Ashley Man Killed In Michigan Center Crash
Elbert Hollebeck of Ashley died after his auto hit loose gravel and left the road between Jackson and Michigan Center. The fatal crash occurred at high speed, marking a deadly accident reported in the local hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley
Jackson
Michigan Center
Elbert Hollebeck
Reed City
Clare Council
Breckenridge
Medler Electric Company
Alma
Central Michigan Light & Power Company
Owonso
Lemuel Cooper
Owosso
Isabella
Paul Gluck
Pleasant
Breckenridge Defeats Merrill Ince Dentents In Baseball
Breckenridge Independents defeated Merrill Ince Dentents 5 to an unspecified score at Breckenridge in a Thursday baseball game. Local construction continues with a two story brick block for A and E Hunn at Saginaw and Second Streets, to house their store below and Odd Fellows lodge rooms above.
Middleton Band Concerts Led by Frank Murphy
Frank Murphy directed the Middleton band on Wednesday evening assisted by Vestaburg players Charles Marlin Clarence Caris Dayton Gorsuch Thorp Throop and Eugene Throop. Mr and Mrs Jud Hare returned from vacation. Hare resumes duties as store clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murphy
Middleton
Charles Marlin
Clarence Caris
Dayton Gorsuch
Thorp Throop
Eugene Throop
Vestaburg
Mra
Jud Hare
Clarence Cai
Lala Cridwell
John
Ithaca Area Social Notes Highlight Local Travel and Events
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kernen spent a week at Ludington and Charlevoix in a new house car. Residents and visitors from Ithaca, North Star, and nearby towns attended WCTU meetings and visits. Various residents toured Ontario, Crystal, Lake Henry, Houghton, and Dowagine, with several staying at cottages. The Brown Davis Company in Ithaca plans a brick and steel garage, while Rasor purchased a restaurant and adjacent property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Kernen
Ludington
Charlevoix
Ithaca
C. A. Wright
Gratiot County
North Star
Ambrose Humphrey
J. N. McCall
Crystal
Ray Wilkinson
Oontario
Canada
Ruth Pinney
Elizabeth Randall
Lake Henry
Lawton
Mich
Grade Hoye
Florence Moon
Margaret
Marian
Toledo
William Pendell
Robert Russell
J. Tee Potts
Houghton
F. P. Hoffman
Plymouth
Michigan
Ada Vanderpool
Oak Park
Til
Hanna Ackerman
Red Cross
Eva Ackerman
Dowagine
Indian Lake
Brown Davis Company
Ford Dealers
F. D. Rockwell
Houghton Lake
Annie Brown
Bay City
G. T. Brown
C. L. Rasor
C. L. Anspay
Center
Pine River
Ann Arbor Station
Anspaugh
Rasor
Newark Township
H. H. McCarty
Webster, N. Y
Local notices from Lewis district and area happenings
Charlie Curtis and Pearl Beard haul hay on Jas Porterfield s farm near Ithaca. Frank Rudd under doctor care with blood poisoning risk after a hand cut. Hibner family from Kellogg district visit Reuben Cheneys Sunday. Ernest Thrush and wife from Emer y son visit nearby. Mrs McFaul visits daughter Mrs Hibner. B Cheney and Nellie visit son s home before Crystal departure. Murwins and Semer Fusted families with John Baker visit Pearl Beard s home. Icebergs mainly originate from Greenland. Bill Hart appears in Three Word Brand at Strand Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Curtis
Pearl Beard
Jas
Porterfield
Ithaca
Frank Rudd
Dd Hibner
Kellogg
Reuben Cheneys
Ernest Thrush
Emer.y Son
R. McFaul
Weekend Visits and Local Happenings in Alma Area
Mr and Mrs Meyers and boys of Alma spent Sunday in Lansing with Mr and Mrs Elmer Muhn and two sons. Weaver of Saginaw visited Hector Smith. Frank Whitcraft’s house burned last Friday afternoon. Mrs George Fink visiting parents in Alma. Kendal Wolfe from Saginaw visited last week. George Fink spent last Wednesday in Detroit and returned with a new car. Mrs Morton Weet entertaining a Chicago cousin. Master Ralph Smith of Saginaw visiting grandparents Mr and Mrs Hector Smith. Mrs Arthur Harter of near Pomp ei was guest of Mrs L Berry last week. Arcada Farmers Club met at Wiley home last Thursday. Mrs Etta Clark of Alma spent weekend with E Stevens family. Mr and Mrs Lewis Muhn visited Henry French family in Alma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper Sutton
George
Mra
Carrie Treece
Seal
Henry Deaner
Clarence Garis
C. I. Noble
Stanton
Charles Nickerson
Lansing
Martha Walker
Amanda Bradley
Knight
Arthur Peck
Alma
Scott
Lewis Priest
Joseph Greene
Elton Hornbeck
Ed. Harding
St. Louis
J. E. Hornbeck
Ned Howay
Fred Howay
Decatur
Ind
Muriel Tupper
Frank Bollinger
Elm Hall
Morse
Meyers
Elmer Muhn
Morton Weet
Chicago
Ralph Smith
Saginaw
Hector Smith
Arthur Harter
Near Pompei
L. Berry
Arcada Farmers’ Club
Wiley Home
Etta Clark
E. Stevens
Lewis Muhn
Henry” French
Miss Delva Myers Dead After Tuberculosis In Northwest Seville
Miss Delva Myers, confined to bed with tuberculosis for weeks, died Friday morning in Northwest Seville. Funeral was held Monday at 10 a.m. at the Catholic church in Irishtown, burial in the church cemetery. E Bryan of Detroit attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delva Myers
Irishtown
E. Bryan
Detroit
Martin Nicholson
Ferris Center
J. Schaffer
E. Loomis
Raymond
Rachal Decker
Alma
Irene Decker
Lewis Gray
V. Dickinson
Main Menser
Elwell
William Tyman
Stafford
Ithaca
Lottie Pierce
John Inman
Edwin Bernard Bradford born in Ely district
Mr and Mrs R D Bradford celebrate the birth of a baby boy Edwin Bernard born on the 17th. Mr and Mrs Pearl Fuller and family of Lansing visited Mrs Campbell. S Dalrymple visited his daughter Mrs Chas Brown in Emerson. Floyd Bacon and son Ronald near Veota huckleberrying. C A Wright and son visited Ely Sunday School. Dick Anderson attended an aunt’s funeral in Hesperia. S Dalrymple and others went huckleberrying at Houghton Lake. Grain threshing is widespread in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Bradford
Edwin Bernard
Pearl Fuller
Lansing
Campbell
Preston Forest
S. Dalrymple
Chas. Brown
Emerson
Floyd Bacon
Ronald
Veota
C. A. Wright
Ely
Dick Anderson
Hesperia
Arthur Dalrymple
Alfred Nestle
Houghton Lake
Alma City Commission July 25 1922 meeting minutes
Regular Alma city commission session opened at 8 pm with Vice Mayor John C Chick presiding. Minutes approved and bills read totaling numerous local suppliers and vendors including Alma Elevator Alma Roller Mills Alma Electric & Battery Co Michigan Valve & Felry Co Home Lumber & Fuel Co James B Clow & Sons and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Michigan
John C. Chick
Archer
Creaser
Chick
Glass
Murphy
Alma Elevator Co
Alma Roller Mills
Alma Electric & Battery Co
Alma Foundry & Mfg Co
American R. R. Express C Alert Pipe & Supply Co
Associated Manufacturers Co
J. R. Baker
L. Bennett
Michigan Valve & Felry, Co
Chas. F. Daley
Frankel Manufacturing Co
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
J. M. Montigel & Sons
Michigan Valve & Felry. Co
Michigan Sugar Co
Morley Bros
H. Mueller Mfg. Co
J. C. Pardee
W. T. Bench
Standard Oil Co
Home Lumber & Fuel Co
James B. Clow & Sons
Meseraan
Bem
Zimmerman
Overmyer
J, Wilson
Gratiot Co. Oi Co
Holmes, Crane & Bartling
Vine
City Commission Proceedings and Vouchers Adopted
The minutes note bills 1252 to 1280 read and allowed, with clerk ordered to issue covering vouchers. City Manager Reynolds instructed to lay a water main along Mechanic s and Maple to Mill and Cedar. Further, improvements for Hill street to be assessed, title on Sunnyside Lot 29 to be cleared, and early payment of assessments for districts 6, 7 and 11 urged before August 15 1922 with notices to owners. Also mentions soy bean cultivation in China and a Molly O advertisement at Strand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Faught
B. Williams
R. Scheib
Jones
S. Newcomber
Mechanics and
Maple Streets
Mill St
Cedar St
Creaser
Archer
Chick
Reynolds
Hill Street
Sunnyside
Alma
Archer, Creaser
Mayer Murphy
Clarence F, Blanck
Chas
Murphy
Mayer
Some Sense and Nonsense From a Small Town Editor
A fragmented local column mocks an editor who mixed a wedding notice with an auction sale and a joke about hootch. It weaves odd descriptions of farm life, mention of a bridal couple, a baby, and odd remarks about a cucumber beetle, all in a cheeky, gossiping tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hootch
William Smith
Mise Locy Ans Deraun
Jackson
Hyme
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merrill
Breckenridge Independents
A & E Hunn
Saginaw and
Second Streets
Hunn
A. & E. Hunn
Callow
Cleveland
L. Waggner
Clyde Thomas
Edmore
Donald Sabin
Thomas
Ethel Sabin
Earl Potter
Agnes Crawford
Riverdale
J. M. Hopkins
Tad Hodge
Hurley
Flint
George Huntoon
Harold
Fred E. Moffatt
Lewis District
Atlantic
Greenland
Bill Hart
Strand
Seville
Ely District
City Commission
China
Molly O
Sap
Auenomore ComPany
Font Warm
Willard
Studebaker
Superior St
Visger's Battery Service
Superior Street
Baptist Young People’s Union
Bass Lake
Bilerhalter
RYZON
Earl C. Clapp
Bartley
Hamburg
Chun
Ien
Etelk
Ame
Gratiot County Gas Company
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