Poultry Show At Alma Draws Large Crowd And Prizes
The poultry show at the Studebaker garage in Alma attracts a large crowd with about 300 birds on display. Alma merchants award 15 silver cups and numerous prizes for top exhibits including white Orpingtons and Black Orpingtons from breeders like F. E. Boyd and A. RB Smith. Judge W. A. Bonner declares winners across many classes, with prizes listed for Ruff Orpingtons, White Orpingtons, Rhode Island Reds, Leghorns, and more, plus rabbits and Belgium Hares on exhibit.
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Alma Merchants
Studebaker
Belgium
A. BR. Smith
F. E B. Boyd
Alma
W. A. Bonner
Bonner
Alma area news highlights local events and visits
The Alma text details a wide range of local activities including visits by Mrs. Sluyter and Mrs. Bistline, a Smith and Failings shoe sale, and a Saturday bargain push at Gaffney's Style Shop. It notes municipal updates such as a fresh paint job at the post office and the new fire truck in Alma, plus residents traveling to Detroit and Chicago for autos and shows.
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Pesulogy Club
Mise Laura Soule
Earl Medlar
Consolidated Light & Power Co
E. G. Sluyter
Vermeulen Block
Royal Neighbors
Luke
Smith & Failings Shoe
Burgwin
Gaffney's
Ady
Jotham Allen
Breckenridge
Josef Bistline
Grand Rapids
Edith Mosher
Virgil
Mt. Pleasant
Mixes Mamie Hayes
F. A. Ruggles
Chicago
Nellie Hartfield
Vancouver
B. C
Alma
Elizabeth Lovette
B. G. Appleby
Miss Ruth
Saginaw
Harry Gerber
W. BR. C. Thimble Club
M. J. Fraker
Suydam
Cushing & Benedict
Sre
Middleton
Day Swarthout
H. C. Moore
St. Louis
C.J. Beshee
Post Hope
Park House
William Klatt
Superior Street
W. A. Bahlke
Duane
Winter Haven
Fla
Lester Calkins
Rosebush
Isabella County
Consolidated Light
Alma prize list highlights numerous silver cups
A local show lists numerous silver cups and gifts donated by Alma merchants. Awards include best displays of White Orpingtons, Buff Rocks, Rose Comb Black Minorca, R T Reds, and pullets, with multiple cups given to F B Boyd, F I Litwiller, Otto Hawley, J C King, Harry Wilard, A R Smith, and others.
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FL Litwiller
Bert Young
Otto Hawley
E. A. Phillips
E. A. Pierce
J.C. Pardee
M. L. Perrigo
Belgium
George Bradford
F. B. Boyd
A. R. Smith
F. I. Litwiller
R. T
J. C. King
Harry Wilard
Orpington
F. Be, Boyd
F. L. Litwiller
Rhode Island Reds
A. Re, Smith
Orpingtons
Temperance talk cites Kansas Prohibition gains
The Frances Willard Union heard Rev. W. J. Mason on Temperance Reform to Date. He cited statewide facts from Kansas Attorney General: 516,000 public school children have never seen an open saloon. many counties lack jails, inmates, insane, feeble minded, or poor farms. Kansas wealth per person is 1700 dollars, and only a few newspapers accept liquor ads.
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Frances Willard Union
J. W. Priest
W. J. Mason
Kansas
Union
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F. L Litwiller
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Charley Chaplin
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J. P. Losey
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Alma Roller Mills
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