Alma Area Announces Diverse Local Visits and Events
Local notes recount Mrs Eddie Hamilton visiting Ithaca on Wednesday and several residents traveling to Saginaw Flint and Shepherd on business. Alma hosts visitors Miss Alice Long Elm Hall and Miss Ruth Wyeth Sumner, with community church meetings, school events, and upcoming gatherings noted.
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Eddie Hamilton
Ben Mindell
Saginaw
J.D. Helman
Shepherd
Alice Long
Elm Hall
Alma
W. Chadwick
Traverse City
M. Coper
Flint
Fred Zubbler
Breckenridge
Ruth Wyeth
Sumner, Apent de
Gillie
Pollaky Block
Agons Buckum
George Wilson
Feas Center
Bert Eckert
Arto
A. R. Smith
Guy Campbell
Lansing
Paul Crandell
Albert Maler
Helen Langin
Riverdale
Mes. R
May Lax Hulon Selby
Ma High School
Ray Williams
Helen Williame
Mra
Cash
J. Brown
Laura
Ladies of the Modern Maccabees
Lo.c.f. Hall
Ladies Aid Society
Preabyterian Church
P. W. Cretoer
State St
Charles Fletcher
Sam Fletcher
Pritchard Cemetery
Maxon
Charles Ainsley
H. J. Haller
United States Marshall
Bay City
Erma Cotey
Cadillac
Asperine
Frank Barnes
Wareraven
J. C
Hetman Aid
North Shade
Harry Stevens
Thelma
Ralph Tinkham
YE. Medler
Forest Hill
Walter Vilet
Chicago
Ted
Presbyterian
J. T. Ewing
Shaw
Cleo
Schulte
County Teachers’ Association
Ithaca
Hexikiah Woodworth
Andy Hall
H. L. Morrison
Free Methodist Church of
Thin City
Stanton
Ralph Goggin
Detroit College of Law
City
Daparenta
Bert Gibbs
Twamelta County Republican
Will Clabt
Eugene Oregon
Feienla
Mike Linesie Slater
Ann
Davis
Pearl Decker Ad Son
California
Edward Balance
Eli Brown
Miss A Brown
Great Men of Light Heart in Life and Work
James Russell Lowell and David Livingstone are praised for their humor amid toil. The piece recalls Lowell joking at a “Home for Incurable Children” and Livingstone and his wife’s playful dignity, noting Kingsley’s insistence on merriment in family life. Christian Endeavor World
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Russell Lowell
Lowell
David Livingstone
Africa
Livingstone
Charlee Kingsley
England
Christan Endeavor
Ribbon mystery in New York hotel lobby
A stout man at a New York hotel cashier window notices a blue ribbon on the floor and, unable to bend, follows it down a corridor. A bellboy helps, spectators watch as the ribbon leads to a red faced woman at an elevator, where the man ends by giving the ribbon to her and she disappears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atout
His Freak Memory and Seven Young Buccaneers
A mixed notice column recounts a London Chronicle tale of a thief claiming a freak memory during a Melbourne robbery and a Portishead naval school group of seven boys who absconded at sea then surrendered. includes a shoe shop quip and a rural anecdote about a widow and a suitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Lane
Walpole
London Chronicle
National
Naw Teal
Portishead
Somerset
England
Folly
Severn
Holowmouth
Watchmaking pearl houses world’s tiniest timepiece invention
A Chaux de Ponds firm completed a unique 15 month project hollowing a 45 grain pearl to house a working watch. The ring wearable timepiece keeps good time and sells for £1200. A Pearly marvel joins moral schooling notes as two distinct items emerge from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaux de Ponds
Switzerland
Evolution of London Trousers Through Time and Style
The article traces early London trousers from plain light cloth fitting tightly to striped fabrics seen as plebeian, reserved for bad weather or seaside wear. Fashionable men favored a stockinet undergarment, with padding and tape to secure the apparel, reflecting period norms and practical methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Granite absorbs moisture and fortifies clothing claims
Fragmentary 19th century prose discusses granite absorbing moisture and a distant exhortation to moral and intellectual effort. It cites geology and a quotation from Lord Avebury about finding interest in work, urging perseverance and broader benefits.
First Folding Pocket Knives and Early Spring Actions
Pocket knives with blades that fold into the handle by a spring were first made in the middle of the eighteenth century. Sloan's Liniment claims quick relief for rheumatic pain and sore joints, penetrating to the inflamed spot within minutes. It soothes tenderness and swelling and is advertised as providing almost unbelievable relief with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
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Conway
C. A. Sawkins Piano CO
Central Michigan
J. E. Sawkins
St. Louis
J. E. Page
Weese
Lucile Love
G. B. Porter
Banghart
Superior Street
Michigan
Peterson
Wright Ave
Albert Exselstein
Holland High School
Exselstein
Francie King
Outlook
Cis King
Well Corden
Was & Records
Grand Rapidal
Jon
Henry Mines
W. W. Ferris
Ely Street
Elkton
Alma College
Gladys Dershem
Owonno
Firestone
Will Demuth
Owosso
Nee
The
Knights of Pythias
J . D. Herman
Chas. Smith
Brearley
Wright House
Reed City
Smith
B. Bu
Archie
Charlevoix
M. Johnson
Ford
Phoenix Howe
Mra. Uaffney
Ady
Morrix Johnson
J. W. Robinson
Clint Nilson
Arizona
Charles G. Rhodes
Young Mens
Presbyterian Church
HI. C. Moore
Vern Wright
Canton Pine River No. 47
Odd Fellows
Francis Willard Union
Ace
Mise
Helen Lancashire
Abe
Red Crows Society
Mise Aancashine
Republic Track Co
Australia
United States
Marvin Dana
Unt
Clarence Clark
Studebaker
Mt. Pleasant Normal
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
J. Barnes
Ulster County Gazette
John Adama
New York Herald
Lincoln
Jeff Davis
Pata Pane
Priew
R. EB. J
Pat
Old Richards
Maple Ave
Luchini
Roy Burrell
Union
Nanaie
Basi Prat
Floye Lippert
Jacob Lippert
Mwell
Bartley's Market
Devnton
Armen
So Pothaem
Sro Mae
Lord Avebury
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