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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1912

Page

5

Local notes and notices from Alma and vicinity

A crowded column lists visits and travel of residents and guests in Alma including John Gage of Saginaw, families at Houghton Lake, trips to Port Huron, Barryton, and Detroit, and many social calls. Political advertising for Sheriff candidate John Rush appears alongside brief out of town trips, visits, and theatre-like gatherings.

John Gage Saginaw P.M. Smith Son Malcom Houghton Lake George Ricketts William Scott St. Louis Louis Hudson Lena Hutton Huttonsville W. Virginia W. D. Strong Ollie Hayes Port Floron H. E Walton Loraine Oberlin Ohio J. W. Blakeley Reycraft Maple Avenue Murray Kellogg George Blesch Barryton Jesse Walker Smith & Clapp Hardware Co Meresta Contracting Jesse John Rush Ihee Sheriff Mahel Queen Strong Clarke Care Order of Knight Templars J. C Gossett Spring Lake L. J. Gardner Myrtle Anna Ionic Bass Mping C. TL. Wood Simon Messinger Sadie Messinger Ann Arbor Wright & Brown W. Superior Street M. J. McPhee Buffalo McPhee Alma Malcom Smith Jessie Smith Olive Smith Kathryn Holland Nellie Alley Vought Superint Street J. W. McWaters W. J. McPhee Vancouver B.C Prank Egan Seattle Wash Egan Summerton Ely Brown Miss Beulah! Brown Lake City Brown Cottage Probart O'Neil Portland W. J. Melchers Union Telephone Co Tew Point Scout Owosso Elizabeth Houlihan

Life and death of Margaret Ely in Gratiot county

The obituary notes Margaret Chapin Ely born June 27 1845 in Chicago daughter of Dewitt Clinton Chapin and Edna Utley Chapin. Wife of Townsend A Ely and mother of Ralph C Ely she influenced central Michigan life with teaching in Alma and public schools and lived a life of moral purpose. Funeral by Rev J Frank Jackson marked a life well spent with simple ceremony. Funeral details mention residence and past travels.

Margaret Chapin Ely Townsend A. Ely Chicago Dewitt Clinton Chapin Edna Utley Chapin Gratiot County Michigan Judge Chapin Margaret Miss Rogers Lansing Alma Superlor Street Arcada Wright Ralph Ely Ralph C. Ely J. Frank Jackson Arthur Medler Gladwin Detroit Solvay Process Co G. L. Thornton Ypsilanti A. C. Thornton Alma Public Schools Ellsworth Methodist Men's Bible Class Ezra Smith P. W. Creaser A. 1 H. Olmstead Olive Smith Sophia Donham Anna Montigel Mable Wilkinson Brainerd Hospital Charlotte Sanitarium Charlotte Wilkinson

Rush Seeks GOP Sheriff Nomination in August Primary

John Rush, a Republican candidate for sheriff, appeals for support ahead of the August primary. The brief endorsement highlights his qualifications and readiness for the office.

Funeral cortege mishap at Sumner and Vaudette stunt

A funeral procession for Mrs. Sarah Pagsley was en route to Sumner cemetery when pall bearers’ carriage overturned after fright by an auto injuring several men. Also reported a Vaudette act by De La Geneste pulling off a new kind of insane muff, then escaping the belt using his teeth amid a stout display of strength before witnesses.

Sarah Pagsley Sumner J. Osterhout R. Osterhout W. Robbins M. M. Flint W. A. Harrison Wm. Kirker Riverdale

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