Townline Happenings in Forest Hill and Alma
Miss 1 Holmes returns home to Forest Hill after weeks with the Fahoon family. Jerome Kinney fears eye loss after a week of trouble. Semore Couts visits Lyons for an uncle's death. returns home Monday. Mrs. Lyman Cohoon is ill under Dr. Lamb’s care. Hamilton Gee hosts nephew Housted from Ohio over the weekend. George Bailey hosts sister Pitchard and aunt Burdge from Canada, visiting in Alma and with Walter Ferris. William Ouan tenants move for winter. Several locals return home for holidays. Miss Ida Huff visits relatives in Detuskey. Mrs Winnie Tomlin travels to Petoskey to see relatives. Lewis Church’s family moves to Rock Tile. Cal Abbott vacations with his father. Anna Williams travels to Merrill. Housted family visits Shepherd and St. Louis. Hayes and friends host in Alma. Royal Hyde and Starry Way open a new feed barn in Alma. Hyde’s health previous years noted. Way formerly a farmer. Mr and Mrs Jatin Wolf and Ed Woll arrive from Swift Current to spend winter in Minnesota. They plan farming near Alma area. Walter Forrie, the Gee Gailey family visit Elm Mall friends. Cimvee Johieen spends Sunday with the Gee sisters.
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Holmes
Lyman Cohoon
Lamb
Tmamilton Gee
Ohio
George Bailey
Pitchard
Burdge
Canada
Walter Ferris
Grant Wood
St Louis
William Ouan
Edna
Mildred Wiley
Laura Amesbury
Carrie Bailey
Elmer
Laurel Mulin
Alma
Herman Currence
Ely Woll
Harry Groe
William Flowers
C. RB. Monlton
Ida Huff
Dee Tuskey
Kate Older
Winnie Tomlin
I. H. Church
Petoskey
K. Older
Lewis Church
Church
Rock Tike
Cal Abbott
Fred Abbott
Linh
Mable Abbott
Anna Williams
Merrill
Mrt
Shepherd
St. Louis
Dert Hayes
Forest Hill
Dell Wright
Darling
Earl Taylor
Jerome Kinney
Herman
Dee. Day
Don
Ross Sullivan
John Snyder
Royal Hyde
Starry Way
West Superior Street
Royall
H. J. Hyde
Mr Way
Here
Jatin Wolf Aml
Ed Woll
Swift Current
Cutts
Micingat
Walter Forrie
Gee
Gailey
Elm Mall Mist
Cimvee Johieen
Jenite
Frances Gee
Comforting Words From Alma Households Endorse Doan's Kidney Pills
Mrs Andrew Boyle of Alma Michigan testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her dull backache and kidney pains after two years of use. She reports lasting relief with no need for further kidney medicine and endorses the product. Sold by dealers. price 50 cents, Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY, sole agents for the United States.
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Andrew
Doan
Foster-Milbornia
Buffalo
New York
United
Lily White Flour Promoted for Home Baking Use
Public notice extols Lily White flour as the best for home bakers, branding it “the flour the best cooks use.” The message emphasizes its suitability for all home baking purposes and urges use in domestic kitchens.
Lily White Flour Ad Banner in Alma Co-op Window
Compact sales note urging customers to demand Lily White flour praised as the best cooks use it. Mentions a bottle of beans in the Alma Flour and Feed Co. window as a prompt to notice. Uses period voice and promotional tone typical of old newspaper copy.
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Alma Flour Ani Feed Co
Curious Bits of History The State of Franklin
A historical note describes the short lived State of Franklin from 1784 to 1788 in what is now East Tennessee. North Carolina ceded the territory to the federal government but locals proclaimed Franklin under Governor Sevier, while Colonel Tipton represented NC. The dispute ended with NC resuming control and Franklin fading away.
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Franklin
United States
North Carolina
East Tennecesee
Philadelphia
Congress
Franklin! the Leader of the Latter Was “Governor" Sevier, While A Colonel Tipton
North Corona
Indecent and hazardous mail rules and parcel handling
Indicting postal policy on obscene or dangerous items and perishable parcels, with instructions on handling undeliverable matter, insurance, forwarding, and postage. Rates, marking, and equipment rules detailed for parcels, including prohibited contents, packaging standards, and required sender information. Also includes court notice from Gratiot County, Michigan, regarding a land title suit and tax collection notices in Ithaca and Alma areas.
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Poxtimastera
Malling
Parcel Post
Hheir
Post Office Department
Rol M. Hix
John Jeffery
Ira Jeffery
Gratiot
Ithaca
Susan Haring
Township Ten Forth
Range Three West
Michigan
Blein
Tool M. Tix
Peron
Anid
Cort
Calfornia
O. G Tuttle
Joel M. Mix
Iegatees
Alma Record
Sain County
Half Century Use of Humphreys Specifics Publicized
An old advertisement extols Humphreys Specifics with claimed benefits for numerous ailments including colds toothache headaches and stomach issues. The pill pack dates back over fifty years with various dosages and prices listed. The ad also promotes a medical book free and notes sale through druggists and a New York medicine company. It ends with a separate line about White Orpingtons being sold by Allen Morey in Alma Michigan.
Beautify Rural Areas Beyond Cities in American Lands
The article argues rural beautification is neglected compared to urban efforts. It laments loss of natural beauty, cites landowners planting pleasing fields and orchards, and blames lack of home adornment and taste rather than costs. It calls for renewed rural pride and aesthetic improvement.
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Fortiers
Legion
Electric Wires Risk Grounding in Wet Weather
A Gardeners' Chronicle warning explains how trees touched by high tension electric wires can short to ground through moisture, posing severe shock dangers to passersby. It urges preventing wires from contacting trees and avoiding attaching other lines to near by trees. The piece also notes the rise of automobile street sweepers as a faster, more efficient alternative to horse drawn crews, with early dust problems solved by dust proofing.
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Gardeners’ Chronicle
Training Street Trees for Winter Wind Safety
A noted tip urges pruning before winter to prevent top-heavy trees from snapping or blowing over in spring winds. The piece emphasizes early training of street trees to avoid dangerous splits and uprooting while recalling a local exchange about a booming board of trade that was quickly halted and left unfamiliar visitors arriving in town.
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Dean
W. A. Macy
Alma Vaudette
E. H. Weese
Wright & Brown
State OF Michigan
Kelly S. Sears
Ounter Igned
Boe Wernen
Township Fen
Range Three
C. G. Tuttle
Ithaca, Mich
Chadwick
Commercial Savings Bank
Pine River Township
George Fruchey
Humphreys
Vorom Price
Quinny
Deggista
New
Keller Strass
Allen Morey
Alma, Mich
Board of Trade
Eben
Puck
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