John A Damon Files for State Senate Nomination
John A Damon of Mt. Pleasant filed his petition to appear on the August 25 primary ballot for state senate. Born June 4, 1850 in Madison Lake County Ohio, he has long been active in Michigan's agricultural, mercantile and financial sectors. Ex-Congressman Francis H Dodds praised him as a capable Republican with strong public service credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis King
Alma
John A. Damon
Mt. Pleasant
Oftate
Mr. Damon
Madison Lake County
Ohio
University City of Madison
Wisconsin
Michigan
Francis H. Dodds
Damon
Tuscota County
Isabella
Teachers Examination at Ithaca Michigan 1914
The next regular teachers examination will be held at Ithaca High School August 18 1914 starting 8:00 A M standard time. First day August 13 work remains as bulletin 14. Second day includes Grammar Physiology Reading Penmanship Agriculture School Law State Course of Study Geometry First Grade. Third day for second grade two of Algebra Botany Physics General History. Bulletin 16 available on request. H A Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Michigan
Beautiful Lily Plant Attracts Local Interest
An unusually beautiful flowering Lily Auratum, also called the Golden Band Lily of Japan, blooms at the residence of Mr. E. S. Hubbel south of Alma on the Grafton road. The plant has ten stalks and about thirty blossoms at once, each blossom about ten inches across. The hardy bulb was sent to Mrs. Hubbel five years ago by a sister in the east, and local flower lovers note its success here.
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E. S. Hubbel
Alma
Grafton Road
Japan
Hubbel
Fuller transfers Wright House and buys Caulkins at Clare
J Fuller has handed the Wright House to new owner Mr Brearly and purchased the Caulkins House at Clare. Fuller took possession at Clare Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fuller
Wright
Mr. Brearly
Caulkins
Clare
Mr. Fuller
Local Church Services and Community Notes
Sunday services and Sunday school schedule at the Baptist Church with sermons and meetings listed. Community updates cover postal service trucks for Republic Co, traffic across Alma and nearby towns, social visits, medical association gathering, and plans to dredge the Maple River with regional officials noting broad support and proposed route to Muir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Y. PU
Union
Methodist Church
J. W. Priest
Grand Rapids
Dewey
Advertised Letters for Week Ending August 3 1914 Alma
Advertised letters for the week ending August 3 1914 in Alma Michigan include Wm Dempsey Mrs N J Lee Mrs Kate Slack care Kalvin Walker. Unclaimed letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office August 1914. V P Cash Postmaster.
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Alma
Mich
Wm. Dempsey
N. J. Lee
Kate Slack
Kalvin Walker
V. P. Cash
Michigan Sugar Beet Planting in 1914 Output
A Washington dispatch notes sugar beet acreage in 1914 fell eight percent from 1913 to 520,600 acres. Michigan led with 111,320 acres planted, second only to Colorado, while 1914 plantings were down one percent from 122,600 acres in 1913. Harvested area in Michigan for 1913 was 107,965 acres, about 88 percent of planted.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Michigan
Colorado
Blaisdell Jr Returns Home After German Year Abroad
Thomas Blaisdell Jr arrives in Alma after a year and a half in Germany for study and travel. He left Alma March 22, 1913, studied in Berlin with a heavy twenty five hour weekly schedule, toured Dresden Munich Heidelberg Tyrol Switzerland and observed growing anti French sentiment and war preparations. He returned to New York July 29 and anticipates resuming Alma College as a junior in September with advanced studies in German and French.
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Thomas
Blaisdell, Jr
New York
Europe
Germany
Blaisdell
Alma
Berlin
Dresden
Munich
Heidelberg
Tyrole
Austria
Switzerland
Alma College
Local Notes On Cigar Tryouts And Visits
A jumble of brief items reports John Hall five cent cigars, various residents traveling to Ithaca St Johns Grand Rapids Bay City Alma and Kalamazoo, Mrs Fraser hired at Masonic Home, Edna Gott of Ferris Centre, Sin couple from Grand Rapids, Mrs Bridwell of Mt Pleasant, Wilbur Lane visiting Kala mazoo, and Miss Lou Parker formerly of Brainerd at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hall
B. Scattergood
Ithaca
W. A. Balke
St. Johns
Grand Rapids
P. W. Adams
City Electric Light
Merritt Miller
Bay City
W. J. Fraser
Masonic Home
Wilbur Lane
Kalamazoo
Laura Frickholm
Lou Parker
Howell
Brainerd
Forest Hill News Social Roundup Travels and Visits
The deanery resumed work Monday. Dan Stanbaughs move to Alma. Bert Hamilton business trip to Ithaca. Mrs. F M Brewer hosted Ivah Tallon of Riverdale. Mrs Mary Packard visits daughter Ida Biggs of Seville and Frank Ellis nieces. The Misses Mills and Hamilton visit Alma. P H Wiskerke of Colorado Springs visited B T Hamilton. Dell sister visited. E Sins family. M L Perrisco and children with Mrs Bert Failing visit Detroit area. Ruth Fishburn of St Johns visiting Ray Vandemark. Bailor granddaughter Edna Sins and Dell visit Crystal relatives. Thomas Wood and daughter Lucille of Marietta, Ohio visiting nearby. L B Leonard hosts Mrs Arthur Baldwin and Althea of St Louis and Wood family from Marietta.
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Dan Stanbaugh
Alma
Bert Hamilton
Ithaca
F. M. Brewer
Ivah Tallon
Riverdale
Mary Packard
Ida Biggs
Seville
Frank Ellis
Saginaw
Mary Mills
Clara Hamilton
P. H. Wiskerke
Colorado Springs
B. T. Hamlton
Dell
Iowa
Bailor
E. Sins
M. L. Perrisco
Bert Failing
Detroit
Ruth Fishburn
St. Johns
Ray Vandemark
Edna Sins
Crystal
Thomas Wood
Lucille
Marietta
Ohio
L. B. Leonard
Arthur Baldwin
Althea
St. Louis
Wood
Riverdale Social Notes Include Visits and Visits
Mr J W Mathews visited Ithaca Saturday. Mrs David Dutt entertained relatives from Saginaw. Mrs Claude Phelps called on Riverdale friends Saturday. Miss Ethel Ruth Van Alstine spent Sunday at Crystal Lake. Mrs Karl Keep of Alma was a Riverdale visitor Friday and Saturday. Mr Alfred Looker attended the ball game at Breckenridge Thursday. Mrs E M Highfield visited friends at Bass Lake Saturday and Sunday. Mrs B O Markman berry picked at Cedar Lake. Agnes Ainsley of Alma visiting Mrs BE Highfield. Mr and Mrs Wm Owen spent several days with Greenville friends. Mr and Mrs Cunningham of St Louis were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs W Lapaigh. Miss Longnicker of St Louis visiting Raymond Leonard. Mr J Williams returned home Sunday after two weeks in Pennsylvania. Miss Dorothea Swope entertaining friends from Saginaw.
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R. H. Miller
Detroit
Duluth
Great Northern Navigation Company
Clare Madden
St. Louis
Alma
Thelma Keith
Helen Burns
Selma Kerner
Marion Losey
Gratiot County Medical Association
Wright House
Gratiot
Walter Leonard
The
Independent
Henry Soule
Soule
Clinton County Republican
Maple River
Bannister
Muir
Penamo
Louis F. Green
Clinton
Elisha Strong
Ionia
E. W. Redmond
Green
Pewama
Matherton
Grand Trunk
J. W. Mathews
Ithaca
David Dutt
Saginaw
Claude Phelps
Riverdale
Ethel
Ruth van Alstine
Crystal Lake
Karl Keep
Alfred Looker
Breckenridge
E. M. Highfield
Bass Lake
B. O. Markman
Cedar Lake
Ives
Agnes Ainsley
BE. M. Highfield
Wm. Owen
Greenville
Wanted farm hand and help wanted ads in Alma area
Items of special interest call for a first class farm hand who is dependable with stock. Lost pocketbook between $50 and $56 on Alma streets Saturday afternoon. Reward for return to office. Aged 19, seeks work in Alma if possible. Ad dress St Louis Mich Box 329. For rent furnished room with or without board at 502 Woodworth Ave Mrs Bart Miller. Wanted men to establish tea and toffee routes in home town for Atlantic Pacific Tea Co. Liberal commissions, no experience. samples furnished. Saginaw Mich.
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Alma
St. Louis
Mich
Woodworth Ave
Bart Miller
Liberal Commission
Atlantic & Pacific Tea, CO
Saginaw, Mich
Sumner News Items Show Local Social Scene
Sumner residents attended dances and visits with friends across nearby towns. Will Estep of Greenville visited last Wednesday, Mrs. Laura Olliver guests, while others traveled to Manton for a camp meeting and to Alma for business. Fishing trips, house repairs after a lightning strike, and local callers from Butternut to Perrington filled the week.
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Will Estep
Greenville
Laura Olliver
Elm Hall
R. Lang
R. Forquer
Manton
A. E. Fowler
William Bates
Cena
U. P
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Alma Record
Alma Record Company
Brown
John Adams Demon County
Yours Truly, H. A. Potter
TRE Repugle
U. S. Mail Service
Furniture City
Charles A. Connor
Connor Tee Cream Co
Owosso
Joe Ford
W. A. Bahlke
Moreno
E. C. Coddington
KE. W. Harvey
C. J. Kolbfell & Co
Chicago
Sumner
Ben Montague
Cadillac
Herbert Mortague
J. T. Bridwell
Alma Friends
J. P. French
de Alma Standard Foundry Mfg. Co
Forest Hill
Riverdale News
Cushing & Benedict
Robert Posson
Barnes House
James Fisher
Lizzie
T. J. Graham
Maple Rapids
Roy Kress
W. Strickland
C. A. Button
Rev. Mumford
Homer
O. L. Smith
F. J. Tucker
John Lang
Emma Evey
Elwell
Chet Chandler
Harry of
Butternut
A. W. McKinstry
Alfred
Cleveland
W. D. Stoffs
Loyal Woodard
Elmer Berry
Half Moon Lake
Nell Button
Jas. McGreanor
Carson City
Jennie Woodard
J. F. Tucker
Mrs. Carr
Perrinton Sun
Steve Carr
Charles Booth
Mr. Tucker
Mr. Booth
F. J. Graham
Crandell & Scott
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