Numerous Relatives Visit Alma Area In Local Social Notes
William Way and family entertain Alma relatives Tuesday while Giles Isham hosts visitors from Alma over Sunday. Many residents travel to St Louis and Detroit for business and hospital visits. News mentions illnesses, weddings, moves, and family reunions across Alma, Ithaca, Breckenridge, and surrounding towns with updates on travelers and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Way
Alma
Giles Isham
E. Ball
Valerie
St. Louis
D. Smith
A. H. Olmstead
B. McKinney
Lamb
Frank Ellis
Forest Hill
John Snyder
L. N. Baker
Hammond
Summnor
E. L. Barborough
Bert
Charles Anderson
Chester English
Forest Fill
James Porterfield
Sheral Callahan
Elm Mall
Riverdale
Wm. Edgar
M. Curtis
Breckenridge
Crandall
Laura
Paul
Geo, Webb
Ithaca
H. M. Daniel
Toledo
J. W. Walton
Greenville
John Wright
North Star
Dell Wright
William Edgar
Tihacae
G. Ward
M. Weisse
L. Jones
Post
Vernon
D. Day
J. B. Currence
Jane Foll Latimer
Charles Taylor
Kad Adams
Leet Adams
Theo Amsbury
Alma College
Grace Johnson
Grand Rapids
Misa Lilah Abbott
McKinney
Walter Vliet
E. J. Hyde
John Dunham
Royal Hyde
H. J. Hyde
Laurel Ball
E. J. Burr
Union School
Victor
Frank Folks
E. T. Lamb
Frank Adams
Champaign
Minois
Nellie Kirby
Jennie
Frances Gee
Jenks
Bay City
J. Kinney
George Taylor
Wheeler Social Roundup reflects local movement and a funeral
Ayres of Detroit and many friends gather in town as Howard Youngs visits St. Louis, Edith Allen from Flint visits Edd Allen, and multiple couples travel between Saginaw Ithaca and Detroit. Bernard Kennedy dies after brief illness. funeral Friday and Lakefield cemetery interment planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ayres
Detroit
Howard Youngs
St. Louis
Edd Allen
Riverdale
Edith Allen
Flint
Charles Bradford
Saginaw
Amos Street
Ithtaca
James Hillock
Viva
Wilson
Dean
Kirt Richards
Charles Rich
Swarthout
Bertha Bradford
Charles Kennen
Ithaca
L. D. Allen
Bernard Kennedy
Lakefield
Es, Owen
Floren
McEwen
Bessie
Ohio
Street
Riverdale Neighbors Compile Weekend Social Notes
Isabella county farmer James Black died after being crushed between tree stumps on his farm. He was freed by neighbors and treated by doctors Highfield Parden and Bowers, but liver and internal injuries proved fatal early Sunday morning. He leaves a wife a son two step sons and many relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Dailey
Alma
John Jacques
W. PB. Cash
Fred Brown
Greenville
Matthews
McBride
FE. M. Highfeld
W. P. Cash
Earl Winters
Saginaw
Sumner
Jack Moble
Lansing
Marion
Ind
Chester Davis
Detroit
W. E. Swope
Rev. Bedgelow
Spring Arbor
Free Methodist Seminary
Leo
Standley Birdsall
Huntingdon
Central College
James Black
Isabella County
David Black
Drs. Highfield
Parden
Edmore
Bowers
Winn
Wood for your furnace and heater
Local ad urges readers to stock up on wood for heating needs. Emphasizes availability for furnaces and home stoves, signaling season ahead and urging timely purchase.
Big Party for Little Miss Astor in London
Mrs John Astor hosted a London party at Grosvenor Square for her daughter Alice Muriel to celebrate her birthday. The room overflowed with white flowers as children in sky blue silk gathered for square dances with Lord Ivor Churchill guiding the young hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
America
John Astor
Alice Muriel
Grosvenor Square
Hlies
Josea Alice
Lady Ancaster
Rupert Beckett
Gervase Beckett
Duchess of Marlborough
Lord Ivor Churchill
Lord Ivor
Mrs. Astor
Rev C S Davidson Renounces Church in Spectacular Act
The Rev Charles Steele Davidson, once linked to the vestry row at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Flatbush New York, burned his vestments and prayer book at Monticello the home of Jefferson. He issued a statement denouncing the Episcopal church as aristocratic and declaring himself a preacher for all the people. He also charged two Virginia bishops and said the act was a mission without witnesses, noting he has lived near Monticello since October working as assistant at Christ Church Charlottesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Steele Davidson
Church of the Holy Apoles
Greenwood Avenue
Windsor Terrace
Flatbush
N. Y
Tittle
Monticello
Jefferson
Senator Sherman A Busy Man To Lawmaker Of Illinois
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois is described as indefatigable and widely occupied since 1896. He served in the state lower house, led as speaker, became lieutenant governor, then headed the board of administration overseeing eighteen state institutions, including Kankakee State Hospital and the Jacksonville Deaf and Dumb School, where an inmate once suggested teaching barber trade to a hospital shop operative. Sherman replied you’re not crazy, and the patient was later discharged as sane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois
Kankakee
Deaf and Dumb School
Jacksonville
Sherman
Millionaire Heiress Esther Stewart Weds Archibald Richards
Miss Esther Stewart of Aurora, heiress of a timber magnate, married Archibald Richards after a wedding in which a $100,000 check was hidden in her bridal bouquet. Her father T. B. Stewart, a state senator and bank president, watched as the ceremony united two prominent families amid public interest sparked by prior romance and the boy broker scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Stewart
Aurora
Ill
Archibald Richards
Miss Stewart
Robert B. Davie
Boston
Wellesley
Mian Stewart
John Stewart
Multimilticentre Lumber
T. B. Stewart
First National Bank of
Archibald
SSS
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Mich. Sugar CO
Alma Plant
Elwell
Miller
New York
Michigan
C. Pugsley
Mathewson
Ich
Town Line News
L. Ross
E. J. Ross
L. W. Race
Eural
Roy
Mra
Charlee Christ
E. Dakin
Malle Chapman
Baptist Church
Myron Potter
A. Potter
Mt. Pleasant
J. ©. Anderson
Shepherd
Illnois
Claude Burton
Mrs Burton
EJ. Kcoss
William Brower
J. W Miller
Als. M. Ide
Here
Ann Arbor
Charles Brown
Campbell
Miss Welch
Guy Davis
Bia
Davis
Henry Curtis
Frank Chareh
Irene
Clair Nelson
Mr. Nelsons
Ward
Hiram Houghtelling
Battle Creek
Abe Houghtelling
Mr. Houghtelling
Frank Kline
Mary Welch
Raymond
Hr. Rowley
Mrs. Goodell
Prank Crow
Texas
C. Burgess
W. T. Rawley Medical Company
Freeport
M. Wright
Marjorie
Fesion
Adams
Tomfin A. Smith
Morley
Mrs. Church
Tom. Kree
Summerton
Mr. Smith
George Rockafellow
S. H. Church
Wheeler
Little Miss Astor
C. S. Davidson
Senator Sherman
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