Local notes and social updates from Alma area
Ithaca visitors and local residents are noted in Alma and nearby towns with events ranging from plant sales at Bitner greenhouse to a baby girl born to Rev J L Wolfe and wife. The piece mentions stores closing for Jewish holidays, bank hours on Saturdays, and preparations for Mapleine promotion at Mapleine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Peninsula
B. P
Smith & Carr
Davis Bros
Alma
Otto Sanderbof
Wm. DeMuth
Dona Carpenter
Saginaw
Bittner
J. L. Wolfe
Davis Field
Lena Pollock
Fenton
Grace Kramer
Smith
Berman Bros
Local Notes From Grange Heights and Area
Alma residents George Demery and Bert Taft visit and transact trades while fires are quickly put out at Dee Barnhill's house. Gleaners meet at Alvin Miller's home. West Arcadia maid Eden Courter works for Mrs. Clark. Canada visitor Mr Johnson visits his Granger daughter. Arcada Sewing Circle meets May 27 with Mrs Keefer. Hazel Barnhill and Harry Myers visit Dee Barnhill. Frank Church contracts Mell Sharrar’s barn work pending weather. Lucy Hale visits in Midland county. Farmers begin tilling as oats sowing continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Taft
Alma
Alvin Miller
Dee
Bill
Beat Arbor of Gleaners
Eden Courter
West Arcada
H.C. Clark
Johnson
Canada
M. J. Granger
Arcada Sewing Circle
Keefer
Hazel Barnhill
Harry Myers
Dee Barnhill
Frank Church
Elm Hall Notices and Local Appearances in Breckenridge
Mrs Wesley Fullerton is ill. Elwell Telephone Co installs a new booth. Marlie Slingluff was in Breckenridge on business. Mr and Mrs Gus Herron visited relatives last Sunday. John Bennett of Barryton arrived Monday. Mrs BLL Walker of Alma visited friends last week. Mr Phil Hicks of Sumner is in the sanitarium. Wim Peterman left for Valley City ND. Bert Chestnut and two children visited John Grant’s last week. Marion Fisher attended her father’s funeral at Alma last Chas Slinglaff Wil Pike and Glen Smith were sick recently. Sheridan Romine appointed regular carrier on mail route No 1. to take effect June 1. Church aid society poorly attended due to crop work. Miss Leal Lewis and John Peterman married May 3. Friends wish them happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Fullerton
Elwell
Marlie Slingluff
Breckenridge
Gus. Herron
John Bennett
Barryton
Bll. Walker
Alma
Phil Hicks
Sumner
Wim Peterman
Valley City
North Dakota
Bert Chestnut
May Sid
Davis School District and Local Social Notes
Charles Hill returned to his employment at Tonia on Monday. Agnes McFaul visited over Sunday at S. P. Beck's in Sumner. The Gleaners will give a chance at their hall May 25. Jay Merchant of New Haven spent Sunday at Henry Fuller. Orson Brooks and family visited James Hanford and wife Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Saxton of Sumner spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs. Lucy Verian. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Peacock, Ralph and Charles Hill visited over Sunday with G. E. Rexford and family of Ferris. Mr. and Mrs. James Dean of North Star, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Murrvin were visitors at Win Hutchinson’s Sunday. Ines Snyder gave a party to the eighth grade of the Davis school last Saturday for Miss Inex’s 15th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hill
Tonia
Agnes McFaul
S. P. Beck
Sumer
Gleaners
Jay Merchant
New Haven
Henry
Ferris
James Dean
North Star
Louis Murrvin
Win
Hutchinson's
Ines Snyder
Davis School
Miss Inex
Arcada Center Updates and Local Moves
ARCADA CENTER, Mr. George Oliver has the frame up for his new barn, Frank Foster is working in North Star, Little Elizabeth Udell is confined to the home by a bad cold, Mrs. Ed Andrews is visiting old friends and neighbors in this vicinity for a few weeks, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Carpenter of St Clair county, who were called here by the death of his father, returned home last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Oliver
Frank Foster
North Star
Elizabeth Udell
Ed. Andrews
J. Carpenter
St. Clair County
East Sumner social notes and visits
Mrs. A Briges and son William spent part of last week in Anbley. They were joined home by Mrs. Briges granddaughter Miss Agnes McFaul. Agnes McFaul visited over Sunday with P Beck and family. Bertha Downs closed a term of school at the Grahan last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. P Beck, Mr. and Mrs. C Beck and Miss Agnes McFaul spent Sunday with J C Pardes and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Briges
William
Anbley
Alma Welcomes Opposing crowds for school celebration event
A Read in the Record reports Alma hosts a large gathering for a school founders celebration. An estimated 5 000 to 8 000 visitors arrive by train and car, the procession forms on Superior Street, but a storm halts events before the cornerstone ceremony proceeds later in the afternoon. Local organizations attend, including Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows, G A R, and Masons, with the cornerstone laid despite rain. Other notes mention railroad plans, local business changes, and an upcoming May 28th concert for the Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
St. Louis
Ithaca
Superior Street
Chas. H. Axter
Marshall
Wright
Opera House
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows
Wm. Meyer Post
G.A. RK
Michigan Masonic Grand Lodge
Veta
Seals Cubs and Bay City Robbery Ring Cases
Seven men charged with a series of robberies near Bay City pleaded guilty. David Hunter jailed for five years on burglaries at Boyne Falls. Bronsted forest fire reports. Co A30 II Michigan vets reunion in Coldwater. local officials and clerics involved. Mayor orders audit of city funds. Lumberman Jamies Stringer dies of pneumonia. Reading plant accident at Acme Chair injures Wilford Kirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Gane
Chas
Pierce
John Wardell
Pontiac
Oakland County
David Hunter
Boyne Fills
Mayne
Hiram J. Hoyt
Munkegon
Pneumona
Filnt Council
Saginaw
Free Employment Bureau
Co. A. Thirty-second Michigan Infantry
Coldwater
Col. McGann
Maj. Grube
Grand ‘Apails
Adelbert Furman
Chicago
C. d. Filnt
Norton Township
Colon C. Lilue
State Dairy and Food Commission
Grand Rapids Veterinary College
W. B. Claussen
Jackson Prison
Detroit
Agent Hill
P.C. C
Daugher
B. F. Earl
Nilex
Jamies Stringer
Hancock
Wayne
New Board of Review
Evans
Genesee County
Acme
Reading
Wilford Kirk
Rational cure for eczema claims skin treatment
An article asserts eczema is a skin disease treatable by skin care only and promotes oil of wintergreen as compounded in D. D. D. Prescription to attack the disease and restore healthy skin. Charles Rhodes endorses the remedy and its proven results.
Remaky tale of extreme longevity and youth tonic claim
A fragment touts an extraordinary 152 year life span for Wm Parr Boyland and an 120 year old marriage, with a later claim of remaining youthful at 8. James Wright of Spurlock Kentucky endorses Electric Bitters after saying he feels like a one year old. The ad claims kidney trouble cured after one bottle and promotes F Brown's as a godsend for the weak and elderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Parr
Boyland
Imarried
James Wright
Spurlock
Thad
F. Brown
Michigan Items End Large Reader Summary in Newspaper Style
Oxford sportsmen buy Pascock farm to build a summer race track. Ant Arbor High graduates 110, largest class. Flint businessmen plan a boys club with a new clubhouse. Miners Roskie Musso Benjamin killed in Calumet & Hecla shaft collapse. Several local and state incidents include accidents, court news, fires losses estimated at 2.57 million, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Pascock
Ant Arbor High School
Filnt
Louis Roskie
Louis Musso
John Benjamin
Calumet & Hecla
Mattie Sampson
Murengo Township
Charles Spicer
Pontiac
Jackson
Dan Smith
Grand Trunk
Saginaw
Thirty-first Volunteer Infantry
Pierce
Sheridan J. Colby
Harper Hospital
Detroit
Frances
Otto Rush
Menominee
Joseph Bunline
Perry Township
United States Court of Appeals
Chicago
Martin Gray
Benton Harbor
Menomines
John
Joseph M. Rowe
Owosee
South Bend
Ind
C. W. Greenleaf
Stella M. Champeny
Traverse City
Oberlin
William Rawger
Rueh Township
Joseph Smith
Sawyer
Cleveland Cliffe Iron Co
Michael Laskey
What Cheer
Bay City
Laskey
William Brabbe
Brabba
Bratt
Bert Russell
Aberdeen
Grand Rapids
Rowe Russell
Charles Lamb
Hillsdale
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Logal Rappenings
Walter Cavle
Ithaca Priday
Prof. Ellsworth
Pleasant Priday
Dr. Day
Mr and Mes
L. Genvis
Isabella County
Mt. Pleasant
Julia Bell
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Mapleine
Knapp
Quincy, Mich
Ithaca School Board
Supt. Gantard
Lila Wilson
Alma College
Jessie Turner
J. H Wilson
Clare
Keo Motor Car Co
Lansing
Messrs
Wm, DeMath
John Carpenter
Matt Montige
Otto Lauderhoff
Harry Cohen
Wood
Woolworth Avenue
May Barron
J. W. Barron
Marseilles
Ilinois
Mr. Barron
Barone
Fred Wright
D. W. Campbell
Neice
Campbell
Miss Hazel
Central Michigan Times
Independent Telephone Manager's Association of Michigan
Muskegon
Play Egan
L. L. Conn
Union Telephone Co
John D. Spinney
Mason
Edwin Stanton
Stanton
Sway
Mr. Spinney
Grange Heights
George Demery
Clarence Clark
Florence Kavanah
Pine River
Jasper Nevens
Davis School District
Arcada Center
East Sumner
K. W. Ely
Marcus Pollasky
Bert Hayes
Sheridan
Salt River
Shepherd
T. & A. Railroad Company
Messrs. Root & McCloy
Michigan
Toledo
Congregational Church
Asmany
Seals Cubs
Chris Sarter
Sarah Woodfin
S. Messinger
Alma, Mich
Ugeies
Saginaw Silo
Gratiot County
J. M. Monticel
Mich
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