Local Team Upsets Ithaca Highs in College Court
The Alma high school basketball team defeated Ithaca by 69 to 15 on the college court last Friday. Wood scored 26 baskets breaking the school record, while Fishbeck and others starred. The issue also notes debates, a forthcoming high school annual, and the 83rd Gratiot County Teachers Institute with lectures by H. R. Pattengill and Dr. A. E. Winship, opening Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca High School
College Court
Ithacans
Alma
Wood
Fishbeck
Husky
Arnold Robinson
Floyd Oswald
Marjorie Delavan
Beulah Parr
Gratiot Country Teachers’ Association Institute
H. R. Pattengill
Lansing
Michigan
E. A. Winship
Boston
New England Journal of Wetica
Grensehsedien- Pal
Cnt
Jes. Gratiot
Tunate
Winship
College
Ellsworth
Association
College Chapel
Fookes
Case
HR. Pattengill
America
H.R. Pattengill
Methodist Church
A. E. Winship
Gratiot County Farmers Institute Closes Meeting in Ithaca
The Farmers Institute met in the circuit court room at Ithaca on Jan 14 and 15. President Coleman opened with a concise program as J N McBride of Burton spoke on beans as a money crop and proper seed bed and fertilization. Dr Drake discussed poultry culture and Voorheis advocated Merino sheep, alfalfa, and fruit culture. The event featured arable topics, varied stock opinions, and a report on the Eastern Michigan Asylum farm. Officers elected for the next year: President A J Dickens Ithaca and Secretary J B Miller Ithaca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer's Institute
Circuit Court
Ithaca
Coleman
Fred van Boskirk
Ornetory
J. N. McBride
Burton
Cowdry Gove
Jamal
Drake
Standard Oil
Voorheis
Board of Control of Eastern Michigan Asylum
Portiac
San Jose
Stallon
Agricultural College
Peter Voorhe
Board of Control of
Eastern Michigan Asylum
Pontiac
Arcada Center Telephone Elects New Officers at Annual Meeting
The Arcada Center Telephone company held its yearly meeting this week and elected C. F. Hainline as President Guy Cook as Vice President Wallace Smith as Secretary and Treasurer. Stockholders praised cooperative telephones and recommended Union Telephone Co. for up-to-date service. Alma Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcada Center Telephone Company
C. F. Hainline
Guy Cook
Sec'y and
Troas
Wallace Smith
Union Telephone Co
Automobiles Bring First Local Gasoline Delivery Wagon
The Alma Manufacturing Company unveiled the citys first gasoline powered delivery wagon built locally. It features a 24 horsepower air cooled engine, three speed transmission, direct drive, 1500 pound capacity, and solid tires. Designer O F Ruggles, formerly with Knox Atlas Morgan, pushed the project from December to its street debut, aiming to boost local industry and countywide benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Manufacturing Cos
O. F. Ruggles
J. H. Lancashire
Manchester
East
Farmers Club December Meeting At Hainline Home
The Farmers Club met at Mr. and Mrs. C F Hainline’s home with fifty guests. Delegates report by F Hainline pleased members. Officers elected: Pres U Fainline, Vice Pres Geo Irish, Rec Sec Mrs Grove Peck, Cor Sec Mrs Henry Puller, Treas Mrs John Fink. Next meeting to be hosted by Geo Irish on the last Thursday in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Club
C.F. Hainline
F. Hainline
Fainline
Geo
Grove Peck
Henry Puller
Wreck Blocks Owosso Junction Trains In Night Collision
A Thursday night wreck at Owosso Junction blocked the Ann Arbor Grand Trunk and Michigan Central lines after an Ann Arbor switch engine backed onto a Michigan Central freight on the Grand Trunk tracks. Front ends of both locomotives were derailed and blocked the crossing. Hugh Sergeant, ticket agent at the junction, escaped the incident through a weathered window as a crowd gathered. No injuries reported but the event disrupted service and drew attention to the open-air river skating scene. Mrs N Cummings and son Clarence were visiting Ithaca on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owosso Junction
Ann Arbor
Grand Trunk
Michigan Central
Hugh Sergeant
Leland T Powers to Spotlight in Alma Appearance
The college has secured Leland T Powers, famed American impersonator, for an evening program on Tuesday February 21. Citizens are urged to keep this date open for an exceptional literary and entertainment treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland T. Powers
Alma
M Burkhardt Breaks Hip After Ice Fall
Civil war veteran M Burkhardt aged about seventy fell on the ice in front of his 508 College street home last Friday. Neighbors moved him indoors before he was taken to Brainerd hospital where the fracture was set. The accident is serious given his age, but he is progressing as well as could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruggles
Alma
Knox Automobile Co
Springfield
Mass
Atlas Motor Co
Morgan Truck Go
Worcester
M. Burkhardt
College Street
Burkhardt
Brainerd Hospital
Warning on Ice Cutting Safety and Legal Requirements
The Clair Sentinel notes rising ice formation and warns ice cutters to heed Act 221. It requires danger signals and barricades near cutting sites, three feet high, at least ten feet from openings, with penalties of up to three months in jail or a $100 fine for noncompliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair Sentinel
John Chick Displays Alma Manufacturing Pride
John Chick of the Koonnery Show Store excels in window dressing with a striking display titled What Alma Manufactures for the Outside World. It features a Nelson Bros. pump jack, Sugar from the Sayer company, cigars from the cigar factory, overs from the overall factory, and products from Alma Mig Co Miller Saw Trimmer Co Roller Mills. The display highlights Alma as a manufacturing center in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chick
Koonnery
Ean
Afr
Nak
Alma
Nelson Bros
Sayer Company
Alma Mig Co
Miller Saw Trimmer Co
Chick
Real estate transfers across towns listed in ledger style
A sequence of property deeds records transfers from Wright to A A Smith to J M Michael and many others. Entries show parcels in North Star Wheeler Alma Seville Seville Emerson Adams Arcada and other locales with prices often around 800 to 1100 dollars. Names include Gillis Shafer Ervey McClinton and Brewhaker among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veeder
J. F. Carroll
Seville
A. J. Ervey
Ila Ervey
Wheeler
Cesseneewes
G. W. Joslin
E. R. Hoyt
Almaynte
Washington
Struble
A. Badd
Riverdale
O. W. Clark
G. Ulis
R. E. Lewis
C. E Peters
Wheeler A. Porter
O. G. Colt
R. J. Fraker
Briggs
Alma
Sii Cenvasioes
S. J. J. McIntyre
Pt Swerken
Nominations Open for Gratiot Circuit Judge Nominee Kelly
Voters of Gratiot County are informed that nominations for the circuit judge seat must be made at the primaries. On March 1, 1911, Kelly 5 Seart announces candidacy for nomination for the office under the Re mble banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratiot
Kelly
Seart
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Teacher's Association Institute
Keefer
Gulick
Cash
Bartley
Titus
Dailey
Hood
Creaser
H. Jackson
Brock
Ludwig
Austin
United States
Oxnald
Gates
McIntyre
Gargett
Welch
United States Senate
Montige
Robinson
von Thurn
Dunham
M. Jackson
Spinney
Charles F. Pike
L. L. Wright
New England Journal of Education
Atlantic
Pacific
Court House
St. Louis
Allen
Arcada Center Telephone Co
Farmer's Club
Irafeig
Mra. N. Cummings
Clarence
U. S
Chas E. Townsend Charles BE
Jackson
Ross
Senate
House
G. & Wilcox
B. J. Gillis
Reed Tr
D Posey
B. J. ‘Posey
Emerson
M. Sherman
J. Gulick
Attention Voters
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!