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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1909

Page

5

Local Happenings In Alma And Surrounding Areas

A sweep of brief notices from Alma and nearby towns records multiple visits and travels. Ben Button was in Farwell until Sunday, Fred Wright in Lansing, and Simon Messinger in Temple earlier this week. Visitors include Mrs. H J Howe and Miss Helen O’Brien from Detroit staying with C Murphy, and Governor Warner with Congressman Townsend en route to St Louis. Several locals and former Gratiot county newspaper men appeared in Alma, including Robert Smith from Lansing and Ernest Wright from Eureka. Mrs Bart Miller promotes corsets and Luchini Bros offers ice cream. Lane Cunar advertises a second hand binder. Multiple trips to Saginaw, Bancroft, Crystal Lake and Detroit are noted, with family visits and reunions affecting local schedules.

Ben Button Farwell Woodware Toledo Fred Wright Lansing Simon Messinger Temple Wright House Trym Luchini Bros Bart Miller Nettie Rockwell Mt. Pleasant E. R. White T. A. Ely H. J. Howe Helen O'Brien Detroit C. Murphy Dessie Callihan Maude Porterfield Crystal Lake Por Lane Cunar C. G. Morgan Court Avenue Port Struble Vestaburg Alma Earl Parker Flint Byron Nevins Bancroft Michigan Fred M. Warner Charles E. Townsend St. Louis H. 0. Obura Miami County Ohio Sayles Ithaca James Kress G. H. Banaill Charles Powers Antone Bahlke Lyons G. P. Collins Ann Arbor Adam Miller Grand Rapids Father Malvey Merrill Minde Laura Crandell North Star Conley Sagitaw L. J. Gardner George Bates Stanton Elmer Francis Ivah Feek J. W. Moshier Greenville M. Cross Carl Anderson Ewart Alma Vaudetta Frank Saunders Saginaw Harry Moore Clare Nelson Nellie Sullivan Covington Alea Gill Cleo Gill Bessie Creasor Addie Anderson Hesperia Star Brand Messinger John Filden Union Telephone Company St Johns Grover Brothers No J. McCullough Lillian McCullough Bert Palfrey John Walters Tustin Walter

Alma Notes and Local Visitors Update

Alma residents report visits from relatives and friends across Ithaca Dewitt Grand Rapids and Saginaw with social calls excur­sions to Toledo Ann Arbor Owosso and Chicago.Appointments and sales ads for clothing shoes furniture and a candy ice cream parlor appear with theater plans and upcoming sales at Measingers and other local shops.

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Cohen & Bro Messinger & CO Miller Bros Teddy Bear Chase & Sanborn’s Alma’s Greatest Grocery Mrs A. O. Schieb Mrs. Schieb Miss Knickerbocker Margaret Pettyjohn Chicago Bessie Holmes Gladys Pettyjohn Jackson Ernest Wright Eureka John Wright Robert Smith Gratiot County Mrs. C. Ainsley Miller Herrington W. H. Parr and Family A. G. Gardner Dee Dillonvale Danham Gaila Follett Sheridan A. B. Scattergood Reading Joe Fred Ellicott Traverse City Wm. Ellicott Chas. Ryan St John's Church Wallaceburg Ontario Axminster Rags Measinger's Vern Parshow F. Brown P. Wilson F. L. Convis Woodward Sumner Laura Brown Ella Bittner Miss Webb Dewitt S. P. Todd Bay City E. D. Miller Webberville Viite B. S. Webb Messrs Ransom Braker P. W. Creaser Porter Township Midland County Owosso Herbert Brainerd Kalamazoo I. N. Brainerd Miss Wooster W. Shepard Rev. Higgins Philadelphia First Baptist Church L. N. Baker H.N. Lee Edna Lucy North Alst Street Irving Park John T. Swigart Ray Grand Haven Ransom Fraker Lois Mackinac Indian Village Collen Cies Steuke A. S. Usher Charlevoix Sheriff Convis Ethel Cline Perrinton Marie E. Huntley Mechanic and Maple Streets Bert Mangus Mechanic Street Rainsberger Dreamland Theatre Florence Henry Dundee Gayle Henry Winnie Teavan Walter Viiet Alma Elevator Company Norberts S. Measinger C. Lake O. L. Convis Gill Fred Gill O. R. Baldwin Italy N. Y C. A. DePlanta S. Messinger Annie Scott Cadillac Traverse City Petoskey Founty J. G. Gardner Ralph Wheaton Happy John Marchmont Columbia University Marchmont J. S. Gaffney Cleveland W. K. Earley Lexington GC. F. Browns Early Mestrs. Messinger Frank Barnes Mr. Pleasant Alma Grain & Lumber Company Park Harry Walstoe W. A. Bahlke Alina Friends Harry Craig Sault Ste. Marie Walt Caple The Caple Hardware Company H. L. Crain Hye Detroit Friends Wantxp Humphrey John Harmin Ainsley Civic Improvement League Ladies' Aid Society of the Presbyjterian Church City Park Dtrs Edna Robbins W. T. Pitt Seville Township Lucius Bagley Morris Oklahoma Mr. Bagley Bagley Rey C. G. Rhodes Esther Elk Rapids Grand Traverse Bay L. A. Fisher Jackson Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Wright Park Pere Marquette Woodworth E. E. Brown G. B. Porter Optician Superior St. Alma, Mich C.F. Brown Oaces Mai First State Bank Mich A. W. Wright Wm. S. Turck G. S. Ward L.A. Sharp Francis King Ely Brewluker Charles Rhodes A.te Sehoo Ev Nance Grover Bros Alma Vaudette Stone & Hayes Cis
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