President's Family in Fast Photos With Mrs Wilson
Page features Mrs. Wilson and her guests Jesse Eleaior and Margaret in a sequence of candid snapshots. The caption highlights their smiles and a sense of domestic warmth amid official duties.
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
5
Page features Mrs. Wilson and her guests Jesse Eleaior and Margaret in a sequence of candid snapshots. The caption highlights their smiles and a sense of domestic warmth amid official duties.
Kady Brownell a Civil War veteran and custodian of Jumel mansion in New York has fallen ill and is confined to bed. Her husband Robert Brownell, himself wounded, consents to seeking institutional care. Brownell has worked for the park department since 1895 and holds a congressional pension.
Elwell residents rally for a clean town amid a string of local socials and meetings. Notables include Marlie Slingluff hosting a party, Rebecca lodge activities with Laura Fisher, and plans for a cheese and glove factory, a hotel, and a new silo. Community boosts and upcoming events are highlighted as the town looks to progress.
The North Shade Farmers Club will meet at Otis Hartman’s home on Friday March 7 to discuss the county road system from all angles. Participants will present for and against views, with Valois Todd Ray Salisbury Emory Hobson Jas Stonbrook and Wesley Plavens speaking for and against. Music and recitation planned, new members to be received, and other items on the agenda.
The week saw little travel as families favored warm firesides. Mr and Mrs Allen entertained guests from Belding at the start of the week. J B Bateman visited Robert Duckworth at Grassmere farm on Sunday. A son joined Mr and Mrs Thrush last week. Lite Glenn Miner has a whooping cough.
Miss Beesie Birmingham visiting Holly students with her parents W. J Birmingham and Mise Nit Sickingbottam the Davis school hosted pupils. John BR Yateman received a young driving horse from Mr. Fiske Tl Shaulty Indiana took Stewart Wirwinghan's farm. Perry 6th grade hosted a supper for the winning 6th grade spelling team at Mr Adams' with about 30 attendees. Sunday March 2 featured a Dakota blizzard.
A Rhode Island woman joins her husband’s regiment at the start of the Civil War. She travels to England, then returns to America aboard the same ship as her husband. Governor Sprague intervenes to allow her to serve beside him in battle, earning fame as a sharpshooter. She carries a saber and revolver, suffers a leg wound at Bull Run, and endures long marches alongside her comrades.
Real estate transfer notices list multiple transactions including E Rickerson and wife to Thomas Bouch of a 14 lot division on Supervisors' Plat Ithaca, C H Gunn and wife to John Addison, W Kinney by admin to J M Kinney lot 2 Middleton, and various other parcel transfers in Ithaca North Star Pine River Elyton Seville and surrounding locales with prices ranging from 900 to 510.60 and dates or parcel identifiers implied in the year shown.
Eugene Lambright of Merrill visiting her parents the Guilberts. Art Harter moved from Wilk's tenant house to Walter Caple's farm south of Alma. Ray Raycraft moved to Wilk's farm and will work there this year. Louis Muhn visited James Jones. Harvie Currie and family visited Charles Coverts. Glen Havens spent Sunday with Wm Adams. Miss Pearl Newcomb returned from St Louis. Mill work to begin half mile west of Forest Hill for barn timber and lumber sales. Union phone. J A Wilk.
Sealed bids for furnishing material and labor to build the Post vault in Riverside cemetery Alma Michigan must be received by March 25 1913 at 8 pm. Each bid to include a $100 certified check and bond for prompt satisfactory work. City reserves right to reject all bids. Dated Alma February 11 1913 by City Clerk D W Adams. Don’t miss Gray's Bazaar stock slaughter sale beginning Friday.
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