For Sale Items and Obituary Note From Alma Store
A mixed listing advertises household goods for sale including an Overland touring car driving horse harness buggy piano organ and Victrola plus an Edison cylinder outfit and a Shetland pony with outfit all priced to move. The nearby obituary notes Charles L Godfrey born 1844 in Virginia died June 4 at 72 after serving in Ohio Volunteers with a Michigan residence since 1906. Funeral services were arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Smith
Alma Music Store
Charles L. Godfrey
Virginia
Defiance County
Ohio
Ohio Volunteers
Michigan
Alvira Nevins Short
Weddings this Week Mills Wyatt and Other Local Nuptials
The week brings several local weddings. Misa Hattie Milla Mills wed Edward H. Wyatt of Rudyard at her North Gratiot avenue home with Dr W H Mason officiating. Edith Snook wore midnight blue to marry John Robinson of Alma at Vesterburg. Edith Horton married Lester G Kaufman of Breckenridge at Arcadia township. Jennie Puller and William Schiff wed quietly at Pine Avenue with Dr Mason officiating. Hilda Grimm of Tronwood married James Dale Stauffer at the Fletcher home, a ceremony moved by recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Hattie Milla
Mere. LE. Mills
Edward H. Wyatt
Rudyard Wee
Gratiot Avenue
W. H. Mason
Edith Butler
Cedar Springs
Edward Bahike
Nicholas DeKruyter
Merle Kenyon
Sarah Shaffer
Mra
Silas Kenyon
Merle
Helen Wood
Ithaca
Lane
St. Louia
Br. H. Hammond
Amny Wyatt
Robert Wyatt
Rudyard
John Wyatt
Saginaw
G. Dow
Boyne City
Varnum Snook
Sidney Snook
John Robinson
Alma
Vestaburg
St. John's Church
J. Frank Jackson
Guy Horton
Arcada Township
Edith
Lester G. Kaufman
Breckenridge
G. D. Kaufman
Gertrude Horton
Sherley L. Kaufman
Mrs. Kaufman
Auto Collision Narrow escape at West corner
A car failed to signal before attempting to pass a carriage at a West street corner, causing a near miss Sunday evening. The carriage turned north, avoiding a serious crash as the machine did not warn of the passing maneuver.
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West
Pas
Car strikes Wright avenue. bills demolished and occupants unnerved
A motor vehicle collided with a bicycler or obstacle on Wright avenue, smashing bills and jolting the occupants but causing no injuries. The names of the parties were not reported and the driver sped away without aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Avenue
Grain and Lumber Prices Reported for June Second Trade
Prices paid by Alma Grain and Lumber Co mill on June 2 show red wheat at 98, white wheat at 98, oats at unspecified, beans at 1, barley at 16, rye at unspecified, corn ear at 1.60, buckwheat at 1.00 per cwt, with fat cattle market noted. Readable entries emphasize commodity values and market activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma, Grain & Lumber Company
Buy at Home advertising boosts Alma merchants
A collage of Alma merchants urge residents to shop local. Tire vulcanizing, hardware, clothing, plumbing, metal work, and lumber services promise fair prices and reliable trades. Local grocers, banks, mills, and the Alma Elevator Co. tout buy at home, with promotions on hats, pens, wallpaper, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ake
Brown & Hub
Alma
Havana
McKenzie Bros., Mfg
A. Woodland
Local Dealers Win Big Against Mail Order Threats
A town tale champions local merchants over Chicago mail order houses. A widow seeks credit for a parlor set. dealers refuse, pointing to cash in advance. Others advise sending wares to mail order houses, revealing the curbside clash of prices and loyalties in Gratiot County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
An Lown
Chicago
Mia Farmer
Parmer Independent
Tony
Mall Order House
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
E. LN
P. W. Creaser
Mark
Miner's Cafe
USA
Edimore, Mich
Aero Sand
Bininerd Hospital
Ithacoor
Flint
Detroit
Jackson
Mich
Ial N. W. Boody
Ithacsia
Sullivan Bansill
Moe Follette
Wright Ave
Scott Grain
Allen Ene
Penne
W. Ford
Seaver House
Eee Ne
C. W
G. Smir
Union
Lynth
Pine Ave
Mills
Wyatt
Snook-Robinson
Horton-Kaufman
Market Report
University of Michigan
Fred A. Gill
Pollasky
Rhodes
J. E. Converse Optometrist
East Superior St
J. P. Losey
Optometrist
Tour
Alma, Mich
Wilsor
Panama
Palm Beach
Slater & Goodes
J. B. Smith
Victrola Outfit
Victrola
C. A. Sawkins Piano CO
Alma, Michigan
BUY AT Home Department
L. R. Perkins
Alma State Savings Bank
Earl C. Clapp
Maier & Co
G. V. Wright
Alma Elevator Co
Waterman’s
Brunner's
Frug
Home Lumber &Fuel Co
Jeredit
Cushing & Benedict
Jamey, Redman
Alma Roller Mills
Rexall
Paterson Drug Co
Alma City Laundry
Chas
Earl Crampton
Alma and
Alma State Savings UK
Alma, Sanderhoff & Gines
BIG
Thomas J. Sullivan
Mall Order
Weese Vaudette
Anderson & Hauck
A. B. Scattergood
Miller Brox
Sanitary Dry Cleaners
Welch's Bazaar
A. R. Smith
Sawkine
Victrole
Bartley's
We i
Lt Mall Nee
Bartly
Fortune Bros
Hore Trading
J. M. Montigel
D. W. Robinson
Crandell & Scott
Smith Bakery
Wellsbach
Gratiot County Gas Co
Firestone
Studebaker
Dart
M. L. Perrigo
Gratiot County
Smith
Dray Business
Burrell& Rockafellow
Gray & Gey
Cadillac Cabinet & Construction Co
Cadillac, Mich
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