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Local items and social notes from a village paper
Local notices report illnesses and visits from residents including Master Harold Trelan ill with tonsillitis and A L Watt in town for county fair business. Guests include Miss Ola Gates of Richmond and Miss Edythe Skinner of Royal Oak visiting local families. An ice cream social and Memorial Day events are described with parades, church services, and a Ford accident near the Schultz farm. A theft at The Observer prompts a $25 reward for the culprit.
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Harold Trelan
A. L. Watt
Og A. G. Wood
Brighton
A. A. Wood
Ola Gates
Richmond
Virginia
Ola Hammond
Edythe Skinner
Royal Oak
Lillian Burgan
Fred Lioawthée
Angola
Indiana
U. of M
Schultz Farm
Tmits
St. Paul’s Church
Legion
G. A. BR
Ford
Vrsilanti
the Observer
Ann Arbor
Lansing
Observer