Men s W W Bible class forms leadership and plans visitation
The city committee on Evangelism of the Men s W W Bible class met at A H Olmsted s home. Howard L Holmes was made permanent chairman C E Aldrich secretary James Redman treasurer. They planned house to house ward visitation followed by nightly cottage prayer. N B Waterman dry goods merchant has carpenters remodeling his display window and other spring preparations are under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Olmsted
Howard L. Holmes
C. E. Aldrich
James Redman
N. B. Waterman
Cash
Merrill Stuckey
Soucy
Radman Mock
East Superior Street
Stucky
Michigan
Alma
Local Happenings Drift Through Alma Area News
Community notices list health concerns and visits, including Mrs Anna Martin promoting Puritan bread, several travels to Columbia Tennessee St Louis and Detroit, and local events such as the Presbyterian Fortnightly meeting. Births and recoveries featured alongside sales ads and property moves.
Local items note moves meetings and visits around Alma
Residents of Alma share a week of visits and arrivals including Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Arriss returning from Detroit, Mrs. G Archie Brown hosting her brother Cuthbert Patrick, and Fred Johnson guiding a sleigh ride to Sumner school. Community clubs meet with pot luck meals, bargains at a slaughter sale, and preparations for auctions and relocations as Mrs. Porama Griffin dies and Zeb Parks passes away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Martin
Smith Brothers
Frank Croton
Judge Case
Otis Post
Forest Hill
Columbia
Tennessee
A. P. Smith
St. John
McLachlan
Elwell
Coleman
Fern Pratt
GY. Warner
St. Louis
Galatian
J. E. Miller
John M. Dunham
Mt. Pleasant
Wm. Klatt
Fred Church
Alma
Gray's Bazaar
A. LaVoy
Clyde
Carson City
A. L. Wood
I. C. Crandell
North Star
J. E. Wilson
Wilson
Toledo
W. C. Wyant
Corpus Christi
Texas
Dell Moss
Detroit
Griffin
Doane
State Street
Ernest Ro Adams
James L. Myers
Shepherd
Sturwis
Mich
Winn Wilson
Burton 1
Gee
Sumner Township
Bannister Thesday
Frances Hazelton
Stephen J Carpenter
Memphis
Russell Putnam
Rantoul, Til
Edith Platt
Vestaburg
Strainerd Hospital
Leggett
Grover
G. Archie Brown
Dr. Brainerd
Eloy Mall
Pere Marquette
Lee Lybolt
Beverly
California
Ellison's
Albert Knapp
River Avenue
Volney
West
Ed Wolfe
Saskatchewan
Edward Pierson
Tawas City
Carl Pierson
Ezra Smith
Gerald
New Orleans
Huntsville
Chattanooga
Dorallansburg
Seymour Arriss
Cuthbert Patrick
Fred Johnson
High School
Sumner
Jennie Blair
Dana Donigan
Sault Ste. Marie
Henry Overbough
Isabella County
John North
Wm. Beverly
W. J. Amshury
Lincoln Avenue
Liggett
F.O. Grover
W. R. C. Thimble Club
Edd. Adan
Channing Parsons
Lansing
Geo. Parsons
Porter
Optician
G. B. Cook
N. B. Waterman
Amsbury
Delavan
Wm. Slouser
Davis
Grace Kramer
Alma Schols
Elkhart
Ind
Fisher
W. Chedister
Frances Willard
Fannie Smith
Allen J. Bergy
F. D. Handley
Aid
Merrill Stuckey
Independent Cash Grocery
Soucy
Redman
Vermeulen
Savings Bank
Masonic Minstrels
Methodist Sunday School
F. E. West
Vera Galloway
Ruth Dunham
Leonard Ross
Grand Rapids
Oswald
J. A. Gray
Arthur Murphy
Baggage room shifts at depot and rest room being fitted
Baggage room moves from east end to west end at the depot and remodeling of the old room into a ladies rest room proceeds. A dog bite incident in Middleton sees Mrs Mudge injured but recovering after prompt treatment. Knights of the New Century host a pot luck at Mrs Ezra Smith’s home with souvenirs from her southern trip. Lady Maccabees visit Ithaca for a social with Mrs Nixon and Mrs Keefer winning prizes in a shooting contest. Alma ladies ride home after a six o clock dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baggaeman
Middleton
Ithaca
J. M. Nixon
Frank Keefer
Hooby
Alma
Harrington Family Death and Local News Notes
This Alma column reports the death of Mrs. A J Harrington aged 72 after a fall, and recalls husband Andrew J Harrington a Civil War veteran who built Alma’s first house and saw mill. It notes a move of Independent Cash Grocery to a new building, and obituaries for Mrs Rose S Ingraham and Mrs Leonard. It ends with a reminiscent crowd anecdote about the Japanese Embassy visit to Washington and a bystander’s quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew J. Harrington
Oshsosh
Wis
George L. Harrington
Preston
Minn
Alma
James River
St. Johns
Harrington
Congregational Church
Eastern Star
Masonic Home
Macharan
United States
Washington, D. C
Willard Hotel
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bay City Baking Co
Smith Bros
Smith Bros. Grocery
W. Superior St
The
Vincestate
Afest
Alma State Savings Bank
WM. A. Bahlee
H. C. Moore
Jotham Allen
K. RR
Adams
Cashier
N. E. Saad, Grocer
G B. Porter
Optometrist
Superior St
Zeb Parks
Prospect Street
Brainerd Hospital
Mr. Parks
Marion Parks
Kalamatzoo
J. P. Losey
Alma, Mich
A. J. Harrington
Rose S. Ingraham
Frank Leonard
Milford
Oakland Co
Ingraham
Fenton
Samuel McCall
Roll of Honor Bank
Gratiot County
First State Bank
G.S. Ward
L.a.sharp Francis King
P.m.smith Carl H. Washburn
Chas
Ward
Rhodes
Stuckey’s
Brewer’s Meat Market
Stuckey’s Independent Cash Grocery
Rumford
Swift
Kellogg Biscuit
Sorat
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