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CASS CITY C HRONICL,tE TRI COUNTY CHRONICLE, Established in 1899 [Consolidates GAS.5 CITY,, /~iICH., FRIDAY, DECEflBEI~ 2~, 19ii VO[. 6, No. 35 OASS CITY 'ENTERPRISE, Established in 1881 (April 20. 1906. SU PERViSO'RS' PROCEEDINGS. CHRISTMAS MEETING DYKEMAN-REED. UPHOLDST RIFF ON -ANNIVFRDFA I Held Monday Afternoon by Woman's SeymoUr Reed of Grand Rapids GIIN, HOUQHION The record" of the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors o~ Tuscola Study Club. and Mrs. Emma Dykeman of this County of the sessions~ of April, June On Monday aEternoon the Woman's city were married at Grand Rapids WED[IINBCELEBRATED on December 4 at the home of J. K. SUOAR B[N[Fi{IAL ANSWERSSlI ONSand October, 1911, are printed in full Study club met at the home of Mrs. Starke, chaplain of the Soldiers' in the Chronicle this week. They J. H. Hays and enjoyed another so- Home. Mr. Starke performed the IMPORTERS OF SUGAR HAVE'ViO- PIONEER SETTLER IN ELKLAND are of interest to the taxpayers of MR. AND MRS. ROBERT BROWN cial afgernoon, this one being in ceremony. LATED THE ~ LAW. TOWNSHIP. the county and aPPear in the supple- MARRIED 21 YEARS. sympathy with the Christmas season. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have come to ment enclosed witl~ the regular issue. Mrs. J. D. Brooker read an interest- Cass City and are making their' home Six Fifty Guests Assembled at the ing paper telling of the Christmas Committee Report Likely to So Show - M~ember of Family in Which in the residence of Mrs. Reed on • AUCTi£)N SALE. Brown Farm Home in Noves- celebrations in England. A humor- Says~ Congressman Jos. Served in the War of the West Main street, next to the town ta on Monday. ous Christmas reading was given by W. Fordney. Rebellion. hall. They have been acquaintances James Haggerty announces on Mrs. Hays and this was followed by for many years. page three an auction sale on his a recitation by Mrs. Etta Rowley. One of the pleasing events of this Congressman Joseph W. Fordney George N. Houghton, a pioneer set- farm, 4 miles west and 2 miles north Two musical numbers added great- month was the celebration Mon- has returned to' his home in Saginaw tler of this section, died at the home of Argyle, on Thursday, Dec. 28, ly to the afternoon's program. day noon of the twenty-first anni- from Washington and will remain ~f his daughter, Mrs. Maynard De- commencing at 12 o'clock. A choice Mesdames Schenck and Pinney sang OARO JUSTICEOF PEACE sary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. there until after Jan. 1. In aa~ inter- long, in this city on Friday, Dec. 15, list of property is offered. T.B. Ty- a duet and Mrs. l~ee rendered a pi- Robert Brown of Novesta, which oc- view he said: at the 'age of 75 years. roll-is the auctioneer. DIES OF PHEUMOHIA curred Dec. 18, 1890. ano solo. He was born in the Township of "Not much that I can tell you. I Invitations had been issued and, A Christmas tree was filled with Shaftsbury, Bennington county, Ver- Abrai~am J. Randall Served as Cir- have been very busy in Washington, the weather being ideal, were re- joke gifts with rhymes for each lady mont, on Nov. 15, 1836. He was a cuit Court Commissioner, Jus- giving much attention to the com- FOB MANYYEARS A sponded to by about fifty of their and Santa arrived in time to read resident of the State of New York tice and Village Attorney. mittee investigation of the alleged friends ai]d neighbors. The rooms the rhymes. Mrs. Pinney acted the when the War of the Rebellion broke sugar trust. The report will likely RESIDENTOF CASSCiTY were tastefully decorated for the oc- part of Mrs. Santa Claus and assist- oat and enlisted in a New York regi- "o to the house early next month. casion and the well ladened tables, ed the generous old soul in reading Abraham J. Randall, a well known ment of infantry. He was honora- The present indications are that the Mrs. H. C. Hgwey Answered Final made beautiful by ferns and Carna- the rhymes, many of which proved attorney and justice of the peace bly discharged for disabilities con- evidence will be submitted without ver~ funny. After each lady had re- of Caro, died at the home of his Summons Early Tuesday tions, were gracefully presided over recommendations, I think it will like- tracted in the service. ceived her precious gift, all marched Morning. by the three daughters of the house, mother, Mrs. Kate Randall, in that ly show beyond reasonable doubt. Mr. Houghton belonged to a fam- to the dining room where refresh- assisted by three othe~ young ladies. village, on Dec. ]4, after an illness of tuat the. refiners of imported raw su- ily which yeas very active in the an- ments consisting of pop corn, dough- After an illness of five weeks, After dinner Mr. and Mrs. Brown 11 days of pneumonia. gar through their eastern and affili- ti-slavery movement. His father and nuts, pickles and assorted can- Mrs. H. C. Howey passed away early were lured to the center of the He was born in Ohio 42 years ago ated connections have violated the four, brothers, besides himself, were dies were served. Tuesday morning at her home on room where Louis Wheeler, a justice and came w]th his parents to Caro provisions of the Sherman anti-trust members of the Union army in the It was with great pleasure that East Pine street. The funeral ser- of the p~ace, stood ready to reman'y law. I do not think the manufactur- Civil War, some of them serving all the club at this time extended a vices were conducted at the resi- them, and after putting much em- ers of domestic sugar, beet sugar, the four years of the struggle. vote of thanks to. Mr. Auten who has dence by Rev. J. A. Schweitzer on phasis on the "obey" clause rather have violate~ the law in any respect. In 1864 Mr. Houghton ,was united so generously supplied the club with Wednesday afternoon. abruptly closed the ceremony to I am sure the Michigan sugar men in marriage with Miss Sarah Tinney, their rooms. Votes of thanks were Louisa M. Vaughn was born in snatch the first kiss from the aston- have not. That the American Sugar a daughter of a Genessee county, also given to Mr. Striffler for furn- Bloomfield Center, Mich., on July 30, ished and blushing bride. Later Refining Co. owns stock in some of (Mich), clergyman. They came to ishing the Christmas tree and Mrs. 1839. She was twice married. The some of the "girls" threw old shoes the domestic sugar companies is. true, Elkland township about the year Hays for hospitality. The afternoon first time to George Men-ill, who at the couple and showered them but I do not think the big company ]:871, taking up a homestead in the was very pleasantly spent and much died many years ago. In October, with rice. has or intends to dominate them. northeastern part of the township ~'. credit is due the committee in 1887, she became the wii~e of H. C. Malcolm Ferguson accompanied They hold less than 35 per cent of Later they moved to Novesta town- charge, Mrs. Striffler and Mrs. Lee. himself on the organ and sang with ship, and while there, Mr. Houghton Howey. They have made their home stock in Michigan compaa~ies, having tender feeling the beautiful old conducted a large saw mill for sev- in Cass City for many years. recently disposed of some of it. They song, "Silver Threads among the aral years, on his farm, 3 miles south Mr. Howey and one.daughter. Mrs. have also sold Minnesota and Califor- Gold." After many congratulations ARESIDENT OF SANILAG ~nd ½ mile west of Cass City. Here Jas. McPherson, of Sandusky, a sis- nia stock. and good wishes the guests, depart- they have lived until a few months ter, Mrs. M. A. Conn of Detroit, and COUNTYSINGE 1869 "There is some talk about taking ago, when Mr. Houghton's severe ill- two brothers, Seeman and Ferdinand ed. the tariff off raw sugar. One can- Mrs. Brown was formerly Miss Ida ness made it advisable for them to Vaughn, both of Pontiac, survive. not tell what may be attempted, Moshier and Mr. Brown was too Geo. H. Banks, for over 15 Years a live v¢ith their daughter in this city. Relatives from out of town who but this is true, if the tariff on raw long NoveSta's popular supervisor Evergreen, Passed Mr. Houghton ~- has been afflicted attended the funeral were Mrs. Jas. Resident lof sugar was reduced one half it would to need introduction. All their mar- Away Dec; 18. with cancer for a period of 15 years, McPherson of Sandusky, Mrs. M. A. drive the producers of domestic su- ried life has been spent in the the last 10 years of' which the dis- ~Conn of Detroit and Ira Howey of gar out of business. If the people neighborhod where they now reside. Geo H. Banks, for over 15 yea~s ease has beet of a serious nature. Bay City. were at the mercy of the AmeriCan They have five children of whom a resident of Evergreen1 township, Cancer of the stomach was thd4 cause Sugar Refining Co. it is not difficult any parent might be proud. died at the home of his son, Chas.

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