Alma and nearby visits and events noted
John Robson was in Alma on business while Bert Crow visited his brother George in Alma. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Fasbender attended a funeral in Muir and Buffalo, N Y, and Mrs. Huldah Mangus visited Alma midweek. School changes saw Orville Colethorp resign as principal for a bank post, Charles Weed named interim principal, and Ithaca officials patrolling the district. Socials included a teachers gathering with music and stories, and Iva Wiltse from Ithaca called on friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robson
Alma
Sinead
Hoxie
Elm Malloy
Ovid Seaman
Ithaca
F. J. Graham
Detroit
Bert Crow
George
G. M. Jones
Lois Fasbender
Muir
Samuel Cleverden
Iva Wiltse
Old Friends
John Fowler
Canada
Deeds Over Words Advise Alma on Doan's Kidney Pills
Alma Michigan residents testify to lasting relief from kidney complaints after using Doan's Kidney Pills. E R Griffith of 220 State St corroborates a 1906 backache cure and permanent improvement, noting widespread recommendations and availability from Foater-Milburn Co Buffalo NY, sole US agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Alma
E. R. Griffith
State St
Alma Mich
Doan
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Shoe stock sold to Durand merchants for expansion
Simon Meesinger sells his entire shoe stock to Memers R. J. and A. A. Chick who ship the goods to Durand for shelving and sale. The sale frees space for his growing dry goods business and the Chickes plan to offer an excellent line of bargains to Durand shoppers. The stock value and exact figures are not stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Meesinger
Memers R. J
A. A. Chick
Durand
Mr. Messinger
Messrs Chickes
Alma
South State Street
Oun
Local Events and Notices From Pollagky Shoe Store to Theatre
An assortment of community items including a window display at Pollagky shoe store, social visits, birth announcement, church services, union meeting, society gathering, and theatre plans. Also notes on local business moves, carpet displays, and upcoming Civil Service examinations for draftsmen and apprentice draftsmen with stated salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pollagky
Andy Hall
B. C. Button
George Gulick
Crandall
Scott
Superior Street
L. J
Conn
L Smith
Button
Montana
C. F. Fishcock
Vandette
Leaders Stock Co
United States Civil Service Examiner
Eli Brown
Mr. Brown
Judge Sears Maintains Sharrar Conviction For Whisky Sale
Detroit Free Press dispatch reports the Michigan Supreme Court sustained the conviction of Alma druggist George Sharrar for selling whisky to an habitual drunkard on a physician prescription. The case involved Simon Oberlin, Gratiot County farmer, who obtained a whisky quinine mixture prescription filled by Sharrar despite Oberlin’s known addiction. The court held that the statute forbids druggists from selling liquor to certain persons even for medicinal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Supreme Court
George Sharrar
Alma
Gratiot County
Simon Oberlin
Oberlin
Sharrar
Supreme Const
Forest Hill School Hosts Arts Lecture and Social
Commissioner Pike visited Forest Hill School on September 28 and praised the improving high school. The primary class staged a chapel, Oliver Wendell Holmes’s The Chambered Nautilus is memorized by high school pupils, and former student Willard Frisbee returned on September 26. An October 7 town hall event features a clothes pin social with supper for two, auctioning pins to match costumes, plus a fishing pond. proceeds fund an organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Willard Frisbee
Sale of J Cobem & Bro Adverts
The store of J Cobem and Brother will hold a sale on Tuesday and Wednesday October 4 and 5 on account of the Hebrew New Year. Local notice invites customers to attend for discounts and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Cobem & Bro
Roy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oya
Sumner
LOGAL
A. B
A.M
A. J. Potter
Frances Willard Union
W. Vilet
Wright Ave
Father Light
Ethel Gillett
W. F. Mann
Wheaton's
Ralph Miller
Miller Tires the Grocers
B. OC
Woodworth Avenue
Sears
Forest Hill School
Bne
Brainard & Armstrong
D.w.robinson
Alma, Mich
A _C. THORNTON & SON
Ee Fe
GC. L
M. Delavan
Aima
Mick
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