Ringling Circus Brings World’s Largest Menagerie to Alma
Ringling Brothers circus trains arrive in Alma on July 7 with a vast zoological collection described as the world’s largest and rarest. The program features trained animal actors from Europe, a baby elephants segment, and a spectacle titled Solomon and the Queen of Sheba costing 1 million dollars with 1,260 cast members and 300 dancing girls. The event is billed as the year’s banner circus day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Ringling
Europe
Pampa
Ringling Circus
Sheba
Alma
Ithaca Daily Notes on Local Visitors and Travels
County correspondence lists visits and trips by residents to and from Ithaca. Individuals from Owosso Bancroft Ashley Middleton North Star Alma and Pompeli appear along with travels to Detroit Chicago Traverse City and the Panama Exposition. Local families attend weddings, church events, and school activities while court and league meetings are noted.
Local items and public notices from area residents
Mrs Holcomb and Miss Laura Gott of Tonia visited at F L Gotts home last week. J E Skidmore was in town on business. Hicks and G M Wilson called on G M Wilsons parents in Hicks Sumner Sunday. Elder Frank Beach to lecture on Jamaica next Sunday June 20 at 10:30. Mr and Mrs H M Landis in vicinity Saturday. PF D Hare visited Vestaburg Sunday Schools. Prof James E Mitchell and sons left for Duluth to spend summer with Mrs Mitchells parents. Mrs William Robinson of Aberdeen Washington visited J W Robinson family, then left for Stanton and Grand Rapids. James G Kresk a business visitor in Forest Hill Thursday morning. Also included are civic safety tips about traffic, pedestrians, and obeying police signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holcomb
Laura Gott
Tonia
F. L. Gott
J. E. Skidmore
Monne i
Hicks
G. M. Wilson
Latter
In Hicks
Sumner
Cilder Frank Beach
Jamaica
H. M. Landis
PF. D. Hare
Vestaburg
James E. Mitchell
Ross
John
George
Duluth
Gerhardt Family Golden Wedding Reunion in Osceola County
Joseph, Austin, Aaron, and Gideon Gerhardt from Alma Reed City and Osceola County gathered with about seventy five relatives to honor Mr and Mrs John Gerhardt on their fifty year wedding anniversary. The couple, long respected farmers who moved from Canada to Michigan, were joined by eight of ten children and attendees from Seattle and California, with a 24 page commemorative program printed for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gerhantt
Gerhards
Gerhardt
Germain
Canada
Heed
Rnti
Cue Dial
Joseph
Alma
Austin
Aaron
Gideon
White Moses In Edgewood
California
Mes
Ben Buerge
Misa Lillian Gerhardt
Leslie Lowe
Seattle
Wash
Alent
Chas
Trede
Euterer
Wwiniveraary Diniern
Osceola
Ounty Herald
Reed City
Joseph Gerhards
Gerhand
Live Stock Notes From a Faded Page Fragment
A fragmented livestock note discusses grooming horses, bale dirt, sire quality, hog trough cleanliness, and delayed market age for colts. It advises selecting sheep breeds by personal preference, promoting exercise for pigs, and notes general farm care tips with garbled phrases.
Guarding Swine Against Cholera Advice From U S Sanitary Association
The United States Save Stock Sanitary Association offers hog cholera prevention tips. Build small feeding pens with cement floors and cemented clean floors, admit hogs only at feeding time, and keep surroundings clean. Use disinfectants, avoid contaminated water, and provide separate quarters for sows when disease exists. Also advised are distant pastures, dipping vats, and protecting dog food and water.
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United States
Save Stock Sanitary Association
Local residents schedule visits and travel this week
Local Deputy State Superintendent Munson visited Alma Thursday to meet Prof Schulte and conduct business. Mrs. Roxe Walker of Greenville stayed with Barry Walatow’s family from Saturday to Thursday. Mrs. R. Whelper left from axatstane Wright Hall to visit her sons in Saginaw then Hartford Connecticut for the summer before returning in September to Wright Hall. Rev. DeLong to return from Alma to St Louis June 20. Reginald McMeton now in Sheridan Wyoming with wife as he works at sugar factory. Mrs. E. H. Doane and daughter Marie spent Thursday in Shepherd. Arthur McIntyre travels to Big Rapids then Decatur Indiana to sell books. Mr. Lowry of Brooklyn Michigan visits his daughter on Woodworth avenue then returns Thursday. John D. Spinney transacted business in Ithaca and Pompeii. Maurice Ruchmore, UMich junior, visiting Kress home before heading to Old Mission. Mrs. J. W. Niblack leaves for Reading then Sea Girt New Jersey for October stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Meyers
Chicago
Detroit
Canada
Florence Strong
Alma
Mies Ruth Misner
Allegan
Ithaca
Geo. Gargett
Lydia Munson
Mise Geraldine Prive
George Crook
Mira Joyce Wight
University of Chicago
Ethel Lear
Roy Letts
Bannister
Rey
Mel. Mumford
Homer
T. Smith
Agnes Yutzey
J. P. Nicholson
W. Allen
Middleton
Chas. Kernen
Allan Orser
Owosso
Wits
Ithaaca
George Winger, Jr
Panama Exposition
Paul Kernen
Mrx
Andrew DePeel
Dunn
Mike Thelma DePeel
Ian
Flint
Zara Seaver
Peli War
Tehaca
Geo
Mikesoll
Pompeli
Old Trask
Ashley
Mins Merle Seaver
Chesaning
Munson
Alema
Schulte
Roxe Walker
Greenville
Vis
Barry Walatow
R. Whelper
Axatstane
Wright Hall
Saginaw
Thursay
Hartford Conneticut
Betune
St. Louis
Reginald McMeton
Denver
Colorado
Sheridan
Wyoming
Reg
E. H. Doane
Miks
Marie
Shepherd
Arthur McIntyre
Big Rapids
Decatur
Indiana
Arthur
Lowry
Brooklyn
Michigan
Aather
Fleming
Woodworth Avenue
John D. Spinney
Pompeii
Maurice Ruchmore
University of Michigan
James G. Kress
Old Mission
J. W. Niblack
Reading
Sea Girt
New Jersey
For Sale and Rent Classified Items in 19th Century Ad
Mixed classifieds list items including a good work horse offered by Smith the Maxwell man in Alma, with contact and wage note. Central Petroleum Co., Cleveland advertises sales and sales careers. office suites for rent in a newly built city location. a high class piano for sale by J Charles Kipp in Wheeler, Michigan, all with terse price or contact details.
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Smith
Maxwell Man
Alma
Charles Kipp
Wheeler
Mieh
A Word to the Wise About Detroit Health Board
The Detroit Board of Health now comprises only Democrats after Dr. J. Vaughan was added. Governor Ferris faced pressure to reappoint Republicans like F. H. Doyle and to replace Republican appointees with Democrats. The piece urges Michigan Republicans to remember Ferris's politics at the polls.
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J. Vaughan
Detroit Board of Health
Ferris
State Bank
F. H. Doyle
Mr. Doyle
Michigan
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Robinson
SIU
D. W. Robinson
John Kernon
F. OM. Lotridge
Charles Calland
Bancroft
Ithacs
Cluverne Schults
J. S. Seaver
Miew Bessie Chapman
Kleckner
North Star
Hert Hinckle
Laura
J. B. Gardner
Helen Chambers
Mt. Pleasant Normal
AP. Lane
Traverse City
Neva Nevison
Northville
M. McFadden
Geo. N. Lanp
Lansing
Sears
St. Johns
Epworth League
C. D. Daniels
J. M. Everden
Place
Buffalo
Nina Sackett
Jasper Blakely
al Lma
David Reichard
Ohio
Mace
Taft
Police
Old Homestead
Berkshire Bows
Geman
State Street
Smith's Grocery
F. E . Potlasky
Burt, Sharrar and Moore
Central Petroleum Co
Cleveland
Xaleaman
Wiity
Enquire
Pollosky
Call J. AL Bartley
Grant Street
Rhodes
Drag Sto'e
Depot
Crandell & Scott's
Schick
Ford Duro
Maxwell Mun
N. S. Smith & Co
Clark
West Superior St
Alma Mich
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