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Local news items from Alma and vicinity
Alma residents and visitors are listed in a sequence of notes from late summer, including while at Crystal lake, labor day trips to Mt Pleasant, Midland races, and visits by families such as the Bennedicks and the Taylors. Notable names: Elsie Penner, D W Blakely, Francis King, E H Wyatt, C C Ward, J W Niblack, A A Chick, W W Cushing, A A Palmer, Chester Benedics, Nick Bardavill, E G Shuyter, E B Berman, Mrs. McLaren, Mrs. Donnelly. Activities include travel to Detroit Chicago and Bay City, races, church society meetings, lodges and chapters, and a Jewish New Year observance. Labor day attendance at Crystal lake and Mt Pleasant is noted along with preparations for fall events and openings at Robinsons and Montigel foundry area.
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Elsie Penner
Crystal Lake
D. W. Blakely
Detroit
Francis King
Grand Rapids
E. H. Wyatt
Ann Arbor
St. Alma
Alma
Alma Benevolent Circle
Mia
C. C. Ward
J. W. Niblack
Reading
A. A. Chick
W. W. Cushing
A. A. Palmer
Midland
HL Tunham
Pine Lake
Chester Benedics
Mt. Measant
Robinson's
Donald Dunham
Asia
J. A. Picard
Vraneis King
Chicago
Presbyterian Fortnightly Society
I. M. Smith
West Superior Street
Nick Bardavill
Camp MacArthur
Waco
Texas
E. G. Shuyter
Masonic Hall
Berman & Sons
Montigel Foundry
Pine Street
Superior Street
Joseph Robn
Newark
Ohio
M. McLaren
Alma Hive
LO. O. F. Hall
F. H. Rowland
State Street
Union
Ladies’ Guild of
St. John's Church
Arthur Donnelly
Gratiot Avenue
Dewey Wonnacut
St. Louis
Ithaca
L. B. Quick
South Lyon
Big Rapids
George Soper
Floyd Maxwell
Leon Stinchcomb
Mattie Fenner
Mt. Pleasant Monday