Local Happenings and Old Auction Note Alights
Saginaw couple visited Alma with H C Richardson hosts for a weekend. Central Michigan Round Table to meet at Alma College December 6 on Moral Training and Editor. Auction bill from August 20, 1879 lists earliest buyer. Toledo says Ann Arbor railroad defies passenger associations with holiday reduced rates, risking pact breach.
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Central Michigan Round Table
Alma College
Rowe
John Barton
Toledo
Ann Arbor
Central Passenger Association
Michigan Passenger Association
Ann Arbor Railroad Sells Holiday Excursion Tickets
The Ann Arbor Railroad will sell excursion tickets Dec 28 24 25 with return limit Jan 2. The sale likely limited to points on that railroad as other Michigan lines have not yet reduced fares.
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Ann Arbor
Michigan
Williamston Visitors Linger With Local Hosts
Joe Ellison of Williamston visits his sister home with Mr and Mrs Moulton for a few days. Miss Floral Waldo is guest of Mr and Mrs Lester Thomas.
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W. Pine River
Joe Ellison
Williamston
Moulton
Miss Floral Waldo
Lester Thomas
Neighbors Host Farewell Party At Moulton Home
Mrs Winnie Wood visits are noted this week while Miss Kathryn Currence returns from a ten day stay in Owosso. Friends and neighbors welcome the departure of David Depew from Rain. A farewell surprise party for Mr and Mrs Moulton and Joe Ellison of Williamston last Saturday featured music and a fine supper. A beautiful clock and silver were presented to the Moultons and Mr Ellison as gifts.
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Winnie Wood
Kathryn Currence
Owosso
David Depew
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Alma Resident Says Relief Came
Alma reader Mrs J F Sarton of 201 Lincoln Ave credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief from dull backaches and kidney pains after two boxes. The testimonial notes widespread benefits and urges use, with Foster Milburn Co as U S sale agents and 50 cent price.
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Woan
Alma
J. F. Sarton
Lincoln Ave
Mich
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan'e
Hair Hints for Hair Preservation and Club Meeting
This notice promotes daily Parisian Sage to destroy dandruff, with instructions to wash brushes weekly and shampoo weekly, and to avoid shared combs. It also advertises a North Shade Farmers' Club program at James Cave’s home on Friday December 1, 1911, at 10 o clock a.m., with officers to be elected.
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Charles Rhodes
North Shade Farmers’ Club
North Shade Farmer's Club
James Cave
John Ross
Local Social Notes From Toledo to Alma and Beyond
A roundup of short visits and travels shows Lee Winters of Toledo and Virgil Bay and wife of Baltimore visiting family. Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Toy appear in Alma. Chas Sander visits his brother in Clare. Several residents travel to Detroit and St Louis, dine with relatives, or relocate, with multiple small trips and homecomings noted.
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Lee Winters
Toledo
Virgil Bay
Baltimore
Sarah Davis
Toy
Alma
Caton
Lovell
Chas. Sander
Clare
Nick
Blair
Jack Jevon
Chas
Sly
Detroit
Showman
John Moll
Ezra Leonard
Dell Little
Ida Ferris
Elwell
Goldie Rennie
Brandell
Shepherd
George Tomlin
Jack Johnson
Andley Charters
Mrs. Freed
Jup Corbin
St Louis
The Hen Lifts the Mortgage on the Farm Economy
Statistics show the hen is the best paying investment with proper care and attention. For best results feed HARVEL'S CONDITION POWDERS occasionally to hens. No other feed mixed in. Pure medicine. Price 25 cts per package. Sold by Wheaton & Son Pioneer Drug Store.
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Harvel
Wheaton & Son
Pioneer Drug Store
Tax Collector Schedule and Local Updates in Forest Hill
Arcada Township treasurer announces tax collection in Alma at State Savings Bank on specified December dates and in Ibaza at National Bank on Tuesdays through December and January with other days at home. Local notes cover health tonic ad, harvest end in Forest Hill, equipment purchases, residents’ visits, church services, and Sunday activities.
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Alma
State Savings Bank
Ibaza
National Bank
E.R. Koutman
Arcada
Farmers Boy and Girl Meeting and Arcols Rally
Program begins at 1 o clock with song roll call and discussions. Notices call for a Grailton and Montcalm county rally at Alma on Dec 15 with afternoon program and evening degree work. Also contains a health advert for Hall's Catarrh Cure and warnings about mercury in ointments.
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Gratiot
Montcalm
Alma
Arbor
G. H. Slocum
Wo. Harris
Local Market Quotations for Grain Livestock and Produce
Thursday market prices listed include grains such as Wheat No 1 and Barley 2.00 per 100 pounds, oats 60-70c, corn 60c, and beans 200 per bag. Livestock prices feature Hogs 5.50 per cwt, Beef Cattle 3.00 to 4.25, Sheep 2.50, Lambs 4.00, and Veal Calves 7.00 per pound with various dressed meat and poultry rates. Produce shows Butter 28c per pound and Eggs 2c per dozen among items. regional Clover seed and Timothy values also noted.
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The
First State Bank
First State Bank of
State of
U.S
Total
G. S. Ward
Francis King
L. A. Sharp
State of Michigan
County of Gratiot
A. D
County of
Carl H. Washburn
J. S. Knoertzer
Gratiot County
George Grant
Saginaw
H.C Richardson
Elm Hall
Arcada Taxpayers
Forest Hill
Cage Wood
Forest Hill Elevator Co
Kenneth Owen
Carl Wood
George Wood
Jennie Sandall
Spokane
Wash
J. Camfield
Geo
Moody
Ebein
Park Lake
M. L. Perrigo
Gladys Failing
Fred Creech
Love
Syd Leland
Mt. Pleasant
Forest Hill Christian Church
Song
Chile
Ella Stonebrook
Charles Warner
Mrs. Boris
C. H. Morse
Ethel Abbott
KE. C. Dobson
Frank Salisbury
Hall
F.J. Cheney & Co
Ohio
F. J. Cheney & Co
Waite
Sic
Bob Blake
S. Stern
James Pereeethe
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Argata
Bugs
Marshall Field & Co
Chicago
Central Michigan
D. W. Robinson
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