mt Pleasant man John Snelenberger dies after brief illness
John B. Snelenberger aged 67 of Mt Pleasant died at his East Broadway home Friday night after a illness of less than a week. He had been district manager for the Lansing State Journal in Clare Isabella and northern Gratiot counties during seven years in Mt Pleasant. Born in 1869 on a farm in Paulding County Ohio he previously resided in Angola Indiana and was a traveling representative for the Duluth Herald.
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John B. Snelenberger
Mt. Pleasant
East Broadway
Mt Pleasant
Snelenberger
Lansing
Clare
Isabella
Gratiot County
Paulding County
Ohio
Angola
Indiana
Duluth
High School Enrollment Expected to Surpass Last Year
Enrollment may exceed 900 as the city schools begin their first semester on Tuesday September 7. The high school will use a revised schedule to handle many country and village students. All students above eighth grade from Winn will transfer to the local high school and inquiries keep Supt. George E. Gannard optimistic about a large enrollment.
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Winn
George E. Gannard
Local Doctor Loses Coat With Drugs
Dr C D Pullen reports his coat stolen from his car in front of his office on Friday evening. He suspects a drug addict targeted the coat for morphine doses and notes items like his state issued driver's license a hypo dermic with morphine and his pocket clinical record were inside. He says the thief can keep the coat but hopes the containing items are returned.
New Enamel Factory to Open in Mt Pleasant on Labor Day
A. J. Smith of the American Enameled Products Co announces a public inspection day at the new Mt. Pleasant plant on Labor Day. Machines and equipment are being moved from Chicago and trained workers will arrive next week for on site demonstrations and operator training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
American Enameled Products Company
A. J. Smith
Chicago
American Enameled Products Co
Mt. ‘Pleasant
Mr. Smith
Isabella fair draws large crowds to exhibits
Throbs of fair week filled the industrial building as crowds toured booths prepped by local merchants. Gover's Wholesale Supply Co displayed school supplies and athletic goods while Ray Austin showcased electric motors, washers, refrigerators, and vacuum cleaners.
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Gover's Wholesale Supply Co
Ray Austin
Prize Winners in Isabella County Fair Stock and Poultry Divisions
Partial list announced by Clerk Frank N. Brownson names A. H. Blakesley of Alma as first in boar 1 year and sow 18 month, with multiple first and second places across boar and sow classes. Horses not included due to entry-book review pending.
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Isabella County Fair
Frank N. Brownson
A. H. Blakesley
Alma
Gessow
Deflation of Prices Hits Dakota Farmers
Harry G. Gover reports widespread price declines in the Dakota territory causing economic gloom. His party including Mr and Mrs Gover Ruth Gover and Mr and Mrs C S Bentley traveled west starting August 11 after Harold Bentley wed Ethyl Moody. They visited Devil's Lake and the Dells in Wisconsin before reaching Mt Pleasant on the return trip.
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Dakota Territory
Harry G. Gover
Ruth Gover
C. S. Bentley
Harold Bentley
Ethyl Moody
Ludington
Mich
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
Devil’s Lake
Dells
Wisconsin River
Mt. Pleasant
Mt Pleasant to Host North Michigan School Chiefs Conference
The Northwest Michigan Round Table will hold a two day meeting in Mt. Pleasant on Friday and Saturday September 17 18. About sixty school executives from Clare Isabella counties Big Rapids to Mackinaw City and Mt. Pleasant east to Lake Michigan will attend. Supt George B Garnard directs local preparations with Supt George Wiley and Horace Kaake president of the Round Table.
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Northwest Michigan Round Table
Mt. Pleasant
Mt Pleasant
George BE. Garnard
George Wiley
Albary
Suph Horace Kaake
Harbor Springs
Central Normal
Round Table
Northwest Michigan
Big Rapids
Mackinaw City
Lake Michigan
Clare
Isabella
Jail Used as Hospital for Accident Victim Joe Coleman
Joe Coleman, seriously injured when his car left the Chippewa near the Red Bridge, lay in Isabella county jail two days before friends moved him to his Deerfield township home Monday night. He had been transported from a local doctor’s office after the county hospital was overfull.
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Joe Coleman
Isabella County
Red Bridge
Chippewa
Deerfield Township
Friends
County Teachers Fall Round-Up Set for September 11 at Mt Pleasant
The County Teachers fall round up will be held at Mt. Pleasant High School at 10 a.m. EST on September 11, 1926. The meeting will review the new child accounting system with supplied forms. Professor Smith of Central Michigan Normal School and Mr. Ford of Public Instruction will present. CG. N. VANGE Isabella County School Commissioner.
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Mt. Pleasant High School
Smith
Gentral Michigan Normal School
Ford
Department of Public Instruction
CG. N. Vange
Isabella County
Two Mt Pleasant Papers Consolidate Under One Name
News houses Mt Pleas ant Times and Isabella County Enterprise merge after negotiations between Fred Goodrich T Q O Huckle and Bert M Gould. Enterprise publication suspended this week as the unified paper pledges to offer a larger stronger weekly in Mt Pleasant Michigan.
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Fred Goodrich
T. Q O. Huckle
Mt. Pleasant Times
Bert.m. Gould
Isabella County Enterprise
Enterprise
Michigan
Union Club Meeting Set for September At Gover Home
On Thursday September 9 Union club members will meet at the N. D. Gover home. A pot luck dinner will be served promptly at noon followed by a welcome address by Mr. Gover and music. The afternoon will feature games and stunts led by Prof. M. A. Cobb.
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Union Club
N. D
Auto displays draw crowds at county fair
Crowds flocked to the county fair auto displays featuring 126 and 1927 models in three tents. J F Battle Motor Sales housed Buick cars while Chevrolet and Ford lines occupied separate tents with open and closed models and a Ford pavilion. A notable exhibit showed every Michigan license plate from 1908 to 1926.
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Igabella
J. F. Battle Motor Sales Co
Buick
Chevrolet
Ford Motor Co
Floyd W. Johnson
Ford
Fordsons
H. H. Anderson
Alma
State of
Michigan
Nash, Hackett & Carroll - Sales
Dodge and Graham Truck
Overland and
Willys-Knight
Hudson-Essex
Charles H. Wool Worth
Studebaker
Notice to Voters Absent Ballot and Registration Deadline
All those not registered must register by Saturday September 4. Residents who moved precincts should re register before election day. Those away on election day may apply now for an Absent Voters Ballot. F Brownson, Clerk, 40ti A advertisement.
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F. Brownson
Clerc
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Span
Waterloo
City
Saginaw Meet
Irgunen
LEGAL
Lansing State. Journal
Enameled Products Company
Stock and Poultry Division
Fair Association
Gover
Middle West
County
MT. .Pleasant
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