Christmas notes and local updates from The Observer
Cecil Davenport and wife visited relatives in Clayton on Sunday. The Observer wishes Merry Christmas to all readers. Many small items follow including visits to Ann Arbor and Detroit, a Christmas tree programs at local schools, a marriage license application for Otto Watt and Frieda Guenther, a pension of family news, a mayor and police activity report about a Detroit rum runner near Clinton, and updates on local business, hospital stays, and telephone expansion in the county.
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Cecil Davenport
Clayton
Observer
Charlotte Briggs
Gregge
G. V. Cook
Walter Cook
Ann Arbor
Otto Watt
Frieda Guenther
Saline
Forbes School
Masonic Hall
William Martin
Henry Morris
Hill Auditorium
Coldwater
The
Poe
Walter ‘Towler
H. Grdéss & Son
Jolly Santa Claus
A. J. Warren
D. Q. Barry
Stayton
Oregon
Annual Fellowship Conference At Ypsi Details
The annual Fellowship Conference will be held at Ypsilanti Normal from January 30 to February 1. A committee led by Kenneth Spitler coordinates general matters, programs, and publicity with members from Ypsilanti and Highland Park. Speakers include George Collins from Wisconsin, Dean Thomas Graham from Oberlin, and Dean Irma Voight from Ohio State University, with additional speakers possible.
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Ypsilanti Normal
Kenneth Spitler
Saline
Wilbur Gunnerson
Manistee
Miriam Besemer
Belding
Marthat Colburn
Ypsilanti
James McLaughlin
Carolyne Hill
Highland Park
Rowena Farwell
Merle Stevenson
Revival Effort Aims to Restore Farmers Club
Former members gathered at the home of Mr and Mrs Henry Spreidernitz on South Ann Arbor street to revive the Farmers Club. Roll call elicited humorous stories and a talk by Mr Hagen highlighted benefits to local farmers from regular meetings and discussions. Refreshments followed.
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Farmers’ Club
Henry Spreidernitz
Ann Arbor Street
Hagen
Thirty years ago son born to Mr and Mrs W H Barr
The piece notes the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. W H Barr on Saturday, weighing three pounds, a brief family milestone amid a column of local notes. It also mentions other town items including a hung jack rabbit at a market, a sick George Dell, the death of Mrs Ishi Kelsey, Ida Walker's critical condition after two operations, and Wilbur Cormish's frightened team causing a brief runaway through town.
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W.H. Barr
George Schmid
Iowa
Sam Robison
George Dell
Ishi’ Kelsey
Ida Walker
Wilbur
Cormish
Fifteen Years Ago Born in Detroit to Barnes Family
Fifteen years ago on November 17 a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barnes of Detroit. Mrs. Barnes had been Miss Amanda Lutz of this place. Mrs. Walter Gross aided at the Nissly Toyland in the opera house. Ruth Bond, a member of the Ypsilanti Normal chair, accompanied the organization to Detroit for services at St Paul cathedral. Chauncey Fitzgerald of North Adams visited his parents. Mrs. Nelson Davenport of Ypsilanti visited her mother, Mrs. Caroline Orr. Ackley and Vere McAfee spent weekend in Ypsilanti. Business streets saw many rigs as the early shopping campaign appears successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Barnes
Detroit
Nelson Davenport
Ypsilanti
Caroline Orr
Miss Ackley
Vere McAfee
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Cough Remedy Ad
Frightening croupy coughs and night coughs are soothed quickly and safely by Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Mothers endorse it as a sedative without opiates and a mild laxative. Contains no chloroform. Mrs. N. Weigel of Calvary Wisconsin praises it and a Wheeter's Pharmacy sells it.
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Foley
N. Weigel
Calvary
Wis
Wheeter
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Bank For Savings
Citizens Bank Saline
Mich
Farm Service Store
Pure Foods
California
Wisconsin
White House
C. R. Waite
Sebastian Finkbeiner
Us-112
Clinton
A. E. Cole
Hidward
Fred Koch
Edward Harper
Charles Harper
Seneca
Albert Bracey and Sons
Russel and
Harold
Arthur Day
Donald Stimpson
Owosso
Philip Schantz
Pittsfield Township
Charles Dietiker
Wyandotte
W. E. Dietiker
Mary ‘Burkhardt
Luella
A. R. Lee
Thomas. Bridges
Joan
Adrian
Norman Guenther
Minta Coe
William Sunday
Clarence Wurster
Austin White
Harry White
William Sweet
Fort Wayne
Indiana
John Mitchell
George’ Uphaus
Car” Moehn
Esther Hisele
Elmer Schwartz
Theodore Feldkamp
Eugene Crittenden
Eugene, Sr
Fesdick
Santa Claus
Sutherland ‘School
Charlotte Kalmbach
L. A. Branch
Couiity
Uphaus & Schroen
Theodore Fosdick
Clara Randall
Arthur Wilhelm
Lansing
Breckenridge
Hazel Fucss
G. J. Nissly
George
Michigan Company
Lister & Sheeder’s
Fairbank
Dr. Unterkircher
FE. C. Ill
A. Lindenschmidt
J. Fritz
R. Cullen
Dr. Sheeder
O. M. Kelsey
Ypsi
You All
Mlerry
Ruhr ES
Wiedman Auto Co
Mother Goose
Peek-a-Boo
Pam Thomas Toddell
Sandman Stories
Mistlu
Ingersoll
Union Ice Skates
H. Gross. & Sons
Wil
United Lansing Radio
United
Trans
Mazda
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