State series hinges on seventh game in Detroit
In Friday action the Republics beat the Trucks 8 to 1 as Gatewood held Detroit All Stars at bay. Hagerman won Thursday’s pitcher’s duel 5 to 1 over Holland, with the Stars scoring late to spoil Hagerman’s shutout. The series now stands tied after six games, with the decisive seventh set for Detroit on a date to be announced.
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Republic
Detroit
Hagerman
Holland
Gatewood
Sherlow
Foster
Rip Hagerman
Stars
Alma Cloutera
Alma
Brown and Harper
Kansis City
American Giants
Chicago
Ty Goebl
Brown
Balle
Boyle
Seoond
Chouinard
Lee
Tooley
Hunter
Choultant
Wesies
Chanekle
Ail
Eircuit Dukes
McEllicott
Hay
Oakes
Dewhie
Hill
Wesley
State
Torrenti
Buster
Harper
Hares
Saring Torrenti
Riggins
Soring
Longware
Loney
Pg Hh
Warfield
New Garage in Alma to Open Dodge Salesroom and Service
Stevens and Roth Brothers of Breckenridge acquire the old Studebaker garage in Alma and start remodeling to open a first class Dodge sales room and service station within ten days or two weeks. The project will house a display room fronting Superior Street and a large rear service and repair area, with Republic barber shop remaining in the corner.
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Republic
Jon Superior Street
Dodge Automobiles
Breckenridge
Alma
Dodge
Chautauqua Tickets Going Fast for 1920 Redpath Event
Ticket sales for the 1920 Redpath Chautauqua season are under way at Alma, with guarantors urged to meet quotas. Most promoters have taken tickets to sell, but a few have not yet reached their allotment, and those individuals should obtain tickets from the First State Bank promptly. Less than two weeks remain to sell about 740 more tickets to satisfy the guarantee to Redpath management. The week promises improved attractions, featuring famous platform speakers and musical entertainments not easily available locally, thanks to the Chautauqua lineup.
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Alma
Masy
First State Bank
Agenat
Redpath
Asia
Board of Trade
Republic
James G. Kress
Kress
Mt. Plessant
Mt. Pleasant
Charles G. Rhodes
Alma Board of Trade
Rhodes
Alyma
Mme
Almia
Cameron Carompany
Alma Gove
F. W. Ruggles
Thin City
John €. Chick
St. Johns
Minich
Mich
Michigan
John Willys
Republic Motor Truck Co., Inc
New York
Republic Motor Truck Co. Inc
Ihe
al Iin
Republic Motor Truck
C O., Inc
H. T.einich
Crawford
A. E. Davies
The
Carl H. Washburn
William E. Reynolds
Henry H. Soule
Jotham Allen
Establish Clinics For Free Tuberculosis Care In Michigan
Michigan plans to expand and formalize free tuberculosis clinics across counties. The State Department of Health has taken over clinics from the Michigan Anti-tuberculosis Association as of July 1 and will establish permanent county offices to serve early stage patients. Also notes Emory Townsend’s 1920 Congress bid and local ads for ice cream and drug products.
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Michigan Anti-tuberculosis Association
Michigan
State Department of Health
State Anti
Emory Townsend
Saginaw
Joe Fordney
Congress
Townsend
Michigan Farm Bureau
Adv
Board of Trade May Be Reorganized Very Soon
Alma readers learn that a city luncheon may spark a major reorganization of the Board of Trade with a paid full‑time secretary. Speakers urge stronger city planning, housing, industry outreach, and coordinated development to spur Alma’s growth and attract new business.
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Board of Trade
Yankee Bakery Opens at Arcada Hotel Block
H Smith announces the Yankee Bakery in the Arcada Hotel block claims to be the cleanest in Gratiot county. The new gas heated oven speeds bread in twenty five minutes and features a Yankee baker with eighty loaves capacity per hour. Visitors welcome to inspect the sanitary bakery and its novel frying cake and dough handling machinery.
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H. Smith Yankee Bakery
Arcada Hotel
Smith
Wae
Gratiot
Pike Tourists Will Be Here Next Week
A chaotic fragment describes the 1020 International Good Roads Tour of the Michigan Pikes Association traveling from Detroit through Ontario into Canada. It notes meetings in towns along the route to promote good roads, with Ford vehicles and 50,000 buttons. Officials and directors are listed, plus touring pilots and organizers. A separate marriage notice records Rudy Newian and his bride on July 17 with Rev. Poston officiating and a wedding dinner for about twenty guests.
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Michigan Fikes Association
Uniter Way
Detroit
Ontario
Canada
Lepeiar
Espanola
Thessalon
Walhalla
Almi
Michigan Pikes Association
Ford Bar
Ford Quartette
United States
Dominion of Canada
United For Good
Michigan Pikes — Association
G. Edward Biel
Fred S. Case
Fred ©. Westover
Rudy Newian
Marrage
Fred Retiison
Weed
Little Hildred Chaffin
Poston
Church of Christ
New
Alma ordinance praised for swift community transformation
The Michigan State Board of Health visited Alma this week and praised the city commission for an ordinance aimed at eradicating contagion. City officials, led by City Attorney James G. Kress, report dramatic health improvements since the ordinance passed, with Alma described as nearly ideal and set to inspire other communities.
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Michigan States Board of Health
Alma
City Commission
Mra Brockway
Hrockway
Michigan State Board Is Health
James G. Kress
Surprised I Do Will Wed in Saginaw Then Return Home
Mite M. Marie Banghart and Hind Emmops eloped to Saginaw on Thursday and were married at the Warren Avenue Presbyterian church by Rev. William H. Mason. The couple, both Alma youths employed at Republic Motor Track, plan to reside in Alma with their families. The article notes their high school graduations in 1917 and 1918 and outlines local fair plans for Gratiot County with extensive improvements and horse racing.
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Mite M. Marie Banghart
D Banghart
Hind Emmops
Saginaw
Miss Gilmore
Chievo
Forrest Smith
Thinity
Alma
Warren Avenue Presbyterian Church
Willian H. Mason
Shginaw
Rock Like
and Pettyjohn
Don Nickerson
Mary Williams
Emmone
Republic Motor Track Company
Alma High School
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Stars Clubbers
Alma Hurler
Winslow Bros
Bent Contien
Millerville
Howard City
Manistee
Chamber of Commerce
Elzo
Glen Crisp
H. D. Munich
Necuringe Thone
Bakery
Yankee Bakery
Arcada
PIKE
Motor Cade
Brockway
Gratiot County Fair
Fair Association
J. W. Adams
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