Local News Roundup from the Frankfort Area
Frank Barnes spends a few days in Frankfort while John Chick and Ralph Wheaton head to Crystal Lake for a day. A. F. P. Knight of St Louis visits the Hoyt home. PF L. McConkey and daughter return from Hicks ville Ohio. Mrs A. M. Bright and son of Warren Ohio visit the Wrights. Mrs H. M. Dunham plans an extended visit to Wino na Minn with daughter Mrs F. W. Moore. St Johns club members enjoy Bass Lake with Rev J Frank Jackson and Mrs Jackson chaperoning. Alma Music Store adds a grand piano from Lyon Healy and invites calls to view. Township board permits platting the Republic Heights Subdivision led by Elmer Francis. Lester Von Thurn of Philadelphia returns home after two weeks with his parents east of the city and plans brief travels to Detroit and Cleveland. Half the city spent Sunday at Bass Lake or Crystal Lake, with fifty machine loads to the resorts and many parts taking an excursion to Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Barnes
Frankfort
John Chick
Ralph Wheaton
Crystal Lake
A. FP. Knight
St Louis
Dudley Hoyt
PF. L. McConkey
Hicksville
Ohio
A. M. Bright
Warren
Vern Wright
H. M. Dunham
F. W. Moore
Winona
Minn
St. John's Club
Bass Lake
J. Frank Jackson
Jackson
Alma Music Store
Lyon & Healy Company
Republic Heights
Elmer Francis
Mt. Pleasant
Lester von Thurn
Philadelphia
VonThurn
Detroit
Cleveland
Toledo
Plan Suggested for Boarding Houses to Aid Motor Truck Workers
Officials of the Motor Truck company say rapid progress in the truck business hinges on better housing for workers. They advocate building boarding and rooming houses for unmarried employees and broader city housing to ease worker management as factory facilities expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papers Motor Truck Company
Pershing Uses Republic Trucks for Portable Property Transfer
General Pershing commands expeditionary troops in Mexico and employs Republic trucks to move personal property along the front. A fleet of twenty Republic trucks shipped from this city is allocated to the signal corps maintenance, radio, and general services across Columbus New Mexico, San Antonio, and nearby fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
Mexico
Republic
The
Signal Corps
Columbus
New Mexico
San Antonio
Tero
Apportioned Fund distribution totals 36 million statewide
The fifty eighth annual apportionment of the public school interest fund was set at 36 455 765 99 based on 7 70 per child. Gratiot county receives 865 207 40 for a child count of 4 754 ranking twenty fourth in the state. Wayne leads with 1 208 101 10. Local ads describe tire repair and shop work by Perkins and Mays, and a Crystal Sunday crowd event with lodging shortages and hotel crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jed L. Keeler
Gratiot County
Wayne
Kent
Sigiwaw
EA Bligarsan
Birthday tale of Conley the railroad man
Conley recalls his first coupling on the Rockford Rock Island and St. Louis line in the 1850s while a water boy. The near accident involved two uncoupled cars rolling downhill. chaos followed but no one was hurt. He later rose to superintendent over 750 miles on the Chicago and West Michigan. Now resident at Michigan Masonic Home, he turned 62 and enjoyed a birthday party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conley
Illinois
Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis
Mammoth
Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis
Letter from Corporal Leo Sanford at El Paso border
Mrs. Dumont reports her son Corporal Leo Sanford of Company Y Thirty-second Michigan Infantry writes from El Paso on the border. He describes El Paso as a beautiful city with soldiers living in clay huts among Mexicans. The landscape is sand and cactus with no Michigan grass. Soldiers stay busy with drills and out post duty, unsure how long they will remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Dumont
Leo Sanford
Company Y
Thirty-second
Michigan Infantry
el Paso
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Alma School of Methods Holds Third Annual Session
The Alma College third annual Alma School of Methods opened this week with a record enrollment of 98. Rev. Alfred Ray Atwood of Lansing leads the event assisted by noted Sunday school workers. Graduation exercises Friday evening will award 61 International Sunday School Association certificates and 51 Denominational Teacher Training certificates. A safety and efficiency institute is conducted with the Anti-Saloon League of Michigan aiding. Downtown public meetings are scheduled Thursday through Saturday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma School of Methods
Alma College
Chuiew
Alfred Ray Atwood
Lansing
International Sunday School Association
Eafety and Efficiency Institute
Feg
Anti-Saloon League of Michigan
Mr. Atwood
Tam candidate for Republican nomination for County Treasurer
The entry voices support for Tam as a Republican candidate for Gratiot County Treasurer in the upcoming primary in August. It asserts experience in the office during the current term and asks voters for approval and support, signed by Gaylord Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gratiot County
Idlehour Theatre offers a mix of comedies and drama
The Idlehour presents Get Rich Quick Wallingford Col Heeza Liar and A Merry Chase as a high class comedy program on Friday. Saturday features Laura Crews in Fighting to This a powerful drama. Tuesday August 1 Lenore Ulrich presents Kilmeny a powerful story underlining a strong star presence with Theda Bara in The Serpent returning Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idlehour
Wallingford
Col Heeza
Paramount
Laura __ Crews
Lenore Ulrich
Laura Ulrich
Oliver Morosco
Hawaii
Bryan Night marked in Gratiot for Bryan speech
On Wednesday evening August 3 Hon William J Bryan will lecture at the chautauqua at 8 00 pm designated as Bryan Night arriving from Saginaw at 7 20 and met by Yerington s band and Gratiot county citizens parade to welcome one of the nation s greatest men and orators buy season tickets in advance as this is a community movement not a political demonstration
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bryan
Chautauqua
Norman Gardner Dies After Appendix Operation
Norman Gardner died Sunday afternoon at his parents home at 021 Hannah Avenue following an appendicitis operation. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the parental residence conducted by Dr. W. H. Mason and Rev. J. W. Priest. Interment followed at Cline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Gardner
George Gardner
Hannah Avena
W. H. Mason
J. W. Priest
Cline
Leland Men Confl M L Defoe Plans for Governor Nomination
Frank B. LaLand selected M L Defoe to boost the Republican path to the August primaries. Defoe spoke in Peoria expressing strong voter enthusiasm across the state for Leland’s gubernatorial bid. He predicted Defoe’s future role and hinted at Gratiot County plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Defoe
Frank B. LaLand
Presday
DeFoe
Leland
Anette
Stores to Close for Bryan Clawson Visit in City
Civic League led petition to shut shops on Wednesday and Monday August 2 and August 7 during visits by Hon. W. J. Bryan and Mme. Julie Clawson. Also notes marriage of Miss Fannie Follock to Mr. Alfred M. Anspaugh and plans of Thomas G. R. Brownlow to relocate with spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic League
W. J. Bryan
Mme. Julie Claweson
Fannie Follock
Alfred M. Anspaugh
Mt. Pleasant
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Luchini Brothers
Dodge Bros
Vetroit
J. L. Ellison
Alma
Sharrar & Wheeler
Girer & Goode
Combine
LR Perkins
Thomas Mays
State Savings Bank
Perkins
Busifie
Annette
Maye
Crystal
Crystal Sunitey
New York
Corporal Sanford
City
Por
the Theatre Idlehour
Vaudette
Vania Lazar
Thead Bara
Valonoff
Prince
Ivan Lazar
Lazar
Vania
Ivan
Theda Bara
the Serpent
Bryan Night
J. E. Converse
Optometrist
East Superior St
Laura Hope Crews
Lenore Ulrich, the
Charm
Ing
Francis X. Bushman
Anspaugh
Pollock
Marquis Flour
Marquis
Genesta Vaudett
Gilbert Genesta
Prop
Prevett and
Merrill
Leo. Labelle
Deamra
IRON
Theda Bara the Serpent
William Farnum
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