Town Line social notes from Alma area winter travel
Mr and Mrs Albert Carter plan to stay in Mexico for the winter. Anna York formerly lived with several local families and recently spent time in St Johns. Various local visits include T Zink in Seville, Ella Flower returning from Detroit, and families in Elwell Riverdale and Alma. A New Year dinner and church obituaries are noted along with a hotel fire incident in Chicago that affected guests and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Carter
Mexico
Carter
Anna York
John Snyder
Edward Stevens
Ruth
Harris
St. John’s
T. Zink
Seville
Feng
Joe Welch
Floyd Nelson
Elwell
Lyle Nelson
William Webb
Riverdale
Frank Webb
Chas. Anderson
George Newman
Forest Hill
H. B. Currence
Homer Coburn
Nettie Osborn
Alma
Coburn
Samuel Powers
Otto Lake
James Porterfield
Clinton Nelson
Louis Mubn
Muhn
Jerome Kinney
Charles Taylor
George Taylor
M. N. Chambers
Grand Rapide
G. N. Isham
Chambers
Middleton
Walter Perrin
Butcher
Ferris
Miss Anger
Elm Hall
Eva Anger
Canada
Seasions
Edna Wiley
Mt. Pleasant
Miss Wiley
BH. J. Hyde
Walter Vliet
Stanley
Chicago
Isome
Mre
Hyde
Mra
Viet
Alma council and board of review affirm Bridge Avenue sewer roll
Alma Mich December 2 1914 common council and board of special assessors met to review Bridge Avenue Sewer Assessment Roll for 1914. They found no errors, heard no objections besides that of Peter Story, and recommended acceptance, with further motions approving adjournment and set allowances for assessment roll work and various payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Mich
Common Council
Bridge Avenue
Albert P. Cook
Rowland
McConkey
Willard
Oxwen
Ward
Kehn
P.M. Smith
T. J. Clark
Ald. Ogden
Ald. Rowland
Ald. Ward
Motin
Board of Special Assessors
Peter Story
P. M. Smith
Ald Ward
Board of Review
Yeas
Alds
Ogden
Smith and Clark
Smith
Clark
Ald
Ase Wexwory
Mid City
Bridge Ave
Nue
Hay Peter Story
Bell
Persson
Oxton
Yens
General Fund
John H. Parrish
Bill
Johnd. Sullivan
Bill J. D. Helman
Derolt Trust Co
Fuller & Klott
D. W. Adams
Bill Au
Water Fund
National Meter Co
Ald. McConkey
John Lind Reports Mexican Revolt Evidence North Mexico
John Lind, Wilson's representative in Mexico, notes widespread revolt in northern Mexico against Huerta and argues that even foreign recognition would not secure lasting peace. He describes peon oppression, land dispossession since colonial times, and dramatic social shifts from Texas border work to railway and mining roles. He sees rising literacy and cross-border migration as catalysts for political change, offering cautious optimism for Mexican self-government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Huerta
John Lind
Wilson
Republic
Bellman
Aner
Auerts
Europe
United States
Texas
Ameriedt
South
National Railways of Mexico
Peona
High School Pairs Plan for Education and Trade Work
Dr. Peter B. Demarest of Bryant High School Long Island City approves a program pairing boys by trade interests. Each pair splits time between work in a manufacturing firm and schooling to complete a four year course, earning a high school diploma and an industrial certificate with trade training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter B. Demarest
Bryant High School
Long Island City
N. Y
Board of Education
Long Island
Insanity Claims Hit British Front as Teeth Fail in Trenches
A Southampton dispatch reports British troops in Ypres trenches suffer nervous breakdowns from cold damp conditions. Insanity wards overflow at Netley, with many nervous cases improving after relocation. Many men shocked by shells or with sour dental health. dentists are sent to the front to treat decayed teeth reducing neuralgia and disability and boosting recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ypres
Southampton
Netley
England
Belgium
Manchester
Netley Hospital
Bagtichman
Dental Corps
Taft Urges National Fitness For War Readiness
Former President William H Taft urges in a letter to E B Rittenhouse head of Life Extension Institute that every man and woman should train as an athlete to keep the nation prepared for war or peace. He says physical training should extend beyond West Point Annapolis and college athletics to raise physical and mental efficiency of all citizens. He warns that in war the fighting will involve much of the general population, not just regular troops, and stresses national health as essential to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Taft
EB. E. Rittenhouse
Life Extension Institute
Mr. Taft
Weat Point
Annapolis
United States
Wille
Europe
Typhoid in Spaghetti Traced to Church Dinner
Ninety-three typhoid cases in Hanford California traced to a single carrier at a church dinner. A colored cook, unaware of her infection, prepared Spanish spaghetti that served as the infection vehicle. Only primary cases among diners with one secondary case reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanford
Cal
W. A. Sawyer
Berkeley
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Sawyer
Tollawa
Stanford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ella Flower
Detroit
William Flower
J. H. Church
C. T. Chapple
Morley
T. Kress
Nettie Barrett
H. H. Church
Mrs. Church
Kress
C. F. Hainline of
Arcada
George Isham
Cora Isham
Missea Snyder
Louis Engerham
C. Nelson
Arthur Grandy
Wesley Webb
Don Currence
Grandy
Council Proceedings
Howard Willard
Louis Kehn
Frank
CHAS
George Ogden
F. H. Rowland
City
U. W. Adams
Bena Allen
Lapeer
Bad Axe
Mable Gunther
Carson City
F. E. Pollasky
Morelos
Taft
Harness Shop
C. A. Ogle & Son
E. Superior Street
U. S
Steinway
Kimball, Emerson
Berliner & Sons
Purinton Medicine CO
Alma Garage Company
W. A. Borton
Prop
Home Lumber
Fuel Co
Michigan
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