Local notes from Sumner area and nearby towns
Ernest Woodard spent Sunday with Melvin Follick and family. Several from here will attend the field meet in Alma Friday. Memorial services will be held at the M E church Sunday May 30. The Sumner Rural Telephone Co has added two new members C N Black and Wm H Pagaley. People attended parties, visits, and school events throughout Sumner, Alma, Riverdale and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Woodard
Melvin Follick
Walters
Toledo
Wm. Coonrod
Joseph Watkins
Detroit
Mr. Watkins
Bert Travia
Big Rapids
Nial
Harry Schaeffer
Chas. Lullam
Greenville
al, Lavoy
W. Lott
Mississippi
Seth Howland
Breckenridge
Alma
Maude Lewis
Crystal Lake
M. E
Dessa Hicks
Chas. O. Sly
Gus
Quick
Elias van Leuvan
Sumner Center
Laverne Davis
O. H. Sly
Delbert Hicks
East Sumner
Otto Eggleston
Sumner
Harvey Rosa
KO. T M. M
Rosa
Owen Stearns
Eureka
Abner Conner
Conner
Joseph Kiees
Carson City
John Davenport
Riverdale
M. Stearns
Geo
E Rexford
Gladys Joseph
Saginaw
Misa Carrie Hunt
Crystal
James Daffield
Benj
Rexford
Sumner Rural Telephone Co
C. N. Black
Wm. H. Pagaley
Irvin Brown
Ithaca
Kate Osterhout
Peter Klees
Gertie Briggs
Ferris Institute
Grange Heights Dance Draws Good Attendance
Grange Heights dance at the Grange on Friday night drew a large crowd and was treated as a social success. Miss Reon Nevans visited her aunt Mrs. Fred Darker over the weekend. G. 3. Ward and wife of Alma called during the eventful social period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Hell
Reon Nevans
Fred Darker
G. 3. Ward
Alma
Central Pine River social notes at Alma and area
Mrs N Church and children from Alma visited her parents in Central Pine River on Sunday. Mrs Harry Snook of Lansing visited her daughter Mrs Merta Boyer. Over Sunday, Mrs James Edwards and Mrs D Wilkinson visited Join Kernen of Ithaca. Theodore Sprague and wife of Elm Grove visited their son Hadsell Sprague Sonnay, and Mr and Mrs Freda Rogers. Alma and Mr and Mrs Wm Sloan visited their daughter Mrs Wm Rogers. Mr and Mrs Clayton Rossa of East Arcada visited Me and Mrs David Wilkinson. Mrs Henry McLaughlin and Miss Lyla Hammond of Sumner-ton were entertained by James Kiltright and wife. They attended Catholic services in Alma. Frank Sloan received word of cousin Emory Sloan’s death at Charlotte and planned to attend the funeral. Farmers plant corn in good weather, George Davidson returned from Ohio business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. N. Church
Alma
Harry Snook
Lansing
Merta Boyer
James Edwards
D. Wilkinson
Join Kernen
Ithaca
Theodore Sprague
Elm Grove
Hadsell Sprague
Sonnay
Freda Rogers
Wm. Sloan
Wm. Rogers
Clayton Rossa
East Arcada
David Wilkinson
Henry McLaughlin
Friend
Lyla Hammond
Sumnerton
James Kiltright
Frank Sloan
Emory Sloan
Charlotte
Mr. Sloan
George Davidson
Ohio
Community Notes From Local Visitations And Events
SETHTON Floyd Hyatt works at Wm. Pendelis. Scott Payne and family and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Payne spent Sunday at Allen Cullys. Leon Wilcox, visiting relatives at Vickeryville, returned home Monday. Bertha Coryelle and Geo. Helman spent Sunday at Alamo with Helman family. W H Murphy and son Clayton, Mr and Mrs Hudding and Mrs. Miller of Carson City visited John Jarvis Sunday. Mrs. Verne Gardener has been sick with the quinny the past week. The eighth grade will give an entertainment at the church June 4. Mr and Mrs Adney Biddel of Illinois visiting MC Morse. Charley DeYoung of Crystal staying with Mrs. Lydia North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Hyatt
Wm. Pendelis
Scott Payne
Albert Payne Spen
Allen Cully
S. Leon Wilcox
Vickeryville
Bertha Coryelle
Geo. Helman
Alamo
Helman
W H. Murphy
Clayton
Hudding
Miller
Carson City
Jobn Jarvis
Verne Gardener
Adney Biddel Ofllmois
Morse’s
Charley DeYoung
Crystal
Lydia North
Delinquent Sidewalk Taxes Notice in Alma Michigan
Notice warns all delinquent sidewalk tax payers that unless paid by July 1 1900 a special assessment will be levied. Property owners must cover full walk cost plus ten percent as per ordinance. Dated Alma Michigan May 25 by city clerk D W Adama. Consumers of oranges face price reduction as Florida crop expands with direct dealer sales cutting middlemen profits by 40 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma, Mich
Alan
D. W. Adama
Florida
Alma Council Proceedings May 25 1900 Alma Michigan
Regular meeting of Alma city council held May 25 1900 in council rooms with Mayor N F McClinton presiding. Aldermen Alda Puller Ogden Russell Palfrey Day Fullerton and Hannah present. Journal read and approved. Reports on Zeigenfuss Drain and park accepted. Park to be cleaned by H A Olmstead. park lit to 9 pm. Alley light poles in Block 47 Gargett addition under investigation. Tax error for Thomas Myers corrected. Dog warden E P Engleman appointed. John W Glass elected alderman for one year but defeated on vote count. Delinquent sidewalk taxes notice approved. City clerk instructed on water bill and claims approved for Alma Record Co and Alma Grain & Lumber Co. Highwater Fund claims listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Mich
City of
Onder
N. F. McClinton
Alda
Puller
Ogden
Russell
Palfrey
Day
Fullerton
Hannah
Ald
Ald, Fullerton
Zeigenfuss Drain
Committee On Park
H. A. Olmstead
Ald. Fullerton
Pulfray
Electric Light Company
Gargett
Thomas Myers
McClinton
E. P. Engleman
John W. Glass
Alds
Fuller
Joan W. Glass
Common Council
D. W. Adame
Ayes
Russa
Nays
Nove
Odgen
Ald. Ogden
Alma Grain & Lumber Co
Ald. Day
Ald. Palfrey
External Remedy for Eczema Cure Claim
An old newspaper notice touts D D D Prescription as a skin cure for eczema based on the claim eczema is a skin disease. It lists names of laborers and local charges, notes council adjournment, and closes with city officials signatures.
Church Notes and Catholic Services Snapshot
St Johns Church announces Friday evensong at 11 50 p.m. and Whit Sunday services on May 20 with Holy Communion at 10 a m Lane day school at 11 13 a m. Strangers welcome. Catholic notes report Alma May 30 feast of Pentecost high mass and sermon at 10 30 with Glen M DuBois of Chearlevoix Courier noted as Alma visitor Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Johns Church
Lane Day School
Cras. Ryas
Glen M. DuBois
Chearlevoix
Local Market Prices and Quotations From Thursday
Market notes list grains hay clover seed and livestock prices with figures for Wheat No 1 white 1.54 No 2 red 1. bd Oats beans per bu 2.25 Rye hay prices 1 Timothy 1.00 Mixed 10.00 Clover 0 Straw 5.00 Clover seed June 4.75 Mayke 7.00 per bushel Mammoth 4.75 85.00 per bushel Timothy 1.75 per bushel Live stock corrected prices hogs 6.00 owt beef cattle 39 5.00 owt sheep 2.50 owl lambs 6.50 owt veal calves 5.00 owt dressed meats beef 6 per lb hogs 8 per lb mutton 4 per lb veal calves 4 per lb poultry hides etc young chickens large 1 20 hens large fat 1 1e ducks young 1 per lb geese alive 5 0 per lb fat turkeys alive 1 0 per lb neef hides 7 0 per lb horse hides 2 50 deacon skins 2e calf skins 1e per lb tallow 1c per lb vegetables fruits corrected by Miller Bros potatoes fits per bushel butter 18 0 per lb figs 1ie 2 00 per duos lard 1 lie per lb honey 1e per lb
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banghart
Miller Bros
Detroit Market Shows Mixed Meat and Grain Prices
Detroit market reports list prices for steers and heifers, cows and calves, and sheep with wide ranges. Grain and feeds move amid fluctuating cash bids, soybeans and corn noted with bid quotes and futures activity. American millionaires, per Ferrero, face public scrutiny and justify actions, citing Rockefeller and Carnegie as contrasts in public perception.
Railroad steel laying firms four gangs advance northward
Roadmaster Hirt reports 13 men employed by the Ann Arbor railroad are split into four gangs working north of the city. At Franks Fort 41 men, Beulah 30, Selma 36, and just north of the city 32, with progress rapid and all steel to be laid within six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Franksfort
Beulah
Selma
Hirt
Cadillac News
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Clarence Clark
van Deventer
Emerson
Frank Keefer
P. M. Smith
Olive
C. Clark
Lucy Hale
Vern Bamber
Midland County
Florence Wood
Rollin Wood
Ithaca Dtonday
John Grover
Mell Sharrar
Grange Heights
Pine River
Sethton
Council Proceedings
Genmerl Fond
Alma Record Co
Highwat Fund
Alma Graia & Lumber Columber
Olins
Rhodes
John Greig
James Wells
August Arndt
F. A. Leonard
J. H. Rowley
E. Briton
Eugene Jenner
Labor Water Fund
Parsons
Allen
John Wright
W. A. Howe
Oglen
D. W. Adams
Church Notes
WM. T. Baker
Optomisf
Vermeulen Bik
Bell
J.L. Miller
Timothy
Atoek Wille
Thelee
East Buffalo
Apts
Ohus
Lamba
Adios
Weiser
Witwea
Cnah
Tom Ba
Tate
Delore Lacross
Champion
Michaels
Pierce Co
Klee
New York
G. J. Maier & CO
Caple Hardware CO
Michigan
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