Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-03-16


veteran and lifelong resident of Eaton
Rapids. is dead.
James Crawford, of Escanaba more
than half century, is dead at the age
of seventy-eight years.
Several OF Co. c, NJ. n. c., are Ii
pear at the last inspection.
Patrick Culligan, SIS, president of the
Alpena County Savings bank, resident
of Alpena since 1870, is dead.
Charles Beals, we'll known through
out the upper peninsula and northern
Wisconsin, is dead of apoplexy
Sam. Gate, resident of Lake Linden.
veteran mining man and resident OF
the copper country for more than hur-
ty years, is dead.
Capt G. Smith, known in marine cir
cles on the great lakes, and former
pilot OF the steamer Friant, Is dead at
his home at Marquette.
A $4,000 fire visited the village
OF Hermansville, Mich, and for a
time threatened to destroy the large
I
r. ~ Roberts, OF Escanaba, veteran
lumberman and employe of the |. Ste
phenson company, is dead. following
a short illness with pneumonia.
The government selected a site Az
miles from Eagle river on what Is
known as Sand Point. for the erection.
Of a lighthouse and fog signal station.
DR.. Herman Ostrander, for % years
connected with the Kalamazoo State
hospital. has been elected superin-
tendent to succeed the late Alfred /.
/ Noble.
Mrs j. Potyin's son, Victor, aged 2,
was burned in a fire which destroyed
the Potvin home, three miles south of
/ Ossineke
Word is received of the death in
( Charlotte, \. c., of Mrs. Thomas Cor
nelson, wife of Rev. Thomas Cor
Nelson. former pastor OF Hastings
Presbyterian church.
Brainsrd Dalton, killed by a pas
senger train. was the sqp of r. p. Dal
ton, former assistant superintendent
of the Grand Trunk, with headquar.
ters at Battle Creek.
The Menominee school board by a
unanimous vote approved plan to
create a bond issue OF S16b.00O TO be
used in making extensive changes in
school buildings there.
Dreaming she was being pursued and
she and her baby were in danger OF
death, Mrs. Joseph Kliniwk held the
child so closely in her arms that II
was killed at Grand Rapids.
Authorities are informed by Sec
rotary Lansing that John N. Dolkie, q
native OF Calumet. who has been de
tanned by British authorities ut Man
chester, England. has been released
The City of Sault Ste. Marie
will have a new charter II q PROPOSE
ton calling for charter revision car
riss at the spring election In April
following action taken by the city
council.
Logging in copper country was cur
tailed about 80 per cent since the frs
Of the year, according to Z. A. Hamar
manager OF the Worcester Lumber
company OF Chassell. The snow is TIT
cause.
Henry Ford is preparing Il
launch a countrywide campaign o
newspaper and magazine advertising
against the program for huge nava
and military expenditures now befor'
congress.
Miss Emma TRAIN. about IS. know
throughout the upper peninsula as 9TH
mystery woman OF Au Train" and al
so known as "Swede Emma" is dea'
In her little cabin on the shore OF A
Train lake.
Word from Illinois officers was re
ceived at Coldwater that Ralph MOI
TON, OF that city, son of Frank Norto
had been arrested at Kankakee. Ill
charged with the murder OF tram
companion.
Locked out OF his home when he RI
turned from the Howe military acat
envy, Howe, Ind, Frederick Travis
Jr.. son of a prominent business ma
and capitalist. was forced TO seek she
ter at the Clinton county poor farm
Mrs. +. May, Kalamazoo won
an. said to have at one time been
prominent resident of northern Ind
ana. where she was active in churc
and fraternal circles, was sentence
, to serve sixty DAYS in the county ia
for running blind pig"
The telephone served a unique pu
I pose at Manistique when l.. G. Barnt
2 OF Escanaba entered a plea OF guilt
r TO a charge Of hunting deer with dos
' without leaving the confines OF Deli
< county. Justice Mckinney fixed b
fine of SIS. TO be forwarded by tel
graph
Shortages of seed corn in the northeI
q states are becoming more serious
! the Importance of the crop in tn
: area increases In 1903 the acreage
; corn in the northern tier OF states
! New England, New York. Michiga
u Wisconsin. Minnesota. the Dakota
y Montana, Idaho and Washington-wI
Z 6,716,152 acres. Last year II was 1
: 121 900.
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