Local notes from Alma and vicinity drift through summer air
Juno Shepherd is ill with measles. Various residents and visitors roll through Lansing Saginaw Ithaca Owosso and Alma on business or respite. Home grown strawberries are plentiful and preparations for Fourth of July bloom. Church events schools hires and graduations mix with family visits as residents travel to see friends and attend services while weather brings mild rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juno Shepherd
Will Wellman
Lansing
G. S. Ward
Saginaw
Thomas Hammett
Dale M. King
Shepherd
C. L. Convis
Ithaca
Mary Pringle
Owosso
Jas. Kiein
Morris Leitner
St. Louis
Presbyterian Church
Sethon Mrs Southworth Ill and Party at M M Chambers
Mrs Southworth is sick. A surprise party at M M Chambers attracted many attendees, mainly his scholars, with ice cream and cake. Leon and Lillian Wilcox visited Alma, as did the Chambers family. Merrill Payne has measles, and Mrs Vanderhoof is blind again. Bert Thinking is popular. prayers held Sundays at Gillson North's. Will Bell's family has measles. Merrill Stuckey returns tomorrow then to help Port Moore harvest. Scot Payne finished one beets field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sethton
Southworth
M. M. Chambers
Leon
Lillian Wilcox
Alma
Harold
Vera
Merrill Payne
Vanderhoof
Passinger
G. T. North
Weaver
John Chamber
Gillson North
Bert
W. H. Gardner
Bernice
Middleton
Will Bell
Mark Morse
Minnie Yonker
Ithaca
Local Notes From Mt Pleasant And Vicinity
Miss Lena Wiley returns home from Mt Pleasant to rest. Miss Fern Dirk leaves Fife Lake for a teaching post with Hillsinger Hess Slington at Port Huron temple dedication. Lester family visits Mrs Margaret Hillsinger in Coe. Don Whitmore and wife guests of Asa Crymple. Iaities ice cream social aids church fundraiser. Mrs TRondenkamp of Des Moines visits her father Charles Tann Sr. Chas Tann travels for Free Press and visits father. Dr and Mrs McLaughlin head to Cincinnati for medical convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Marriage in Little Rock Unites Bessie March and Myron Rice
Bessie March left Alma June 5 for Little Rock Arkansas to wed Mr Myron A Rice on June u1 1908 in the Barnard home with Rev Diboise officiating. The couple's reception featured a four course dinner before departing on the eight o clock train amid rice showers to establish their future home in Morritton Atkanax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Bessie March
Alma
Little Rock
Arkansas
Myron A. Rice
Mrs. Rite
Local Sumner Center Notices and Obituaries Highlight Community Loss
Roy Mystone returns from Clare to Sumner Center after Elm Hall gathering. Theron Kressant attends Elm Hall meeting during Fri Sat Sun. Mrs Lovel injuries require Dr Shaffer and nurse assistance after a fall. Mrs Fred Coley dies last Thursday morning. Leonard funeral held June 13. Theron Kress visits Mrs John Johnson Saturday.
Crystal visitors and local business notes across town
Southeast Ferris and Crystal residents visited last Friday with Ed ward Pherris and Chas Jolley among them. Riverdale hosted Klees on Saturday while Rexford and son Benjamin returned from Marion. Stanton guests included John Klees and family with E P Bellows. Riverside Brick and Tile Co opened its first kiln in Sumner. Leroy Perry of Grand Lodge spent much of last week here. Roy Beard and Alton Hoover visited Nelson Hoover. Carson City’s Lyon searched for a hired girl last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Ferris
Erastus Pherris
Edward
Chas. Jolley
Paul Dunfield
P. A. Klees
Riverdale
Cornelius Rexford
Benjamin
Marion
John Klees
E. P. Bellows
Stanton
L. A. Lyon
Carson
Riverside Brick and Tile Col
Sumner
Leroy Perry
Grand Lodge
Roy Beard
Alton Hoover
Nelson Hoover
Mr. Lyon
Carson City
Teachers Examination Set for June in Ithaca High School
The regular teachers examination will be held in Ithaca at the High School room on Thursday and Friday June 21 and 23 1908 starting 8 a m standard time. Certificates in First Second and Third Grades will be granted. Theory and Art rely on Dutton School Management while Reading uses Hamlet Act III. Those seeking Third Grade certificates should request Bulletin No 16. An entrance examination to Michigan Agricultural College will occur at the same time. Chas F Pike Commissioner of Schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
Dutton
Michigan Agricultural College
Chas. F. Pike
Agency Secured for Egyptian Pie Cure by Chas Rhoades
Chas Rhoades claims to hold the agency for Dr Colwell’s Egyptian Pie Cure a popular remedy for piles he offers a personal guarantee and promises a full refund on any package that fails to satisfy buyers positions his claim as a certain cure in a public notice style statement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Rhoades
Dr. Colwell
Autis
Paris Green Sold at Stunard’s Central Drug Store
A public notice states that the seller has the purest Paris Green available, carefully stoked, rewrapped, and clearly labeled at Stunard's Central Drug Store for public purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasran
Paris
Stunard
Sunday Excursion From Alma To Toledo For $1.50 Round Trip
A Sunday excursion is arranged by Jane and the Ann Arbor RKR to Toledo. A special train from Alma departs at 6 43 am with return leaving Toledo at 1 36 pm. Tickets will also be sold to Owosso and Ann Arbor at low round trip rates. Transit details emphasize affordable travel and convenient return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Ann Arbor
Crystal Lake
Frank.fort
Frankfort
Alma
Fi Fort
Beulah
Ct Lake
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