Alma record., 1916-06-29
MICHIGAN NEWS
ITEMS IN BRIEF
Paragraphs Of interest to w&
VERNE State Readers.
News OF All Kinda Gathered From
Various Points In the State and So
Reduced In Size That II Will Appeal
to All Glasses Of Readers.

to Al Glasses Of Readers.
Perry Van Wormer. ~. resident
OF Nassar fifty years. is dead
Col. VIM. +. Preston. for seventeen
terms mayor OF Mackinac Island. died
at his home
Mrs. Joe Marshall. pioneer
resident of Milikin. was killed by
a Pere Marquette train
j ST Mary. 80 years proprietor OF
the Star Clothing house and CarOs
oldest business man, is dead.
julius w Inel was elected pres
dent of the Michigan Elks associa-
tion at the state convention at the
500
Kenneth, son of II. Wilcox. resid-
ing east of Hastings. was seriously
scalded when he fell into a pail of
boiling water
w. NJ Ostand. 20. Ypsilanti. twenty
o-r years a Michigan newspaper man
aNd formerly professor i'm Oliyet and
Albion college. is dead
Cold wet weather has caused dam
axe to the melon crop in Mid -.
n pointed out that the crop " N
b. about half OF normal
Thomas Fisher, quarry man OF
Grindstone City who had been work
ins al Harbor Beach. was killed on
the railroad trestle at Port Austin
Peter Anderson. aged 2S years. ard
Richard Northey. thirty-one. married.
OF Atlantic mine. We're drowned in
Lake Eva. ten miles south OF Houi,
ton
John y. Bush. %. veteran Republi.
can campaigner and pioneer contrac.
Tor of Lansing. died at his home. He
had been a resident OF Lansing since
1S47.
Burr |. Davis. aged q. was killed
and his sister Winifred and Miss Fay
a Young. a domestic science teacher.
were injured. in an automobile acct
dent near Battle Greek
Tiemmen Schepel - years of age,
OF Holland. is year older than
his grandmother SchepeIs grandfath-
er, who is seventy-five years old re
Gently married girl OF eighteen
Mrs Eva Prince. Mason medal win.
ner. has requested OF the Carnegie
hero fund managers that the $1,000 in
cash that goes with the medal. be de
voted to the purchase OF a home for
herself in Mason.
TWO weeks ago Edward j Manglus
formerly OF Elmira. employe of a Ian
sing fve-and-ten cent store, let a heavy
iron door drop on his right foot crush.
ing the big toe badly. The injury
caused his death.
At its late meeting the general sy-
nod of the Reformed Church in Amer
lea unanimously accepted as a gift
| Central college at Pella. Ia. a $1l0,-
600 institution. from the Northern
Baptist convention.
The body OF Earl Williams. the
fourteen-year-old Alpena school boy
who came TO his death by electrocu
ton. the third victim from this caus se
near Alpena. was carried TO the grave
/ by Alpena boy scouts.
Soloman Wilhelm Bay City resident
and several times an alderman, civ
II war veteran and manager OF a 10
| cal storage company. was taken with
acute indigestion and died before a
| doctor could reach him.
That the ranks of the G. A. r. IN
Michigan are rapidly being thinned by
/ death. Is shown by the annual report
of Asst AdJt. Gen. Henry Spauldine
in which the deaths OF 573 veterans
are recorded for last year.
A romance which started several
years ago with students at Hope col
lege eliminated this week in the
marriage of Rev Alexander Var
Rronkhurst. Of Jacksonville. and Miss
Helena De Maagd. OF Coopersville.
With s21 100000 assets the knights
of the Maccabees are in the best Fl
nancial condition in their history, ac
cording to a report made at the state
convention by George S. Love
lace. great commander Of the order.
Earl Muzzy. a fonrteen-year-old lad
Of Owosso. found a loaded 32-cad
bre revolver belonging to his father
william Muzzy. and in playing wild
West" with his brother. Charles. elev
en- years old shot the younger boy
through the thigh
The home of Mrs. H. w. Martin,
who resides at Royal Oak. was
the scene OF a pretty triple wedding.
The principals were the three brothers
of Mrs. Martin. Bert NJ. Smith and
Miss Grace NJ Borst, George T.
Smith and Miss Pearl Austin. and
FLOYD G. Smith and Miss Elsie Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. John Vrieling. pioneer
residents OF Overisel. and Mr.
and Mrs II. J. Kollen. OF Holland si
multaneously celebrated the flfty-hfth
anniversary of their marriage. They
we're married in a double ceremony
bv the same minister in 1861 For
forty-seven years they lived on ad
Joining farms In Overisel.
Owing to difficulties a: Jackson In me
handling OF blind pig cases in which
women. with children. are the offen
ders. the sheriffs department has hit
upon new scheme which is that
when a woman is arrested. her chill
dren will De placed i'm the Friendly
home. her household goods placed in
storage and the accused sent to jail
unless she is able to furnish bail.