Burke cigar and bread ads dominate Alma local items
Local notes report Dr F J Graham in Edmore on business and Ben McCullough in Flint. Mentions bread promotions by Butter Cup and quality rye baked by Model Bakery. Multiple residents and visitors named including Walter Caple in Mt Pleasant and Chester Davis in Rapids. Alma Lyceum next: Zedeler Quintette. College basketball vs Hillsdale. Several community events and meetings listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Heen
Detroit
L. Perrigo
Flint
Harry Gerber
Fremont
Burkes
Royal Hyde
Grand Rapids
L. Smith
Ithaca
Alma
Mathews and
Tuttle
Model Bakery
Attorney Stone
Marshall Allen
Saginaw
Orville Allen
Camp Custer
Battle Creek
Karl R. Adams
Wright Opera House
H. M. Dunham
Zedeler
Alma Lyceum
Vestaburg Notes Include Births Revivals and Local Trades
Little Lorene Howard recovers from pneumonia. Ray Caris buys Karl Walker’s stock and fixtures. A son born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Throop on Thursday. Rev J D Tanner to hold revival at Church of God January 27. Vestaburg merchants shrink to nightly closings per agreement. Mrs Martha Walker returns from Saginaw. Lester Reader arrives from Toledo to aid ill mother Mrs Fred Reader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Lorene Howard
Mra
Wm. van Horn
Ray Caris
Karl Walker
Arthur Peck
Alma
Y Lewis Priest
Harry Throop
J. D. Tanner
Church of God
Vestaburg
Pine River
Corner Church
Martha Walker
Saginaw
Lester Reader
Toledo
Fred Reader
Another Old Soldier Passes Away in Michigan
Saturday night January 6 1918 James M Hoffman aged 74 died at his daughter Mrs A B Stauffers home near Westaburg Michigan He was born in Seneca County Ohio January 27 1843 son of John and Margaret Hoffman He moved to Henry County Ohio as a child and lived there most of his life He married Nancy A Sloan of Henry County in 1863 They had Minnie B Stauffer of Vestaburg Michigan and Rosa M Kerman who predeceased him The Hoffmans moved to Napoleon in 1890 then retired and came to Michigan to live with their daughter He was a longtime member of St Paul s Methodist Episcopal Church and a devout Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hanna
Detroit
The
Michigan Investor
Alma
C. L. Chadwick
Ann Arbor
Marjorie
Toledo
E. N. Chadwick
Parents’ Club
Elmwood Subdivision
Jessie Augustine
Grover Avenue
J. E B. Puller
Board of Supervisors
State Tax Association
Bay City
Baptist Church
Miss Jones
Schulte
A. B. Scattergood
Reading
Michigan
Beslan
Dr. Niblack
Gratiot
Francis Willard Union
A. H. Olmstead
Alow State Savings Bank
Proneh
Elwell
Citens’ Mutual Automeile Tr
Ite
Howell
B. Gardner
Lucile
Europe
Will Ewing
Gardner
State Street
James M. Hoffman
Henry County
Ohio
A. B. Stauffer
Westaburg
Mich
Seneca County
John
Margaret Hoffman
Nancy A. Sloan
Minnie B. Stauffer
Vestaburg
Rosa M. Kerman
Napoleon
Stauffer
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Obituary and Society Notices From Mattoon Ill 1918
The document records the death of a longtime resident from a stroke of paralysis, highlighting his active life and survivors including wife Nancy Hoffman and daughter Mrs. A. B. Stauffer plus grandchildren and a notable relative Ed Kelly. It covers funeral details in Mattoon with service and burial at Forest Hill cemetery, and includes a card of thanks from the Hoffman family along with a testimonial about Chamberlain’s Tablets from Mrs. J. M. Hoffman and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyp
Nancy Hoffman
A. B. Stauffer
Ed Kelly
Atkinson
Nebraska
Mrs Moffatt's Nursery advertises hourly child care near Venteree
The notice promotes Mrs. Moffatt's Nursery as an ideal place to leave children while parents attend to duties. It offers care at a cost of 25 cents per hour, day, or week. A Union phone number 359 is provided, dating the ad to eight years ago.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eer
R. H. Brown
Superior St
Paris Cafe
Alma’'S Best Restaurant
East Superior Street
Luchini Brothers
E. J. Hubbard
Union Phone
W. Superior St
Berry Bros. Line
Earl C. Clapp
Henderson Stock CO
Ruben
United States
Union
Bell
Michigan Loan Co
Germania Ave
J. P. Losey
Optometrist
Superior ST. Alma, Mich
West Superior Street
Winn
Mattoon
Robert Allisom
J. M. Hoffman
Mrs. Moffatt's Nursery
R. M.C
Amoskeag
Grace
Colgate
Coats
Cushing & Benedict
Elkhorn
Gratiot County Gas Co
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