Obituary Notice for December 1 1013 Father
The obituary notes the passing of a 59 year old man on December 1 1013. He had five children from his marriage Philena May died 1580 at age ten. others named Paul Mary Marion and John survive with his wife. Remains brought to North Star for services at the F M church conducted by Rev F J Calkins with interment at North Star cemetery. Pallbearers and attending ministers listed from nearby churches including Owosso Flint Sarinan Elsie Ithaca and St Louis.
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Mit
Philena May
Paul
Mary
Marion
John
North Star
F. M
F. J. Calkins
North Star Cemetery
Bovee
M. DeVoist
Owosso
W. J. Jackson
Flint
Flint; ©. E. Caswell, Sarinan; Edison Leininger
Elsie
Marshal W. Hoyt
Owosse
CD. Hoadley
Ithaca
Wn Hoyt
St. Louis
W. E. Istes
G. Chalker
Fowlerville
Vredenburg and Owosso Trip News and Local Events
Vredenburg made a business trip to Owosso Tuesday. George Ruse and Jesse Jacobs plan to head south next week. J E Black and wife spent last winter in Georgia but Black remains in Michigan due to illness. Hog cholera appears under control with no new cases in weeks. Tuesday was shipping day with Astel, Wagner, and Strabel sending cars. Shepherd ships three to five carloads weekly to stock meat supply. Join Johnson of Thompsonville visited, now a millwright at a Thompsonville handle factory. Bert Chapin’s ten year old son died after a brief illness and is buried in Shepherd cemetery with Rev. Davis officiating. Owosso and Alma Sugar firms closed weigh stations as beets are delivered. St Louis company still receiving roots.
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Vredenburg
Owosso
George Ruse
Jesse Jacobs
South
J. E. Black
Georgia
Astel
Wagner
Strabel
Shepherd
Join Johnson
Thompsonville
Mr. Johnson
Bert Chapin
Clare
Shepherd Cemetery
Davis
Alma
St. Louis
Obituary: Marion Lysander Bovee Dies After Fifty Years in Ministry
Marion Lysander Bovee was born March 14, 1855 in Lenawee County Michigan. He moved to Gratiot County as a youth, married Lucy Chalk er in 1877, and settled in North Star township. Converted in 1879 he became a preacher, was ordained, and served 24 years in eastern Michigan, later moving to Detroit in 1908 to serve as district elder and pastor and to evangelistic work before his health declined.
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Marion Lysander Bovee
Lenawee County
Michigan
Gratiot County
Lucy Chalker
North Star Township
North Star
Scott Marshal
Hovee
Pine River Free
F. J. Calkins
Eastern Michigan
Detroit
Bovee
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment advertised nationwide
The ad touts Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a cure for itchy eczema tetter and skin eruptions. W Fitch of Mendota Illinois credits one box with relief after years of treatment. The pitch promises money back if not helped and lists Wheaton Rhodes Rexall drug stores as sellers.
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Hobson
W. Fitch
Mendota
Lightning Bug Explained by Scientist, Grand Rapids Press
The Grand Rapids Press reports Homer Croy’s claim that Inciferase on Inciferin causes the lightning bug’s glow. The column questions what the insect would do if its chemical “zysmosis” failed, or if Tuciferin dried up, leaving the bug without light on a dark road.
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Grand Rapids Press
Homer Croy
Michigan Postal Savings Rise Sharply
The annual report to Congress shows postal savings deposits in Michigan grew about 100 percent in the last fiscal year, far above the national rise of just over 50 percent. The trustees of the United States postal savings system released the figures today, noting Michigan led the gains among states.
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Michigan
Congress
Trustees of the United States Postal Savings System
Miss Loretta Spencer Returns Home In Ludington
Loretta Spencer returned to her Ludington home Saturday after attending high school nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretta Spencer
Ludington
Ithaca social notes report many local visits and travel
George Weeks of Alma and Will Gleason of Breckenridge were in Ithaca on business on Tuesday. Several residents from Pompeii North Star Hamilton and Detroit visited Ithaca over the past week. George Whitman and parents headed to Alabama for health, while J Cornwell bought a hardware store in Ashley and will soon employ Joe Haas. A Crites sold his Emerson farm and buys the Ira Boyee farm in North Star township to move soon.
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George Weeks
Alma
Ithaca
Will Gleason
Breckenridge
Coleman
Temple
Ith
Tes. Ord J. Trask
Ashley
Dan Stine
North Star
Hart Baker
Jackson
Jesse French, Jr
Newcastle
Ind
John Kernen
Sing
Iva Toles
Detroit
George Baxter
George Whitman
J. P. Whitman
Alabama
Whitman
J. Cornwell
Joe Haas
A. Crites
Emerson
Ira Boyee
North Star Township
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Mr. Bradford
Lester Waldstow
H. Waldstow
G. Krish
P. Peek
Humphreys
Humphreat
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DR. Hobson
Michigan Postal Savings
Mattie Seaver
Pompeii
George Richard
Myles F. Gray
the Journal
Lansing
Floyd Hoag
St. Johns
Sid Hoag
Hamilton
Mae Wood
Vina Hathaway
Miller’s Boot Shop
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