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Alma area news and social notes from 1893
Local items list illnesses visits travel and errands. Mrs J W Ewing and Miss Josie Whipps among those mentioned. Tickets sold for Petoskey and Frankfort excursions. Scaffolding accident injures three workers. A mix of shop ads, arrivals, departures, and community updates across Alma and nearby towns.
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Admiral Dewey
J. W. Ewing
E. B. Griffith & Co
Josie Whipps
J. L. Miller
J.C. Bright
Ithaca
Nellie Osborn
Evanston
Frankfort
Marie Sigsby
Crystal
J. P. Gillman
Detroit
Bert Hayes
Stanton
Petoskey
Clinton Boyles
Shepherd
Clarence Thorns
Ot McCords
Siating
Butterfield
Green
Carrie A. Brown
Frank Wheeler
Alma
Jon
Aberdeen
Wash
Itill
Wm. Rilea
Chicago
Ed. Griffin
Webb's Corner Drug Store
Phil
Myrtle Walker
Lillian Laurence
H. J. Vermeulen
Alma Lodge F
M. J. Follett
Harrison
Sheridan
J. F. Sartor
B. Ingersol
St. Johns
Walter Caple
Canandagua
Chas, Caple
Alma Cyele God's
Pettyjohn's
A. O. Davis
W. A. Davis
Bay City
L. A. Derry
Michigan
Grange
Grove
P. 5. Dodge
J. F. Suydam
E. R. Griffith & Co
Eugene Kirby
BFBE
Polansky's
Henry Browbaker
Florence M. Coates
Findlay
Ohio
A. W. Wright
Kansas City
Denver
Florence E. Potter
J. T. Ewing
Newport
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