Merger unite two sugar firms in Michigan plan third plant
The Holland Sugar Company of Holland and the St Louis Sugar Company of St Louis merge with combined capital of 1 140 000 and plan to erect a third sugar factory. Holland president C M McLean also heads St Louis Sugar. merger details set. stockholders vote August 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Gratiot
Holland Sugar Company
Holland
St. Louis Sugar Company
St. Louis
C. M. McLean
J. H. Whitney
Merrill
F. H. Hubbard
B. C. Hubbard
Advertising letters and sale note from Alma 1911
Advertised letters for week ending August 12 1911 in Alma Michigan list Mrs Margaret Buskard Mr Will Delfer C R Evang Mrs Mabel Flensburg two Lee Loop Miss Mamie Tanm and warn they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office August 26 1912 Also a sale notice for Lester Thompson Rhode Island Cockers at a tight price from Wesley Smith 214 Grant Ave Union Phone $8
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Mich
Margaret Buskard
Will Delfer
C. R. Evang
Mabel Flensburg
Lee Loop
Mamie Tanm
Lester Thompson
Rhode Island
Almath City Council Meeting Notes and Motions
The Texstar Common Council meeting of Almath City was called to order by Mayor Montigel. Aldermen Knight Wright polft ey Fullerton Frakes present. journal read and approved. several motions funded sewer work and health board appointments, with committee referrals and reports ordered for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almath
M. Montigel
Knight
Wright
Ald. Frakee
Ald. Wright
Ald. Fuller
Frank Zeigenfites
Att. Follet
AM Wright
Carlyn O. Delavan
Fire Department
Ald. Puller
Ald
Pulfrey
Mayer Montiel Pentage Booth
Freaker
Poller
E. A. Landner
Wes
Sewer Committee and Water Board
All Knight
Ty Ald Roller
Mls
Ald Fuller
Allerton
Alma council agrees funds move for park and paving study
Motion carried transferring 50 from final and 50 from general to park fund. Mayor Montige proposes a paving committee to visit other cities, compare materials, and obtain cost estimates per square yard. Council to reimburse travel. appointments confirmed. Catholic church allowed park use. Miller to vacate corner. popcorn sale near stores approved. numerous General, Highway, Water, Cemetery, and Park fund bills authorized for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montige
Comon Council
City of
Alma
L. A. Sharp
Ezra Smith
Co. J. Brown
Geo. W. Pulfrey
Ald
Fuller
Ald. Fullerton
Pulfrey
Fullerton
Wright
Marshall
Wm. Miller
E. Superior
State Street
Ald. Fuller
Wnight
C. Rhodes Deng
Fool Grover's Drug Store
Woodworth Ave
Malion
Palfrey
Fraker
General Fund
Alma Grain and Lumber Co
Velite Ites Sisees Ovens
Redroo
City Hall
J. E. Fuller
Ple Hardware Co
Cs, & GM
Alma Record Co
C. W. Halstead
G. B. Hicok & Son
August Arndt
A. Fidler
Foster Fraker
McMillien
Win
Ogden
Bor
Otte Sanderheft
Aluva Elevator Co
Bill R. J. Fraker
Charles Williams
Karl Pareis
Oss James Howe
Wm. Wheeler
Willis Eno
David Howe
Warden
Adams
Geo
Wheeler
Jacob Ebright
Alma Grain Aml Lumber Co
Stephiens Mig. Co
Hartdale Park Fund
Kish
Bill Feene Fesse
Sra Gardowr
Abd Palfrey
Alio Nened
I. M. Montigei
WO Adams
Moan Turned Mote Toesday Sheri Rowell in Cadiflac
Ithaca resident Sheri Rowell travels through Cadillac toward Traverse City with Mrs. Kirin Kinmoell who has been committed to the state asylL for treatment. Her husband is a farmer and the couple face a hard life marked by worry and withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheri
John Rowell
Ithaca
Cadiflac
Traverse City
Kirin Kinmoell
Asylim
Cadillac News and Express
Stopple Kook Kit joins Boy Scout gear movement
W. W. Stopple, manager of the Little Giant Hay Press, introduces Stopple's Pocket Book Kit a compact cooking outfit for campers. It includes a frying pan broiler roasting pan coffee pail and drinking cup with detachable handles. The kit fits in the pocket and is now adopted as part of Boy Scout official equipment by the movement's 240000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Stopple
Hay Press Company
Boy Scent Movement
United States Army
Arcada Farmers Club Opens With 42 Members
The Arcada farmers club started at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stadlebusgus with 42 members present. The next meeting will be the annual picnic in Mr. B. F. Cline's grove. The program features readings by Geo Irish, Mrs. Andrew Nestle, and others with instrumental music by Mrs. F. Don and Minnie Witheral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcada Farmers Club
Henry Stadlebusgus
B. F. Cline
S Grove
Reading
Geo. Irish
Andrew Nestle
Louise Hamline
F. Don Reading
Bert Bailey
Harry Walston
Minnie Witheral
Clare Smith
S. W. Peck
Selo
W. FE
H. S. Smith
Henry Fuller
Thanksgiving Day Date Set by President Tait
President Tait will designate the date for Thanksgiving this year. Traditionally the last Thursday in November is chosen, but this year November has five Thursdays creating doubt. White House and college football officials settled the date to finalize plans for the day’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tait
White House
Thear Gers
Formerly from Gratiot Brimmer seeks vindication
A former Ashley hotel keeper named C Brimmer, previously convicted for forging names to notes and serving 14 months of a four year sentence, now claims innocence. He alleges that Win Chak en bush of Bloomfield Millbrook and James Wood of Rolland are among the forged names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Brimmer
Ashley
Jackson
Win
Qhackenbush
Bloomfield Township
Millbrook
James Wood
Rolland
Brimmer
Mr. Brimmer
Mr. Pleas
Kook Kit aims for 1912 sales surge and war dept interest
The Kook Kit portable cooking outfit attracts attention from the War Department and British and German war departments. Plans include Chicago and Buffalo assembly with 5000 sporting goods dealers contacted. Projections foresee strong fall 1912 sales and stockholder value amid active advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stopple
War Department
Forlawe
W. W. Staple
Alma
fie-I'res
Chicago
Buffalo
United States
Prominent North Star Resident Dies
George Smith, long respected Star figure and former justice of the peace, died at his home last Sunday evening near the anniversary of his golden wedding. He leaves a wife two sons and three daughters. Funeral at one o clock Wednesday with E C Crandall in charge, family in attendance. Frank Rudich of the Journal spent Sunday at Lake George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Star
Smith
North Star
Dr. Smith
Sickles
E. C. Crandall
Extra Session Costs for House Travel Under New Method
Washington dispatch notes the extra session will cost $146 417 20 for transportation and 361 968 miles traveled. Michigan members listed include Doremus Detroit 728 miles 203 20 dollars and other reps like Young Ishpeming 1257 miles 44 80 dollars. Mileage set at 20 cents per mile, now calculated by committee from residence to Washington as correct per Chairman R E Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
R. E. Lee
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Miles Cash Doremus
Detroit
Wedemeyer
Ann Arbor
JMC
Hamilton
Niles
Sweet
Grand Rapis
S. W. Smith
Pontive
McMoran
Port Huron
Fordney
Saginaw
McLaughtlin
Murkeye
Dodds
Mt. Messant
Young
Ishpeming
Lee
Board of Health Acts on Anterior Pig Polio Report
The Board of Health notes five polio like cases in Michigan over the last week from Jam Rapids Hillsdale and Wine Township. It describes polio causation as unknown with contagion in the throat and membrane material from dead monkeys. Symptoms are varied with paralysis as a key later sign and urges early physician care and isolation if illness appears in family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Jam Rapids
Hillsdale
Conte Fron
Whextter
Montkeys
Weil
Poliomyelitis guidance from State Board of Health
A state health official discusses poliomyelitis as a reportable disease, urges isolation for three weeks with household disinfection, and recommends hygiene and avoidance of public gatherings to curb an outbreak. Massage and electrical therapies may aid paralysis, and care with antiseptics and gargles is advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Examinations Recorded For Teachers Exam at Ithaca
A list of applicants who wrote the teachers' examination at Ithaca includes numerous names from various towns such as Carson City Middleton Perrinton Ithaca Pompeii St. Louis and St Johns. Notable entries include Floyd Bollinger Euxene Bigelow Grace Biddinger Bertha Britten and Walter Dayringer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Firdee Anderson
Floyd Bollinger
Carson City
Euxene Bigelow
Middleton
Grace Biddinger
Perrinton
Bernice Burlingame
Breckinridge
Clare M. Butler
Bertha Britten
Riverdale
Etta M. Chambers
C. Josephine Cornwell
Ashley
Walter Dayringer
Winnie FE. Davis
Blanch B. Edwards
Real Estate Transfers Listing From Various Towns
Real estate transfer notes show multiple deeds and conveyances among residents and firms across towns, including Lafayette, Breckenridge, Ithaca, Alma, and Vand Jane. The annual Methodist Conference is announced for Kalamazoo on September 13, with the event noted alongside property transactions.
St Louis Water Power Sold to Consolidated Power Co
The St Louis water power, long used by the St Louis Milling Co and city works, has been sold to Consolidated Light and Power Co headed by J L Hudson of Detroit. Fred. Henry, in Detroit, closed the deal after city voting favored the old contract and a new rental proposal. The sale transfers all rights and liabilities to the purchaser, with city-ownership conditions under debate. The Chippewa River Power Co franchise and 1909 Alta election are noted, and a new Chicago Union Station plan costing $20 million is announced for 1914 readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Independent
St. Louis
J. L. Hudson
Detroit
Chippewa
Alma
al- Wa
St. Lows Dam
Henry
Giddings
Compu
Henry Corbally
Itn
Alta
Chippewa River and Power Co
Consolidated Light and Power Co
Chippewa River
Adarst
Consolidated Tight and Power Company
Union Railroad
Chicago
Pensylvania
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Chicago, Millwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Union Station
Adams
Jackson Street
Canal Street
Chicago River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sugar Cos. Merger
1. Louis Sugar Co
The
Holland Sugar Co
Wed
Uty Goungil Neel
Cadillac
Mr. McPhee
Violet Sandie
Niagara Park
Les Fortier
Mestrs
Quackenbush
Wood
Mt. Mirasann
Frank Rudich
Journal
Force
Lake George
U. P
Dodds, Mt, Pleasant
Board OF Health
Dixon
As M
St. Lent
Amnt
St. Fnis
Desringer
Lafayette
Parrish
Jors
Brecket
W. Bobier Jr
A. J. Vibber
Mw A
Bethany
Markham
Cowper
Pot. Pei
St. Lowis
B. F. Pease
J. F. Shaw
Vand
Jane
Kalamazoo
Lois Power
Consolidated Light & Power Co
Chippewa Power CO
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