Riverdale Notes Busy Holiday Season and Local Changes
J G Young and wife attended Alma events. Owen the Riverdale druggist promotes holiday gifts and a line of candies and perfumes. Miss May O Connor visited Hemlock friends. Miss Nellie Vallance resigns from Hotel Miner. Van Alstine & Company expand to a general store in Riverdale with Thos Rogers joining. new departments to open. community sports and social updates follow.
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J. G. Young
Alma
Yee
Riverdale
W. EB. Dankle
Blanchard
Mr. Dankle
Bernice
Ivan Ferwilliger
Clare
Hazel
Richard Chase
W. E. Johnson
W. E. Swope
H. A. Lyon
Lyle
Mrs. Lyon
Shepherd
Ruth Henderson
St. Johns
Mrs. Whaley
Hubert E. Moble
Young Men's Athletic Club Forms In Houck Hall
The club met last week in Houck's hall and set regular meetings for Tuesdays and Fridays at eight. Officers elected were President W. E. Swope, Secretary H. A. Lyons, Treasurer Jack Moble, with John G. Young and Harry Clark on the executive committee. By-laws were adopted and the association organized to play basketball.
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Young Men’s Athletic Club
Houck's Hall
W. E. Swope
H. A. Lyons
Jack Moble
John G. Young
Harry Clark
Thanksgiving at home anchors Detroit families
Detroit residents celebrate Thanksgiving with family gatherings and home dinners. N W Struble and wife plus daughter, recently back from the University of Michigan, dined at BF HL Rowland’s home as Rogers and family moved from Bay City to join Van Alstine & Company. Lily Hilsinger hosted a young friends party. Carrier Van Alstine resumed Friday routes after the holiday. Riverdale High School choral class under Rev Whaley makes progress with planned future entertainment. The Moyles provided music noted as among Riverdale’s best. School assemblies featured recitations and songs, Lyons sang a solo. Sport Bradley’s rabbit dog Sport died at twelve. Riverdale club plans boxing gear and fitness equipment as it fills a local want.
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Detroit
N. W. Struble
Michigan
BF. HL. Rowland
Rogers
Bay City
van Alstine & Company
Lily Hilsinger
Carrier van Alstine
Whaley
Moyles
Riverdale
High Schill
Lyons
Bradley
Bradley Boys
Long Lost Van Alstine Brother Recontacts Idaho Farmer
A Van Alstine brother, missing for about thirty years, reconnected after learning that Mrs. Shaffer’s Elm Hall family knew his whereabouts. He wandered to river boats and the countryside before settling in Maho, then learned another Van Alstine was asking about him. He is now a prosperous fruit farmer in Idaho and expresses fondness for the region.
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van Alstine
Maho
Dr. Shaffer
Elm Hall
Shafer
van Alstines
Riverdale
Thanksgiving Dinner Gone Awry in Elm Hall
Tim Martin visited his father at Elim Hall and planned to return to Alma. He found the Pere Marquette train delayed, causing a humorous misalignment as he dined Thanksgiving dinner with his father while the P M passenger train pulled out.
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Tim Martin
Elm Hall
Tim
Mr. Martin
Elim Hall
Alma
Main Street
Flowers of the Arctic Explore Vast Arctic Flora
A natural history note states that 762 kinds of flowers have been found in Arctic regions. It highlights the rich plant diversity despite the extreme conditions and notes ongoing cataloging of species by researchers.
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Arctic
Riverdale Elevator’s Historic Build and Bean Boom
The Riverdale Elevator, founded by W. P. Cash in April 1001, completed by May, housed a 12,000 bushel capacity with a 12 hp McVicker engine and steel siding. Now under Riverdale Elevator Company since 1909, it handles beans, rye, wheat, and oats with a strong bean trade, shipping to St Louis, Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, and many states, while beans fetch $2.50 to $2,000 per bushel for prized white pea beans.
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W. P. Cash
Riverdale
McVicker
Pere Marquette
Mer
Cash
W. Cash
Wm. Burkett
Breckenridge
Michigan
van Camp
United States
St Louis
Pittsburg
Parkersville
W. Va
Union
Riverdale Elevator Company
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Bank of Riverdale
A. B. Darragh
Riverdale, Mich
F. H. Rowland
Cashier
the Quality Store
Geo. J. Skaff
Riverdale Elevator CO
Wales
F. C. Hyde
PF. H. Rowland
Ward
Will Allen
Benson Lodge
McCall's
Mie M. H. Bradley
Elwell
Morey
RE. Moble & Company
Thos. Rogers
Boy's Athletic Club
A. Miner
R. E. Moble & Co
VanAlstine & Co
W. H. Wyeth & Son
Mampton’s Magazine
Woman's Home Companion
Alma Record
Hampton
Hamptons
Hampton's Magazine
Farm Journal
Paris
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