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Alma city notices and social notes from local shoppers
Slices of Alma life show Shop ads for Rockstein clothing and Butter Cup bread, travel mentions of Saginaw and Chicago trips, and multiple local visits. Typhoid illness, club meetings, and a planned fall musical add community rhythm to this snapshot of 1910s small-town activity.
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Adv
Conary
Levering Jones
Saginaw
Rockstein
A. W. Davis
Rockstein's
Johr-Chick
la Strange Lake
Harley Williams
Chicago
Verne Calkins
Houghton Lake
Seui
Bertha McLaren
Grand Rapids
Priday Hightelielw
John Myers
Ithaca
Alma
de. G. Sluyter
State Savings Bank
Mary Shunleff
Cross Village
H. Babcock
Gerhardt & Smith
Lewis Hudson
Joseph Glendening
Detroit
Beshgetoor
Rex Babcock
Farmington
H. 8. Babcock
Ivan Nelson
Alonzo Heshgetoor
Dow Chemical Co
Midland
James A. Green
Attorney Generals Office
Lansing
Peter White
Ewart
Henry Deitz
Frank Deitz
Roy Darnell
Republic Traffic Department
William H. Snell
Clyde Eagon
Fremont
Ohio
Dr. Eagon
South Dakota
Michigan
Smith's
Strand
Wnady