Riverdale Wool Market Seeks Cash and Lower Gas Prices
Riverdale reports stronger wool prices and cheaper gas as town markets show activity. Town manager T. S. Town toured Manistee county and Owen’s drug store advertises fresh stock. Wool buyers urged to Riverdale and a local excursion to Saginaw and Bay City drew no tickets. Several residents update on travel, family visits, and local disappearances, including a man thought lost for years turning up alive in the west. Sixteen students await county eighth grade exams with Miss Frankie Davenport visiting Gladys Capen.
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Riverdale
T. S. Town
Manistee County
Owen's
B. F. Lewis
Saginaw
Bay City
Owens’ Drug Store
Florence Hart
Grand Rapids
Jack Moble
W. H. Owen
Rome
Italy
Wilbur Wright
Owen
Walter Brown
Bert Marshall
Dakotas
Smith
Commission van
St. Louis
Mon
Rowla Fehier
Feary
Tod
River Dale
Wryett
Bradley
McIntyre
West
Frankie Davenport
Gladys Capen
East Sumner Social Notes Board Weekend Visits
East Sumner residents and friends share Sunday visits and illness notes. Otis Mouser hosts guests including Marguerite Hyde and Mabel Horton. Mrs Culp travels to Indiana for her mother's illness. Five went to Ithaca for Gratiot county institute. Alta Beck attended teachers' institute. John Davenport ill. Sunday gatherings at Graham Reboot house. Alvin Barkley and daughter, formerly of East Jordan, plan move to Alberta.
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Here
Otis Mouser
Marguerite Hyde
Isabel Horton
Culp
Indiana
Harry Slater
Sumner
Mabel Horton
Havens
St. Johns
Ithaca
Harry
Gratiot County Institute
Alta Beck
John Davenport
Tommy Lucas
Miss Wader
Lottie Ingraham
Rowland Family Welcomes Heir Amid Bank Career Hopes
Mr and Mrs FH Rowland celebrate the birth of a ten pound son expected to become a cashier at Riverdale Bank in a few years. Friends extend hearty congratulations to Papa Rowland on the happy occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dim FH Rowland
Taeatay Worming
Bank of
Riverdale
Papa Rowland
Mysterious 25 Year Disappearance Shocks Oregon Widow's News
In Athena Oregon a letter from John McIntyre, missing over a quarter century, surfaces asking about land prices near Riverdale Michigan and whether old friends are alive. Postmaster Brarley recalls McIntyre vanished after his wife’s death, leaving farm stock and belongings undisturbed.
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Athena
Oregon
Riverdale
Mich
Diink
Eber Loomis
Maurice Dunn
John B. Adams
Napolia Bradley
Fred Sunn
von Welch
McIntyre
Bradley
John McIntyre
Land of the Living
Jeter
Stock and Toole
Bir McIntyre
Sumner Center Weather and Local Visit Roundup
Cold May weather noted at Sumner Center as residents recount visits and family notes. Mrs Jamesa Gargetc was in Alps Monday while Mrs George Ray visited sister Mrs E A Kelley Saturday. Lynn Densmore improves from a broken limb. Mr and Mrs A Jacobs of Alma visited Mr and Mrs LeRoy Kress over the weekend. Archie Kelley in Alma Friday. Three weeks remain in Sumner Center school term. Verge Ray relocated recently from Abe Peters place to Mr Moble’s place. LeRoy Kress visits his parents W Strickland over the weekend. George Tomblin and Theron Kress visit John Johnson’s family Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamesa Gargetc
Alps
George Ray
E. A. Kelley
Lynn Densmore
A. Jacops
Alma
LeRoy Kress
Archie Kelley
Sumner Center School
Verge Ray
Local Notices and Miscellany From Small Town
Mrs Ruth Gratin buys the George Clark property. Nellie Sperry leaves for Kalamazoo to work as a rowing girl at the asylum. A group takes eighth graders to Thaca to attend an institute. The new choir will soon be completed. Neighbors and friends gather at the Hamimmaties home Thursday evening. Mr Hammedtree celebrates his seventy second birthday. A report of time is noted. Wibeli OMe returns from evangelistic work during which she waters. Alby welcomes ler lyete.
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Ruth Gratin
George Clark
Nellie Sperry
Kalamazoo
Asylum
Thaca
Institute
Haimmanties
Howe Turslay
Hammedtree
Birthiday
Wibeli Ome
Alby Wolcome
West Pine River Social Notes Amid Weather Delays
Miss Eleanor Fieming attended the feschers institute at Tehaca. Bad weather led to three days off in the district last week. Bruce Hoyt of Mr Plewinat visited Deorked and Lewin. Elvin Hulilwell and wife visited Wer parcus. Mann awl wife of Areuda and Suarles Tuln Bbes were sick but better. Teelie Wool and family of Coc spent Sunday at Lee Roycraft's. Dat Word and family of Aime moved, Carin and Wat Sullivans were sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Fieming
Feschers' Institute
Tehaca
Soho
Bruce Hoyt
Plewinat
Lewin
Ter Wertie
Elvin Huliwell
Wer
Parcus
Mann Awl
Areuda
Suarles
Lee Roycraft
Wat Sullivans
Po Sahodh
District Welcomes New Teachers as Flur Head Count Grows
Miss Lewis on fl u?ragrippe. Adams serves as juryman in Ithaca this week. Wright district opens school Monday with Thomas Stitt as teacher. This district has had four teachers this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Lewis
F Lagrippe
Adams
Ithaca
Wright
Thomas Stitt
Baby's itch easily cured by simple oil of wintergreen remedy
The article asserts infantile eczema can be cured with ease using a compound of oil of wintergreen thyme and glycerine per DD D Prescription. Rev. Lewis Steeley of Weatherly Pennsylvania reports supporting results from the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Steeley
Weatherly
Child's Eczema Healed by D D D Prescription Revealed
A letter from Chas Rhodes, a druggist, claims his baby boy recovered from severe eczema with D D D Prescription. It urges parents to try the remedy for itching and relief, noting rapid improvement and permanent cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Rhodes
Secret Out Medicinal Teas Heal and Purge Ailments
An odd fragment describes Lane's Family Medicine and a pleasant herb tea praised for stomach and bowels relief. It mentions purifying the blood and cleansing the skin, with druggists and dealers selling the remedy. The tone resembles a period patent medicine pitch promising cures.
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Lane
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John G. Young
Union Phone
R. E. Moblo & CO. Rdale
F. C. Hyde
Nelson & Sprague
Chicago
Holland and
St. Joseph
Holland Dock
P.M. Ry
Graham & Morton
Chicago Dock
Watash Ave
Mr. Welch
Seville Township
East Sumner
Graham Reboot House
Alvin Barkley
Ast Jordan
J. C. Pardee
Alberta
Sumner Center
West Pine River
Haynes Brothers
Csinpanate
BIG Red Shed
HIGAN
Dangler
Otto Sanderhoffs
Rochester
W. J. Best, the Demonstrator
Sanderhoff
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