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Local Almanac Notes Numerous Alma Visitors and Activities
Alma and surrounding area residents and visitors are referenced in this stream of notes: G V Wright and others visit Crystal and Alma on business. Mrs J Brown and Laura Brown visit with friends. families from Ithaca, Maple Rapids, Mt. Pleasant, Saginaw, Detroit travel through or to Alma. several locals head to Lansing, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids, and other towns for work, school, or leisure. A mix of legal, educational, and social updates includes a Jamaica lecture at the Church of Christ, new station lawn mower at Alma, and the Republic Motor Truck fire engine project. Multiple births, illnesses, and community happenings round out the snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. V. Wright
Crystal
Giddings
St. Louis
Alma
J. Brown
Mins
Laura
Ann Ari Mine
Etta R Smith
Thompson
Mrs. Parrish
Ithaca
John Chick
Little
C. F. Galligher
F. Leonard
Leonard Mitchell
Claude Strable
Pleasant
John Marchmont
New York
A. W. Wright
Laura Gossett
Mt. Pleasant
Central Normal
C.J. Dutt
Charles
Isabella
Gratiot
Pine Street
John Schick
Millbrook
Blanchard
Coleman
Eugene Walker
Patrick Whitecraft
Glen Parsons
Cecil Johnson
Bert Reynolds
Detroit
Ford
Mia Beach
Errol Stafford
Cadillac
Dick” Hughes
Pere Marquette Railroad
Hayes
Edmore
Greenville
Francia King
J. W. Robinson
Clint Nelson
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Muskogee
J.T. Ewing
Saginaw
Fred Tucker
Sumner
H.C. Smith
J.D. Henderson
J. K Livingston
Francis King
Ann Arbor
Nick Broucher
W. J. Melchers
Union Telephone Company
Charles G. Rhodes
C. B. Gardner
Stormer
Robt. McNabb
New Haven Center
August Leitch
Gratiot County Gas Company
Gladys
Harley Carnahan
Edward Ballance
Lansing
Eli Brown
George Palfrey
Flint
Mary Blaisdell
Capitol City
W. A. Cadwallder
Owosso
Republic
H. €. Richardson
William Bahlke
Delbert
Michigan Inspection Bureau
Lafayette Stevens
Grand Rapids
Irwin
State Veterinary Association
Erwin
Anna Hamilton
Clyde Raycraft
Shepherd
George Helman
J. D. Helman
Wright Avenue
Republic Motor Truck Co
Bill’ Peck