Forbidden Affection Sparks Crisis at Crawford Church
Barbara Clark, serving in Mrs Ward's Crawford parish, faces a social strand as Mr Morton, a visitor, shuns etiquette and flirts with Miss Dillingham. A christen Endeavor meeting exposes class tensions, and Barbara confronts mortals at the door, declaring she will not return while still a servant.
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Tiger
Merton
Morton
Mr. Mottons
Gayle
Pyle
Mr. Morton
Mrs. Ward
Mr. Ward
Mme
Barbara
Sire Ward
Vane
Ken Barbara
Marble Square
Barbars
Barebara
MeMorton
Tee Ie
Jeane
Nectit
Chile
Rene
Glen Te
Miss Dillingham
Crawford
Correspondence from a Rural Michigan Community Notices
A jumble of names and simple happenings from a local area includes house plastering by Bert Wight and a new barn by Pred Wight. Miss Susie Marlqut visits her father while Clarence Smith and wife welcome news of a girl baby. Several residents travel to duckson county and Maple Rapids hosts visiting relatives. The Free Methodists hold meetings, and various locals report injuries, moves, and social events with brief notes on neighbors and small-town life.
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Bert Wight
Seth Custis
Oy Cornwell
Hillsdale County
Chas. Wight
Eimer Weaver
Minnesota
Local School and Community Notes in Sowers District and Surroundings
Barr Betts to continue felon in Sowers district while North Star hosts winter rei. Teachers Nloward Dotter and Miss Lottie Frary to teach winter terms in Barton and district No. 4, Talallton. Mrs P Tf Sieson and others return from New York exposition trip. Miss Mabel Welch teaching near Laveport. Cornwell seeking relocation in Gratiot. James and Mary Cornell planning move to Gladwin. Gleaners host social dinner in Stickels raising $15. Local church and society events noted with visits from relatives and preparations for spring work.
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Barr Betts
Sowers
North Star
Nloward Dotter
Barton
Wilb
Lottie Frary
Bern
Tlatallton
P. Tf. Sieson
Chas, Tarr
Esther Pearce
New York
Win
Cornell
Charles
Mabel Welch
Sickles
Laveport
Lafayette
Wil
JL. Cornwell
Reading
Ailsdale County
James Cornell
Mary Cornell
Gladwin County
Order of Gleaners
New England
Stckels
J. High
James High
Shepardaville
Clinton County
Claud EL
Hamilton
Hil
M. Ey Church of Sickles
Wm. Brown
Witteh
CO. Cratsenburg
Edgewood
B. F. Hurivert
Murnellsville
Susie Hurivet
C. Crutsenberg
Town Line Notes on Local Happenings and Housing
Otis Weaver theme from Elsie and Clark Hull will reach the Beebe sshd. Dan Weaver builds a house for L Kinney. Henry Stahl nears completion on a new barn. Arvhua Emery moved on the 8. M Cole tara. A Weaver entertains friends from Charlotte. Fred Simmons reports 75 per acre clear from his sugar beet crop. Juse Ismeviog the house and is preparing to build a barn.
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Otis Weaver
Elsie
Clark Hull
Dan Weaver
L. Kinney
Henry Stahl
Arvhua Emery
A. Weaver
Charlotte
Fred Simmons
Newark News Roundup Faces Ills and Parties Nears
A patchwork of local notes from Newark and nearby areas records weddings planned, visitors, illnesses, movers, and community events. Names include Jim Leply, Prank Thum, Wilbur Smith, Maud Henle, Pear Walker, Ada Hornbeck, Ernest Martieux, Sarah Brobeck, Prank Lenox, Frank Thum, Mr. Spurgeon, Cloe, Gedet, Orville Fookes, Joe Bauraster, and many others amid church, school, and Grange activities. Reports mention illnesses like typhoid, household improvements, sugar beet shipments, and an oyster supper upcoming in Newark Grange.
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Jim Leply
Prank Thum
Wilbur Smith
New Haven Friends
Bred Peters
Maud Henle
North Star
Pear Walker
Ithaca
Jano Bann
Ashley
Newark
Newark Grange
Ada Hornbeck
Frank Thum
Ernest Martieux
Pool Farm
Sarah Brobeck
Cora Otte
Burton
Lenox
Becker
Ithacy
Spurgeon
Weller
al Fred Walker
Portland
Cloe
Greenville
Local News Briefs Mixed Households and New Purchases
Nora Sevige and her son have mumps while Frank Beaoett’s children show uneasiness. George Somers bought the Theodore May farm for 000. Mrs. Emerson Coverstone of Grand Rapids visits relatives here. John Somers Sr. slowly recovers from a stroke. John Olney returns from Astley visits. Pearl and Ward Simpson visited their sister in Ashley. The Dunkard church begins revival meetings Saturday. Grew Field, John Waters and Clem Wiegener returned from the Man American trip. James Harris bought land from Fred Wise and plans to build there. Miss Martha Albaugh leased her farm to Joe Hardee. James Bowen moves into the Somers’ old tenement and will work for King next year.
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Nora Sevige
Frank Beaoett
Geo. Somers
Theodore May
Emerson Coverstone
Grand Rapids
John Somers, Sr
Jobn Olney
Astley
Pearl
Ward Simpson
Geo, Skutt
Ashley
Dunkard
Grew Field
John Waters
Clem Wiegener
James Harris
Fred Wise
Martha Albaugh
Joe Hardee
James Bowen
Somers
King
Hearing and estate actions cap Friday in St Louis court
Judge Seaver presided as the final day of hearing on the administrator Wm T Depews account in the Benjamin A Allen estate. Other matters included chalices hearings and a widow's allowance in a Chris Allen estate, and appointments of special drain commissioners. A petition to sell real estate in a Cumityer worth case followed, with Coopersville Michigan noting a later medical cure advertisement for Dr King’s New Discovery amid coughs and sleepless nights.
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Wmn. T. Depew
Benjah A Allen
Chris. Allen
St. Luis
J. N. Gowdrey
Gaylord Welne
Ed Drayer
Drain No
Joeen
Witch Hazel Salve Cited As Piles Cure By Atlanta Man
G P F Carter of Atlanta Georgia reports full relief from a bad case of piles after using a box of DeWitt s Witch Hazel Salve He claims the remedy cures piles without surgery and also speeds healing of cuts burns and other wounds He warns against counterfeit products Pivins Rhodes handle the sale.
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de Witt
G PF Carter
Atlanta
Pivins & Rhodes
Pere Marquette Trains From Alma Schedule Summary
The Alma schedule lists Pere Marquette trains to Detroit and Battle Creek at 6:00 pm, Grand Rapids and West at 2:43 am, Saginaw and Bay City at 9:30 am, Potting Rapids and North at 8:23 am, and Moruntun/W Moruntun at 6:00 pm. Genl Pass’r Agent Grand Rapids Mick Hd Winehele Alma Agent.
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Detroit
Baat
Grand Rapid
Saginaw
Bay City
Pottig Rapids
Morutun
Firand Rapide
Mick
Hd Winehele
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