Chicago Prepares to Host Democratic and Republican Conventions
Chicago moves to the forefront in June with plans to host both major party conventions a month apart at Chicago Stadium. Melvin A. Traylor leads fundraising and organization efforts, while engineers draft interior blueprints to accommodate 8,000 to 10,000 delegates and 16,000 guests in the arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
Middle- West
N. Hurley
Cermak
Washington
Melvin A. Traylor
Civic
Ypsilanti and area social notes mark spring break
Ypsilanti Normal students enjoy spring vacation as friends and relatives visit across Washtenaw and neighboring counties. Residents from Adrian, Ann Arbor, Jackson, Hillsdale, and Flint attend church events, birthdays, anniversaries, and club meetings while the Federated church, P T A, and Masons host gatherings. A prohibition reform luncheon is planned in Ann Arbor with attendees from four counties.
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Ypsilanti
Ben, Roller
Will Dell
Fred Burkhart
Jean Carleen
Jackson
S. R. Wilson
John C. Shaw
Robert
Flint
Robert Culver
Ann Arbor
Walter
Reuben Rogers
Fifteen Years Ago in Shestertown Local Notes
Dan Hall recalls old Saline friends in Shestertown Md. news. Families move to Robert Hammond farm in Saline township. Several residents ill with scarlet fever. C H Spencer from Washington visits brother-in-law O C Wheeler. Woman's Foreign Missionary society to meet at Mrs J W Hut's home April 4. Hammond Miller shipped livestock valued over $9 000. Detroit trip to see Everywoman. Wilma Cole hosted party with area girls. Attended Fool's Paradise at University of Michigan Union in Ann Arbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Hall
Shestertown
J. W. Hut
Hammond & Miller
K. B. Simmons
Charles Dietiker
Fred Schmid
Carl Schieh
Detroit
Wilma Cole
Gertrude Hicks
Vera McAfee
Dundee
Leitha Walterburger
Ann Arbor
Esther Fairbanks
Edward Henne
Fred Henne
W. M. Fowler
S. B. Weiennett
Pauline Burrow
Mary Skinner
Edythe
Edna Smith
EB. A. Hauser
Heller house sold and local notes from thirty years ago
Thirty years ago this week many are crying wet cellars as the Heller house sold to C Boettner. Fred Schmid is very sick with pleuropneumonia. J M Heininger moves to the Crittenden farm. W N Lister writes from Indiana about mud baths and rheumatism. Alber rents G C Howard’s building to open an ice cream fruit and candy store. A library social at Dr and Mrs Unterkircher home April 18 features book character dress, banjo and violin solos, readings, and light refreshments with 10 cent admittance.
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Heller House
C. Boettner
Fred Schmid
J. M. Heininger
Crittenden Farm
W. N. Lister
Indiana
J. A. Alber
G. C. Howard
Axd
Mel. Gilliespie
Ann Arbor
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Hicago
Windy
First National Bank
Traylor
Kentucky
Good Sound Bank
The
Citizens Bank
Saline, Michigan
Saline
Evelyn Sirist
Nellie Congdon
Hillsdale
Will H. Barr
Wilbur
Miss Mintie Coe
Mrs
William Sunday
Roy Rogers
Walter Sturm
Margaret Tripp
Gene Morrison
Ruth Morris
Albion
Henry Morris
Federated Ladies’ Aid
Norman C., Jr
Jimmy
Betty Wolfe
F. Layher
Adolph
William Martin
Frank Rogers
Adrian
T. B. Henderson
Windsor
Canada
M. E. Brown
Christian Hindeavor Society
the Federated Church
Fred Aprill
Saline Township
Opera
St. St. Paul’s
Martha Visel
Mae Schroen
Erma Heininger
Alfred
Erwin Schmid
Alfred Jedele
Edward F. Henne
Archie Lawrence
Good Will
Federated Church
Louise Alber
Edward Alber
Louise
E. F. Layher
N. C. Wolfe
H. F. Wenger
Kenneth
Fred Layher
Adeline ‘Layher
Fred ‘Layher
Bliss ‘Curtiss
Hillsdale College
Alfred Schmid
U. of M
Haster
George Schmid
John
W. Carzifield
Kalamazoo
Zeeland
Lansing
Pet. Stock Journal
Uis
Harry Holmes
George Uphaus
Norman. Guenther
William Miller
William
Highland Park
D. B. Henderson
G. M. Bradley
BE. F. Henne
Melvin Ames
Lorren
Eula
Belleville
A. E. Cole
Hazel Fucss
Sturgis
Racine
Wis
Thomas Kerr
William Schmid
Second
Woman's League
Frederick Waldron
Washtenaw County
Lenawee
Kroe
Washtenaw
Wiedman Auto CO
Dad Atterbury
Better Gardening
Harry R. O’brien
Dire Garener
Better Homes & Gardens Magazine
H. Gross & Sons
Sherwin-Williams
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