County Mews and Local Notices Chronicle
A long local column records visits, sales, and social events from Beebe and nearby towns. It notes a local box social, family visits to Maple Rapids and St. John, a Christmas plan, a funeral in Gilmore, a meat cutting accident, and a temperance sermon urging abstinence and community reform. The piece underscores ongoing community life and moral exhortation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Seanen
Gebietes
Therion Lites
Whitias
Bond
St. Louis
Yortington College
Fonnile Gittelonwis
Francis Gridley
Mina Knapp
Maple Rapids
Walter Whiten
Frank Adams
Gilmore
Edna Bare
Claus
Beebe
Snyder
Local Notice Fragment From Elwell Update of Town Affairs
Fragmentary Elwell notices report Twe.1 fr Choe Mebeechin and wife visiting relatives in Posterit Old. Miller revamps interior detailing patterns. Church Vangalos firm dissolved. Pussies to resume old location. Bures and Mutual Insurance report to next meeting. Tra Paelos moving from old homestead to Shelr sul. Post office closed for Vice President Mobart funeral day. Mrs Grant Strayur away where her husband is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choe
Mebeechin
Miller
Church & Vangalos Wave
Muli
Mallare
Aft
Tra Paelos
Sumner
Mobart
Grant Strayur
UtiaWay
Revival at Methodist church and local community notices
Reports from Elwell area detail a nine day revival led by Rev Maria at the Methodist church, new church members on probation, and a Junior League installation with officers Olive Ward, Earl Winters, Edna Sly, and Lloyd Davis. Also noted are harvest repairs to sheep sheds, a dec 1 accident injuring Levi Houck, and local reading circle activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trey
Maria of
Biservn
Methodist Church
Gonversdiuny
Dell Mose
Sin
Mawird
Taye
Ypsilanti
Wikis Doward
Tates Hns
Blaze
Stligal
Heaverton
Ioiday
Invotlis
Methdist
Olive Ward
V. P
Earl Winters
Edna Sly
Lloyd Davis
Emma Sly
Eaverton
Levi Houck
Riredale
Alma
Houck
WF. J. Mair
M. E
Elwell
Sxarmloneion
Joe Hoxie
Mid-fieton
Board of Examiners
Lave
Mersie England
Hasel Tingley
Born to Mr and Mrs James Stafford in St Louis
In St Louis a baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs James Stafford with Miss Bile Taylor of Buthilo in attendance. The new arrival comes as Mrs W Pettis and Mr and Mrs Clas Pettis of Salem Ohio are visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deo
James Stafford
Miss Bile Taylor
Buthilo
St. Louis
Lote & Aldrion
W. Pettis
Clas. Pettis
Salem
Oho
Dette
Wishone
Mt B
Geme
Drank Deldson
Fulton Center Community Gathers Amid Illnesses and Funerals
The Fulton Center column reports numerous illnesses including typhoid fever for Charlie Weller and Abel Skinner, with family care by Miss Moy Tuttle of Middleton. It notes a parish event at Fulton Center and North Slade Chairs, a charity drive raising ten dollars, and a funeral for Mother Piston with burial at Pollton Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pultan Center
Charlie Weller
Abel Skinner
Wem
Senepl Kellege
Mer
Moy ‘Tuttle
Middleton
Filtien Center
Weel
Zick Miller
Fehaea
Tack Wiley
Dewey
Walker
Lesroy
Harley
Pultin
Dane Dary
Mamie Wilcox
Astley
Mtr Carter
Batuwh
New Yorks
Belles Puroni
Bahavia
Hades
Clarence Kelloge
Partiuse
Vane God
Setisrday
Tipos Plate
M. Bo
Pdhis Place
Polton Center
John Snyder
Schon
Ithaca News and Local Updates From Gratiot County
Ithaca community notes include Frain Commissioner’s move to Drhinca aid, annual settle ment with Clinton and Gratiot Mutual, and local visits from Mary Stout and Mrs. Grant Skinner. Reports cover a devastating fire at Rover Mills in Ithaca, with total loss of mill and machinery, heroic fire department efforts, limited insurance payout, and plans to rebuild. Also noted are travel to Central Lake, Napoleon visits, and a fifty-two year old farmer’s rapid plowing feat plus inquiries about a Deputy Sheriff chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eteuls
Aie
Jesse Pepple
Realaria
Jon Luss
Durand
Mary Stout
Lockport
New York
Grant Skinner
Algonac
W.A. Taylor
Joel Snyder
Central Lake
Ithaca
Sherif
Weaver
Chasene
Tudday
J. J. Tennant
Carson City
Gratiot County
Funere
Nathaniel Johanson
Lite de Danutter
Newark
Napoleon
Ohio
Ithaes Rover Mills
Rumseli Monsnetne
Short Institutes Synopsis at Ithaca January 1900
Attendance was small. State Speaker A M Welch spoke at Ithaca on silage and sugar beets. The Breewenhive talk covered building a silo with belt and rod protectors, labor time, seed beds, and costs. Speakers described beets, fertilizer, and the year’s returns amid a poor season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breewenhive
Wolen
Ulebara
Cat Allen
Mia Egan
Women Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble
An advertisement argues kidney and bladder trouble affect both sexes and children, causing diminished ambition and vitality. It promotes Swamp Root from Kilmer and Co as a remedy, claiming quick relief and offering sample bottles and testimonials through mail order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Farming talks cover beets silk silage and lambs
A lumbering meeting at Breckenridge and Bethany covers soil tilth, seed beds, and the value of a firm seed bed for crops. Welch discusses fattening lambs and silo use, while Allen and Burns note farm life ups and downs. Sugar beet culture and dairy cow care are also explored with practical tips and questions from attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisahd Glaceath
Breckenridge
Vlan Adten
Elise Terion
Lue Sugar Company
Welch
Farmers Trust
Cory
Allen x
Bart
Reniatl
Leta
Damuag
Staal Militatte
Farner
Bim Hall
Burns
Ajien
Faith in ministers and cures in a Michigan town
A long, period piece letter urged faith in parish leaders and medical remedies. It quotes Rev. FA Smith of Kalamazoo praising Dean's Kidney Pills, lists testimonials from various individuals, and extols home cures like Sarsaparilla and Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The fragmented text mixes religion, medicine ads, and personal anecdotes with many misspellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Hin Wincertly
Michigan
Prabe
Pablo
FA. Smith
Flrat Street
Kalamazed
Mich
Dean
Doan
Sam
Dove
Prige
Poster Milburn Co
Buffalo
Sohea
Lemaine Dean
Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup Ad Claims Cure
A 19th century style classified ad touts Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as a universal cough remedy that cures in 24 hours if taken timely and supposedly paralyzes the throat to prevent a cough. It markets both 25 and 50 cent sizes and lists SHARRAR & MULHOLLAND as wholesalers at 108 Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Sharrar & Mulholland Ausohors
Webb
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Foley
Wheeler
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Faber de
Crete
Mirnn
Henry Shiow
Fighiter
Nellie
St. John
Dee
Hrother
Ve Phege
EL Hall
Charles Davis
Bowerston, O
Dr. Kings
Sharroc & Ig
Mulholland
ST Louis
Fulton Center
Pompeii
Hood
Nores Howe
A.M Welch
Ionia
Little Conqueror
Jennies
Riley
Carter
Lehigh
N.Y
Manis Witcox
Attivy
Bred Harr
Tattle Derry
Houtston
Wilzey
A. Kelley
Marty A. Pucti
Soseville
Win
Uustand
Mary Hubbard
Lemar
Cornwell
Valiny
Haugertina
Alan
Baldwin
B. Mabshan
Chawroed
Biontoy
Tiwekervite
Tex
Johnston
Richmond
Chamberlain
Hirtha & Rhodes
A. I. C. Corres
Variety
B. W. Ellison
Alma, Mich
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