Alma Local Happenings and Social Notes
March events and visits populate Alma's week with social calls and meetings. Judge Case and President Blaisdell spend Sunday in Chicago while locals like Fred Slater and Miss Florence Hood travel or work. The Women’s Club meets March 4 with Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Convis visiting from Ithaca. the S. Art Society plans a meeting. Mazonic minstrels set for March 25 and 26. A cold snap yields 11 degrees below zero and sleighing.
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Mareh
Judge Case
Thomas C. Blaisdell
Chicago
Durand Stave Co
Ann Arbor
W. J. Hood
Rapid City
South Dakota
Alma
California
Ellison's
Fred Slater
H. C. Richardson
Frank L. Convis
Ithaca
Harold Reynolds
Florence Hood
St. Charles
A. C. Wyant
Stella Marvin
Grand Rapids
Townsend A. Ely
W. W. Cushing
F. M. Cushing
Mr. Cushing
Freeport
Swisher
Ladies Art Society of the Presbyterian Church
W. A. Bahtke
John Greig
P. M. Smith
Zerth
Alma Lodge 1
Bannister
Alma Echoes and Local Visitors Reported in Mild Notes
March items from Alma list Judge Case in coming March eighth. Names include Tuttle of Ithaca Knight Bansil Hafer Parker Mann Giddings Campbell Lamson Pringle Caple Wilbur McPhee Montague Trask Meachema Hilbourne Pettyjohn Beshgetoor and others. Also notes freight train, sleigh ride, church and lodge events, and a court case verdict of not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Case
O. G. Tuttle
Ithaca
Alma
Albert Knight
Shepherd
G. H. Bansil
Will Hafer
Earl Parker
Caple Hardware Co
J. A. Mann
Ashley and Vicinity
C. W. Giddings
St. Louis
B. H. Campbell
Odd Fellows Lodge
Bannister
Ks. B. Campbell
Saginaw
Rose Lamson
Clare
Sarah Berman
Dr. Pringle
Walt Caple
Grand Rapids
Frank Wilbur
Owosso
M. J. McPhee
Herbert Montague
Mary Trask
Ann Arbor
Albert Knapp
George Love
Flushing
Michigan
J. M. Bartlett
Guy Smith
Grand River
Lewis Hudson
Hudson
Andrew Hudson
Riverdale
Geo. B. Hicok, Jr
Bennington
G. B. Hicok
N. E. Saad
Bert Failing
Forest Hill
Mary Meachema
Park Avenue
Ray Burrell
Arcada Township
Paul Hilbourne
Helen Mildred
C. E. Pettyjohn
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Card of Thanks for Raycraft Family
We express heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends who assisted us in our bereavement. Special thanks to the pastor for comforting words and the choir for their singing. From Mrs T C Raycraft and Mrs Thomas Raycraft and family.
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T. C, Raycraft
Thomas Raycraft
Local notes on shop window display and community events
McPhee the tailor expands window shelves for spring stock. James Jones rents east half of Clint Nelson section for the year. Otis Wilber ill with acute indigestion and unable to serve his route. Leggett's chocolates by Grover. 1772-12 reference repeated. Hauling 80,000 feet of maple logs for Mr. Fisher of Sumner. Clare Easlick of Breckenridge installs a new garage sign for Frank Mead. Fire alarm at 6 30 a.m. due to overheated chimney in church block. damage nominal. Penelope hosts regular meeting at the Spinneys. Odd Fellows and Daughters of Rebekah social tonight with a post-program spread. Rev A Mudge and wife return from Middleton revival work. Smith Bros install Hamilton automatic oil tank for local trade. A J O Boyle and wife in Jacksonville Florida reporting ideal weather. Arcada Ladies Aid meet March 6 with lunch at noon hosted by R A Wood. E A Holmes of Miller Law Trimmer Co. visits Detroit. wife expects return to Alma. Swisher touts better tailoring value at low price. City banks and post office suspend business in observance of Washington's birthday. Donald Rogers, 70 pounds, born February 21 at home of Harry and Mrs Rogers in Grand Rapids. Miss Alice Rush improving after appendectomy at Brainerd hospital. hopes to return home to Arcada township.
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McPhee
James Jones
Clint Nelson
Otis Wilber
Leggett
Grover
James Schnepp
Mr. Fisher
Sumner
John D. Spinney
Odd Fellows and Daughters
Rebekah
A. Mudge
Middleton
Smith Bros
Hamilton
A. J. O'Boyle
Jacksonville
Florida
O'Boyle
Arcada Ladies Aid
R. A. Wood
E. A. Holmes
Miller Law-Trimmer Co
Detroit
O. W. Swisher
Brainerd Hospital
Arcada Township
Michigan property dealer tours south and Midwest Illinois buyers
Mr J L Miller travels through the south and Illinois seeking buyers for Michigan properties promising to trade his Alma farm for merchandise of value. He plans to inspect offered stocks as he continues through the Mississippi valley toward Texas while seeking warmer winter days. Orlando Capen dies at 59 after a period of illness with funeral at Riverdale cemetery led by Rev N P Brown. widow and five children mourn.
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J. L. Miller
South
Illinois
Michigan
Miller
Alma
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Orlando Capen
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Alma Elevator CO
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Oposite
Postoffics
E. Superion
Mich
V. K. Beshgetoor
Great Lake Presbyterian
Bay City
Satuday
Mt. Pleasant
H. Webster
Tacoma
Wash
Tacoma Daily Ledger
Panama Canal
Far West
People
Derus
America
Woman's Club
Sadie Messinger
Prof. Veatch
Stuckey’s Independent Gash
Swift's Pride
A&h
J. P. Losey Jeweler and Optician
Alma, Mich
of Christ
Alma Vaudette
E. H. Weese
Alma State Savings Bank
WM. A. Bahlee
H. C. Moore
Jotham Allen
K. R. Adams
Roll of Honor Bank
Gratiot County
First State Bank
G.S. Ward
L.a.sharp
Francis King
P.m.smith Carl H. Washburn Chas. O
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