Alma area notes busy with meetings and visits
Local items report Doc Harmon in Saginaw on business George Mailer in Chicago and Stewart Taylor visiting Detroit Ezra L Smith in Ithaca for legal matters and a variety of club gatherings. Church events include St Johns vestrymen social and Royal Temple No 16 Pythian Sisters meeting. The Brown family funeral in Lansing marks influenza linked death at seventy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Avas
Saginaw
George Mailer
Chicago
Stewart Taylor
Detroit
Ezra L. Smith
Ithaca
Iday
Sluyter
Osteopathic
State Savings Bank
Alma
Sttf
Thimble Club
Cora Lewis
South Court Street
J. W. Blakely
St. Alma
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
Lloyd Ellison
A. F. Clark of
Suling
Ella Clark
Royal Temple No. 16
Pythian Sisters
K. of PL Hall
Raum
St. Louis
Board of Trade
Alma Unit
Red Crony
Polluxky Black
March
U. E
Masonic Temple
Weper
le Luxe
Ady
Joseph Robe
Newark
Ohio
M. McLaren
West Center Street
Alma Woman's Club
Civic Improvement League
Alma Arts Club
Prospect Avenue
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Frances Willard Union
E. C. Crandell
Woodworth Ave
Duffy
Caris
Gilner Brown
Lansing
Henry J. Brown
White Cloud
Bright
Lee H
James
Jay
Dewitt
Merger Approved Between Union and Michigan State Telco
Government approval received for the Union Telephone Company to acquire eleven exchanges from the Michigan State Telephone Company with fourteen duplicate exchanges to be eliminated. Union will pay Belt interests 125000. Contract allows cancellation if subscribers do not approve rate adjustments by the railroad commission. The petition for higher rates faces likely favorable review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Telephone Company
Michigan State Telephone Company
Union Company
Wen
Belt
Ingreer
Railroad Commission
New Era Presbyterian Movement Aims Global Reform
Reverend Grierson, Rev Gelston and others report from Detroit on the Presbyterian New Era Movement. The program envisions united action of 1,641,745 communicants to aid war zones, returning soldiers, and expanded education, benevolence, and mission work, totaling potentially 13 million this year and 75 million in five years. It emphasizes spiritual renewal, community betterment, and a worldwide church crusade under Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gelston
Grierson
Crooks
Sheldon
Alma
Michigan
Detroit
Presbyterian New Era Movement
United States
New Era
America
Women in Politics on State Tickets Gain Momentum
Republicans and Democrats nominate women for state and county tickets. Women serve on the State Central Committee and county organizations. The piece notes swift adaptation by men at conventions and suggests growing male acceptance of women in leadership roles in Michigan politics.
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Michigan
Local Family Notices of Living Arrangements and Visits
AL LaVoy and family spend time with son Claude near Harrison. Mrs Martin returns from McBrides. Lloyd Ayers works in Lima for a short period. Jennie Blair visits friend Mew Pringle in McBrides. G W Andrews and family visit Williamston Sunday. Wm Sherman, wife, and Mrs Chas Smith with Lydia visit Alma. Theo Reed and wife of Alma weekending with friends in town. Mrs Mattie Boyle of Durand visits uncle Harry Conner and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL. LaVoy
Claude
Harrison
Martin
McBrides
Lloyd Ayers
Lima
Ohio
Jennie Blair
Mew Pringle
G. W. Andrews
Williamston
Wm. Sherman
Chas
Smith
Lydia
Alma
Theo
Reed
Mattie Boyle
Durand
Harry Conner
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