Michigan Happenings and Local Notes Gathered
Short term prisoners in Michigan seek higher wages after serving time at $1.25 daily. Escanaba city manager Fred H. Harris elected president of the League of Michigan Municipalities with Ann Arbor named 1924 convention host. Manistee County 4 H scores high in stock judging. Kalamazoo Legion queen to visit France as goodwill envoy. Cleric Dr J B Wilkinson leaves Manistee Episcopal ministry for Montreal then England. Ford deeds for Detroit Toledo and Ironton railroad right of way in Monroe County. Kalamazoo College dean missing in Yokohama disaster. Mt Mercy jubilee honors Order of Sisters of Mercy founders. Muskegon Heights patrolman Henry Bramer returns from California for liquor law case. state ferry to run one shift due to tourism slump. Owosso’s J Frederick Wildermuth, pioneer hotelier, dies at 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Harris
Escanaba
League of Michigan
League
Grand Rapids
Ann Arbor
Margaret Johnson
Ludington
Bates K. Lucas
Owosso
Bruno Ferick
Monroe
Goodloe H. Rogers
Pontiac
Julius Tisch
Frank King
Flint
Louis
EH. Osterhouls
Grand Haven
Dundée
Summerfield
Mon-roe County
Monroe County Registrar of Deeds
Henry Ford
Detroit
Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
Michigan Shippers Move Record Crop Exports
A state agriculture report covers July 1 1922 to July 1 1923 shows Michigan producers shipped 19 527 cars of potatoes 1 867 cars of onions 6 015 cars of apples 6 020 cars of grapes and 1 650 ears of peaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Agriculture
Michigan Deliberations On Potato Grades And Road Plans
Officials from Michigan potato groups and Michigan Agricultural College discussed adopting United States potato grade No 1 as a buyer’s basis in Grand Rapids. Highway heating devices for prison camps were announced as state work resumes on winter road projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Potato Producers’ Association
Michigan Potato Growers’ Exchange
The
Michigan. Agricultural College
Grand Rapids
W.P. Hartman
Lansing
Bureau of Foods and ‘Standards
United States
Grand Blanc
Keep America's Wampum Sound Message
President of the Savings Bank Division warns against fiat money and inflation. He cites historical cases from France and Russia to stress currency value must be backed by real assets and urges citizens to use their voice to keep the United States currency sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robespierre
France
United States
Some Bank Salaries in Missouri Revealed
Investigations by the Missouri Bankers Association show 368 banks in towns under 2 000 people pay cashiers and chief executives an average of 110 dollars per month. Of 1 162 banks in towns under 5 000, only 273 pay the president a salary, with an average 140 dollars monthly. The report suggests officers supplement incomes with side lines such as insurance, farm loan commissions, or real estate trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Bankers Association
Commonwealth
State Prize Essay Contest For Michigan Students 1923 24
The subjects for Michigan History prize essays 1923 24 are Adventures of the Pioneers. Open to all Michigan students. local judges and officials will select winners in two groups and forward to the Michigan Historical Commission by April 30 1924. Essays may be any length but at least 500 words. typewritten with pictures preferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Women’s Club
Civic Business Association
Michigan Historical Commission
Advertising reads and reader trust rise in Des Moines survey
A Des Moines study from Editor and Publisher via the Des Moines Advertising Club finds 94 percent of readers notice ads and 88 percent trust their truthfulness. Among 600 shoppers, 86 percent deem ads most effective with honesty and clarity as top qualities. Women made up two thirds of respondents. local news ranking first for reader interest. Verne Hyans plans a Chelsea cobblestone flower basket and monument business, showing early orders after a Washtenaw fair exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Advrtising Club
Wreaders
Des Moinnes
Verne Hyans
Chelsea
Public notice to creditors in Feldhamz estate
The probate commissioners for Washtenaw County Michigan appoint Henry Bredernitz and G Townsend to receive examine and adjust claims against the estate of William Feldhamz deceased. Creditors have four months from date to present claims. They will meet at Citizens Bank Saline on November 28 and January 28 1924 at 10 a.m. for examination and adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Said
William Feldhamz
Citizens Bank
Saline
Henry Bredernitz
G. C. Townsend
Probate Court Orders Administration Hearing Date
In Washtenaw County Michigan the Probate Court orders a hearing on October 18 at 10 a.m. for Fred G. Merriman or a suitable person to be granted administration of the Merle Tuttle estate with appraisers and commissioners to be appointed. A copy of the order must be published in Saline Observer for three consecutive weeks prior to the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Emory B. Leland
Merle Tuttle
Fred T. Stowe
Farmers & Mechanics Bank
Fred G. Merriman
Emory
Leland
Dorcus
Donegan
Register
Jungle film filled with style hints
A Jungle film review praising Hunting Big Game in Africa showing exotic costumes and dances observed by Snow and his party. Critics call the production thrilling and educational blending fashion, travel, and safari scenes with African ceremonial imagery and claims of influence on Western style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Liberty Theatre
Explorer Snow
Simba-Simba
France
Harry
Fox
Wiener
Notice to Creditors Sarah Jane Camburn Estate
Probate Court of Washiswaw County announces four months to file claims against the estate of Sarah Jane Camburn who died in the county. Creditors must present claims to the probate office in Ann Arbor for examination and allowance by January 12, 1924. Hearings will be held November 12 and January 12, 1924 at ten in the forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Waddell
Grand Rapids
Knights Templar
Notice to creditors in the estate of William Castle
By order of Washtenaw County probate court dated September 17 1923 four months to present claims against the estate of William Castle deceased. Creditors must file at the probate office in Ann Arbor for examination and allowance by January 17. Hearings set for November 17 and January 17 at 10 a.m. in Ann Arbor.
Notice of probate claims for Elnora Camburn estate
Creditors are informed that four months from September 127 1923 were allowed to present claims against the estate of Elnora Camburn in Washtenaw County Michigan. Claims must be filed with the Probate Court in Ann Arbor for examination and allowance by January 12 1921 or November 12 1924 at 11 oclock before noon on each date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenaw
Wasniemany
Elnora Camburn
Tate
Ann Arbor
Ann
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. E. Dietiker
Saiine Photte
A. J. Gregg
Warren
Real Estate Justice of the Peace Legal Counsel
Observer
Joseph L. Arnet
A. J. Warren
Henry A. Baller
Sawyer
A. J. Sawyer
William H. Murray Sawyer
First National Bk
Painter’s
A. A. Fluef Rug & Carpet Cleaning Company
Broadway
D. M. Forshee
Floyd E. Daggett
the Peoples Abstract Company
T the New Company
Frost Nat'l. Bank
Firestone
Mydraulic Press
sAtto Springs
M. Worster
North Fourth Ave
Gus
J. Vogel
Washinsion Street
Manistee County
West Michigan
Ward Mallison
Russell McCarthy
American Legion
Kalamazoo
Quentin Roosevelt
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Manistee
J. B
Wilkinson
Montreal
Canada
England
Episcopal
Western Michigan
General Conference
Dean GC. B. Williams
Kalamazoo College
Grand Hotel
Yokohama
Cook Tourist Agency
Order of Sisters of Mercy
Mt. Mercy Academy
E. D. Kelley
Mary Agnes
Portland
Ore
Henry Bramer
Muskegon Heights
California
Muskegon
J. Frederick Wildermuth
Hotel
Wildermuth
Michigan College of Mines
Houghton
Board of Control
Union
Russell H. Bready
Central Methodist Church of
Detroit Methodist Episcopal Conference
Bready
Roderick Jones
Reuter
M. L. Burton
Stuart Perry
Adrian Telegram
University Press Club of Michigan
Michigan Union
Thumb
Pere Marquette Railroad
Port Huron-Saginaw
Port Huron
Grindstone City
Port Austin
Frank Morse
Constantine
St. Joseph
Calhoun County
BE. H. Puffer
Battle Creek
Augusta
Marshall
Irene Louise Getty
Kalkaska County
Eastern Star of Michigan
Michigan Tuberculosis Association
Michigan State Council of Immigrant Education
Fred Li. Weedworth
Vernon Hawkins
Hiram H. Hawkins
David North
America
Samuel H. Beach
Savings Bank Division
American Bankers Association
Thomas A. Edison
Russia
Germany
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
S. H. Beach
State of Michigan
Wash
Tenaw, Ss
County of Washtenaw
Liberty
State of
Wasa
Washiswaw
Sarah Jane Camburn
Washte
Annn Arbor
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