Local Notes From Sumner Area and Surroundings
Sumner Mr and Mrs John Slater were in Carson City Tuesday. Mrs Blanichard of Kim Hall attended to business Tuesday. Mrs Gladden returned from Alma Tuesday. Orphanee of Sumner Center visited Cecile Phillips from Friday to Sunday. Tucker returned from Detroit Thursday evening. A Button and wife were in Alma on business Saturday. Samuel Story and wife visited their daughter Mrs Dunham in Eaton Rapids Thursday after the baby died recently. Fred Stearns and family moved into George Graham’s east town house. Mrs Close of Edmore visiting John Slater’s. Dr Fr Graham and family at Lee Townsend Sunday. Tucker and wife visited Mr and Mrs Elmer Sunday. Frank Tucker and wife entertained Mrs Need and Arthur Mulford and families Sunday. Mrs James Frnt went to Cheboygan county visiting. Thomas Lang injured hand last week. healing. Amos Every visited in St Louis Saturday and Sunday. Bow and arrow social a success despite weather. five dollars plus raised. Effie Hoxle and children visited parents Mr and Mrs T J Blair Elm Hall Saturday Sunday. W D Tucker of Ithaca in town for Gratiot County History effort. Mr and Mrs Will Story Alma visited John Slater last Friday. John Fowler improving house with floors, papering and painting.
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John Slater
Carson City
Tuseday
Blanichard
Kim Hall
Gladden
Alma
Orphanee
Sumner Center
Cecile Phillips
Tucker
Detroit
A. Button
Samuel Story
Eaton Rapids
Dunham
Fred Stearns
George Graham
Close of
Edmore
John Stater
Fr. Graham
Lee Townsends
Andy
Elmer
Prank Tucker
Mrr. Need
Arthur Mulford
James Frnt
Cheboyigan County
Thomas Lang
Amos
St. Louis
Effie Hoxle
T. J. Blair
Elm Hall
W. D. Tucker
Ithaca
Gratiot County
Wi. Story
John Fowler
Riverside News Briefs Report Visit and Funeral Events
Miss Iva Tallon visited Riverdale over the weekend. The infant child of Bert Davin and wife died Tuesday morning and was buried Wednesday afternoon. House services were held. Mr and Mrs Wm Bisbine moved to Carson City. Mr and Mrs Fred Shattuck of Ionia visited relatives. Dolar Pauson of Ionia is home visiting. Mrs Nettie Schlappe attended a Sunday school convention in Ithaca. Roy Graham and wife visited Stan ton on Sunday. A box social will be held at Wal ford schoolhouse Saturday evening. A republican rally in K O T M hall featured short speeches by Chambers Lane Long Goggins Redman McBride and Hon Earle with refreshments served.
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Iva Tallon
Riverdale
Bert Davin
Wm. Bisbine
Carson City
Fred Shattuck
Ionia
Dolar Pauson
Nettie Schlappe
Ithaca
Roy Graham
Stanton
Walford School House
Chambers
Lane
Long
Goggins
Redman
McBride
Grand Haven
Hon
Earle
Detroit
Parisian Sage Promises Dandruff Cure By Charles Rhodes
An old ad proclaims Parisian Sage a breakthrough by a druggist Charles Rhodes to kill dandruff worms and stop hair loss in two weeks or money back. It claims a blend of sage and other ingredients makes hair grow and restores luster, urging readers to try the product.
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Charles Rhodes
L. T. Hemans in Official Record Critique
The piece attacks Lawton T. Hemans for voting a high legislative pay and for supporting bucketshop licensing while opposing hours-and-conditions protections for women and children. It notes his absence from sessions, his high appropriation votes, and contrasts his gubernatorial campaign with his actual legislative record, urging readers to question his transparency and consistency.
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Lawton T. Hemans
Homans
Hemans
Michigan
Hi Hill
Hemene
Chestnut crisis from canker hits New York
A New York Botanical expert warns native chestnuts are dying from a fatal canker fungus spreading nation wide. The disease poisons bark and wood, threatening tree populations, lumber prices, and the livelihoods of street sellers and lumber users. Efforts focus on quarantine and overseas import trials to save the American chestnut.
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Williu A. Murrill
New York Botanical Park
Dave
Lee
John D. Rockefeller
Ft Pocatithen Mille
Wieiington
New York
Botemea Park
Seminoles Are Free People in Everglades With Phonographs
Alanson Skinner and companions traveled through the Florida Everglades for the Americas Museum of Natural History and returned to New York. Seminole remnants live in swamp islands as free people, not citizens or wards, with a tacit self rule and no formal government. They possess phonographs and sewing machines and have lacrosse grounds on grassy hummocks.
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Everglades
Alanson Skinner
Florida Everglades
Americas Museum of Natural History
New York
Florida
Pennies Disappear Fast Puzzle Baffles Mint Officials
The Philadelphia mint minted 146,000,000 pennies last year as Uncle Sam had to coin 100,000,000 more pennies in 1910. Officials seek clues to why small coins vanish from circulation while copper value keeps a 13 cent profit per dollar. In other news Canada shipped 165,000 more dollars of flour to South Africa, while the United States supplied 200,000 less.
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Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Canada
South Africa
United States
Missouri Population Figures Ambiguous Data
Fragmentary report from a Missouri census note lists population figures for age groups 0-5 and 18 and implies an increase of six per cent, but key years and full counts are missing, leaving the overall trends unclear.
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Missouri
Chicago Plans Island of Refuse to Ease Dumping
Chicago faces a waste disposal crisis as clay holes and quarries fill within three years. Plans discussed include burning rubbish, excavations outside the city, and building an island in Lake Michigan. Robert Cochran suggests an island is feasible. others like Charles Buillly warn the problem grows near.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Robert M. Cochrane
Rikers Island
East River
One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Street
New York
My. Cochrane Lillo Sueh
Charles
Calumet
Dudusteby
Jdaar
Paris considers flogging to curb Apaches face of crime
Paris trembles at a surge of Apaches or thangs in the poorest wards. Officials debate revival of flogging in prisons to deter armed street crime as newspapers and lawmakers push for strong penalties.
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Paris
England
Women trail the Kaiser in lecture on duties and labor
The Kaiser sparked a hornets nest by lecturing German women on life duties. His Konigberg speech inflamed suffragist supporters, who accuse him of reviving outdated views. Industrialists might falter without nine million working women, say feminist leaders. Some papers once silent on suffragists now back the protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Queen Louise
Abe
Germany
King Manuel II Crowned After Portuguese Murder Crisis
King Manuel II ascended the Portuguese throne following the fatal assassination of King Carlos I and the crown prince on February 1, 1908 in Lisbon. Manuel, age 19, proclaimed king after the regicidal attack, promising to uphold the constitution and Catholic faith while restoring stability amid revolutionary threats.
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Ing
Carlos of
Portugal
Luix Philippe
Lisbon
Infante
Manuel
Amelie
Placo Do Comercio
Rul Do
Uivid
Aviators to Carry Mail in Madagascar Plan
Madagascar moves toward an aerial postal service as M Plequee negotiates with the French National Aerial league. Antananarivo will be linked to towns up to 250 miles away, a trip now eight days by letter but six hours by plane. The military commandant and league delegates study routes to be crossed.
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Madagascar
M. Plequee
French National Aerial League
Antinanarivo
League
Nebraska Prohibition Candidate Breaks Spending Record
Rev George Wright of Nebraska City Neb, prohibition candidate for governor, set a record for low campaign expenses after paying a $50 filing fee by his party. At recent primaries he won a large majority and left his nomination certificate. expenses show 10 cents for streetcar fare from Lincoln depot to the capitol, with railroad fare excluded due to other business.
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Nebraska
George Wright
Nebraska City
Neb
Wright
Methodist
Lliow
le Fl
Lincoln
Capitol Building
Ticks Cause Forest Fires and Lead Output Report
Cattle ticks are blamed for costly forest fires across the western regions as settlers set blazes to woodlands to rid pests. Yale forester H. H. Chapman notes the bite may trigger fever. Canada posts a lead production of 45,407,545 pounds in the last fiscal year.
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H. H. Chapman
Yale Forest School
Canada
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