Local items from Alma and Gratiot County
This November 17 1910 locality notes residents and visitors including Sumner H A Clow visiting Ithaca on business Mrs C Winch of Carson City visiting her son Charles Black John Robson and wife in Ithaca and Alma on various days H A Brail Carson City and others including Jay West ill and Silas Slater family news and neighbors in Riverdale Crystal Elm Hall Loomis Maple Rapids New Haven and Crystal areas with routine business and social calls.
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H. A. Clow
Som Bert
Ithaca
C. Winch
Carson City
Charles Black
John Robson
H. A. Brail
John Slater
Colman
O B. Sonks
Greenville
Alma
Lee Townsend
Jay West
Sam Cleverdon
James Metcalf
Riverdale
C.K. Thompson
Brett Tucker
Loomis
Morris Tucker
Samuel Hicks
Elm Hall
Wash Merchant
New Haven
Six Die In Kalamazoo Streetcar Freight Crash
Six persons were killed and four seriously injured when a fast Michigan Central freight smashed into a Kalamazoo trolley at the Matn Street Central crossing. The wreck occurred despite a slight curve and obstructions on the siding. Motorman Abbott died in the crash. conductor Vern Van Horn survived, recounting how the collision happened. An immediate State railway commission investigation was ordered.
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Miche Central
Matn Street
Kalamazoo
Abbott
Vern van Horn
L. D. Barker
van Horn
State Railway Commission
Co Ttern
Michigan Central
Mou Ft
The Humorous Story and Its American Art
A fragment cites Mark Twain on the humorous story as a delicate art. It notes that the art lives in America, preserved by oral tradition, and that storytelling with wit can be done by anyone once the comic ending is reached.
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Mamorous
America
Mark Twain
Will Promote Beauty From Arnica Salve Claims
An advertisement touts Backson's Arnica Salve as a cure for pimples skin eruptions sores boils and a remedy for burns scalds fever sores cuts and bruises. It promises softer skin and a glorified face and lists Wheaton and Sons as sellers priced at 850.
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Backson
Arnica
Wheaton and Sons
Parisian Sage Hair Tonic Promises Youthful Look
Parisian Sage hair tonic from Chas Roodes offers a generous bottle for 50 cents. It claims to cure dandruff stop falling hair and itching scalp. It promises luxurious bright hair and an invigorating refreshing dressing personified by a girl with Auburn hair on every bottle.
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Sige
Chas Roodes
Line to Open Up Tin Fields
British government surveys a railroad line into the tin fields of northern Nigeria. Local North Michigan notes include East Coe sugar beet status and social visits from Midland and Edmore couples. A funeral sermon was preached in Pleasant Valley last Sunday. W. T. Ross led a 25 person birthday gathering with music and refreshments.
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Mia
Great Baudhtin
Nigeria
Dandruff Triumph Promised by ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP
A pharmacy ad touts ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP as the best economical cure for dandruff and scalp itch. It claims one shampoo with ZEMO SOAP and REMO application stops itch, cleanses the scalp, and rids the germ life causing trouble in all ages and locations nationwide.
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Syate
America
Strange Offerings on Graves at Pere la Chaise Cemetery
Striking gravediggers in Paris's Pere la Chaise reveal a burial ground famed for celebrity tombs. Most monuments emphasize weight over artistry, each family piling marble on their departed relatives. Foreign visitors are drawn to grave offerings, with children's graves often strewn with fruit and sweets.
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Pere la Chatee
Paris
Augustus Hare
Hyomei Inhaler Offer From Chas Rhodes
Catarrh sufferers are urged to buy Hyomei at 50 cents for bottle purchases and 1.00 for a complete outfit including inhaler. The ad promises quick relief, explains the medicine, and notes the inhaler can last a lifetime with ready instructions. It emphasizes guaranteed cure with use and cautions against neglect.
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Chas
Rhodes
Chas. Rhodes
Fire Strikes Catholic Protectory in New York City
Three thousand boys and 1,400 girls orphan inmates of the Catholic protectory in upper New York City were awakened by fire. Sixty Christian brothers kept order as a five story wing burned from a basement bakery. No panic and the children followed fire drills calmly.
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Catholic Protectory
New York City
Christian Brothers
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F. H. Rowland
P.M. Rowland
R. L. Anpurson
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Casiet L. Shakrar Gro
C. Parsons Wintiast A
Alma Record
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Flossie
Lizsie
Joe Slater
Gravidma Stratton
Crystal
Greta Hoxie
Lee Schafer
Barden
Frank Tucker
Arthur Mulford
Crystal Sunday
Miss Pease
Maple Rapids
Richard Lang
Ott Basines
The
First State Bank
U. S. Aml National Bank
ODOT
Isttoo
Canty H. Wastes
L. A, Sharp
Basil Ne
Hale
East Coe
Jankets
Jackson
M. L. Perrigo
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HAY
Haynes Brothers
BIG Red
Cadillag
Vicinity
South Bend
Ind
Otto Sanderhoff
Kansases
Chan. W. Armour
Armour
General Grand Chapter
the Order of the Eastern Star
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Chicago
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church In America
Hamilton County
First
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Central Presbyterian Church
Cincinnati
United States
United States Geological Survey
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