Republican County Convention to be Held in Ithaca
The Republican electors of Gratiot County and others are urged to send delegates to the county convention at the Ithaca courthouse on Friday February 1st at 11 oclock a m. Delegates will elect fifteen to the State Convention in Detroit to nominate candidates for Justice of the Supreme Court and two Regents of the University. Also to nominate a County School Commissioner and handle other business. Delegates allocated to townships and wards include Wheeler Hamilton Hathway Northstar Pine River Newark Seville New Mayen Sumner Kiba Arcada Washington Emervon Fulton Lafayette North Shade Ithaca and at large from St Louis Front ward Third ward and Fourth ward. Secretary Geo A Haven W Mannix presiding. Also reprints a notice on Congressman W S Mesick describing his protectionist views and stance on tariff and labor, plus comments on the Erasive bill allowing national banks with capital $20,000 in towns under 4000 inhabitants.
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Gratiot
Court House
Ithaca
Detroit
Justice
Supreme Court
University
Wheeler
Hamilton Hathway
Northstar
Pine River
Newark
Seville
New Mayen Sumner
Mancelona
Grand Rapids
Mesick
Europe
Washington
Congress
Spain
Republican State Convention Calls for Detroit February 23 1816
Under apportionment based on governor votes Gratiot gains 15 Clinton 14 Montcalm 17. The Republican State Convention is named for the Auditorium Detroit on Tuesday February 23 1816 to nominate a Supreme Judge and two University Regents and handle other business.
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Gratiot
Clinton
Montcalm
Auditorium
Detroit
Religious Services Announce Sermons and Revival Meetings
Baptist morning and evening sermons titled The Philosophy of Temptation and The Devil. Presbyterian next Sunday morning Our Land for Christ and The Possible and the Impossible in our Salvation. Revival meetings continue with 7:30 p.m. start every evening except Monday. unconverted and all welcome.
Trip to a fixed star by rail would take 48 million years
A science humor piece imagines a railway to Centauri with a penny fare, funded by national debt scrip. Travelers would ride at sixty miles per hour with stops, taking 48,668,000 years to reach the star. The dialogue mocks vast cosmic distances and economic absurdities.
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Centauri
Apswere
Centaur
Trafic
Grafic
Britain
Misplaced Sympathy at a City Zoo Grave
A nameless grave lies at the base of a forest elm in the zoological gardens near the reptile house. Local keepers recall no details of the interment, though thousands pass by unaware. A tall youth, moved by sorrow, asks who lies buried here, and Superintendent Brown reveals it is the grave of a Skye terrier buried by an old lady long ago.
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Zoological Gardens
Brown
Mr. Brown
Philadalphis
Mindful Geography and Local Advertisements Mix
A garbled excerpt blends philosophical lines about life and virtue with local notices and ads. It mentions places and persons in scattered form, then shifts to wood, ice, and subscription offers. Medical tonics and remedies by Ely and Caldwell Pepper appear alongside small-town classifieds and coupons.
Market items and medical note in a small town ad
Market report advertises sale or exchange options for runners for carriage or light wagon and a steam corn sheller. Includes a complete mill for sale, assorted belts and pulleys, and a general notice about supplying customers with the best goods. In Flashing Michigan druggists Perry and Camenin endorse Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy sold by C E Mahan.
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Couy
Perry & Camenin
Flashing
Michigan
C.E. Mahan
Kidney disease cure adver tells Swamp Root product
An old advertisement urges using Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney, liver and bladder troubles. It claims tests with urine show kidney issues and promotes samples by mail. A probate notice from Gratiot County follows, seeking examination and claims before court dates.
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Kilmer
Putin
Alma Record
Prust
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N.Y
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Alma
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J. F. Brown
Tino
Tony
Chicago Times Herald
Kale
Fred Kernen
F. A. Sroxano
Ely
United States
Waterloo
Ind
P. Klotz
Robert Rawls
Hollands
Ke, Mahan
Market Report
Joney
Bleickens
Korate
Piid
A. da
Jons M. Beene Dudew
Prithare
oUaliUs
Cleveland
Aui
Farmers of America
Oliver
Earth
S.J
Gates Lane
Nona
Angee Ee Eaaraen
M Naheh
Scientific American
Dean Fulit iMiavt
Mina In
Abas Boudin
AdiGee Munn & CO
Broadway
New York
Ceaw Gauw Catarah
Sinwll
Riley Ta
Aie
Wiveer
Wright House
Jim Allen
R. D. Lemen
Bert Woodward
Fiea
Hue
St. Louis
G. KL. Spicer
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