Michigan News Roundup of Fires, Strikes and Trials
A compilation of early 20th century headlines notes an explosion injuring two men in Canton and Cincinnati, a New York state appointee to run a Michigan girls home, prison inmates permitted outside for a game at Riverside Park, blackberries workers striking over pay, multiple court convictions in Cass City and Detroit, and fires against roofing and other plants. Additional items cover government bonuses, train wrecks, drownings in Lake Huron, payroll relief, and various local incidents across Michigan towns including Adrian, Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Pontiac, and Flint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Frances
Hubbell
Hudson
N. Y
Michigan Industrial Home For
Adrian
Groesbéck
Michigan Reformatory
Jonia Independents
Riverside Park
Detroit
Monroe
Justice Cone’ Bank
Cass City
George Quell
Grang Rapids
H. M. Reynolds
Wheater
Michigan
war _department
Battle Creek
John _Kenton
John
Abe
Athion
Axza
Durst
Port Huron
Wayne ‘Publishing :Co
Alice. Jones
Lake Huron
Grayling
Michigan National Guard
Thirty-second Division
France
Muskegon
Mitthigan Supreme Court
Barton
Newaygo County
Judson Bassett
Amanda Carpenter
Bassett
City Welfare Department
City Employment Bureau
Ishpeming
Henry Ford
Imperial Mine
Michigammi
Albert Richards
Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain ‘Water’ Works Co
Michigan Iron, Land and Lumber. Co
George_ M. King
Phillip Hilenstein
Morton
Heston
Sta. Marquette
Ming
Robert “Baldy” Ladell
Howse
Marquette
Charlotte
Will McCrowden
Dutton
Charles Anderson
Vermontville
M. C
Grand Rapids Bank
Adrian—Toro
Baptist Church
C. H. Meyers
Standish
Michigan ‘Central
Mackinac
Alger
West Branch
Rose’ City
Landish
Grand ‘Rapids
County Road Commission
Pontiac
Clinton River
Secretary of State
Theodore J. Richter
Harry Murray
Clifford Street
Sarah Evelyn Dizabeth Lewen
Madame le Granie
Max Ernest
Murray
Lewen
Flint
West Virginia
Michigan Central
Dearborn
August J. Weier
Temperance
Here
Robberson
Sylvania Road
Farm values rise sharply in Washtenaw County 1910 to 1920
Census figures show farm and building values in Washtenaw County climbing from 24.1 million in 1910 to 26.7 million in 1920, a gain of 12.6 million or 52.5 percent. Wheat acreage and harvest increased in 1919 while oats corn and hay declined. horses declined as autos rose. cattle sheep swine varied and tenancy and colored farmers fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw County
Sheen
Better Babies Contest at Michigan State Fair in Detroit
Michigan fair officials announce the Better Babies contest September 2 through 10 at the Detroit fairgrounds. Entrants aged 12 to 36 months compete in five classes with blue ribbon prizes and medical exams, with entries due August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Detroit
BP. Mills Park
Eac
G. W. Dickinson
Christian Science Notes Services at Citi Bank building
church notices announce services in the Citi zens Bank building with a Sunday 10 a.m. session a testimony meeting Wednesday evening and a Sunday school at 11 a.m. Admission to Sunday school is open to pupils under 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Bank
Rat Snap Ad Claims Quick Rodent Kill Near River
An odd ad describes using RAT SNAP to kill a water rat seen near a house two years after moving by a river. The rat reportedly died after darting toward water, with product prices listed as 35e 65e and 1.25, sold and guaranteed by Co. C. Wheeler and E. 3. Muir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C. Wheeler
E. 3. Muir
Fragmented Notes on Wit and Girls in Conversation
A fragmentary remark on clever girls who seem to kiss with an air of theft. The piece hints at social banter and perceptions of charm, noting how a kiss can imply a stolen moment without explicit intent.
Michigan Invited to Attend Drainage Meet
Michigan men interested in draining Swamp lands are invited to attend the National Drainage Congress in St Paul Minnesota on September 23 24 and 25 Prof BE R Jones of Wisconsin and professor H H Musselman of Michigan Agricultural College urge Michigan to join The state has over 5 000 000 acres reclaimable by drainage and counties that have spent most are ready to begin underdrain work The need is state wide and parallels Wisconsin and Minnesota efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
St. Paul
Minn
BE. R. Jones
University of Wisconsin
Congress
H.H. Musselman
Prof
Musselman
Wisconsin
Minnesota
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A. J. Gregg
Ann Arbor
Observer
Joseph L.arnet
A. J. Warren
A. J. Sawyer
William H. Murray
First National BE
Painter’s
A. A. Flag Rag & Carpet Cleaning Company
Broadway
Ana Ériez
B. M. Fersbee
Floyd E. Daggett
the Peoples Abstract Company
the New Company
Nat'l Bank
Firestone
Gus
J. Vogel
West Washington Street
Murdock
Lalley
West
Huron Street
Ann Arbor, Mich
State. News
Petoskey
James Lord
Canton
Frank Tompkins
Cincinnati
Edwin Denby
Secretary of the Navy
Bay City
Holland
Fred Churchill
J. C. Hodges
Jenison Park
Zeeland Road
Henry Stipe
Alvin Hamilton
Stipe
Hamilton
Louis Foster
John Bell
Lexington
Sebewains
Reepter
Michigan Babies
Christian ‘Science Notes
Luke
Herman Heininger
Indiana
Bourbon and
B. V
S , Ay
Singer Sewing Machine CO
Huron, ST
Ypsilanti
Saline Observer