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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Pagsley
Sumner
J. Osterhout
R. Osterhout
W. Robbins
M. M. Flint
W. A. Harrison
Wm. Kirker
Riverdale
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kansas
Albertas
Stuckey’s Independent Gash Grocery
Churchill Business Institute
Grand Rapids
Ionia Ave
N. W
Grand Rapids, Mich
Lyle Ervin
Erwin
Violet de
Cheboygan
Bert Maier
Grand Ledge
L. L. Conn
A. R. Mursell
Clare
H. L. Phillip
Elsie Lindner
W. A. Bradley
Nellie Stoughton
Duluth
Beulah Parr
L. Burdick
Shepard
S. H. Barber
Mt. Pleasant
Sherrill Calahan
Vestaburg
A. J. Brown
Ithaca
G. Archie Brown
Mary McInerney
Big Rapids
Virginia Mulvey
Irene Bahenkemp
Margaret Stuckey
Cadillac
Charles Button
Carson City
New York
Frank A. Sweeney
L. B. Crandall
T. C. Crandall
J. Barney
D. V. Havel
Arabella Scott
Fremont
Iva Amsbury
Standish
W. H. Snell
Kalamazoo
Miss Rose Messinger
Mrs
First State Bank
W. Superior St
Carl Washburn
Otsego Lake
Townsend LY
Gratiot
Gome
East Ances
Northeastern Michigan Fair Association
Bay City
Paul Crandall
State Undertakers’ Association
Flint
Crandall
W. W. Cushing
Cushing
Knights of the New Century
Methodist Sunday School
Prospect Avenue
Wright and Brown's New Store
Central
Republican Party
Thor Gains
Caro
Gains
Anna Hazelton
Memphis
Mich
John Murphy
Hazelton
L.L. Conny
F. W. Pearce
Washington Street
A. B. Scattergood
Gov. Craddock
Bedford
Mass
Craddock
Eli Brown
Brown
Breckenridge and
Wheeler
Lena Rivers
Whitney Stock Co
Stevie
Marcella Adams
Kathryn Hooland
Etta Stuckey
Mabel Hutchings
Sophis Dunham
Grace Messinger
Alberta Dunham
Pearl Decker
G B. Porter
Optometrist
Superior St
Alma State Savings Bank
WM. A. Bahlee
H. C. Moore
Jotham Allen
K. R. Adams
Alma Vaudette de la Geneste
Weese
Elliotts
Lyons
Warp
P.M. Surnt
TE Bank
L. A. Snare
Turck
Pranos Kis
Gratiot County Special
Toledo
Forest Hill
J. P. Losey
Superior
ST. Alma, Mich