Alumni Banquet and Wedding Details at Alma
The report recalls an alumni banquet with speeches by Mr. Ellsworth and Paul Cash and notes later nuptials for Grant and a wedding trip to Saginaw and Detroit. The event featured awards, gifts, and a celebratory luncheon attended by about ninety friends and relatives. The couple plan to reside in Alma after the ceremony.
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Smith
Ellsworth
Paul Cash
Johnson
Cash
Ward
Potter
Alma
University of Chicago
Alma Council Formally Sets City Improvements and Officials
Alma Michigan regular council meeting notes actions from July 1 1928 including lighting the park liability insurance for city employees sidewalk and sewer bids on State Street street paving assessments and the appointment of special police for the July Fourth celebration. The report lists voted items bonds payables and the creation of a special assessment roll for street improvements.
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Alma
Mieh
J. M. Mentigel
Peery
Cook
Ward
Kehn
Fraker
Park Board
Common Council
City of
Alma City Proceedings Mention Sewer Vote and Assessments
The Alma City Council approves a special assessment of 8901.97 to fund a sewer project on State Street between Walnut and Superior, supported by Alder man Kehn. The vote records no nays and authorizes the city engineer to survey and prepare plans for the benefitted district.
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City of
Alma
Wright Avenue
West Superior Street
Ann Arbor
East Superior Street
North Court Avenue
Euclid Avenue
Michigan Avenue
Alma Manufacturing Company
Yeas
Peery
Cook
Ward
Kehn
Freaker
State Street
Walnut
Superior Streets
Superior
Uch
Fraker
Alma Civic Improvement League shines in city improvements
The Ladies Home Journal highlights Alma Midiway’s Civic Improvement League. With 65 active members, they placed waste paper cans, appointed ward chairmen, held clean-up days, planted trees and shrubs, and improved the station lawn with roses and honeysuckle. They fund a public reading room and maintain a sanitary fountain, later taking charge of street sprinkling and sustaining donations.
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Ladies Jlome Journal
Civilized Earth
Alma Civic Improvement League
Alma
Civic Improvement League
Midiway
Straightway
League
Velma Leila Hanley Weds Clarence J Hanley at Seville
Velma Leila Hanley, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Hanley of Seville township, married Clarence J. Hanley of Alma on June 25 1913. Rev H A Drake of St Louis conducted the ring ceremony as Mendelssohn Wedding March filled the parlor and Miss Zelma Diverbyss served as ring bearer with Hazel as a bridesmaid.
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Elias ‘Rockwell
Seville Township
Velma Leila
Clarence J. Hanley
Alma
Mendelssohn
Ray Vandemark
H. A. Drake
St. Louis
Alma Citizens Offered Wall Street Prices Trade Invited
Alma residents are urged to seize lower grocery costs with a bold offer. The campaign promises broad lines of groceries, abundant greens, and a competitive deal to attract local trade away from Wall Street prices.
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Alma
Wall St
Local government funds tallied in city ledger notes
Ward Kehn and Praker appear in a summary of city finances listing GENERAL FUND F O Grover bill HIGHWAY FUND Chas Wilson labor Lee Lybelt and others WATER FUND with multiple labor payments totaling 146.80 for Geo Vannarman Joe Ray August Arndt John Farrough Kay Robbins H J Voller and more CEMETERY FUND items including Bert Bailey H Carter and F A Soncey estimates. Alderman Peery reported. council adjourned. City Clerk D W Adams Mayor M Montigel.
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Yeas
Peery
Cook
Ward
Kebn
Fraker
Montigel
Geo A. Brown
Johnn. Parees
Thomas Goble
Alderman Cook
Alderman Peery
Water Main
West End Street
East Downer
Walthers
Bill
Hohe Sheey
Floyd Wheeler
Lee
Geo. Vannarman
Joe Ray
August Arndt
John Farrough
John Blank
Kay Robbins
H. J. Voller
Bert Bailey
H. Carter
F. A. Soncey
Civic Improvement League Meeting Listed for July First
Civic Improvement League announces a Friday afternoon meeting at the Free Reading Room on Woolworth Avenue Almangold. Attendees plan to discuss local improvements and related neighborhood plans while the Louis Driving Club hosts a current event and rewards opportunity.
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Civic Improvement League
Woolworth Avenue
Almangold
Louis Driving Club
Typical Chautauqua Scene Promises Big Seasonal Event
A captioned photograph shows a typical crowd at a Redpath Chautauqua. The piece notes nearly 1,200 Chautauquas across the United States and Canada, with the movement spreading to England and Japan. It recalls the 1872 absence of Chautauquas and the 1873 launch by Bishop Vincent and Lewis Miller at Chautauqua, New York, now a summer hub for about 10,000 visitors with substantial land and buildings.
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Redpath
United States
Canada
America
England
Japan
John H. Vincent
Lewis Miller
Chautauqua, N
Edpath Chautauqua Brings Talent to People Across America
Thousands travel to Chautauqua in New Jersey, yet the movement extends nationwide with Redpath headquarters guiding nearly 600 Chautauquas from Iowa City to Chicago. Top acts command up to 15,000 dollars per attraction, and demand grows yearly as more towns seek centers.
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Chautauqua
N. J
United States
Redpath
Iowasas City
Chicago
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Golgi PR
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L. B, Kehn and Co
O. Ward
River Avenue
Presbyterian Church
Vyeus
Feery
J. A. Mann
Geo. E. Sharrar
Maynard Pringle
T. J. Clark
P. M. Smith
D. Q. Sharrar
City Mall
Itw
Baeence
G.B. Hicok & Son
City Hall
Hanley-Rockwell
Astory T
Cushing & Benedict
Mich
D. W. Adams
M. Montigel
M. E. Clow
R. H. Peck
J. m. Priest
The
Baptist Church
Mr. Peck
Dolph
C. E. Vandemark
Paulena Vandemark
Velma Rockwell
Lester Vandemark
Old Whitney
Alma-St. Louis
Royal Hyde
W. D. Adams
Greenville
Gratiot County
Detroit
Edpath Chautauqua
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