Pine River Farmers Club February Meeting Program
The Pine River Farmers Club schedules its February meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Parsons next Thursday. The program includes club music, prayers by the chaplain, readings, recitations, a paper by G. W. Abbot, a reading by John Henry, a master of ceremonies, and a question box. The dinner follows and the meeting discusses The Complete Novel in the February Lippincott, My Cousin Patricia by Alma Martin Estabrook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine River Farmers’ Club
Emory Parsons
E. Parsons
G. W. Abbot
John Henry
J. Holmes
A. Wallis
John Gilbert
Lippincott
Patricia
Alma Martin Estabrook
Beakes Beats Powers In One Hour Wrestling Match
Alma residents witnessed a dramatic 140 pound Michigan wrestler Beakes defeat heavyweight challenger Powers from New Jersey. Powers 260 pounds won the first fall in nine minutes by crushing Beakes, but Beakes countered with a fatal hammer lock, pinning Powers for the decisive fall. Powers reportedly used a fictitious name and aimed for an easy win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
BE. J. Powers
High Gate
N.J
Bobby Beakes
Reakes
Michigan
Powers
David
Goliath
Bobby
The Union Company Wins In Clare Telephone Vote
Clare grocers and butchers, unhappy with two exchanges, formed a committee to choose between Bell and Union telephone services. Both firms invested heavily in Clare, and after a series of meetings, voters supported the Union company on Tuesday night, ousting the other option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare
Spains
Bell
Patton
Brain-boosting diet myth debunked by authorities
An authority panel debunks the idea of separate foods for brain muscles and bones. They stress a correct, balanced diet nourishes the whole body and that digestion affects nutrient utility. The advertisement promotes Green's Acgast Flower as a daily aid to digestion, liver function, blood purification, and vitality.
Local notes from Gem and Vicinity skim through visits and events
WEDNESDAY and Thursday entries show WHE VanKirk in Breckenridge and P N Bland and F J Emmet with Tom Pringle on Detroit business trips. Numerous visits to St Louis Detroit Mt Pleasant Battle Creek Alma and Saginaw. A wrestling match, Hedda Gabler at the Alma opera house, a public park parcel debate, and an ann Arbor trestle collapse also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. HE. VanKirk
Breckenridge
P.N. Bland
Detroit
Court Royal
Bennett's
A. L. Pratt
St. Louis
L. H. Hays
O. Hi. Pettyjohn
F. J. Emmet
Tom Pringle
Edward Havosh
Mt Pleasant
Bert Woodward
Blanche
Saginaw
O. D. Metzger
Pompei
BR. P. Foley
St. Ignace
A. W. Wright
Battle Creek
Thureday
Greenwood
Michigan
Wabash
Alma
M. J. Bright
Toledo
Chicago
R.F.D
Elwell
A. J. Hall
Hot Springs
Ark
John Hall
Bobby’ Beakes
Riverdale
Committee On Salarien
Hortense Nielsen
Hedda Gabler
Henrik Obsen
Opera House
Ernest Femby
Shepherd
Ladies’ Aid Society
Disciple
Church of Ferris Center
Henry Denges
Misa Gongwer
Mia
Grant Terwilger
A. E. Weed
M. D
Mich
Wright
Ann Arbor
Huron River
Guthrie
Pete
Mt. Pleasant
Blanche Tyrell
Perrinton
Alma area social notes and business updates
A chapter of brief notices lists residents and visitors in Alma and nearby towns including Ward in Mt. Pleasant, Louie Fink of Saginaw, Mrs. Cook in Ithaca, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller in Brookenridge, and many others with travels to Cadillac, Saginaw, Breckenridge, Elm Hall, Vestaburg, and Mount Morris. Other items note local commerce, a safety drill, theater goers Hortense Nielaen and Hedda Gabler, visitors to Detroit, and a new fire department alarm linked to Union Telephone Co. number 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louie Fink
Saginaw
Alma Thoreday
C. H. LaFlamboy
Edmore
A. P. Cook
Ithaca
J. E. Fuller
Brookenridge
Thompson & Vanderboff’s
Mis
Leah Dean
St. Louis
Higgins
Shepherd
Anson McMullen
Mt. Pleasant
Alma
Louter McMullen
Geo. Hodgekingen
Vestaburg
Montcalm County
Mabel Smith
Belding
Arthur Downing
Sharrar& Mulholland
Albert Knoertzer
Brant
C. B. Noyes
P.N. Pland
Detroit
Misa Ellen Motles
Recommon
Fannie Smith
E. A. Bivina
Hubbardston
H. Epler
T. F. Timby
St. Thomas
Ont
Dominion
A. F. Braske
Hortense Nielaen
Henrik Ibsen
Hedda Gabler
Alice Nielaen
Wm. Kelly
Lansing
Grand Lodge
Alma Lodge
Obas
B. Warren
Alma Sugar Co
Ann Arbor
A. J. Looker
Batton
Hotel Edwards
Mardi Gras Travel Rates by Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Advertises Mardi Gras travel options from February 10 to 16 with round trip fares. St. Louis to New Orleans and return priced at $20, St. Louis to Mobile and return $17.10, plus low rates from all points. Contact Joe M. Beall at M. & O. Ry in St. Louis for details.
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Mardi Gras
Feb
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
St. Louis
New Orleans
Mobile
Joe. M. Beall
Winter at Citronelle Healthful Pine Resort
Promotes a healthful inexpensive retreat in the Pines of Alabama, thirty miles north of Mobile. Describes the resort as high and restful with address listings including Inc N Beall Mobile and Chl ee St Louis Lanett Se let.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citronelle
Pines
Alabama
Mobile
Address Inc
N. Beall
Mobile & Chlee
St. Louis
Lanett Selet
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Sharrar @ Mulholland
Office
Sporting Goods
Gratiot County
Smith & Glass
Asteerd
Masy
Merita
F. J. Seidler
Phot
Rapha
New Jersey
Union Company
Gem and Vicinity
Ward
Mr. Pleasant Mon
the Hayt & Pierce Co
Opera
Ma, Mich
the Hayt & Pierce
Rhodes’ Drug Store
Shades
Charles Rhodes
Union Telephone Exchange
John W. Dean
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