Political Pointers and Roosevelt Rally in Michigan
The report notes Germaine, former Traverse City mayor, weighing a congressional bid against Dodds. Col. Gov. Case S Osborn backs Roosevelt for a third term, planning a nationwide conference in Chicago to press Roosevelt’s candidacy. Bay City hosts a Michigan state convention for delegates on April 11 with Newberry as temporary chair and Ho King as secretary. Dennis Alward supporters aim for an eleventh district run in August primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traverse City
Will Germaine
Trim
Dodds Germaine
Campaioner
Will
Ginger
Case S Osborn
Michigan
Theodore Roosevelt
White Horse
Chicoke
Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Lorge
Bay City
Truman H. Newberry
Detroit
Paul Ho King
Grand Rapids
Rey € Lyle
Clare Courier
Authority
Ftor
Dennis Alward
Congress
Consolidated Electric Light and Power to Begin Service
The Consolidated Light and Power Co. announces readiness to take orders for electric current reaching Alma by March first, with wiring from Mt Pleasant to Alma underway. New wiring for residences factories and stores will be connected at no cost. other sites charged for material and labor. Rates will be low and under ten cents per kilowatt hour, no contract required, orders to be left at the Odd Fellows building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Light and Power Co
Alma
Mt Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
Local social notes from Forest Hill area and nearby towns
Forest Hill and Alm residents visit relatives and attend church events. Guests include Mrs E Lake, Mrs Atwater, Mrs Oliver, and Mrs Brown. J Davison and family host. Mr Brewer visits Saginaw. John Miller of Greenville stays several days. Mrs Mary Rackard returns from Ithaca. Leland and Pierce families welcome a new son. Perrige to Detroit. Parsons at sister’s funeral near Shepherd. Arch ie Conley junior sustains forehead injury on way home from school. Golick family from Wheeler township visiting. Leonard moves to Par-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Lake
Alm
Atwater
St 1
Oliver
Brown
Owosso
J. Davison
Brewer
Saginaw
John Miller
Greenville
Mary Rackard
Ithaga
Rev. Harper
Mt. Pleasant
Leland
Dan Pierce
Perrige
Detroit
Parsons
Shepherd
Archie Conley
Wheeler Township
Leonard
Par
Sylvia Gaffney
Billy
Saginaw Evening News
Juliane Melchers
Henry Melcher
St. Mary's Hospital
Mrs. Melchers
Henry Melchers
Henry M
Wm. J
Alma
Alma Common Council Meeting January 30 1012
Alma Michigan city council session notes resignation accepted for Ald Knight. Montigel appoints Losey to second ward seat. Journal referred to printing committee. Various enrollments and bills listed for pond, union telephone, and cemetery funds. Adjourned to February 6, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Mich
Jam
Common Council
City of
Connell
Maateor
Jtou
M. Montiget
Mile Latter
Wright
Puty
Cok
Fraher
Aml Patterton
Muti
Ald
Fuller
Ald Palfrey
Carrion
Mayer Montigel
Jo P. Losey
Aller Man
Anedd
All Cook
Alma Journal
Aml Cook
Ald Pallerton
Sre . F
General Pond Virinal and Lamber Co
Wraytienen
Pres Union Telephone Co
Bowbaker
Hay Et
Knight
Lailies’ Civic League
A. P. Cook
Geo, Pulfrey
I ‘Tenney
Thang Meyers
FM. Smith
Lerton
J. Fraker
Frank G. Bennett
David Howe
Tabor. Co
Dan Wilco
Aldifes
Michigan property valuations and tax rates over ten years
The article analyzes Michigan general property valuations rising from 1911 to 1921 and notes valuations grew about 8 percent while taxes climbed 67 percent, showing taxes increasing faster than valuations. It presents a table of assessed valuations, taxes, and average rates for the decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Increase in property valuation featured in tax levy notes
The article reports a rise in general property taxes with figures showing total levied taxes and average rate at 16.55. It cites statewide percentages and tax figures, noting a 34.8 percent state share and 67.4 percent coverage, highlighting fiscal details from the tax summary. It also includes a local obituary note about A. Stid of Mason, Michigan, and mentions other brief items and medical ad copy.
Meat Market Changes Hands in St Louis
Tuesday morning a deal transferred Edgar and Alexander meat market to J. S. Beery. Edgar and Alexander, in business about ten years, did not announce future plans. Beery, moving from Forest Hill, joins St Louis business community. Frank Richardson to remain with the new firm and James Beery to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Beery
Edgar & Alexander
St Louis
Beery
Forest Hill
St. Louis
Frank Richardson
James Beery
St. Lontis
Notice to Members of the AOOG Rally at Itlren Hall
Notice to members of the AOOG announces a rally at Itlren Hall on February 20 with Supreme Secretary G H Slweam presiding. Arbor members should bring candidates, degree work will be done, and each Arbor should arrange an afternoon program.
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AO. O. G
Itlwren K. & Hall
GH. Slweam
Wheeler Arbor
Institute Credit For Cleveiot Efforts In Agricultur Alfalfa Lecture
Farmers institute credits its efforts for a successful Cleveiot gathering marked by an illustrated talk by De Dixon on sanitary conditions, manure spread methods, and practical field labor. Prof McDowell on alfalfa culture, seeding, soil drainage, and fertilizer, with B S McNall on fruit care. Officers named for next year.
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St. Louis
de Dixon
Mario
Firth
McDowell
B.S. McNall
Ithaca
A. J. Dicken
J. Miller
Woman's Congress
Fannie Sharrar
Alma
Mich
Local OGHL Happenings Include Visits and Work News
Tuesday in Detroit and a Chicago trip occupy local residents. Visitors from St Louis and Grand Rapids drop by, with many residents settling in new homes or taking part in store and factory work. A Methodist service, Love Feast, and new machinery at Smith Gliss Manufacturing mark community activity.
Community notices and obit fragment from Saginaw paper
The item compiles social notices including dances visitors and gatherings in Michigan towns. It notes Mrs Juliane Melchers death in Detroit hospital, survivor details, funeral plans, and local relatives. Additional lines mention Presbyterian meetings and teachers’ association attendance, with scattered names and addresses.
Advertising Powers Business Like Electric Current
The text equates advertising to electric current for business, noting its unseen but powerful propelling force. It compares advertising to steam for the locomotive and to electricity for the motor, emphasizing its essential, invisible energy.
Card of Thanks and Local Notes Mentioned
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to Rev W E Doty friends and those who aided after bereavement with sympathy and flowers. Miss Reva Mack clerks at Messingers dry goods. The Misses Marion and Romen from Mt Pleasant Normal visited Wright Hall. Workmen tear down the Christian church steeple to move the building to Pine avenue location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Doty
W. D. Stru
Faminy
Greg
Fasrny
Che
Marion
Romen
Mt. Pleasant Normal
Wright Hall
the Christian Church
Pine Avenue
Gratiot County Teachers Institute in St Louis
The thirteenth semi annual Gratiot County Teachers Institute was held at the Colonial theatre in St. Louis on Monday and Tuesday with talks by Prof. Hoyt of the State Normal Ypsilanti, Prof. Tambling Mt. Pleasant and others. The program featured music readings and health talks, and concluded with an address by Pres S D. Fess. Alma sent a strong turnout of teachers and a local testimonial praised Dr. G W Keene for aid after a health issue. Local agricultural and livestock prices appeared in the same notices.
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McBain
Bielby
Mb. Pleasant
J. Major Lenton
Detroit
Mine Tradiement
Sheptrand
FE Ellsworth
State Street
Olive Jarvis
Grave Hodges
Middleton
Teachers’ Association
St. Louis
Gratiot Co. Teachers’ Institute
Colonial Theatre
Hoyt
The
State Normal
Ypstlanti
C. P. Tambling
Mt. Pleasant
Tessa Antioch College
Yellow Sprimee
SD. Fess
St Louis
CO. Hoyt
Press
D. Fess
C. ©. Hoyt
Alma
Student living costs in Pamperial University of Japan
An exchange notes a student could survive on five dollars a month in Japan. Food, room, and board total about 1.20 monthly, tuition is 50 cents, paper and books 30 cents, leaving one dollar for personal expenses each month.
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Japan
Alma
University of Japaneie
Local Markets Corrected Thursday Morning
Market notes list grain prices and terms corrected each Thursday morning. Entries include AIN wheat and white, oats, shelled and ear corn prices, beans at 2.15 per bushel, with adjustments noted for quality and market terms.
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Ain
Personal interest items listed for sale and services
A local classified notice lists items for sale including ground bone for chicken feed, sixty eight bushels of beans for hog feed at fifty cents a bushel, a cheap fur robe, a cone carriage robe, chimes, a lady's coat and coat suit at 508 Pine Avenue, a base burner stove at 15 dollars, and a cow with a driving horse at 28 Pine Avenue. Warnings include lost items a shirt stud and a pearl stick-pin and finds money offering property verification. Also seeks dressmaking services and household help at 707 Geo b jet Ave and State Street.
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Bashel
R. O. Saxton
David Hole
Geo
Jet Ave
Pine Avenue
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Consolidated Electric, Light & Power CO
Guncil
D. W. Adams
J M. Montigel
A. Stid
Mason
Dr. King
Wheaton & Sons
Rhode
Rexall Drug Store
Brainerd’s Hospital
Forest Baker
Mite Wilkinson
T. Brainerd
Eloy Halleh
Praffer
Gladys
IhimphresBt Elwell
Gardner
Hle
W. Evans
Danville
Riedes Drug Store
A. O.O.G
Our City
J. Frank Jackson
Matie and
Helen] Doane
John Greenleaf Whittier
Lester Flower
Stanley Stoddard
Artha Miller
Floyd Helman
Alice Hopkins
Zea Wheaton
Mildred Chapman
Lore Gossett
Leon Atkins
Floran Owen
Helen Cary
Miss Buntep
OGHL
CF. Brown
Eera Smith
C. F. Brown
Oscar F. Packer
J. Parker
McBride
Ethel Ogden
Bays City
M Saad
Fred Bell
George Sharrar
Bert Hayes
Edward Marts
Messingler
Fern Rule
Sand
Clarence Fossett
Will Palmer
Miss Palmer
Palmer
Louise McLaighlin
Mary Végnn
Geo Watson
Alma Roller Mills
John Waters
Wachalac & Young
Standard Foundry
de Manufacurer
Meir Detroit
Nelson Fullerton
Reva Mack
Messinger
Teachers’ Institute
St. Lownie
Oxygen
FP. Tambline Mas
Glen Dhebigh School
Leonard and
Gertrude
C. F. Hoyt
C.F. Tambling
OL Ploye
Ff. Wambling
G. W. Keene
D. C
Mr. Keene
Keene
James Zimmerman
Breckenridge, Mich
Marmmoth
Timothy —Storety
O. E. Brower
Jewel
Woodworth Ave
Jay Hicks
Economy Shoe
Geo. W. Palfrey
H.C. . Rick
Snes
East
Downie Street
Cores Eee
Charles Fishbeck
Bell Telephone
Chambers
Cushing & Benedict
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