Local notes on visitors trips and pensions and civic updates
Regular O. E. 8 meeting planned. George Koch and Walter Bracker made business trips to Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. A summary of visits includes Mrs. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Olive Martin, and many neighbors from Milan, Saline, Chelsea, and Detroit. Civil war pensions gain boosts, letters urged, and local transportation updates note bridge load limits and highway maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Koch
Ann Arbor
Walter Bracker
Ypsilanti
Illnesses and family visits noted in Dexter
Mrs. Leon Tower is quite ill. Mrs. Barbara Koch, who has been very ill, is slowly recovering. Robert Parsons and family of Detroit made a short call at his old home here Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Zimmerman and Mrs. B. L. Longfellow spent part of last week with K. A. Boettger and family at Dexter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Morris
Allen
Gary
Indiana
Chicago
Irs
F. C Zimmerman
Elaine
William MacAdams
Arm Arlisy
Sir
A. R. Lee
Grace Louise Sanford
Thurlow Sanford
Milan
Harmon F. Davennori Anderan
Los Angeles
California
B. Shigley
James van Vilberg
Dlkchart
le Dian
Olive ‘S Winslow
James Tolman
Chelsea
Adolf Lederer
Wisconsin
Michigan
Evangelical Lutheran Synod
Lederer
Henry Fahner
Bernice
Paul Schenk
Henry
Crediton
Ontario
Charles Fahner
President Coolidge
Congress
Leon Tower
Barbara Koch
Robert Parsons
Detroit
F.C. Zimmerman
B. L. Longfellow
K. A. Boettger
Dexter
Wheat Still Ripens as Town Welcomes New Residents
Thirty years ago much of the wheat crop had been cut while Mrs H T Nichols and daughter Zoa vacationed in Detroit. J A Mlein and family planned to move into the George Sherman house. Guests included Mrs Helman and two children along with Miss Bertha Erlicher and Miss Lizzie Schaffer. The town viewed eleven McCormick binders in a yard, and a new revenue stamp law loomed as July 1 arrived, affecting checks and many goods. B P Davenport and George J Nissiv traveled to Detroit via the new electric line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Mlein
George Sherman
Helman
Bertha Erlicher
Illinois
Lizzie Schaffer
Monroe
Rose Frank
W. J. Jackson
McCormick
B. P. Davenport
George J. Nissiv
Detroit
Fifteen Years Ago in Jackson and Surrounding Towns
Miss Linnie Rogers visits Jackson with brother B E Rogers. Glen Howard visits Manchester with parents. Ward Miller from Chicago stays with Art and Arrs Miller. Eugene Allen and Wyandotte couple visit Lashier home. Eugene Webster and Grand Rapids guests visit Florence Bond and G W Cook. May Cody marries George Weitbracht in Oxange California on May 17. Presbyterian church hosts homecoming. Pearl Elizabeth Derr marries Harry N Friss at home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Derr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnie Rogers
Jackson
B. EK. Rogers
Glen Howard
Manchester
Ward Miller
Chicago
Art
Arrs
Miller
Eugene Allen
Wyandotte
A. W. Lashier
Eugene Webster
Grand Rapids
Florence Bond
G. W. Cook
May Cody
George Weitbracht
Oxange
California
Presbyterian Society
Arthur Derr
Pearl Elizabeth
Harry N. Friss
Commission awards two road contracts
The county road commission awarded two contracts on Friday. Floyd Carpenter of Adrian won the Ann Arbor street project in Manchester village for 19 790 98 dollars. Donald Jeffrey Saline of 21 213 40 dollars won the Willis road grading job and Closser Bros Detroit received the gravel contract for 21 471 00 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Road Commission
Floyd Carpenter
Adrian
Ann Arbor Street
Manchester Village
Donald Jeffrey Saline
Willis Road
Closser Bros
Detroit
Ann Arbor News
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bank For
Bank For Savings
Citizens Bank Saline
Mich
Morris
Lady Assistant
Saline
Tom Jones
Sanford Hardware Co., Inc
O. E
John Wurster
Florence
J. J. Thearer
Charles Nier
Olive Martin
George Shaw
Rouse
Bernard Pester
Pittsfield
Pred Cook
J. L. Thearer
Observer
Buell Johnson
Bridgewater
Albert
Frank
Clinton
Airs
Nettie Warner
Charles Nase
H. Martin
Phelps Newberry
Davis
Camp Custer
Fort Brady
H.T. Nichols
Miss Zoa
Commission
Wheeler’s Pharmacy
de. LeGear
Liberty
Jne
J. D. Taylor
Silver Valley
Charlie Murray
Jack Mulhall
John Deere
H. Gross & Sons
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