Michigan Crop Report Indicates Variations Across Counties
Lansing report from October 7 1912 details wheat yields by region with state total 5 714 544 bushels and marketing figures across September August September massa. It lists per acre yields for barley oats corn potatoes beans sugar beets and knockwheat by state and regions and notes sowing percentages and dates. Secretary Fred C Martindale signs the release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Central Counties
Upper Peninsula
Fred. C. Martindale
Local Social Roundup From Town One
Mr and Mrs Alson Wiley entertain the latter s brother from Forest Hill Sunday. Mrs Lewis Church moving on their farm near Rock Lake. Miss Leath Bowers entertained friends from Forest Hill Sunday. Reed Taecity of Champaign visiting Mr and Mrs Chas Anderson. Mrs Anderson is Mr Taecity s niece. Mrs Edgar visiting friends, returned home. Mrs Anna Boughtten, formerly here now Alma, in Oregon, prefers Michigan for a home and will return. Mrs N Edgar in Elwell Sunday. Bert Mills and family moving into John Sullivan s house. Joe Welch and family moving into Mills old house with Mr Mills working Sullivan s farm. Monard Campbell to work for Mills. Mrs Chas Wood returned from Riverdale after helping move to Alma. Mr and Mrs Lewis Stark entertaining sister from Lansing. Mr Wheat called on friends Thursday. Miss Hazel Webb back from St Louis visit. Miss Ida Hult in Toledo and Grand Rapids. Eral Race, mail carrier, went to Sagina to hear Theodore Roosevelt address. reported a fine time. Andrew Welch on business to St Louis. Bert Mills at Alma sugar factory as bookkeeper. Miss Jennie Gee in St Louis this week. Mrs Fred Davis improving. Grant Moulton, nephew of Dr Moulton, ill but better, going to Detroit for eye operation. Many friends wish quick recovery. Arethe Johnson of Alma transacted business locally. John Sullivan shipped a carload of cattle last week. Mrs Elizabeth Phelps of Hillsdale visiting sisters in town for two weeks. Miss Lith Webb sick with throat trouble. Miss Alice Long, Brick school teacher, went home Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alson Wiley
Forest Hill
Lewis Church
Rock Lake
Anna Bougghten
Here
Alma
Oregon
Michigan
N. Edgar
Elwell
Bert Mills
John Sullivan
Joe Welch
James Potterfiell
Mills
Milles
Sullivan
Monard Campbell
Chas. Wood
Riverdale
Ralph Evert
Lewis Stark
Lansing
Mr. Wheat
Hazel Webb
St. Louis
Andrew Welch
Jennie Gee
Fred Davis
Grant Moulton
Moulton
Brooklyn
Detroit
Arethe Johnson
Elizabeth Phelps
Hillsdale
J. H. Church
Ida Muff
Lith Webt
Alice Long
Long
Ferris Center
Robert Miller
John Norton
Duluth
H.tomlin
Sumner
Lewis Stairs
Frank Whitcraft
Joe Lemon
Madvon Lake
Ida Wood
Central Michigan Produce Company
Lester Hoyt
H. Gee
John Morton
Jidd Ferris
Haker
Ike Woodman
LC Austin
Vera Webb
Wilks Shaver
State of Washington
H. J. Hyde
Royal Hyde
Saginaw
Hyde
Howard Hoyt
Union Telephone Company
M. Burns
Hoyl
Burns
Mrs. Burns
John Snyder
Bell
Bell Central
Arcada
Pine River
Howard Clow
Dewey Omans
Carlyle Bowers
Bentah Bowers
Carl Abbott
Lorena Welsh
Raymond Welsh
Earl Webb
Kenneth Church
Howard Omans
Earl Davis
Asa Davis
Freda Church
Elwell area notes and regional family updates
A long local page details visits and funerals in Ferris Center and Elwell, including Robert Miller’s funeral in Elwell and John Norton visiting from Duluth. It records numerous neighborhood visits, farm work, and schooling notes from Pine River and Arcada districts, plus weather impacts on crops and road conditions.
Philomatheans Hold Annual Initiation Banquet
Wright Hall hosts Philomathean initiation with Miss Marguerite O’Donnell Ruth Ellie Anda Gill Marian Karl Margaret Hooker Isabel Mender son among the new members.Guests include Mrs M Fan cher Mel Chas Rhodes Mrs L Ellison Styles Kennedy and others as autumn foliage decor transforms the reception area into a formal scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philo
Philomathean
Wright Hall
Marguerite O'Donnell
Ruth Ellie
Anda Gill
Marian Karl
Margaret Hooker
Isabel Menderson
Philomatheans
Toastmistress Della Leads Philo Banquet Initiation 1912
Della, toastmistress, led the banquet with tact as five speakers entertained. Mareella Adams spoke on Stile and the world I ru with you, while Mrs. Rhodes recalled days gone by. Charter members of APhilo, Mrs. Rhodes and Mrs. Fillison, were honored. Bernice Walker answered the toast on woman’s sphere, and Weller spoke on Your mission. Margaret Heatson spoke for the new girls, and Della read names of many old girls. Philo spirit closed the initiation banquet of 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della
Mareella Adams
Mrs. Rhodes
Mrs. Fillison
Aphilo
Bernice Walker
Ih Weller
Faith Weller
Margaret Heatson
Neilsen
Baker
Gorton
Shaw
Mitchell
Ressegue
Messenger
Hewitt
Duliry
Randels
Mrs. Krank
Locker
Fortunes in Faces and a Remedy for Skin Blemishes
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy for skin blemishes caused by impure blood. It notes affordable 2 cent pricing and lists Wheaton & Son's Rhodes' Drug Store and Grover's Drug Store as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Wheaton & Son
Rhodes
Grover's
Rexall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liggett’s Chocolates Fresh
Grover’s Drug Store
Che Rexall Store
Berman Bros
Michigan Crop Report
OUR Dry Goods Department
C. L
G M. Delavan
Wright & Brown
Pleasant Valley
B. W
Ellison
Alma, Mich, L. B
Leonard, Forest Hill, Mich
Belding Bros. & Co
Belding Mich
Washtenaw Co
Detroit Investment Co
Sun Building
O. G. Morgan
West Court Avenu
Charles Sullivan
Shepherd
Atul
C. F. Gossett
Bell Phone
George Sandell Ellwell
Wright House Livery
Parr & Erwin
Erwen
Humphreys
Nick Komlarte
Reywipetas
Metuuine CO
Wiliam and
Anasores
New York
John D. Spinney
Pollasky Block
J. E. Suydam, M. D
Woodworth Ave
Wreomer Ve Supanor St
SWISART @ SULLIVAN
Opera
John
I. Everden
Scot
Ithaca
Kress & Dunham
U.S
Opera Honen Hinck
Phos
Telomaa Alma
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