Local Notes From Arcada and Nearby Towns
A sequence of brief notices records visits and moves across Arcada Alma Vernon Riverdale and Saginaw. People mentioned include Carl Abbott James Porterfield Leat Adams and many families as they travel thrash clover visits move houses and welcome new arrivals. The community circle notes church moves and domestic visits with several kin and neighbors named.
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Carl Abbott
St. Louis
James Porterfield
Elwell
Leat Adams
Riverdale
James Jones
Vernon
Hamilton Gee
W. Shearer
Clair Nelson
W. T. Church
Saginaw
J. H. Church
Tom Beattie
Alma
Frank Church
L. T. Muhn
Dell Wright
Lilah
Mable Abbott
Steven Coleman
Arcada
Edd
Routz
Clyde Jones
E. Fockler
Middleton
Giles Isham
W. Worthington
Catherine Flewelling
Wm. Webb
Williamton
Frank Folkes
Vestaburg Social Notes and Local Trips
Short items list weekly movements and visits around Vestaburg and nearby towns. People travel to Sheridan Stanton Butlernutt Jackson Breckenridge Riverdale Alma East Day Edmore Riverdale Mendon Hillsdale Grand Rapids and North Star with dances and club meetings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Rhoades
Sheridan
C. C. Sherwood
Stanton
C. R. Nickerson
Butternut
Wm. Caris
Michael Caris
Jackson
Rhoades
Alma
Hicks and
Howard
Ed. Cassett
Breckenridge
Roy Worden
Frank Platt
Earl
Riverdale
J. D. Tanner
Laurence
Mendon
Hillsdale
M. Hubbard
Grand Rapids
Willard Mallory
North Star
Floyd Munson
Ashley
Wm. Mallory
Winter Arrives in N. W. New Haven Community
Local notes show residents like Will Barnes and Hugh McKinstry at home or visiting, with Mrs. John Pratt moving, Elsi e Plank visiting, and Ruth Graham from Sumner spending time with grandparents. The school’s rhetoric class reviews, Thanksgiving plans, and a 10th grade debate on geography versus physiology are noted, including student honors and a Y M C A talk by R F Bayliss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Tanner
Florida
Gratton Malloy
McBride
M. Malloy
Vestaburg
Leo. Rhoades
St. Charles
Chas. Rhoades
Church of Christ
Mildred Tupper
James O'Connor
Michall Reagan
Edmore
Will Barnes
Hugh McKinstry
John Stoff
Philo Davis
Ithaca
John Pratt
John Sawyer
Ben Shafer
Elsie Plank
Fern
Deal Tomlin
Elsie McLarenn
Mia
Nina Barnes
J. Schultz
Steve Shepherd
Ruth Graham
Sumner
William Standish
Oscar Pratt
Mear Ithaca
May Wolansky
R. F. Bayliss
Boy Scouts
Alfred Wolansky
Mie Baird
Try This For Your Cough Dr King’s New Discovery
An advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery soothes throat inflammation in coughs. It penetrates mucous lining, loosens phlegm, relieves congested membranes, and offers a 50 cent bottle with a money back promise. Texas testimonial from J R Watts of Floydale supports its effectiveness.
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Dr. King
J. R. Watts
Floydale
Texas
Wheeler School Visitors and Class Topics Noted
Wheeler School notes show Willie Crum visiting on Thursday and Bertha Rich Viva Hillock and Myrtle Easlick visiting Friday. Paul Schatzer entered the third. Harold Robbins was absent last Monday. The botany class is studying algae. Anna Allen visited the intermediate room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Schatzer
Harold Robbins
Bertha Rich
Viva Hillock
Myrtle Easlick
Anna Allen
W. Zs
Bessie Gray Makes Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pies
Bessie Gray, a stout but kind girl, befriends a starving child named Poppy after a talking pumpkin asks to be cooked. She bakes pies and delivers them to Poppy's family, finding beauty in service and generosity as the story unfolds in a New York Press tale.
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Tittle
Bessie Gray
Beasie
Poppy
Bessie
Beasle
Liittie
Black Poppy
New York Press
Thanksgiving on July 4 Declared by Stuyvesant Era
According to Gabriel Purnman the governor of the Duchy of Brooklyn, Peter Stuyvesant, issued a communication on the last day of June 108 directing that the fourth of July be observed as a day of thanksgiving. The measure followed the English defeat in their bid to seize all of Long Island, aided by a Dutch fleet arriving in New Amsterdam Bay.
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Gabriel Purnman
Peter Stuyvesant
Church
Reformed Duchy of
Thanksgiving fasting call framed by 1861 crisis
In 1800 the idea of Thanksgiving as a day of abstinence spread as a warning to turn from pleasure toward God. By late 1860s promoters urged President Buchanan to declare a national day of fasting and prayer to avert civil war. Friday January 4 1861 was set aside for that purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Buchanan
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Queen Quality
Mich
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Renolds
Wallace Amsbury
Wm. Edgar
Andy Hall
Wright Ave
Fred Cohoon
Owosso
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McKinney
Ray Ellison
Clara Humphery
B. R. Ellison
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Francis Welling
Wheeler School
Willie Crum
Banking Department
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Hanks
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GraTier
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