August 1898 Community News From Manitou Beach To Lansing
Local notes report a birthday party at Manitou Beach for Mrs Eva Hollaway. Grover Wimble rents Parson and Dodge gas station from Art Armbruster. Chautauqua opens Friday August 17. Births: a son to Mr and Mrs George W Cook. a daughter to Mr and Mrs S A Marken. Various visits and travels noted including Miss Amanda Muir in Detroit and A A Wood with son Roscoe to Niagara Falls. threshing noted with 651 bushels in five hours. Matthew Schittenheim dies at 74. Residents visiting and staying with relatives across region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Layike Gil Clldrsa
Manitou Beach
Eva Hollaway
Grover Wimble
Parson and Dodge
Art Armbruster
Chautauqua
Plumis
Imp West
Clinton
S. H. Wheelock
George W. Cook
A. Marken
Louis
F Lutz
Byron
Amanda Muir
Detroit
A. A. Wood
Roscoe
Niagara Falls
New York
Fred Sellen
D. F. Reeves
M. Kelsey
A. Wilcox
Morrice
Eden Ruckman
Storm damages Walter Acton home and farm losses
The August 1938 item reports a storm striking the Walter Acton residence on Maple Road last Wednesday night. It blew the barn down, killed one cow, and damaged machinery, with community notes on visits, social events, and local residents’ activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Acton
Maple Road
Jean Carlene Burkhardt
Mildred Nissly
Roland Hughes
Ypsilanti
Bay City
Bernard Boettger
Tanner’s
George Wood
Reuben Finkbeiner
St. Paul’s Church
Nostalgia Hits Radio Greats from Irene Beasley Era
A nostalgic survey traces Irene Beasley’s 20 year radio career on Grand Slam and recalls early Bing Crosby signaling CBS nights. It notes Andre Kostelanetz and Graham McNamee, Betty Field, Burgess Meredith, Joseph Cotten, Van Heflin, Gene Hamilton, Mark Warnow, Fibber McGee and Molly, Dorothy Lamour, Ed Gardner, Olivia de Havilland, Gene Kelly, and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. as figures connected to radio and film's evolving landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang Syne
Irene Beasley
CBS
Irene
Bing Crosby
Andre Kostelanetz
Graham McNamee
Betty Field
Mary
Aldrich
Burgess Meredith
Red Davis
Joseph Cotton
van Heflin
Gene Hamilton
Boston Symphony
WAIU
Cleveland
Mark Warnow
Fibber McGee and
Molly
Kalten‘meyer
Dorothy Lamour
New York
Olivia DeHavilland
Gene Kelly
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Gene
New York Public Library Emerges From Historic Consolidation
The New York Public Library in New York City is one of the three largest in the United States and one of the six worldwide. It was founded in 1895 through the consolidation of the Astor and Lenox libraries and the Tilden Trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Public Library
New York City
United States
Astor and
Lenox
Tilden Trust
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Myron B. Gallagher
Myron B. Gallagher Jr
Michigan Press Service Inc
Europe
Bommua
Leis
F. J. Weissinger
Lansing
J. Fred Weissinger
D. B. Wheeler
Spencer
Washington, D. C
Fred Burkhardt
Portage Lake
B. D. Hammond
C. H. Qouthardt
Billings
Montana
Matthew Schittenheim
John Gillen
Thelma
Otilde Schnirring
Rudolph Layher
Fred Hoeft
Big Silver Lake
Berli
Orangeburg
Huron Plumbing Co
W. Stadium Boulevard
Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Mich
Jaycees
Cory
Leo Carrillo
Elsie
Beauregard
Michigan
Ernie Young
Selden
Cess
George Winkle
Jackson
Luther Klager
Bridgewater
Schneider Road
Sol Miller
California
Mrs
Lucy Airbanks
Lloyd
Maurice Henderson
By Lyn Connelly
Nwns Radio
I. Beasley
Ed. Gardner
Archie
NBC
Kroger
Kroger Company
Gale
al Kroger
Campbell's Tomato Soup
Cen
Kroger Bread
Sunkist
Deede Radio & Electric
Mich
American Express
Hembe
Federal Reserve
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