Town Line Notes From Alma Area Frequent Visits and Death
Local items report Miss Floral Waldo sick with grippe and many visits among Alma Ithaca Elwell and Riverdale residents. Family trips, school graduation, a Pioneer Day in Alma, a funeral for Burton Zink at Seven Mile Township, and the death of Mrs Greenhoe after paralysis. Mentions Oma Ohio Nebraska travel and smallpox quarantine aboard Western Union crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Cora Isham
Geo. Webb
Tom Beaddie
Amd
Ithaca
Reed Latimer
Jane Follick
Elwell
M. Follick
Crystal area social notes report a busy week
Pine Grove Harry Waldron was in Crystal Monday evening. Earl Bowen called on Fred Wadte Thursday. Grant Woodman was a Crystal caller Monday evening. The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. Chas Grimwood Thursday. Clyde Taylor and his sister Edith of Elwell visited friends and relatives here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Munn of Southeast Crystal called Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wardle Jr. called on Mr. and Mrs. Joel Avery of East Day Thursday evening. Charley Doolittle and son Clarence visited Harry Waldron Tuesday through Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Ball
Alma
Cecil Ball
Here
Nebraska
Frank Church
Tom Beattie
Ithaca
Husted
St. Louis
J. H. Church
Charles
Ohio
Western Union Telegraph Co
Andrew Welch
Joe Welch
Seville
Burton Zink
Priday
Asia
Zink
Fo Greenle
Gratin County
Greenho
Elwell
Kew
Baker
Remarts
Tilutide County
Harry Waldron
Crystal
Earl Bowen
Fred Wadte
Grant Woodman
Chas. Grimwoot
Clyde Taylor
Edith
Friens
Mer
Fred Munn
Southeast Crystal
Fred Wardle, Jr
Joel Avery
East Day
Charley Doolittle
Clarence
Wheeler News Items Brief Local Social Notes
Names and visits reported across Alma Detroit St Louis Breckenridge Saginaw Ithaca Breckenridge and Lanport. Residents Ed Allen Elizabeth Slater Beatrice Keller Stella Phelps L D Allen Jas Wilson multi household guests and Embroidery club adds four members with several visits and meetings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Allen
Alma
Wm. Wilson
St. Louis
Geo. Kipp
Detroit
Charley Hawkins
Alford Blount
J. P. Wierman
Breckenridge
Howard Potter
Ithaca
D. N. Wilson
J. L. Benjamin
Lanport
Elizabeth Slater
L. D. Allen
Beatrice Keller
Saginaw
Ethyl Klein
Stella Phelps
Sexton
Union Telephone Co
Martin Muscott
Jas. Wilson
Wm. Allen
E. Wood
J. Clark
Smith Clark's
Lulu Blackman
Jessie Maxham
Hazel Way
Olive Shaw
A. Allen
Folkert
Breckenridge News Short Local Movements Report
Breckenridge notices list residents and visitors in Ashley Ithaca Hemlock and St John with small travel notes. H Zimmerman attended Ashley early Tuesday while Baylis of Ithaca and Thomas visited Hemlock later in the week. Bowman visited friends Thursday and a Heaton transfer to St John is noted along with a Shenanigan reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Zimmerman
Ashley
Walhesiay
Baylis
Ithaca
Iee
Rhomas
Hemlock
M. Bowman
Friends Neiteer
A Heaton
St. Joha
Louis i Ure
Advertised Letters in Alma Post Office List
Alma Michigan February 2 1914 advertise list for week ending January 1914 includes L W Bataus Baltus George M Beyer Almon Gorton Roya King. Uncalled letters will be sent to Dead Letter Office February 1 1914. Postmaster C F Brown supervises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Michigan
L. W. Bataus
Baltus
George M. Beyer
Almon Gorton
Roya King
Ed C.F. Brown
runaway to Christmas on a quiet street with a doll
Elizabeth Rockerby, in velvet and lace, slips from her grandmother's drawing room into a festive city, giving a doll to a poor girl and sharing coins with two beggar children. She is caught by Cousin Bob and pulled into a cheerier family gathering, ending with a warm welcome to kin and a new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ines
Elizabeth Rockerby
Nora
Cook
Boby
Wald Biles
Ruby
Ellen
Elizabeth
Elizabth
Soho
Benny Jane
Cousin Bob
Eggs for the Family by John Willard Bolt
The article argues urban poultry keeping can supply family eggs with a 20 by 30 foot yard for 60 hens. It stresses proper housing, sunlight, ventilation, and cleanliness, notes costs and profits, and advises against keeping a rooster in city flocks while promoting practical, economical methods for small urban producers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willard Bolt
Watering device for fowls used by Crawford county farmer
C C McCurdy of Crawford county Penn uses a 50 gallon barrel split in two with a small pipe and float valve to keep a poultry water trough filled. The barrel is buried with a burlap cover to keep dirt out and prevent fouling by the chickens. Also notes on turkey feeding and avoiding over fattening old birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. McCurdy
Crawford County
Pennsylvvania
Local Ithaca Notices Move Through Weeks Neighbors and Officials
Ithaca items note Mrs Henry Carty visiting Alma and others spending days in Ithaca including Chase from Lansing and Sherman from Detroit. Roy Dell returns to Port Huron after a stay with Miss Margrette Moore. Mrs W C De Graffe visits Big Rapids to see ill niece Mrs Oscar Delson. Drain Commissioners prepare to attend Grand Rapids convention February 3 4 and 5. No 142 drain cleaning and deepening project to be sold in Ashley February 23 1914. drain runs about 12 miles through Elba and Hamilton townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Carty
Alma
O. Fairbanke
Astley
Ithaca
Clias, Chase
Lansing
A. A. Thomas
Saginaw
Mark B. Shanon
Grand Rapids
John Sherman
Detroit
Mhaca
Roy Dell
Port Hlutron Stanly
Margrette Moore
WC de Graffe
Itata
Big Rapids
Oscar Delson
Drain Commissioners
M. Smith
St. Louis
Lincoln Local News Snow Blesses Town
A light snowy spell brings hopes it will persist a month or more. Locals like Mrs. Nellie Robinson and her sister Mrs. Orion White visited, as did Mr. and Mrs. A Share and two children at Perry Clifton’s home. Several households welcomed guests, including the Hoovers, D Merrill, and Alva Strong family. Noah Good purchased a new horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Robinson
Orion White
A. Share
Perry Clifton
Win. Hoover
Wm. Hoover Sr
D. Merrill
Chas. Fisher
Lyle Wilkinson
Alva Strong
Wm. Hoover Jr
Noah Good
Mi ona Tablets End Indigestion Fast
Do not continue to suffer with heart burn dizziness after dinner distress headache biliousness pain in the bowels or sour and gassy stomach Get relief at once buy today a 50¢ box of Mi ona Tablets They quickly and surely end indigestion and stomach distress or money refunded OHAS RHODES
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OHAS
Rhodes
Davis School District Residents Visit Busy Week
Chas. Miller was in Ashley on business last Saturday. S. Witherell and family visited Monday at Serne Husted’s. Mrs. Iris Fetch returned to her Hawkinsville Georgia home last week. Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Beard visited their parents the past week. The Helping Hand Society met with Mrs. Wm Crozier Tuesday. Orson Brooks was pleasantly surprised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Miller
Ashley
S. Witherell
Serne
Husted’s
Iris Fetch
Hawkinsville
Pearl Beard
Helping Hand Society
Wm, Crozier
Orson Brooks
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G. H. Greenho
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E. Greenho
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Bete
Thomas Crawford
Sauinayw
Dar Brann
Ihie
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Opera House
D. Fisher
Woh. Zimmerman Wa
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H. J. Zatler
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Guy Giles
Middleton
Dell Giles
Tienry Allen
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Will Pidcock
L. A. Howe
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FP. A. Sexton
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Roy Richardson
Edna Pearce
Elsie
Baptist Church
Edna van Dusen
Dr. Howe
George W. Torbert
Mr. Tothert
Milford
Del
Mary Miller
Fremont
Hugh Torbert
Baptist
O. W. Carr
Breckenridge Cemetery
Pennsylvania
Alma Elevator Co
Lincoln Local News
DAVIS
G. B. Hicok & Son Grocers
Hafer
Pure Food
Elvin B. Hafer
Forest Hill
G. L. Jessup
C. A. Wiles
Washington
B. Briggs
F. McNitt
C. A. Green
Emerson
P. S. Youry
M. A. Hoard
M. Wheeler
G. W. Whittaker
R. E. Latty
E. Add
V. H. Shepard
H. E. Renner
Park Place West
W. Henke
M. Vilaky
Hamilton
G. W. Young
E. B. Soule
Gargett
C. A. Nelson
M. A. Moore
North Star
M. A. Holmes
C. F. Ludwick
J W. Holmes
N. M. Ludwick
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J. D. Smith
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