State Ticket Elected by 60 000 Plurality
Gratiot Republicans gain control of the Board of Supervisors with O. G. Tuttle elected County Commissioner. Arcada shifts from forty four to eighty three then to one hundred twenty nine on township tickets. Silver fusionists crushed. McKinley prosperity cited. St Louis mayoral and Pine River races noted. railroad track realignment impacts Alma and Ithaca junctions. Satisfied with Ann Arbor line improvements and stub line continuations. Property and local sale notes appended.
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Arcada
Tuttle
Gratiot County
O. G
McKinley
Ann Arbor Rail Change Sparks St Louis Bias Fight
Ann Arbor plans to straighten its line by eight miles, bypassing St Louis and upsetting the balance of power. The move prompts a state senate bill to bar bed removal for town grants, with injunctions and protests from St Louis and local crowds. Regular trains were redirected to a stub line, delaying through freight and passenger service.
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ALMA
Ann Arbor
Dhaest
Alam
St. Louis
Fime
State Supreme Court
Mudge
Senate
Ithaca
Longtime Sumner resident Ralph Quick dies at 72
Ralph Quick born May 20 1807 in Buck County Pennsylvania died April 4 at his son George Quick's home in Sumner township Michigan aged almost 70. He lived in Lyons and Gratiot counties, served as township supervisor, and raised twelve children. A Whig by birth he became a Republican, voted eighteen times, supported McKinley, and remained a Presbyterian. Funeral held at his son’s home Wednesday at ten with Rev J W AloAliemar officiating.
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Sumner Township
Ralph Quick
Buck County
Pennsylvania
George
Seneca County
New York
Callista Treat
Michigan
Lyons Township
Oakland County
Gratiot County
Lyons
Quick
L. B. Quick
David Dunlap
Forest Hill
Gustavus
George Quick
Bim Hall
Edward
Summerton
McKinley
Presbyterian Church
J. W. AloAliemar Ofiowting
Alma course offers teaching certificates and low tuition
Excellent advantages for Review study or Advanced work. Course leading to all grades of teacher's certificates. Tuition $5.00. For announcement, address JOS. T. NORTHON, Ph. B., ALMA, MICH.
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Jos. T. Northon
Ph. B
Alma, Mich
Nature Lecture Promotes Study of Nature at College Chapel
Prof C A Davis led a spring term lecture in the college chapel urging nature study for students and professionals. A nature study club will form under his direction, with high school pupils in attendance. Also notes on a proposed Coldwater to Alma railroad extension and a profile of Alma native Arthur D Amsden rising as Oshkosh Arion Band leader and composer with a new two step titled The Junior Prom.
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C.a.davis
C. A.davis
Hoe
Davis
Coldwater, Marshall & Mackinaw, R. RB
Elm Hall
Michigan Central R. R
Marshall
Coldwater
Marshall & Mackinaw R. R
Alma
The
Sing
Northwestern
Oshkosts
Oshkosh
Arthur D. Amsden
Arion
Amsden
Rumor of Ann Arbor road HQ Move to Alma Near Durand
A circulating street rumor claims the Ann Arbor road will relocate its division headquarters from Durand to Alma before snow, tied to track work from Ithaca to St Louis. The change would reportedly force about seventy five Durand families to move, with a classified rental ad offering forty acres for rent northwest of Alma and an address in Milwaukee for inquiries.
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Kree
Alma
Toledo
Frankfort
Ann Arbor
Durand
Ithaca
St. Louis
T. O'Brien
Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee
Wis
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Alma Plumbing and Heating
Long
State
Gratiot Republicans
Board of Supervisors
Dr. McLaughlin
Seville
Silver Party
Supervisor
Sharrar
Chase
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Pine River
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Union
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Grand Rapids
Ann Arbor Railway
Lamon Geo
Fox
Lamon Gee
Alu
St. Larue
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SIG
Alma Mercantile Company
Oxford
LMA Mercantile CO
Needle
Paris
Lenox
English
Boston
J. L. Miller
Sumner
Alma College
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