Alma Aldermen debate sidewalks and sewer bonds in 1918 meeting
The Alma city council discusses sidewalk orders for Cedar avenue and a front street walk, backs reports from the Street and Ways and Means committees, and approves an assessment process for a public sewer. Budget allocations include int sinking highway general funds and specific road and water projects, with claims authorized for various departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewers & Son
F. A. Soucey
James Redman
Caple
Rowland
West Superior Street
Park Avenue
Kehn
Cedar Avenue
City of
Alma
W. A. Smith
Yeas
Willard
Cook
Ward
Fraker
Ways and Means
Kehin
Aldean Cook
Board of Special Assessors
State Street
Superior
Walnut Streets
Board of Assessors
A.D
General Fund
Detroit Trust Co
Lee Lybelt
C. L
G. M. Delavan
D. W. Adams
D. P. Hole
Alma Flour & Feed Co
H. J. Voller
Chas. Wilson
John Smith
E. Easlick
R. Sova
Elmer Williams
August Arndt
John Blank
Highway Fund
Chas. Williams
J. Sherman & Co
AL Blank
Thomas Beattie
Ernest Gould
D. A. Dyer
Detroit
Michigan Sugar Co
George Duncan
C. W. Parsons
Dolph Peck
Alderman Willard
Alderman Cook
Sn Adams
J. M. Montigel
Backache relief ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills
Alma resident Mrs Chas Vine endorses Dean's Kidney Pills claiming relief from dull backaches and kidney weakness. The ad warns that backache may signal kidney issues and urges purchase from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, price 60 cents, official US agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Alma
Chas. Vine
Downie St
Mich
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean's
Ithaca Community News Roundup From Ithaca and Nearby
Ithaca and Pompeii residents attended events and visits this week. Rev. McLain, the new Ithaca minister who is also a physician, hosted a reception at the Baptist church with talks and refreshments. Residents reported illnesses, visits, and local activities including corn roasts, teaching assignments, and relatives visiting from Bay City, Lansing, and Harley, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Hall
Pompeii
Houghton Lake
George F. Richard
Lucile
Perrinton
Harry Cornwell
Ferris Institute
S. Seaver
Ithaca
McLain
Baptist Church
Ella Naldrett
C. G. Graham
Dr. Hall
W. TI. Beasley
William Wiggins
Bay City
John Brown
Westaburg
John Bentley
Middleton
Emery Wiles
New Haven
Bessie Reade
Henry Reade
Ypsil
Boyne City
Ray Wilkinson
Mr. Wilkinson
Sickles
Ita Jeffery
Hiss Farm
C. M. Reed
J. B. Crawford
Elsie Johnson
Lansing
Clyde Johnson
Newark
Local Social Notes Mention Visits and Visits Across Communities
Sumner residents and visiting guests are recorded with numerous calls and weekend gatherings. J H McGraneh and Button hosted visits while J F Tucken returned from Saginaw. Towns including Ithaca New Haven Farwell Detroit Alma Ferris and Minnesota are represented by friends relatives and neighbors in casual weekend activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Button
J. H. McGraneh
J. F. Tucken
Saginaw
Hattie Monks
Farwell
Inez Johnson
Ithaca
Emil Sherman
Detroit
John Woods
Effie Miller
Ruth
Tom Nicholson
Carson
James Stevens
Miss Vida Church
Mildred Har
Tom Lang
Mildred
Lee Townsend
New Haven
William Phillips
Jennie Stoffs
Howard Phillips
Floy Rumberger
St. Louis
Nellie
Fern Nelson
Alma
William Fowler
Sam Griffin
Ferris
Mary Elmer
Mrs. Omans
Minnesota
Jare
H. N. Stearns
Fourth annual school garden show highlights
The fourth annual school garden show was held in Alma High School's botany room. Pupils entered many exhibits with enhanced artistry and variety. Civic Improvement league funded seeds and supervised inspections. judges based prizes on inspector reports and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Beautiful
Gratiot
Civic Improvement League
League
Margaret Moore
River Avenue
Alice Oswald
E. Superior Street
Ard
Dorothy Schwartz
Gratiot Street
Russell Murphy
Maple Street
Beulah Walker
River Street
Lottie
Gertrude Yarger
Mechanic Street
Lottie Yarger
Harry Fredricks
Nettie Leone
Earl Cross
Loral Wyint
Hoe
Raymond Howsett
Dorothy Mason
Gerald Smith
Quieting Title Action in Gratiot County Michigan
In Gratiot County Chancery, J L Raines files to quiet title to the south half of the northeast quarter of section 10, township 11 north, range 2 west, seeking removal of clouds from several defendants unknown or unlocated. The court orders appearance within four months, publication in Alma Record for six weeks, and service of process twenty days before appearance. solicitor Charles H. Goggin of Alma represents the complainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
County of Gratiot
Chancery
J. L. Raines
Ithaca
Kelly S. Searls
Gratiot
Towit
Township Eleven
Range Two
Michigan
Charles H. Goggin
Andrew Swick
William Swick
Sylvester K. Swick
Hatta J. Paul
Swick
Harriet P. Peet
Fannie Hart
Pauline S. Smith
C. M. C. Cook
L. A. Collins
John Jeffery
F. Byron Cutler
Alma Record
Range
Alma
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Alma and
Alma Record Company Co
J, Brown
Stoatih
C. J. Brown
Alain
M Ich
If Corporation
A. M. Brown
Yone
O. J. Brown
Joan D. Spinney
Gratiot Co
Philadelphia Avenue
Wright Hall
Alma College
J. K. Miller
Elwell
Art Garland
Mitchell's Drug Store
Henry Soule
J. C. Pardee
East Superior Street
Bell Telephone
M. W Struble
Shepherd
Xtf
Gratiot Avenue
Albert Knapp
Church of Christ
Edward's House
Aeidce
ist—Water Fund
2nd—Highway Fund Ltd
Cc. O. Ward, A. P. Cook
Sharrar & Moore
Timothy Hey
Sumner
Realty
Opera House
Shepherd of
Harold Bell Wright
Mr. Wright and
Elsberg
W. Reynolds
Q Mail
SWIGART @ SULLIVAN
State OF Michigan
R. E. At
Providence
Cushing & Benedict
Alma, Mich
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