Dr Kennedy Dead Seen as St Louis Pioneer Doctor
Dr Stiles Kennedy, longtime St Louis physician and Confederate war surgeon, died after a stroke and paralysis. He was born in Lebanon Kentucky in 1838, practiced in St Louis since 1871, served in medical associations, and was active in politics and insurance examinations. Funeral held at his home with large attendance and burial in St Louis cemetery.
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St. Louis
Stiles Kennedy
Kennedy
Hurd Allyn Drake
Presbyterian Church
Delaware
Milford Academy
Alexander Hardcastle
Denton
Maryland
University of Pennsylva
Schoel
Iss
Grat Kom
West
Shenandoah Wy
Joe $. Jackson
Beauregard
Lee
Washington
Antietam
Democratic Committee
Gratut County Medical Association
Brainard
Brainard Hospital
Mary Rebold
Amanda Froman
Alma Falls Short In Ninth Inning Tie With Oliver
Alma led early after scoring in the first inning but Oliver rallied to tie the game with two outs in the ninth. Sanford pitched for Oliver as Alma built a seeming lead with timely hits. Duncanson on the mound for Alma kept the game close before the comeback halted their victory aspirations.
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Sandy
Oliver Men
Oliver
Alma
Davis Field
Sanford
Duncanson
Crandell and Scott Advertise Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet
Crandell and Seon, furniture dealers, run a sales promotion with a curfew and give away a Hoosier kitchen cabinet. The winning ticket drawn by Simon Messinger belongs to Mrs. Agnes Anderson of 1104 Michigan Avenue. Crandell and Scott are praised as business getters.
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Crandell & Seon
Simon Messinger
Anderson
Crandell & Scott
Kodak Fiend Nabbed After Breckenridge Attack
Joe Shultz, accused of stealing a large camera and about one hundred dollars worth of photographic supplies from J. E. Will’s studio in Breckenridge, was captured by Sheriff Convis on Monday morning and jailed. The incident follows a period of petty thefts linked to Kodaking obsessions in the town.
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Kodak
Breckenridge
Joe Shultz
Shultz
Kodaking
J. E. Will
Hill
Convis
Bastile
World's Sixth Sunday School Convention Opens in Washington
In May 1924 Washington hosts an unprecedented gathering as President Taft and thousands observe the World Sixth Sunday School Convention. About six thousand attend inside the hall while a larger crowd outside cannot enter. Some two thousand five hundred delegates wear red North America badges and five hundred wear blue badges from over fifty nations including China, Turkey, South America, and Australia.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
North America
China
South America
Turkey
Australia
New Rector to Lead Episcopal Church Next Sunday
Rev J Frank Jackson, recently in Belding, will take permanent charge of the St John’s Episcopal parish here after June first. He is praised by Bishop Williams and local ministers for broad church views and teaching experience in colleges and prior pulpits. His leadership is expected to revive church life and elevate the congregation among Michigan Episcopal churches.
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J. Frank Jackson
Belding
Episcopal Church
Jackson
Ely Brewbaker
Henry Brewmaker
Williams
Detroit
England
Church of England
Isue
Muncie
Indiana
Cincinnati
Ohio
Montreal
Canada
Michigan
Calvary Memorial Church
Saginaw
Holy Trinity
Beijing
Relding
Ackson
Episcopal
Recital by Renard at College Chapel Tuesday Evening
Mons. Emiliano Renaud, the brilliant French-Canadian pianist, will give a recital at the college chapel Tuesday evening, June 14. He is an exponent of the Leschetizky school and has rapidly risen to first-rank status with engagements this season including Louisville and St. Louis.
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Emiliano Renaud
College Chapel
Renard
Leschetizky
Louisville
Kyg St. Lowis
Sad accident as child drowns while playing at home
A small child drowned while playing inside a residence with the mother at work, leaving Flossie Marie Shank dead. Funeral services for Shank were held Saturday afternoon in Emerson Township, marking one of the county’s most sorrowful incidents.
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Tome
Emerson Township
Memorial Day Exercises at Opera House in Riverside
Memorial Day events led by the local Grand Army of the Republic and Woman's Relief Corps proceeded smoothly despite cool weather. Rev. W. E. Doty delivered the day’s address at the Realty Opera House after a march from headquarters, with music by the Wright quartet and schoolchildren reciting Gettysburg excerpts. The procession to the cemetery went ahead under impending clouds.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
Opera House
J. W. Holmes
Wright
Messrs. Wright
Bergy Scheamb
Fish= beck
Rey
HM. L. Crain
Raiger
America
Tims Tien Sons
Yartsions
W. E Doty
Doty
Relief Corps
G. A. R. Post
Tragic Drowning of Emerson Township Infant Flossie Shank
The 18 month old Flossie Marie Shank of Emerson township drowned when she slipped into a half filled wooden tub of water while her brother played nearby. Her mother found the body. the funeral was held at their home with Rev. Youngs officiating. A civic and school procession accompanied the funeral and prayers marked by patriotic songs.
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Flossie Marie Shank
Alva Shank
Emerson Township
Mr. Youngs
St. Louis
Otis Shunk
Lansing
Prediction of hair fashion and grave desecration decree
The Chicago Record-Herald editorially forecasts a shift in women hair styling toward less hair. A reported decree from Canton vows to curb grave desecration for obtaining bridal hair, promising stricter措施 against personal body depredations.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Lhst Week
China
Canton
Hair supply crisis drives fashion shift after China ban
A 1911 era notice notes Chinese graves yielding hair shipped to Paris for fashion, with a viceroy decree ending Chinese hair supplies. It warns Paris would lose its hair, forcing waitresses and ladies to adjust styles as yak hair remains unsuitable for general use. The piece implies widespread impact on society’s hair trends.
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China
Paris
Caton
Funeral Held for Mrs Julia Mills at North Star Church
Mrs Julia Mills died at her son J E Mills home on Pine Avenue Monday night after years of poor health following a stroke. The funeral was at North Star church with Rev C L Wood of Alma officiating, burial at North Star cemetery. She was born in New York in 1800s and moved to Michigan with six children surviving. husband died seven years earlier.
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Julia Mills
J. E. Mills
Pine Avenue
Milly
Hough
North Star
C .L. Wood
Alma
Bera
Satin Kinney
New York State
Loraine County
Ohio
Jason Mills
Mills
Michigan
Mill
F. FE. Mills
Myron
Ashley
Auis
Ovid
Philo
Cadillac
Elma
Alpha
Commencement Week Program at College
The program lists events for commencement week starting Sunday June 12. Services at the Presbyterian church, addresses in College chapel, baccalaureate sermon by President Bruske, athletic emblem awards, Class Day for the class of 1910, Commercial School graduation, Judge Sears address, Play Festival for kinder partners, graduate recital, and Alumni boat-ride with continuation noted.
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Presbyterian Church
Y.mc.a
College Chapel
Harold G. Gaont
August F. Bruske
Commercial School
Kelly
Sears
Jane Bith
Wright Ball
School For Kinder
School of Music
City Band Debuts At Alma County Celebration
A county celebration highlighted by a diploma ceremony for 202 eighth graders at the college chapel and a county athletic association track meet on Davis field. Alma hosted a large crowd as a new city band performed a varied program on State Street.
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College Chapel
County Athletic Association
Davis Field
Alma
Alma Coke
State Street
Athletic Association
Alma High School
Farcely
Cora Hearn
Gratiot County Interscholastic Athletic Association
Teaders
Robinson
Chambers
Ithaca
Hood
Partridge
Carrithers
Frank Hurst
St. Louis
Kress
Johnston
Hase Cooper
Cooper
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Gratiot County
Trey
Garlord
Crandell
Scott Make
FEN
J. Frank Mekson
Marshal Courier
Renaud
St. Frsile Paule
Liszt
Henselt Toccato
Ehumann
Rev
W. E. Doty
Riverside
Harper
Kass
Methodist Church
Nas Luall
Gratiot
City Band
Annie
Dorothy Naldult
Seeertdve Kelley
S. Seart
Pike “America
L. Grain
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