Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-04-27
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J. s. Phelps. Grand Rapids. com
mitted suicide by drinking carboli,
acid
+. Twiss. former resident OF HIS
dale for many years in Lansing. I,
dead
] A huge tract of virgin timber. il
is reported. is To be opened III
in Otsego and Montmorency counties
this spring
A. w. Reed. aged s.. for twenty
i've years a merchant at Worthwhile
died OF illness brought on by his g.
yanced age.
Andrew Bratnie who had beer
a resident of Saginaw county since
1852. is dead after brief illness. HC
came to Saginaw siNty-four years ago
The March vital statistics will
break all records for Michigan births
According 10 Chief Statistician vii
liam f. Petrie, births for the month
exceed 1000
Michael Mccarthy fifty years OF
age. OF Battle Greek, committed sui
eide He was found on the floor OF his
Kitchen with all the burners of gas
stove turned on.
Pere Marquette car ferry IS held
at Ludington was released from
quarantine after fumigaton for case
Of black diphtheria developed BY "A
deckhand named Smith
William Egberts Kalamazoo young
man. is dead as a result Of being IN.
able to stop nose hemorrhaee for
thirty-six hours. The young mans
mother died in the same way
The body OF Fred Clark. the Yp.
SLANT man who was struck at The
drst bridge west OF Ypsilant by a
Michigan Central train and hurled in
to the Huron river. has been recoyer
ed
Colonel J. p Petermann. an ac.
tive citizen of Calumet. has been
named president of the newlyorgan-
ized Federated Commercial clubs. Of
northern Michigan and northern Wis
consin
Another large timber tract 90 De OPP
Grated this spring is located in the
south end of Cheboygan county and
viii be reached hy a two-mile exten
sion of the Michigan Central Hask.
wood branch
Leo Letter. who has been the
manager of J.. Rarber company's
creamery an Howard City. was found
at Reed City He disappeared from
Howard City and II was feared that
he had been murdered
Word was received by Battle
Creeks friends OF the death of
Or Alice J. Beebee at Pass Christian.
Miss. where she had gone 10 re with
the children Of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
: Butterfeld Of Battle Creek
The owners of peach orchards in
@ i0Uiit of Eaton Rapids. fs
ay hat the buds did not
tlro p the winter n9r up 70 tho rrcs
en- tiHo this spring and that the r~-s
ie e0oi for heaN peach r0p
l0~ wear
Scarcity of laborers in the Lake
superior copper mines. despite the
fact that the wages are the highest
i'm the history OF tho industry. is be-
coming factor threatening To pre-
vent increases in the copper product OF
the lake district
Through a friendly suit. settled at
lshpeming. 5000 miners. former EN-
ployes of Captain Thomas Walters
when he owned the Lake Angelne
mine there. will receive back their ~
spective portions in a $4,000 munal
benefit fund
Twelve Young men near Muskegon
enlisted in the aeronautical corps
of the United States army. They wfl
be employed at the Continental NJ
tors plant at Muskegon under on ar.
rangement between the company an
the war department
Rev J. X. McCreery and his two
daughters residents at Hastings had a
narrow escape from death when their
home took fire The father is a par
lytic, and in rescuing him, the Cir
Ntl' pbiAttu w ihoH through lllF I
flames on a stairway
The absent voter act passed o.,
the last session of the legisla
ture i'm obedience to an amendment |
to the constitution. had it's first def. /
mite tryout at the primaries April 3 |
From all indications election officers
are not very well pleased with II |
Three of Nassars best known
pioneer citizens died within twenty !
four hours. They are: Mrs l.. NJ |
Jones, seventy-one years of age. a res
ident there sixty years; Henry Owen.
sixty-seven. and Mrs Julia Miller. |
years old. for many years !
a school teacher
Crowley Brothers. firm OF De
troit. and the ld-Bertsch Shoe /
of Grand Rapids. and 9th.
ers, have brought proceedings in the
United States court to have the Fair
corporation. which operates large
department store at Grand Rapids
bankrupt
On condition of furnishing suitable
armory for the storing OF equipment
and that battalion consisting of four
batteries OF 13S men each be recruited |
among the students Of the University |
Of Michigan. the United States govern.
ment will furnish equipment for the
battalion 20 the value of s125.0OO.
Geo. stanchaIl. so. OF st. Johns.