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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1895
Page
2
Notices warn correspondents to send communications early as Gratiot County papers will publish sooner. Late items go to three papers separately, with deadlines and direct sends advised. Includes local social items: weddings, travels, and farm changes among St Louis and area residents.
Fulton of Barry Sessions travels to Belding for work. Winnie goes planned, the dare of shneth in Hares plane. Jobe Weiler officiates at a fair in March next. William Praneiy and wife return from their trip. A deputy officer noted in parade. Foxenh Hetloye returns from Lansing visit. Plywooth and Howell Heie buy potatoes. Krom family to move to Ohio next Wednesday. Hetine rotted libs firme te MIP Cos. Taurh Dageodk, Hy Day’s mother, ill this week. Mr and Mrs Hoxton and Garretts back from Dakota. Vott Abbott moves to old Miller house. Parks farmer moving on, Mon Ky Morman visits from Winterton Texas. Potatoes sell for $1 per bushel. Snow from the season noted. Chicken thieves reported. watch your dogs and livestock.
Smithville items show Jennor Coleman acquiring a new organ and Herange meeting at the school Thursday night. Dr Clarke and Lowry's foot care progress, B Rotate finalizing an addition to his home, Crk Staith promoting a new house, and A Clover enjoying a view from Mr Oberlota. The piece references local families, charity board activity, and a trip to Asheville.
The note mentions numerous small dogs causing disturbance as they bark at passersby. Advised remedy is keeping dogs led with a leash. Also reports visits and minor local happenings: Chas Bradley and wife visiting Midland this week. The Macahees quilt sale went to Marty Summerscales. E Hopatie and spouses visited J A Grover. Otto Smith started work for Bert Mascott this week. Georgia Powell fell ill Friday night, thought to be typhoid fever.
The North Wheeler column lists residents visiting relatives and moving about Porter township. Nellie Neabitt of Wheeler died Friday October 1 after two weeks of typhoid fever. funeral held Sunday at Wheeler M E Church conducted by Elder Cooper. Burial in Breckenridge cemetery. the community extends sympathy.
Ralph Clark wed Miss Millie Bennett in a ceremony officiated by Elder Wiles. The town notes praise the local photographer, baptismal events drew Ferris Center visitors, and minor mishaps and visits from Ohio relatives are mentioned among casual community updates.
Pleasant Valley community recounts a Friday gathering at Mee Crest home with happy spirits. Mentions include church work under J Hurlbert, visits by Mrs Lore Bajutal St Louis, Harvey Carpenter’s slow recovery, Schuyler Davis’s convalescence, and various local happenings including a corn crib finished by B Hall and a well incident affecting Dexter the two-year-old.
Forest Hill brief items report Kidon Rockwell entering a trading school in Mt. Pleasant. Silas Moody returned from Ohio and Taps ay Ore Edgar Line visited with his mother last Sunday. Avonele and agotes mr Griffin and wife visited a week. Carl baptized one candidate Sunday. H W Sandel and family entertained relatives from Ohio.
The column covers obituaries, farm updates, school notes, political results, and upcoming events. Reads of Lettie White funeral, county office votes, roads and telegraph developments, local meetings, and social gatherings. Major items include a 12 to 0 visitor victory, election outcomes, and community news across Gratiot County.
George Gargett has a new organ visit from Keys and daughter stirs Baker at Elsie Dor. Johnaston chips stuck aire. Philip Johnson visits his mother Mrs Bogart. Me Miller moves to Wayne county this fall. Lewis moves into the atrehast se Namara house. Prof Snyder starts his third term of singing at Center School with Anne Harvey as teacher. Sumper Center school prize confusion noted. Sumner Center School touted as thriving. a 2 dollar physiology chart and plans for a library secretary this fall.
A crowded Riverdale column records gossip on a candy stand rumor and new wheel setups for bicycles, home improvements like a fireplace, and mixed town chatter. It also notes Dr Darby moving into a new place, water works by steam, a city contract dispute, a sermon by Rev H H Ford, and a tribute to H W Shaffer who died after work-related injury. the piece mentions entertainments at Holewmt’s Opera House and Masonic events with local delegates.
Real estate transfers and filings in Gratiot County through October include numerous mortgages and deeds among individuals and lenders such as Louisa W and Linzie B. Odell, plus interlinked transfers in Newark Ithaca and surrounding areas. Notable names appear: Oliver, Fuller, Smith, Daytler, Baltuck, Root, Henderson, Innis, Ward, Chateh, Fraker, and others with varied parcel descriptions and monetary amounts.
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