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Alma News Briefs From Town Line Area
William Edgar and wife visited Ithaca and many local residents attended fairs there. Numerous relatives moved about Alma Ithaca and St Louis. Several families went to the fair in Ithaca while others visited in Saginaw Detroit and Breckenridge. Attendance at Alma college and local schools begins. many names noted among students and visitors. A large gravel sale to Avna and Arcada districts is recorded. An electric storm caused barn fires boosting lightning rod business. A neighborhood reunion and multiple visits to relatives across Michigan and beyond reported. Dance at Moore hall scheduled for September 5.
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William Edgar
Ithaca
Jennie Gee
Lyle Ball
Union School
Alma
A. H. Olmstead
St. Louis
James Porterfield
Laural Ball
Fred Rogers
William Rogers
Cassie Church
Saginaw
L., Ball
Valerie
Brender
Detroit
E. L. Bamborough
Frank Church
Peral Waldo
Breckenridge
James Jones
Daniel Huffman
Bdd Hoyt
Cora Folkes
Sam Roberson
Forest Hill
Dell Wright
M. Jenks
Bay City
Bert
Charles Anderson
Leora Jones
Vernon
Elsie
A. R. Simpson
Toledo
Frank Folkes
Laurel Ball
S. W. Bowman
A. W. Wright
Case
Grant Wood
Owosso
Earl Medlar
Alberta Hyde
H. J. Hyde
John Dunham
Pearl Cohoon
McBain
Lyman Cohoon
Joe Ellison
Ernest
Williamston
Leliah Abbott
Edd Forest
Mary Stitts
Esther Dunham
Etta Stevens
Myron Potter
S. H. Cherch
Avna
Arcada
Glenn Folkes
Edd Hoyt
Charles Crist
Champaign
Illinois
Lulu Ellis
Alma College
Ellis
Edna Wiley
Wright
H. Bartley
Mel
Renter Thomas
Maborhood
John John Wright
John Wright
Martin Allen
Maple Rapids
Ray Helman
Cora Isham
Alta Crossett
Ross Sullivan
Geo. Isham
Elm Hall
Geo. Andrews
Lynn
Herald Barnes
Lyle Nelson
Joon
Michigan
Wm. Webb
George Wheeler
Mary Bird
A. Stanton
Lansing
Stanton
Missouri
Edd Wood
Danjit Wood
T. Muhn
O. Post
Emily
Frank McKinney
Vickeryville
Merton Chambers
Giles Isham
Chambers
John Snyder
John Sullivan
Donald
New York
Ida
Ohio
Anna Williams
Merrill
Joe Paulus
Frank Paulus
East of Alma
Mra
H. C. Henry
St Louis
A. Paulus
Fisher
Ilinois