Alma Ready For Big Friday Showdown At Davis Field
Coach Harper and his Alma team earn praise for strong play in preparation for Saturday's game against M A C. New arrivals include Smith Campbell Garcia Lindley and Steinman. A mass meeting inspired the squad and fans. The lineups and referees for the Davis Field clash are listed with two twenty minute halves.
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Smith
Campbell
Garcia
Lindley
Steinman
The
College
F. W. Cobb
M. Cook
Paul P. Rolins
Harry J. Bastone
Alma
Davis Field
Mitchell
Bruske
Harper
Bradfield
McCollum
Horst
Hill
Marshall
Mew
Chapel
Casterlin
Hoag
Magidsotin
Hetmer
M. A
Howdith
Bar Tontehs
Moore
Parker
Dersnal
Shedd
Small
Frazer
McKenna
Doty
Filthick
Tambert
Detroit Building Permits Surge Through Nine Months
Detroit fire marshal office records show a record year for new building permits through the first three quarters, led by Ho Goo projects. The nine month total beats all prior years, with a substantial rise over last year and a preliminary estimate of costs reaching over a million dollars.
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Goo
Detroit
Death of Mrs Susan Dunkling in Seville Township
Mrs Susan Dunkling died at her home near Elwell on October 9 1906. Born February 2 1827 in England she came to the United States in 1850 and settled in Lockport before moving to Michigan in 1877. She leaves seven children formerly, two surviving daughters Anna Hills and Azalia Dunkling, three grandchildren Mary Snellenberger Charles and William Hills, and an only sister Mrs Hobson of Buffalo. Funeral service at Center church was conducted by Elder Lemuel Teed with Elwell choir providing music. Burial followed beside her husband and mother in Center cemetery.
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Elwell
Susan Dunkling
James Dunkling
Dunkling
Karite
Muntingtonshire
England
Lockport
Anna Hills
Azalia Dunkling
Seville Township
Hobson
Buffalo
N. Y
Lambert
Ben
Jece Gillings
Seville
Mary Snellenberger
Charles
William Hills
Center Church
Lemuel Teed
Stanton
Real Estate Transfers From 1873 Ledger in Sumner and St Louis
Real estate transfers list buyers and parcels across Sumner and St Louis, detailing grantees such as Philip B Smith J W Bernard Wm U Banks Ernest R Nichols Fannie Q Kathan Jennie M Wells Lewis Benj 1 Martha Briningstool Amos Chitenden Daniel W Breckenridge Arian W Stone Richard F Stoneman Chas Scott Chas B Ingersoll Chas E Hurns Alena Ruth I Reed David West Arthur H Stone Elihu Fowter Ira O Hunt Abram West with parcel descriptions in blocks townships and sections including sw of ne and nw se se and other combinations dated ’73.
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Philip B Smith
J. W Bernard
Smith
St Louis
U Banks
Ernest R Nichols
Holcomb & Evans
Fannie Q Kathan
Jennie M Wells
Sumner No Lewis
Walker
Sumner Martha Briningstool
Amos Chittenden
Hamilton Arthur H Stone
Elihu Fowter
Hreckenridge
Ira O Hunt
Abram West
Sumner
Richard B Hughes for County Clerk St Louis hustler
The Republican candidate Richard B. Hughes of St. Louis is described as a well known hustler in Gratiot county. Born torn in Detroit in 1865 and moved to Hot county by 1878 he built a broad public life serving on the St. Louis city council and the Gratiot County Board of Supervisors.
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Richard B. Hughes
St. Louis
Gratiot County
Detroit
Hephes
Hot County
Itve
St. Loue
Hughes
Ithaca
Gratiot County Board of Supervisors
Eutt
Presbyterians Hold Service for Boyne City Home
Last Sunday at the Presbyterian church Mr. Swift of Boyne City led a service for the Boys Home in Boyne City Charlevoix County Michigan. A $55.74 collection aided school expenses and a Monday offering in St Louis raised $81.25 for the Home. The Home, a unique profit sharing colony, has over twelve hundred joint owners and managers, with dividends paid each Thanksgiving week. Boys become citizens through service and discipline, earning wages for chores and banking surplus as future capital.
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Presbyterian Church
Swift
Boyne City
Hoys
St. Louis
Commonwealth Colony
Charlevoix County
Michigan
Herman J. Swift
Tyaere
Beulah Home at Boyne Michigan Trains Self supporting Boys
The Boys Home at Beulah Michigan trains youths for useful lives and citizenship. The program emphasizes self support from the start, with Beulah boys able to add substantial sums to their bank accounts. Annual holiday camping trips, including a last ten days Beaver Island excursion, covered expenses and yielded a surplus through magic lantern shows.
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Beulah
Beaver Island
Michigan sugar beet crop promises record yield in 1906
The Sugar Beet Culturist of Bay City notes ideal summer weather and expanding plantings with an estimated 100 000 acres. Michigan aims to lead the nation in sugar refinery output and raw beet material, with crop rotation improving soils and farm profits. Sixteen sugar refineries will pay farmers about six million dollars for their beets, starting the 1906 campaign.
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Bay City
Michigan
Unitil
Iran
Eno
Alma Special Election Yields Broad Support
Monday's election in Alma reports 311 votes with Yes totals across wards: First 130 Yes, Second 17 Yes, Third 21 Yes, Fourth 78 Yes. No votes total 11 in First, Second 9, Third 7, Fourth 7, and No 1 overall. Half of no votes came from the Third Ward. city officials plan to canvass tomorrow evening.
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Friends of Progress
Alma
Advertising Copy Praises The Raconnm Recown
The piece extols advertising in the Racconnm Recown claiming it delivers results. It notes the paper mails more papers weekly in Alma than any county paper and reaches sugar beet growers for the Alta branch of Michigan Sugar Co. The Creulation department is open to all advertisers. It positions the paper as a strong business getter in central Michigan.
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Alma
Alta
Michigan Sugar Co
Michigan
Advertised Letters Listed for Return by Courthouse Desk
A list of names including Curien, Dr Conklin, Miss Eaton, Benj Seabell B A Phelps C Naj Smith Cora Weese E My Zielke John appears among advertised letters awaiting pickup and return processing.
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Curien
Conklin
Miss
Eaton
Benj
Seabell
B. A
Phelps
Hunters Fares Quote from Pete Marquetto Agent
Ticket agent Pete Marquetto quotes low rates to hunting grounds in Upper Michigan Wisconsin Canada and the South and Southwest. G Moeller and G Pla advertise travel options for hunters with discounted fares and routes.
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Pete Marquetto
Upper Mighigan
Wisconsin
Canada
Rummage Sale by Ladies Aid Society at Opera House
The Ladies Aid Society of the M FE church will hold their annual rummage sale and fair Thursday and Saturday this week in the vacant store room in the Opera House block. Friday evening from 5 to 8 the ladies will serve supper for fifteen cents. Everyone is invited to enjoy the homemade treats.
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M. E
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. FE
Opera House
Advice to Beet Growers on Storing Fall Harvests
Weather turns cooler and beets half harvested should be stored in large, ventilated piles or long ricks with a ground base of five to six feet. Favor large piles for efficiency if ventilation remains at the top. Harvest to completion by November to avoid late freezes, with plenty of cars to unload at the station once help arrives. fw, ALMA SUGAR Co.
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Alma Sugar Coo
Seville and Sumner Farmers Meet Discuss Price on Produce
The Seville and Sumner Farmers club meets at Mr and Mrs W T Pitt on October 4 1906 with President Pitt presiding. Members discuss an article on farmers putting prices on their own products from Orange Judd Farmer and plan correspondence for more information. A lively discussion on life aims follows, with multiple members weighing in. The next meeting will be at Alma with a prepared program, and the Woman's club plans an October 1 meeting at 2:45 PM.
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Pitt
Geo. Abbott
Alma
Orange
Judd
H. Bansil
W. C. Mallory
Mallory
Clty
R. A. Gee
George Abbott
Mr. Pitt
Ransil
W. C Mallory
Char, Coon
Shepherd
Henry Basil
Alma lecture course opens with Boston Orchestral Company
The Lyceum course selects strong attractions for the Alma series. It opens October 46 with the Boston Orchestral Company performing five members in string and brass quartets with flute and piccolo solos. Edward Amboerst Ott follows, renowned for driving his points home like a workman.
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Lyceam
Alma
Boston Orchestral Company
Edward Amboerst Ott
Alma lecture series to feature Hon Adam Bede and Dr Thomas Green
Alma residents will host a November 23 program headlined by Hon Adam Bede the humorist of the Lower House. The event includes Euphonium Glee Club and a feature by Dr Thomas E Green whose praise from the Boston Journal highlights a powerful patriotic address. Tickets for a five event course go on sale soon as seating is limited to about 400.
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Adam Bede
Congress
Bede
Euphonium Gleen Club
Thomas E. Green
The
Boston Journal
Green
Michigan
Alma
Michigan Christian Endeavor Convention Adopts Institute Format
The Michigan Christian Endeavor Union schedules a Lansing convention November 1 2 9 and 4 with an Institute Conference design to foster open discussion while assigning leadership to seasoned experts. A large, representative delegation from across the state is expected.
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Lansing
Michigan Christian Endeavor Union
Asphalt Masticot Plant Starts Up Under Thom Supervision
The Asphalt Masticot company's plant, led by efficient superintendent A. O. Thom, began work last week with one new machine. Full operation is expected in a few days as a 25 man crew is planned.
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Asphalt Masticot Company
A. O. Thom
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Boyne
Wolverine State
Boyne Mich
I. F. Moeller, G. Pla
Farmers’ Club
Seville and
W. T. Pitt
Woman's Club
Gth
Boston Orchestra
Christian Endeavor
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