Prominent southern city of St. Joseph Bay remembered
An excerpt from the Panama City Pilot recounts the rise and fall of a thriving Gulf Coast town along St. Joseph Bay. It details warehouses, shipyards, stores, and a metropolitan village that flourished with rail links, fortune from cotton and trade, grand churches, and public buildings before nature and time reshaped the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Turck
Panama City
Turek
St. Joseph Bay
Liverpool
New England
Florida
G. R. Fairbanks
Apalachicola River
Plint
St. Jo T
Soan
Charleston
Sievanthah
New Orients
Old St Jo the Fabled Lost City of the South
A historical reminiscence recalls Old St. Jo, a thriving Gulf Coast city built in the 1840s by ambitious merchants and planters. It flourished on the Apalachicola to St. Joseph route but was erased by fate and sea. The piece notes early transport upheavals, prosperous residents, and a harbor scene marred by heat, mosquitos, and a mysterious yellow guest aboard a tropical vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
St. Jo
United States
Peter Cooper
Georgia
Alabama
New England
Iola
Apalachicola River
St. Joseph
Eagle Harbor
Lower South
Gulf Head
Lower Georgia
Mubania
Early rail era reshaped St Jo economy and danger
The article recalls the first American steam railroads tapping cotton routes to St Jo, enabling cheaper export from the world’s foremost cotton region. It notes the ensuing ditch network and peril, as yellow fever’s threat loomed before medical advances.
Alma Gains Cameron Car Co as Stock Drive Reaches Goal
The Alma community backs a $75,000 stock drive to bring the Cameron Car Co to Alma with factories in Beverly Massachusetts and New London. If the subscription target is met, the deal will proceed and 00 men may be employed by April first in a planned expansion of local manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Manufacturing
Alma
Opera House
Cameron Car Co
Beverly
Mass
Michigan
Alma Maufacturing Co
Hmself
Bevery
Mase
New London
Messra C. G. Roodes
George Moore
F. Brown
Commiltee
Cameron
Moore
Alma State Savings Bank
Rhodes
Seaver House Sold to Rowes in Ithaca Real Estate Deal
J H Seaver sold the Seaver house property plus adjacent real estate and personal property to Mr and Mrs F W Rowe who moved from Mt Pleasant and will operate the hotel. The Rowes, seasoned hotel operators, aim to offer Ithaca a first class hostelry. James Stafford Jr previously managed the hotel and will return to St Louis. Eighty five Mt Pleasant Odd Fellows arrived in Alma with a degree team and initiated several candidates before returning to Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithacs
J. H. Seaver
Seaver House
F. W. Rowe
Mt. Pleasant
Ithaca
Abundant Maccesa
James Stafford, Jr
St. Louis
Alma
Mosais
Courant
Rowlader
Dunlap
Baskerville
Lewis
Marah
Hassell
O, BE. Marsh
Mt Pleasant
An Interesting Letter From Prossen Wash
A letter from Prossen Wash dated November recounts a journey from Riverdale on October 10 by morning train to Chicago arriving 5 40 p m and leaving that evening to St Pagal arriving at 12 00 am The writer notes ordinary happenings and mentions travel by W Pon No 5 on a route familiar to locals seeking to acquaint friends and neighbors through the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prossen
Wash
Brown
Alms Record
Riverdale
Chicago
St. Pagal
A Very Popular Landlord Funeral Held Today
William Wright died at his home 10 North Bond street Saginaw at 1 o’clock a m Tuesday November 18 after three years of poor health. Born in Detroit April 1840 he moved to Saginaw with his parents and held many responsible posts there. Word of his death reached Alma Tuesday morning shocking his friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
William
Wright
North Bond Street
Saginaw
Detroit
Johns. Weright
A Roosevelt family with twenty six children story
A man in Isabella county claims paternity of two children from a second marriage. He and his Prussian-born wife have twenty six offspring, twenty two boys, raised on a 240 acre farm with all hands kept busy. Five generations tied by a large family at meals, church, and school, seen as priceless jewels to the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Prossen
Mrs. MacLeavan
Seattle
Isabella County
Chilren
Prassia
Freshmen Beat Sophomores 16 to 6 in College Game
Freshmen football team defeated the Sophomores 16 to 6 on Wednesday afternoon. The Freshmen fielded six varsity players to three for the Sophomores, contributing to the outcome. The game ended at 4:40 with the freshmen marching through town and a grab spread back at the campus. It was the Freshmen’s first convincing win of the year.
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Touchhdown
College Cvm
Thanksgiving Service at Methodist Church Next Thursday
Union service at the Methodist church at ten oclock a m on Thanksgiving day. Rev. H. L Crain will deliver the address. All are cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L Crain
Reading Room Hosts Whist Tea At Friendly Soiree
Mrs Simon Mersinger entertained friends last Wednesday afternoon at her hospitable home with whist. A party of about twenty guests later in the afternoon enjoyed five hundred and light refreshments. Postmaster Brown presented the Chambers Encyclopedia and twenty five volumes of fiction, noting their value to the community. Alma Free Reading Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postmaster Brown
Chambers
Alma Free Reading Room
Simon Mersinger
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St. Joe
Wm. S. Turck
THE
Brewster
Alma Ginzens
United Action
Thi City
Alina
Central Michigan
Appoval
Menara
G. Rhodes
F. E. Pollasky
Henry Soule
Otto Sanderhoff
D. L. Johnson
Mr. Cameron
Northwest
Chas. Hammond
Grace
Fern
Wall
J. A. Sadler
Well-Stone Mercantile Company
Alma Sanitarium
Wright House
Louisa A. Zander
W. Wright
Mie
A. F. Bruske
Rivierne
Our City
London
Roosevelt
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