Elm Hall School Notes Show Small Attendance Details
Elm Hall notes report the school closed Friday for proper exercises. Principal Dark vacations in Toronto. Everest from the primary leaves for New Haven. Enrollment totals 41 since September 7 with 71 days attended. Daily average about 24. Attendance records list several students with varied absences and tardies. Leona Wites and Hubbert Hicks noted as neither absent nor tardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Geoge Wrigelesworth
Chicago
Aew
Principa Dark
Toronto
Everest
New Haven
Tanebt
Atcent
Lotta Elliott
Stanley Bidseland
Olive Smith
Wilhelmina Keel
Peither
Alwent
Leona Wites
Hubbert Hicks
Riverdale Tidings Reach A Busy Christmas Season
Lively notes from Riverdale record visits and events in Charlotte Sumner and Breckenridge. Vallance and Wylie families, a masqued ball at Wyths, and a Christmas sale at Owens druggist mark the holiday pages. John Holland’s death lowers the mood amid moving and shop announcements.
Bobby's Christmas Plaint Card Spoof
A 1909 American Press Association piece humorously laments wealth and city life. The narrator recalls simple country happiness in Pawpaw Center, longing for humble days, criticizes hired help and fancy names, and notes daughters changing from Mary Jane to Marie Zhon, Nellie to Natilie.
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American Press Association
Pawpaw Center
Mary Jane
Marie Zhon
Nellie
Natilie
Nell
Mary
Rich boy Christmas in a wired era
Fragment from a poem-like reminiscence contrasts a rich boy’s social distance with Christmas. It notes a shift from childhood play with common boys to exclusivity due to wealth. The verse mentions Santa Claus and a modern plumbing wired home, hinting at changing times and class barriers.
STUDENTS GET FRISKY AT COLLEGE VACATION
Frisky students disrupted Monday chapel by removing administration building windows and parading signs during a holiday break. Faculty responded with light protest but maintained normal classes across locations including the chapel, Wright Hall, and kindergarten room. Open display prompted humor and a suggestion of time card jokes for homeward plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
P. M
Wright Hall
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad From Alma
Alma residents tout Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney and back problems. A local man says after two boxes his pain eased and energy returned, with wife’s endorsement. Sold by local drugstores, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Remember the name Doan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Alma
SE Robinson
Grante Ave
Mich
Sova
Dean
Charles Rhodes
Kidne Villa
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Christmas Parties and Local Notices Included in 1910 Calendar Drive
Reports describe Mrs Shepherd hosting a Sunday school Christmas party with gifts, music, and games. A Union Telephone Co calendar for 1910 is promoted as an advertising medium with an illustration for Independent Telephone Co’s of Michigan Ohio and Indiana. Alma entertainments feature Forrest Dorney Carr Earl J Pfants. Mr and Mrs Myers host a winter gathering with holly decor and a festive supper. Also explains horse hoof growth and earache causes with home remedies and dental advice. The piece ends with gift suggestion for Alma Straights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Telephone Co
Telehone Co
Michigan
Ohito
Indiana
Alma
Perapa
Forrest Dorney Carr
Coutrane
Earl J. Pfants
Wm. Myers
North West
Pine River Township
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Bank of Riverdale
Riverdale, Mich
A. . Darragh
F. H. Rowland
van Alstine & Co
Riverdale Elevator CO
W. H. Wyeth & Son
Henry Tucker
Elm Hall
Riverdale
Sacar
Mian
Nellie Vallance
Claude Wylie
NM Wixon
Charlotte
Frought
Vestaburg
Harvey Harry Miss Vallance
W. Howen
Fred Wilson
Sumner
Frank Hyde
North School
van Alstein and Company
John G. Young
Wyth House
Owen
Whaley
Art W Wyeth
Adar Springs
Enderline
R E Moble & Co
Libby McNeil
Libby
Ray Davenport
Harvey Parrish
Breckenridge
Frank Schnesp
Mr Andrews
Tueesday
Daugter
Thomas Crawford
Clark
Hemlock
Mt Pleasant
Canada
Wyth’s
Opera House
F W Owen
Detroit
W. H. Owen
Mr. Owen ,Jr
Wayne Hotel
Mr. Owen
Australia
New Zeland
John Holland
Claire Sturdevant
Holland
Owen's
Bobby
Willis Hawkins
Chris
Santa Claus
Fypewriters
Lave Smith
Rem
Oliver
Det
Typi, Co
O. K
GEO. Skaff
the Quality Store
Sear
K. E. Moblo & CO
Iverdale, Mich
Houck & Son
Dcalrappenings
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