Civic Improvement League to Install Waste Cans on Alma Main
The Civic Improvement League of Alma pledges to place eighteen galvanized iron cans on main streets for waste paper and fruit scraps by Saturday. Based on Kalamazoo designs, the cans will aid street cleanliness. city officials will arrange regular emptying, replacing old wire baskets saved for Wright Park. Committee members include Mrs. F. L. Convis and Miss Katherine Delevan among others.
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Civic Improvement League of
Alma
Kalamazoo
Wright ‘Park
Lesgue
Mia. F. L. Convis
Katherine Delevan
Henry A. Brewbaker
J. A. Baker
Francis King
Expressions of thanks for support after bereavement
We express sincere gratitude to friends who helped during our great bereavement following the death of our beloved wife and mother. Special thanks go to the pastor for comforting words and to Middleton Sunday school for their offerings.
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Middleton Sunday School
Local Happenings From Alma Area This Week
Alma and nearby communities report visits by W T Knowlton, Mrs Parker, and Mrs Dickerson among others. events include church meetings, bake sales, lectures, and a Valentine box social at the K P hall. Local growth seen in lumber orders, mill work, and post office stamp sale with social gatherings and travel to Lansing, Flint, and Detroit.
Stolen Clover Seed From Alma Sugar Farm
Jotham Allen of Alma Sugar Co and Grat iot county farm owner reported six bags of clover seed worth $75 stolen from his barn. Sheriff Convis investigated after three bags were sold at Ashley and three at Middleton. A farm employee suspected fled. 1) D. Snellenhberger of Emerson was arrested and jailed. Allen noted his horse and buggy used for the theft.
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Jotham Allen
Alma Sugar Co
Gratiot County
Allen
Convis
Ashley
Middleton
W. Snellenhberger
Emerson
Eighteen Anti-Saloon Meetings Held in Isabella County
Last Sunday in Isabella county saw eighteen anti saloon meetings with state organizers speaking in city churches all morning and night. An evening mass meeting for city denominations occurred at the Methodist church. Speakers included Grant M Hudson Schoolcraft G W Morrow Detroit T P Baner Traverse City Hollaaple Lansing Roy Hatten Grand Rapids and George H Crandell Detroit.
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Isabella County
Methodist
Grant M. Hudson
Schoolcraft
G. W. Morrow
Detroit
T. P. Baner
Traverse City
Hollaaple
Lansing
C. Roy Hatten
Grand Rapids
George H. Crandell
Mutual Fire Insurance Convention Set for Lansing
At the Michigan Association of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies meeting to be held at the Hotel Wentworth in Lansing on March 17 and 18, leaders aim to urge stricter fire protection laws. Delegates from across the state, about 100 in number, will discuss legislative action to curb destructive forest fires in timber-rich counties.
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Michigan Association of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies
Hotel
Wentworth
Lansing
Advertised Letters for Week Ending February 6 1909
The post office lists uncalled letters including Miss L C Austin Frank Delbridge Herrn Jacob Doering Clint Hixon Mra RB C Lord Mr A J Mann Mrs Maud Mohney Mr Earnest Peare Mr Frank Pheel A C Shepherd esq Mr EK E Sloan Mrs Orilla Smith W H Brebbins Mrs Adame-Vesy Mr L A Wellington. If not called, these items will be returned to dead letter office February 1909.
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L. C. Austin
Frank Delbridge
Herrn
Jacob Doering
Clint Hixon
Mra
RB. C. Lord
A. J. Mann
Maud Mohney
Earnest Peare
Frank Pheel
A. C. Shepherd
Esq
EK. E. Sloan
Orilla Smith
W. H. Brebbins
Adame
Untin Farmer's Club of Seville and Sumner Meeting Notes
The Untin Farmer's Club of Seville and Sumner met at Linwood the farm home of Mr and Mrs Gus Quick in Sumner township with about seventy attendees including visitors from Arcade club. President Gargett called the meeting to order and after business and roll call, quotes from Washington and Lincoln, a feast was served. The afternoon program featured Munic by Mrs Fuller and Miss Young, followed by a farm life discussion led by Mrs Mallory on school education for rural youth and life on the farm. A helpful talk arose from the question box, and a resolution passed against repealing the present road law. The group adjourned to meet March 6 at 10:30 a.m. hosted by Mr and Mrs E A Potter.
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Seville
Sumner
Linwood
Gus
Sumner Township
Arcade Club
Gargett
Washington
Lincoln
E. A. Potter
Maren
Jamen Gargett
Denxmore
Heatsey
Mra. R. A. Gee
Reading
Mra
K. C. Ferris
Mra. Fuller
Quention Box
Song—Club
Catholic Church Alma Service Times Noted
Church notices list Low Mass and sermon at ten thirty at St. Louia and a sequence for Alma parish with low nines and sermon at eight, children instructions at three, rosary and benediction at three thirty.
Real Estate Horse Sale Offers Illinois Fruit Farms
Real estate advertisement lists numerous Illinois fruit farms for sale near Flora Xenia Olney Alma and Gratiot county. Properties include 114 acres with 100 acres bearing apple trees two wells and a nest house. 130 acre farm with orchard timber and crops. 60 acres near Flora with 26 acres bearing orchard. 160 acres fenced and cultivated near Flora. 27 acre and 12 acre orchards at Olney with varying prices per acre. stock farms with orchards and buildings. Terms range from cash to easy terms with financing.
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Illinois
City of Flora
Nest Joom
Schol
Xenia
Corporation of Olney
Olney
Ill
Corporation of Flora
Eee
Pon
Alma
Gratiot
Record One Year and A Part of Patent Tension Stes
A fragment notes a record like item sold for about $1.23, mentioning tension shears and patent aspects. The readable text implies a small sale or catalog snippet with monetary value and a product reference. Names, places, or dates are not clearly legible in the fragment.
Rock Crusher Sets World Scale In Cement Plant
A massive rock crusher recently began operation in South Pittsburg Tennessee at a 4000-barrel cement plant. The 100 foot high machine weighs 35 000 pounds and processes 600 tons per hour with 60 percent of rock above four inches. The hopper spans 20 feet in diameter and needs 29 horsepower to run.
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South Pittsburg
Tenn
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Rhodes’ Drug Store
Medler’s Sanitary Store
M. A. Medler
the Grocer
First State Bank
Alma, Mich
Banking Department
U.S
Hank Currenc
Savings Deposits Savings
Starr
MicriGan
County of Gratiot
Bly Brewbaker
Ely Brewseaker
Caus H. Wasmiuan
A Woweer
L. A. Sitani
Francis Kine
Alma State Savings Bak
Michigan
U. S
Statx
Micuicax
County of Ghatiot—sa
Geo
W. Moore
Roy L
Axvenson
Pansons
J D
Sharrar
Ronson
Boston
M. Bucwmtodun
Warner
Prof. West
W.T. Knowlton
Saginaw
C. F. Parker
Belding
A. R. Dickerson
Harry Sloat
Ovid
L. N. Baker
Flint
Bart Miller
Big Rapids
Wright
Isaac Lowe
Forest River
N. D
Gee, Thompson
Chicago
Anna Scott
Medler's
Sanitary Grocery
Ladies’ Union of the Baptist Church
Arthur
Mannlin
Park Ave
Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
M. Smith
Chic
Rebekah
Meiller’s
Alma Elevator Co
Chris Hutekar
Foster
A.W. Wright
J. M. Wolfe
W. H. Shepherd
A. F. Bruske
Teachers’ and Grangers' Association
Oceana
Newaygo Counties
Hesperia
Alma Grain & Lumber Co
Lapeer
FP. M. Smith
Progressive Dominos
the Baptist Church
Elmer Francis
Jolly Club
Thei Home
J. M. Montiel
Mystic Shrine
Mr. Montiel
Sylvia Gaffney
Cadwell of Stanton
Cleveland
Gaffney
Toledo
A. O. Davis
Wilson
St. Louis
Booker T. Washington
Mt. Messant
Davis
Bertha Mclaren
Harper Hospital
J. J. Alverson
Dr. McClinton
Annette McLaren
K P Hall
Will Consder
W. L. Hood
Pine Avenue
J. Ostrom
P. Wegert
EB. A. Loomis
A. E. Tomlinson
E. A. Dalph
John Dice
H. Little
Comet Architrot Wood
Preston
Mt. Pleasant
Mes. Gaffney
Tax
Messra and Mesdames CO
F. Brown
E. E. Brown
O. L. Conyis
Congis
B.C. Lake
Ithaca
Gaffany
Miller Bros
Maccabee Circle
John Cook
Alma Rilevator Co
State Meeting of Supervisors
A. T. Baker
Mason
Baker
Floyd Glass
F. B. Pollasky
Eunice
J. Francis Belland
Opera
C. F
Federal Building
Lincoln Club
Mutual Companies
C. P. Brown, P.M
Church
Alma 'Mich
Geo. E. Sharrar
P. R. Vorhees
Eal
Es House Block
Mich
AAA
Sworth
Amine
County
C. F. Brown
Charles Rhodes
Windo
Rae Lee
Mesarteen
Thehuibard
Jelief
Pinafores
Mer
Cradte
Ann
Sarah Woodfin
Ig. B. Porter Optician
Superior
St. Alma Mich
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