Jury Awards Miss Walker 15000 For Train Injury
A jury in the Walker Ann Arbor Jail Trend case awarded Myrtle Walker fifteen thousand dollars for injuries from last March. The 15 year old, struck by an Ann Arbor passenger as she crossed parallel tracks near Park Avenue, had a leg amputated and suffered head and hand injuries. The verdict found gross railroad negligence after the engineer failed to stop when the danger became apparent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker-Ann Arbor
Myrtle Walker
Miss Walker
Chas H. Goggin
I’, Rathbone
Chicago
Mesara E. 8. Drake
Detroit
Wm. Bablke
Park Avenue
Ann Arbor
Pere Marquette
Brainerd'’s Hospital
Theea
Kelley
Ninteen
Sears
Mise Walker
Port Marquette
Stack
Ewing
Aon Arbor
A J O'Boyle
Foreman
R L Case
Emerson
Arcada
Lindley
Elba
Eldson Cronk
Washington
Aled Snider
Fulton
George Baker
Bethany
Edwin Grice
St. Louis
George Evetts
North Star
John W
Rathbone
Alma
Chas. H. Goggin
Gratiot County Medical Society Meets In Alma Hosts Lectures
Gratiot County Medical Society held its regular quarterly meeting at the Wright house parlors with fifteen physicians from Alma St Louis Ithaca Breckenridge Pompeii and nearby areas attending. Dr Cyrenus Darling University of Michigan spoke on intestinal obstruction and advances in treatment. Dr Brainerd discussed femur fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratiot County
University of Michigan
Darling
Brainerd
Brainerd Hospital
Alma
Wheeler
St Louis
McClinton
Treacher
McCandless
Ithaca
Drs. Vaughn
Ann Arbor
Smith
Grand Rapids
Dodge
Big Rapids
Rowe
Saginaw
Farmers Relocate to Gratiot County From Urbana Champaign
Sharrar and Voorhees real estate dealers have brought from Illinois several farming families to Gratiot county. The group, formerly living near Urbana and Champaign, has purchased farms and will establish their homes there. One parcel is the Kieffman farm, located about a mile and a half north and a half mile east of Elwell, comprising about two hundred twenty acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hanly
Clint Nelson
Alma
Wm. Tompkins
Potter Walters
Town
J. K. Wise
G. E. Sharrar
F. Brown
Wm. Towsery Haas
Henry Brewbaker
Raymond Basore
Elwell
Thi
L Hilsinger
Marion Fisher
Gratiot County
Mr. Klatt
Illinois
Peter Walter
Oregon
Sharrar & Voorhees
Lof Ulinois
Farma
Urbanaan Champaign
Gratiot
Wa. Shifft
Kieffman
Consieta
Knights of Pythian Homecoming at Fitz James lodge
The Fitz James lodge number 1 Knights of Pythian held their annual homecoming roll call last Friday with about one hundred attendees. A strong program followed featuring The Wright quartet, a Danish orchestra, and solos by Mrs. F Sprague. Ladies of the order and guests heard addresses on Pythian Sisters history and growth, praising fraternal equality and charitable aims. Light refreshments and dancing ended the evening.
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Fitz James
Knights of Pythian
Lode
Order
Ladies’ Organization
Wright
Messrs Wright
Stinchcomb
Bergy
Ward
Mra
Wm. Demuth
Bart Miller
Pythian Sisters
Mra. Miller
Brillant Order
A. B. Scattergood
Mre. Scattergood
Hit
Wesk
Order of
Order of Pythianism
Winchell
Scattergood
Order of the Knights of Pythias
Dustin HL Rathbone
Eagle Harbor
Keenenaw
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Rathbone
Washington
Auction Sales Near Alma Feature Multiple Auctions
Auction notices describe vendors Veter Dibert Parr Erwin and others holding sales at locations near Alma including the Juluy Murphy farm River View Farm and Wright House Livery Barn. Auctions list stock cattle horses farm implements and leasehold goods with details on dates times and auctioneers J D Helman S D Parks and A D Raby and reference ads on page two or three for full listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veter Dibert
Alma
Juluy Murphy
Ant
Inneh
Messrs Parr & Erwin
Wright House
J.D. Helman
River View Farm
J. D. Helman
Geo. A. Fink
Peter Walter
Nest
D. Parks
Marriage at Ithaca Ties Together Sheral Calliban and Maud Porterfield
Sheral Calliban, a popular mail carrier, and Maud Porterfield were married by Rev. Alfred Way at the Ithaca Methodist church. The ceremony surprised many, as the couple kept plans private until after the event. Friends received the news with congratulations and cigars from the groom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheral Calliban
Uncle Sam
Alma
Bia
Maud Porterfield
Ithaca
Alfred Way
Methodist Church
Sheral
Joe
Oli
Shoral Calliban
bin Bride
Mins Porterfield
Miss Sandie Surprise Party By St Marys Ladies
Miss Violet Sandie, longtime St Marys Catholic church choir member, was honored Sunday at her parents’ home with a surprise party at nine. The ladies presented her a valuable hand bag before she leaves Monday for Cleveland Ohio to pursue vocal studies. The Record joins well wishers as she begins this new chapter. Excursion to Lansing. Friday Tech 4 advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet Sandie
Mra M McPhee
St. Mary's
Sandie
Mins Sandie
Cleveland
Ohio
Maxwell Car Agent Buys 25 Maxwell Cars for Sale
A. C. Wyant, Maxwell automobile local agent for Gratiot Montcalm and Isabella counties, bought twenty five cars valued at about twenty four thousand to twenty nine thousand dollars. The order includes ten model A A cars at six hundred dollars, ten model Q cars at eleven hundred dollars, and five touring model F cars at fourteen hundred dollars. First shipment arrives April fourteen with further loads May two and early June. Wyant expects to place all cars quickly and may secure more from the factory. Maxwell-Bracke plants at Tarrytown N Y make the cars known among motor enthusiasts. Wyant markets three counties and demonstrates the cars in his territory. He claims winter use equals summer use and remains a strong salesman for the Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Wyant
Maxwell Automobile
Mr. Wyant
Wyant
Maxwell
Maxwell-Bracke Company
Tarrytown
N.Y
Gratiot
Montcalm
Isabella
Iis
Washington Birthday Dance at Mrs Wrights School
A Washington party in Washingtons birthday spirit featured Mrs Wrights weekly dancing school and assembly last Monday evening. Davis' Bros. orchestra played from nine thirty after the regular program ended. Favors with reminders of Washingtons birthday and paper hatchets recalled the tale of Honest Abe as hall decorations showcased red, white and blue. A large crowd enjoyed the music and dancing.
Stevens Woodward Couple Marry In Alma Home Ceremony
Miss Sylvia Stevens and Mr Bart Woodward wed last Saturday evening at the home of Gus Herron on Center street with Rev L Cruin officiating. The couple, both residents of Alma, plan a wedding tour to Owosso and Detroit before returning to settle on the farm near the city. Miss Nelilie Stevens, a Union Telephone operator, may accompany them to Detroit and will spend a week in town before heading to Lansing on March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Stevens
Bart Woodward
Gus Herron
Center Street
L. Cruin
Frat Presbyterian Church
Woodward
Lafayette Stevens
Alma
Woodard
Herron
Oworso
Detroit
Nelilie Stevens
Union Telephone Co
Woodad
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Hortons
Lansing
Thomas Bartlett
Flint
Bartlett
Génowee Lamber Company
Avrtlic Walker
Gratiot County Medical Society
Or. Darling
Here
Alma, St Louis
Breckenridge Ithaca
Pompeii
Rowlnder
Mt. Pleasant
Burdick
Shepherd
Sharrar & Voorhees Sella
KO P.romegoiing
Knights of Pythias Hall
H. J. Winchel
Chester Welch
Kiwell
S. D. Parks
A, D, Raby
Ihaga
Miss Sandie
Tech
Carload
Maxwell Automobiles
A.C. Wyant
Fils
Stevens-Woodward
College
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