Alma plant expands for beet sugar boom in Gratiot county
The Alma Michigan Sugar Company plant undergoes extensive summer improvements to boost capacity as beet production grows statewide. With 50 to 80 workers, the upgrades include new cement flumes and tracks for beet unloading, doubled beet sheds, larger molasses tanks, and a longer dyer building, reflecting rising beet output and profitability across Michigan.
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Alma
Michigan Sugar Company
Michigan
Gratiot County
St. Louis
Gratiot
House of Representatives
Charles B. Warren
Grand Rapids Herald
Rmin
Suit Over Fatal Car Crash Ties Saloon Keepers
Mrs Blanche Kemp of St Louis files a $2000 suit against Hugh J Dilon John Kohlschmidt and the Michigan Bonding and Surety Company. The complaint alleges the defendants knowingly served liquor to Fred Kemp on Sept 28 1910 causing intoxication that left him unable to drive, his car overturning and killing him while his earnings were over 3000 a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw Evening News
Blanche Kemp
St. Louis
Hugh J. Dilon
John Kohlschmidt
Merrill
Michigan Bonding and Surety Company
Detroit
Fred Kemp
Alma couple wed in June ceremony
Carl L Latz of Alma and Miss Vesta W Gladstone youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Gladstone of St Louis were united in marriage on Thursday June 29. Various residents and visitors are noted in town and surrounding areas with several trips and visits listed including stops in Detroit Fountain Mich and Port Huron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl L. Latz
Alma
Vesta W. Gladstone
Robert Gladstone
St. Louis
Rea
Gladys Adams
Fountain
Mich
W. S. Humphreys
Hawley
Arms
Detroit
A. Lignian
Fred Lignian
Catherine Coleman
Portland
A. L. Vought
Little Jumbo engine spurs Alma industry growth
Nelson Brothers of Alma showcase a 114 horse power Little Jumbo gasoline engine built from Ray Smith patterns. Since January 1911 they have produced 300 units and sold them rapidly, with 20,000 pump jacks or engines made in 20 months and 3,000 used by International Harvester. The firm, started in 1907, expanded to 25 employees and plans for 22,000 square feet to employ 100–160 workers, drawing attention from neighboring boards of trade and showcasing Alma as a manufacturing hub.
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Tity
Gratiot
Arcada
Alma
J. W. Montigel
Harry
Clare
Nelson Bros
International Harvester Co
Harry Nelson
Chicago
J M. Montigel
Nelson
Board of Trades
Trade Chamber of Commerce
Michigan
Excursion To Ann Arbor And Toledo By Alma Church
The Gratiot county Sunday school excursion of the First Methodist Church sails to Toledo on August 9. Tickets cost $1.00 round trip, with first train从 Alma at 6 40. Passengers may alight at Ann Arbor or Whitmore Lake and return on the return trip. Also reports recent local visits and a marriage of Carl Lute and Vesta Gladstone in Alma.
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Gratiot County
First Methodist Church of
Ths City
Toledo
Alma
Forest Hill
Elsie
Ann Arbor
Whitmore Lake
Ohio Metropolis
Osborn replaces recess appointee on Michigan board
Lansing dispatch notes Gov. Osborn's removal of A E Miegs from the board of control of the home for the feeble minded at Lapeer to serve until January 31, 1915, marking the second such replacement and prompting rumors of potential court testing. Also lists locals visiting, residents ill with typhoid, and community notices from Alma and surrounding areas.
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Lansing
Warner
Osborn
A. E. Miegs
Detroit
Lapeer
J. S. Weldman
Mt. Pleasant
Gov. Osborn
Open Prospect Ave Aldermen Meet in Alma July 6 1992
Open Prospect Avenue meeting in Alma on July 6 1992 with no quorum. Aldermen Fuller Palfrey Fraker Wright and others discuss sidewalks property purchases to extend Prospect Avenue from Superior to Downie, plus alley opening, and approve various city fund claims before adjourning to July 1 at eight in the morning.
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Miva
Mich
Ald
Wright
Palfrey
Ali Fraker
Ald. Fraker
Ald. Fullerton
Pulfrey
Ald. Fuller
Geo. W. Pringle
M. Db
A. W. Buck
I. N. Brainerd
Francis King
Minnick and Lancashire
Prospect Avenue
W. Superior Street
W. Downie Street
Yeus—Ald
Fuller
Knight
Fraker
Committee On
Elyton
Ald. Knight
General Fund
Alma Grain & Lumber Co
Tase City Hall
N. Chadwick
O. W. Atkinson
Frank Ellis
C Highway Fund
Chas. Williams
J. H. Rowley
Frank Shoon
Erney Wells
Wm. Ogden
Foster Fraker
R. J. Fraker
Wm. Hart
Park Eet Qra Gardner
Fullerton
Counscil
W. Adams
J. M. Montigel
Grand Rapids Woman Returns From Visit Amid Warm Weather
Mrs L V Lowrey of Grand Rapids daughter of Thomas Goble wife of this city returned home Saturday after a visit with her parents Miss Rilda Shaffer of Ithaca transacted business in the city a couple of days this week Sunday was another warm day the thermometer registering from 94 to 98 in the shade Miss Way Breece Miss Anna Luta and Mrs Carl Lutz were in St Louis Monday The band concert last Friday evening was thoroughly appreciated by a large crowd.
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Dr. Abbott
Vernon
Shepherd
A. A. Chick
Horace Clay
Grand Lodge
Alma
Alderman Fraker
Nicholson
Ithaca
Detroit
Shaw
St. Louis
FE. J. Camfeld
Eli Oswald
S. Tybelt
Owoss
M. B. Johnson
Dundee
Ed, Ewing
S. H. Chase
Owoxso
O W. Hayes
Little Giant Hay Press Co
Port Huron
Laura Brown
Florence Hood
Beasie Seaver
L. V. Lowrey
Grand Rapids
Thomas Goble
Rilda Shaffer
Way Breece
Anna Luta
Carl Lutz
St Louis
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Sugar Company
D. H. Moore
Gertrude
Myrtle Walker
Dr. Brainerd
Bernice
Lavern Marsh
Nelson Brothers
Ray Smith
Misao Nakajima
Ben
Alam College
Japan
Seattle
Rev. Crain
Tarry
MacCarty
E. A. Crandalter
Way
Fremont
Alia
Crane & Scott Furniture
FW. Watan
Los Angeles
Cal
Atlanta Thompson
George
Gene
Roy McGregor
Ronald
Ross
Glenie Smith
Mio
Jake
Lloyd White
Carlyle Carr
Smith & Carr
Port Turon
Duluth
Race Bridge
Mary M. Drew
Helen
Carlyle Walker
Laura Lewis
FE. R. Lewis
Gretchen
Pearl Eyre
B. J. Youngs
Methodist Episcopal Church
Carl Lute
Vesta Gladstone
Lute
Alma Motor Company
Ben Greet
Normal Woods
The
Normal
Alice Chapman
Olive Potter
Ruby Potter
Don Wilmont
Rexford Chapman
Malcolm Crawford
Edmund Crawford
Floyd Croteer
Migrence Wilmont
Raleigh Hursh
Hursh
Westfall
Powers
Walter Caple
Canandaigua N. Y
Caple
W. H. Cook
Ada Cook
John Agnew
Evanston
M. L. Thompson
Pearl
Gertie Thompson
E. A. Bailey
Vestaburg
Church of Christ
M. S. Wymer
Church of Christ of
L. G. Harrer
Harrer
T. J. Stephens
Bayview
J. E. Booth
W. W. Stopple
PERE
Minnich
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