Alma Area Social and Legal Notices Update
Frank Barnes visits Ithaca as boards plan meetings in October. Mrs Gaffney advertises millinery and dressmaking in Alma. Mrs Mary Brothers returns home from Chicago after a visit with Mrs Frank Ziegenfuss. Mra Miller shows corsets and invites ladies to call. Hinds returns from Dixie to Farwell, visiting Mra Opdyke. Mrs George Bates recovering at home after appendicitis. Mr Paul Barnes weds Metta McDonald in Burton. couple to live in Frankfort. L A Rix, Alma College alumnus, visits, will study at Ann Arbor. attends A W P Fair in Seattle.
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Alma
Mra
Miller
B.S. Hinds
Dixie
Idaho
Sistel
M. K B. Opdyke
Farwell
George Bates
Brainerd Hospital
Viet
Wright Avenue
Prank Barnes
Buron
Ohio
Paul
Metta McDonald
Barnes
Frankfort
L. A. Rix
Alma College
West
Seattle
Washington
Ezra Smith
Rix
The
University At
Ann Arbor
Alma Elevator job for twenty five girls at 208 Woodworth
Otis Sprague and John Know among names listed with social notes on visits and meetings. Mrs Melisa Mosher leaves for Greenville while Mrs Ray Fuller and son Earl travel to Crystal. Presbyterian Ladies Aid set meeting at Mrs G Rhodes home. Alma Benevolent Circle and Alva Hive announce events. County Sunday school convention planned in Ithaca with Presbyterian church sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Sprague
Riverdale
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
G. Rhodes
Gan
Wm. Horton
Mabel Horton
J. M. Zinn
Mis City
Taysday
Alua Hive Seta
Saternag
Alma Benevolent Circle
Peter Patty
Park Avenue
Local Markets Quotations and Prices Corrected Weekly
Weekly market page lists grain prices for Wheat No 1 white 1.07, No 2 red 1.08, oats, shelled corn 0.70, beans 1.85, timothy 10.00, hay mixed 10.00, clover 0.00 per ton, rye 1.75 per bushel, timothy 1.75 per bushel. live stock hogs 7.40 per cwt, beef cattle 4.00 per cwt, sheep 4.50 per cwt, lambs 6.00 per cwt, veal calves 7.00 per cwt. dressed meats beef per pound, hogs 10.50 per cwt, veal per pound. poultry and hides include young chickens, hens, ducks, geese, turkeys, hides, tallow. vegetables and fruits list potatoes 0.50 per bushel, butter 0.26 per lb, lard 1.10 per lb, honey 0.18 per lb.
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P. T. Hanghart
Miller Bros
Central Pine River social notes visitors and guests
Central Pine River society items list Mr and Mrs W Sullivan guests of Jol Sullivan family on Sunday. Mrs George Farrough and son Donald visited Mr and Mrs Charley Sullivan. Mr and Mrs Charles Sullivan visited George Farrough and family. Al Pontine of Forest Hill visited his daughter Mrs A Sullivan. Mrs Albert Pontine of West Twin River went to Ludington for a short visit with relatives, accompanied by her granddaughter Miss Belle Sullivan.
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W. ©. Sullivan
Jol Sullivan
George Farrough
Donald
Charley
Charles Sullivan
George Farrough and
al Pontine
Forest Hill
A. Sullivan
Albert Pontine
West Tine River
Ludington
Belle Sullivan
Separated milk for calves promotes strong growth
The article urges farmers to use cream separators to feed calves with warm separated milk. It argues separated milk prevents stunted growth, improves bone and sinew, and offers cheaper nutrition than butterfat. It recommends buying a cream separator for herds of three to ten cows to raise healthy calves.
Davis School District Residents Move and Social Visits
Davis School District residents Janson Carmer and wife moved to a new home in Alma last week. The Gleaners plan a hall repaint. Frances Howell visited with Mr and Mrs W Searmen of Ithas Inet. Lervis Peacock and friends visited Ferris. Tessie Sasten of Alma visited her sister Lucy Verlan. Win Snyder returned home from a visit with her sister in Ithacs. Pat Summons and family of Alma visited Henry Fuller’s. A birthday party honored Mrs Ho Dennis on her 65th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Es Janson Carmer
Alma
Frances Howell
W. Searmen
Ithas Inet
Lervis Peacock
Ferris
Tessie Sasten
Lucy Verlan
Pat Summons
Mra
G. Quick
Jensie Fuller
Sumner
Henry Fuller
Ho Dennis
NOYES DISTRICT Family Visits and Illnesses Reported
Fred Ray and wife hosted his uncle with George Ray's relatives who visited Grand Ledge this week before returning home Saturday. Mrs M D Birmingham of Arcada visited friends nearby. Mr Murwin is seriously ill with a physician from Alma attending. Dr Habe suffered an abscess previously. A B Morris and wife did business in Ithaca on Wednesday. Nile Crites and Mr Drake of Crystal visited relatives in the area. George Brown and family spent Sunday with Truman Van Orman. Floyd Miner visited his parents J Miner and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Birmingham
Arcada
Murwin
Alma
Habe
A.B. Morris
Ithaca
Nile Crites
Mr. Drake
Crystal
George Brown
Truman van Orman
Floyd Miner
J. Miner
Common Sense With Medicine for Livestock Care
A reader shares practical livestock care tips showing that minor ailments can be cured by simple measures. A stiff mare improved in two weeks through salt and vinegar leg baths, rubbing for circulation, daily walking, and outdoor access when possible, highlighting self-reliance over heavy medical intervention.
Snakes of East Africa and a war memory tale
A fragmented diary style note discusses East African snakes, noting few species compared to the south, and mentions pythons as not dangerous. The text recounts a wartime memory of awaking to a black mwamaba in bed, describing fear and a late reaction, with garbled reflections on cold and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Africa
South Africa
Alek
Disgusted Veteran Author and a Sea loving Karr
A youthful man in Etretat once praised the sea to Alphonse Karr who replied that the sea is a wicked thing if used to disgust others. The piece shifts to a promotion for Electric Bitters, claiming health benefits and vigor for the body. It ends with a price and a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etretat
Alphonse Karr
Karr
Genevieve
Paria
F Brown
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Frank Barnes
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B. Fisher
Park Avenue, North
Mary Brothers
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Frank Ziegenfuss
Opera House
Geo. J. Maier
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George Ray
Will Heckethorne
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Grand Ledge
Walt Whitman
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