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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1911
Page
4
During last Monday's storm lightning struck the barn at Henry Sandall's farm in Emerson township, knocking out the gable end. A horse was killed and other damage occurred, while three men inside the barn were uninjured. The storm caused additional damage across the county.
A Wheaton postal notice reports Margaret Philna has arrived for freshman hour at HRY and is welcomed by Rev. and Mrs. H. G. Gaunt. Mrs Gaunt notes eight pounds weight. Rev. Gaunt has returned from St Bernabas Hospital in Minneapolis after an appendicitis operation and is nearly fully recovering.
A long obituary recounts a woman born in 19 days old, living in Alma and Lewiston before marrying Mr. Same Hollenbeck in Idaho. They moved to Chico, California, where her funeral was held Thursday at 2 p.m. She leaves a husband, a brother Frank Keefer of Arcada township, sisters Mrs. Henry Lehner of Elba township and Mrs. Robert Turner of Pleasant Valley, plus other relatives and friends. Robert Turner and Pearlie Lehner accompanied her westward during her final illness.
Those with extra flowers asked to donate for Decoration Day are requested to leave them at G A R Hall Adams Block on the afternoon of the 29th instant.
Civic Improvement League schedules its next regular meeting for January 2 at the reading room and asks for large attendance. Mrs. Anna Scott of Alma, visiting here, left for Traverse City Monday with Miss Winifred Hawkins of near the city for a short stay there.
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