Alma Local News Roundup Highlights Christmas and Community
Alma items report holiday travel and visiting by local residents, plus business closings for Christmas and New Year. Notes include Clarence Goodrich in Alma on business, Miss Ruth Babcock visiting Constantine, Roy Richards in Detroit, and Cadet Tucker home from St Johns Military Academy. City commission gifts of cigars and chocolates. Henry C. Reynolds dies at 72. Ford Garage Sunday hours. Alma College basketball season opener set for Jan 9 at Mt Pleasant with Mt Pleasant Normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Goodrich
Elsie
Alma
H. Myra Hill
Sheridan
Dee Bourdman
Middleton
Orville Allen
Northern Wheel Company
Saginaw
E. G. Sluyter
State Savings Bank
St. Alma
Ross Schemerhorn
Bad Axe
Model Bakery
Ruth Babcock
Constantine
G. W. Ingersoll
Roy Richards
Detroit
Carleton Spooner
Ithaca
Republic Motor Truck Company Inc
Anthony Tucker
St. Johns Military Academy
Delafield
Wis
Fred Burt
Justice Rogers
Ford
M. Johnson
City Commission
Murphy
Henry C. Reynolds
Grant Avenue
Fremont
Mt. Pleasant
Wood
Territory annexation after Spanish-American War sparks debate
The United States acquired Porto Rico Guam and the Philippines at war's end paying Spain 20 million dollars and granting ten years of trading privileges to Spanish ships. No promises of statehood or citizenship were made for the new territories amid ongoing questions of future status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Porto Rico
Guam
Philippines
Old
Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co
Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company
Middle States
Natural Barometer Spider Web Sign of Weather Change
A fragment notes that a spider's web acts as a simple barometer. When wind or rain is coming the spider tightens the web, holding it taut as long as the weather remains unsettled. If the strands lengthen, it signals calmer, settled weather.
Social Roundup in Forest Hill And Nearby
Forest Hill and surrounding areas report social visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Richardson hosted the Plowman family and others for dinner. families and friends traveled to Saginaw, Breckenridge, Alma, and Illinois. A farewell gathering for Mr and Mrs Leland featured an aluminum coffee percolator gift. A Young Women’s Christian Association officer discussed progress in Japan, including women’s education and reform. A humorous anecdote on pig pricing and a phonograph lure to seal hunters appears among the notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. T. Richardson
Chas. Plowman
Mabel
Florence
R. O. Hunt
Ilinois
Toman Sale
Cee
Wm. Sullivan
Saginaw
S. W. Bowman
Breckenridge
Robert Rearick
Alma
Adames
Mrs. Leland
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Kemp
Brooks’ Chocolates
Gratiot County Gas Company
G. V. Wright
Wright’s
Mich
South Carolina
Mechanion Magazine
DeLuxe Candy Company
Japan
Pacific
Iuniors
Pivching Gazette
Marjorie
Clee
Winine
Clem
Steneens
Charles J. Dove
Leof
A. Wood
Polinsky Bidg
He. Passi Yeast
Sa Ansoepi
Ertesid
the Economy Shoe Store