Kant-Sink Swimming Harness Company Expands Reach
The Kant-Sink Swimming Harness Company organized in this city now manufactures goods and ships orders nationwide. A Saturday Evening Post ad campaign boosts visibility and the Send & Send studio provided photos. Curtis Publishing Co. praised the art as exceptional for a Traverse City firm.
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Kant-Sink
United States
Saturday Evening Post
Send & Send
Curtis Publishing Co
Traverse City
Etn
Peeping Suspect Shot After Home Invasions
Mrs. Marjorie Wright of 409 West Ninth Street warned off an intruder who returned on Saturday night. A second visit led her to threaten to shoot. She fired four times after a midnight intrusion. Henry Edwards, 18, was found in hospital Monday with a shoulder wound from a bullet.
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Peeper
Marjorie Wright
Ninth St
Reno
Cathy
Regulations Governing Physical Examinations
The article lists the height weight and chest standards for draft registration under President Wilson. It notes permissible variations for active vigorous men and mentions cases of below standard height but good physique. It also references Red Cross work and local social events, plus two youths named Charles Cadmus and Richard Martin being arrested for stealing brass.
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Wight
Wilson
Charlevoix
Charles Cadmus
Richard Martin
Novak
Local Notes and Visits Across Williamsburg
Mrs A B Hobbs and daughter Fra ees visit St Johns while Charles with uncle in Fife Lake during his absence. Mr and Mrs Carl Vinton and baby of Detroit visit here. Grant Wells buys Herschel Hobbs farm. Hobbs to live in Traverse City. Niagara Falls trip for Lute Hoyt. Cherry harvest begins with Black Knights. crop looks strong. Quick city drug-store delivery offered by Scott s City Drug Store.
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A. B. Hobbs
Fra Ees
St Johns
Charle
Fife Lake
Elwin Hilld
Cooper
Kennett
Mer
Benie
Grant Wells
Herschel Hobbs
Mr. Hobbs
Traverse City
Lou Thacker
Raverse City
John White
Lute Hoyt
White
Niagara Falls
Funeral services for Mrs Sunquist held in Anderson chapel
Mrs Emil Sunquist died in Rochester Minnesota on July 12. She was born in 188? to Mr and Mrs John Lardie and married Emil Sunquist in 1912. A lifelong Peninsula resident she left a husband, her parents and three sisters among other relatives.
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Emil Sunquist
Anderson Chapel
Amttina Nelson R N Nelson Dies in City
Amttina Nelson died at her home Tuesday night after 32 years in the area. She leaves her husband two daughters Alta and Mrs Sivert Christianson three sons Emil Bernard Theo two brothers Peter and Alfred Strattenberg and three sisters in Sweden. Funeral services from the home at 1 and from the Swedish Church at 2 Friday with interment at Cedar City.
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Rene Nelson
Arthur Lafayette dies of heart disease on peninsula
Arthur C. Lafayette, 48, died at home on the peninsula Monday night from heart disease. A resident for many years he was well known and respected. He leaves a daughter Cecil and three brothers William, Henry and Peter. Funeral services were held from the home at 20 Black Thursday afternoon, with burial in Oakwood.
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Arthur C. Lafayette
Alvay
Cecil
William
Henry
Peter
Oakwood
Local Obituaries and Small-Scale Community Notices
Sylvester Butler, 67, died at State hospital and leaves four children. Funeral services were held at Weaver chapel with burial in Oakwood. Phil Swartz plans a new bakery at 5138 Union St. Lionel Burkhead, 224 Park St, adds a third wheel to his bicycle ice chest to sell ice cream and give five percent to the Red Cross. Commissioner Coddington urged a park fountain and linking the old fountain to city water.
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Sylvester Butler
State Hospital
Mr. Butler
Weaver Chapel
Oakwood
Phil Swartz
Union St
Mr. Swartz
Traverse City
Fred Schall
City Bakery
Clapp & Son
TC. State Hospital
Lionel Burkhead
Park St
Red Cross
Chicken and Fish Dinners to Crystal Inn Beulah Mich
Local posting advertises chicken and fish dinners and suppers at the Crystal Inn in Beulah Michigan. The notice invites residents to enjoy meals at the inn, highlighting house specials and guest service.
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Crystal Inn
Beulah, Mich
Street Parade Tops Big City Summer Fest in July
Indianapolis gears for a major street parade on Tuesday July 24 as Fort Benjamin Harrison troops near the city. Civic groups offer open houses dances and club hospitality to soldiers with tennis courts pools and rest rooms available.
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Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Morrison
W.C.A
Chattanooga
Gerald Curtis
Niagara Falls
Little Rock
Ark
San Antonio
Poids
Babyland Welcomes Newborns From Daily Visitors
Stork visits over recent Sundays bring newborns to local families listed: Levin Homan and spouse on West Fight Street welcome a son Robert De Pres. Perry Buskley and spouse on St Eleventh St welcome a son Jo t Joseph. Amos I Friedrich and spouse on Union SE welcome a baby boy. Hugh Meredith and Curtis on Spruce Street welcome a baby girl. Chester Hardy and spouse on Ninth Street welcome a baby boy. James Morey and spouse on Union greet a newborn yet unnamed.
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Babyland
Amos I. Friedrich
Union SE
Hugh Meredith
Lowell’ Curtis
S. Spruce St
Chester Hardy
OFW
Newell
James Morey
Union
Gyueth Ena
Crandall Family Rebuilds After Farm Fire Near Owase
O inarcay Crandall and family live on Gacnun farm southwest of town. They cope with loss as Crandall, once employed by the Ann Arbor railroad, seeks a new future home after the blaze.
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Crandall
Ann Arbor Railroad
Scott's City Drag Store Notices Drug Want Ad Item
Fragmentary OCR reads a sale or request referencing Relephone drug items and a 201 Citizens or R80 address centered on Scott's City Drag Store, indicating a classified-style notice.
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Scott’s City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kant-Sink Swimming Harness Company
U.S
the Red Cross
Ladies Aid
Asbury M.E. Church
Friends Church
Bay Shore
Williamsburs
Mrs
Carl Vinton
Baby
Detroit
Vinton
Amasi Brown
Ple
Drive Thru
Oakland
Black Knights
Scott's City Drug Store
Emil ‘Sunquist
Amtina Nelson
Arthur Lafayette
Coddington
Pere Marquette Dept
Oldiers
War Department
Cook Brothers’ Circus
Geo. Winnie
Queen City Floral Co
South Union Sower
Ward Burns
Carl Fievee
Ofc
Sin Antrim Tonnty
Marvin
Lake Ave
Margie Crisp
James Jannon
the Christian Church
Ford A. Ellis
Ratchin
Hotel Whiting
Cook Brothers
Verse City
Charlotte Frankie
Wednes
Angus MeColl
Front Street
McColl
Fte Allen
West Seventh St
Mt. Pleassnt
Edna Ant
Union Street
Kane Kine
Grand Rapids
Missy Luella Kinne
JE. Hutchins
Barrow St
Meeboer
S. Union ST
Floq. Nicholson
Reos
Fords
Studebakers
Mitchells
Hudson
Overland
Everett
West Michigan
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