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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 02138 4232 Gc 977.401 M76w 1917 Montcalm County, Michigan, rural directory
HE FRAM JOURNAL ILLUSTRATED
DIRECTORY OF
MONTCALM COUNTY
1917 MICHIGAN 1.9 % 2.
MONTCALM COUNTY. COURT HOUSE; STANTON, MICH.
PUBLISHED BY WILMER ATKINSON COMPANY PUBLISHERS "ONTHE . FARM JOURNAL WASHINGTON SQUARE. PHILADELPHIA
J. S. NEWELL, President THOMAS HILL, Vice President
S. M. DINSMORE, Cashier H. S. NEWELL, Ass't Cashier
The State Bank of Montcalm County
Coral Citizens Telephone Michigan
Directors Van S. Reynolds Thomas Hill Capital, Surplus and Deposits, $255,000 J. S. Newell M. C. Arbogast S. M. Dinsmore Pays 4% on Deposits
Montcalm Stock Farm E. A. STOKES, Breeder of HIGH CLASS PERCHERON HORSES SHORT HORN CATTLE and POLAND CHINA SWINE
My Herd Bull is the noted Charlotte B'S Dan, Tracing to Imp. Clarksville. Surplus Registered Stock always for sale. Business done every day in the week except Sundays. Correspondence solicited and Information Freely Given.
EDGAR A. STOKES, Prop. GOWEN, MICH.
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Peaceful, Prosperous and Profitable.
MONTCALM COUNTY SOME FACTS AND FIGURES
M ONTCALM COUNTY, with a total of 4,678 farms in an area of 724 square miles, is distinctly a farm county. More than 84 per cent. of the entire area of the county is in its farms, and more than 67 per cent. is under cultivation. The farms are, as a rule, of more than average size, about 2 per cent. being under ten acres. They are almost, without exception, profitable and corre- spondingly valuable. The farmers, as a class, are the most prosperous folks in the county. In view of the number of farms, that is in itself a statement of the wealth of this section.
The farm population of Montcalm County is almost exclusively native-born white.
It is interesting to note.the number of farms in the county operated by their owners. Of this class there are 4,061, or 86 per cent. One thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, or 44 per cent., of them are reported free of mortgage debt. This is an exceptionally large percent- age. Of the balance, the remarkably low mortgage indebtedness of only 29 per cent. of the entire valuation is carried. Even in the absence of
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DO YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL A FARM?
I Can Help You
And Save You Time And Money, Too FRED A. GLEASON, Manager Michigan Farm Home Co. :-: Greenville, Mich. 110 South Lafayette St. (Ground Floor)
PETERSON & HANSEN DEALERS IN
All kinds of Farm Implements Harness Silos Paints and Oil
Groceries, Dry Goods Boots and Shoes Cream Separators Potato Diggers Potato Sprayers
IN FACT, ANYTHING A FARMER NEEDS SIDNEY, MICH.
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Money to Loan upon Real Estate
4% Interest Paid on Savings Deposits
General Banking Business Transacted
Your Business Solicited
PEOPLES STATE BANK EDMORE, MICHIGAN
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other statistical figures, these mortgage statements alone would indicate exceptional prosperity about Montcalm County farmers.
The largest single crop, and the one produced most generally throughout the entire county is potatoes, of which 2,228,416 bushels were produced in 1910, a notably bad crop year, but the latest for which authoritative figures are available. Following closely on this for quan- tity is corn, with a total of 912,594 bushels; oats comes next, with 598,632 bushels, and wheat fourth, with 232,837 bushels. The combined total of value of these four crops was in excess of two million dollars.
Everywhere is an atmosphere of hard work. Everyone takes work seriously and as a matter of course. There is no false pride about it, and no failure to realize its importance and its necessity. Rich farmers' wives, and sons and daughters take pride in their fine butter, their eggs, their vegetables, their chickens and their stock. The relations between the people of the farms and the people of the county seat are most cordial. The farmers deposit their savings in the local banks, and deal in the local stores.
This directory is published in the belief that it will serve to acquaint the residents of one end of the county with those of the other. We believe it to be accurate. We realize, however, that even in the most carefully compiled and printed books certain errors are bound to appear, and we apologize in advance for any such that may be found by our subscribers.
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Trufant Exchange Bank (Carl F. Hansen)
Your business will have prompt and careful attention
Citizens Telephone Trufant, Mich.
W. B. WHITE Breeder of Dairy Bred Short Horn Cattle, Oxford Down Sheep and Percheron Horses R. F. D. No. 1 Phone 77-4 L, 1 S
CARSON CITY
SLAWSON'S PILL SHOP SAME OLD CORNER Phone 4 W. W. SLAWSON, Prop. GREENVILLE - - MICHIGAN
THE CRYSTAL MAIL
The only advertising medium in Crystal Township High Class Newspaper, that covers the field Finely equipped job department No job too small or none too large for us to handle Let us give you an estimate on any work you may contemplate We guarantee satisfaction
C. W. LA DU, Publisher CRYSTAL, MICHIGAN
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MONTCALM COUNTY OFFICIALS
Sheriff-J. M. FORD
Clerk-ALFRED L. STEARNS
Treasurer-FRANK W. BAILEY
Register of Deeds --- FRANK P. CHURCH Probate Judge-L. M. MIEL Surveyor-R. D. MCNUTT Prosecuting Attorney-FRANK A. MILLER
Commissioners-FRED J. COLE JOHN W. DASEF Coroners-JOHN REYNOLDS ROBERT SCURRAH
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SPRAYING CALENDAR
PLANT
FIRST APPLICATION
SECOND APPLICATION 0
APPLE (Scab, rot, rust, codling moth, bud moth, tent cater- pillar, canker worm, cur- culio, etc.)
ASPARAGUS (Rust, beetles.)
Cut off all shoots below surface regularly until about July 1st.
Treat the seed before planting with bisulphide of carbon. (See . remarks.) When third leaf expands, Bordeaux.
Pyrethrum or insect pow- der.
Half strength Bordeaux on young plants in hotbed or seedbed.
· Bordeaux, after plants are transplanted to field. (Pyre. thrum for caterpillars if
necessary.)
When blossoms drop, Bor. deaux-arsenical mixture.
10 days later, hellebore. Bordeaux if leaf blight is feared.
Just before flowers unfold, Bordeaux-arsenical mixture.
10-14 days repeat. (Note: Always use half strength Bordeaux on watermelon
vines.)
When fruit has set, repeat. Jar trees for curculio.
PEAR AND QUINCE ..
(Leaf blight, scab, psylla, codling moth, blister mite, slugs, etc.)
PLUM (Curculio, black knot, leaf blight, brown rot, etc.)
POTATO (Flea beetle, Colorado beetle, blight rot, etc.)
Spray with Paris green and Bordeaux when about 4 in. high.
ΤΟΜΑΤΟ (Rot, blight, etc.)
When plants are 6 in. high, Bordeaux.
Repeat in 10-14 days. (Fruit can be wiped if dis- figured by Bordeaux.)
NOTE .- For San Jose scale on trees and shrubs, spray with the lime-sulphur mixture in autumn after leaves fall, or (preferably) in early spring, before buds start. The lime-sulphur
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If canker worms are abun- dant just before blossoms open, Bordeaux-arsenical mixture.
After cutting ceases, let the shoots grow and spray them with Bordeaux-arseni- cal mixture.
10 days later, Bordeaux.
7-10 days later, repeat.
CABBAGE (Worms, lice, maggots, etc.)
CELERY (Blight, rot, leaf spot, rust, caterpillars.)
CHERRY (Rot, aphis, slug, curculio, black knot, leaf blight, or spot, etc.)
As buds are breaking, Bordeaux; when aphis ap- pear, tobacco solution or kerosene emulsion.
At first appearance of worms, hellebore.
In spring, when buds swell, Bordeaux.
Bordeaux, when vines be- gin to run.
As the buds swell, Bor- deaux.
As buds are swelling, Bordeaux.
When buds are swelling, Bordeaux.
When blossoms have fallen, Bordeaux-arsenical mixture. Begin to jar trees for cur- culio.
Repeat before insects be- come numerous.
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When buds are swelling, but before they open, Bor- deaux.
BEAN (Anthracnose, leaf blight, weevil, etc.) -
CURRANT GOOSEBERRY ( Worms, leaf blight . )
GRAPE (Fungous diseases, Rose bugs, lice, flea, beetle, leaf hopper, etc.)
MELONS CUCUMBERS (Mildew, rot, blight, striped bugs, lice, flea beetle, etc.)
PEACH (Rot, mildew, leaf curl, curculio, etc.)
Just before blossoms open, Bordeaux. Kerosene emul- sion when leaves open for psylla, if needed.
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SPRAYING CALENDAR
THIRD APPLICATION.
FOURTH APPLICATION.
REMARKS.
When blossoms
have fallen. Bor-
deaux-arsenical ture.
mix-
8.12 days later. Bordeaux - arsenical mixture.
For aphis (lice) use one of the lice remedies mentioned elsewhere. Dig out borers from tree trunks with knife and wire. For oyster- shell scale, use whale-oil soap spray in June.
2-3 weeks later, Bor- deaux-arsenical mix- ture.
Repeat in 2-3 weeks.
Mow vines close to ground when they are killed by frost, burn them, and apply a mulch of stable manure.
14 days later, Bor- deaux.
14 days later, Bor- deaux.
For weevils: Put seed in tight box, put a cloth over seed, pour bisulphide of carbon on it, put lid on and keep closed for 48 hours. Use 1 oz. to 4 bus. of seed.
7-10 days later, re- peat.
Repeat every 10-14 days until crop is
gathered.
Root maggots: Pour carbolic acid emulsion around stem of plants. Club root: Rotate crops; apply lime to soil; burn refuse; treat seed with formalin before planting.
14 days later, re- peat.
14 days later, re- peat.
Rot or rust is often caused by hilling up with earth in hot weather. Use boards for summer cro. Pithy stalks are due to poor seed; or lack of moisture.
10-14
Hellebore, if a second brood of slugs appear.
Black knot: Dark fungous-looking bunches or knots on limbs. Cut off and burn whenever seen.
10-14 days, repeat, if necessary.
2 to 4 weeks later, repeat.
Cane-borers may be kept in check by cutting out and burning infested canes.
When fruit has set, Bordeaux - arsenical mixture.
2 to 4 weeks later, Bordeaux.
For lice, use any of the lice remedies. For rose bugs, use 10 pounds of arsenate of lead and one gallon of molasses in 50 gallons of water, as a spray. Or knock the bugs into pans of kerosene every day.
10-14 days, repeat.
10-14 days, repeat.
Use lice remedies for lice. For striped bugs, protect young plants with a cover of mosquito netting over each hill. Or keep vines well dusted with a mixture of air-slaked lime, to- bacco dust and a little Paris green.
When fruit is one- half grown, Bor-
Dig out borers. Cut down and burn trees affected with "yellows."
deaux.
NOTE :- It is safer always to use half- strength Bordeaux on peach foliage.
After blossoms have fallen. Bordeaux-ar- senical mixture.
8-12 days later, re- peat.
Look out for "fire blight." Cut out and burn blighted branches whenever seen.
10-14 days later, repeat. _
10-20 days later, Bordeaux.
Cut out black knot whenever seen.
Repeat for blight, rot and insects.
Repeat.
To prevent scabby tubers, treat the seed with formalin before planting.
Repeat in 10-14
Hand-pick tomato worms.
days.
mixture is a fungicide as well as a scale cure, and if it is used the first early Bordeaur spray may be omitted.
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days, Bor- deaux.
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SPRAYING FORMULAS
FUNGICIDES .- Bordeaux mixture is made by taking three pounds of sulphate of copper, four pounds of quicklime, fifty gallons of water. To dissolve the copper sulphate, put it into a coarse cloth bag and suspend the bag in a re- ceptacle partly filled with water. Next, slake the lime in a tub, and strain the milk of lime thus obtained into another receptacle. Now get some one to help you, and with buckets, simultaneously pour the two liquids into the spraying barrel or tank. Lastly, add sufficient water to make fifty gallons. It is safe to use this full-strength Bordeaux on almost all foliage-except, perhaps, on extra tender things, such as watermelon vines, peach trees, etc. For these it is wiser to use a half-strength mixture. " FORMALIN .- This is also called for- maldehyde, and may be purchased at drug stores. Its principal use is to treat seed potatoes to prevent "scab." Soak the whole seed for two hours in a mixture of one-half pint formalin and fifteen gallons of cold water; dry the seed, cut, and plant in ground that has not recently grown potatoes.
BORDEAUX COMBINED WITH INSECT POISON .- By adding one-quarter pound of Paris green to each fifty gallons of Bordeaux, the mixture becomes a com- bined fungicide and insecticide. Or, instead of Paris green, add about two pounds of arsenate of lead. The advan- tages of arsenate of lead over Paris green are, first, it is not apt to burn foliage even if used in rather excessive quantities; and, second, it "sticks" to the foliage, etc., better and longer.
INSECTICIDES .- ARSENATE OF LEAD .- This is the best insecticide for chewing insects, and is for sale by seeds- men. Use about two pounds in fifty gallons of water.
WHITE HELLEBORE .- This, if fresh,
may be used instead of Paris green in some cases-worms on currant and gooseberry bushes, for instance. (It is not such a powerful poison as the ar- senites, and would not do so well for tough insects such as potato-bugs.) Steep two ounces in one gallon of hot water, and use as a spray.
FOR SUCKING INSECTS .- Now we come to another class of insecticides, suited to insects which suck a plant's juice but do not chew. Arsenic will not kill such pests; therefore we must resort to solutions which kill by contact.
KEROSENE EMULSION .- One-half pound of hard or one quart of soft soap; kero- sene, two gallons; boiling soft water, one gallon. If hard soap is used, slice it fine and dissolve it in water by boiling; add the boiling solution (away from the fire) to the kerosene, and stir or violently churn for from five to eight minutes, until the mixture assumes a creamy consistency. If a spray pump is at hand, pump the mixture back upon itself with considerable force for about five minutes. Keep this as a stock. It must be further diluted with water be- fore using. One part of emulsion to fifteen parts of water, is about right for lice.
CARBOLIC ACID EMULSION .- Made by dissolving one pound of hard soap or one quart of soft soap in a gallon of boiling water, to which one pint of crude carbolic acid is added, the whole being stirred into an emulsion. One part of this is added to about thirty-five parts of water and poured around the bases of the plants, about four ounces per plant at each application, beginning when the plants are set out and re- peated every week or ten days until the last of May. Used to fight maggots.
WHALE-OIL SOAP SOLUTION .- Dissolve one pound of whale-oil soap in a gallon
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of hot water, and dilute with about six gallons of cold water. This is a good application for aphis (lice) on trees or plants. For oyster-shell or scurvy scale use this spray in May or June or when the tiny scale lice are moving about on the bark.
TOBACCO TEA .- Place five pounds of tobacco stems in a water-tight vessel, and cover them with three gallons of hot water. Allow to stand several hours; dilute the liquor by adding about seven gallons of water. Strain and ap- ply. Good for lice.
> LIME-SULPHUR MIXTURE. - Slake twenty-two pounds of fresh lump lime in the vessel in which the mixture is to be boiled, using only enough water to cover the lime. Add seventeen pounds of sulphur (flowers or powdered), hav- ing previously mixed it in a paste with water. Then boil the mixture for about an hour in about ten gallons of water, using an iron but not a copper vessel. Next add enough more water to make, in all, fifty gallons. Strain through wire sieve or netting, and apply while mixture is still warm. A good, high- pressure pump is essential to satisfac- tory work. Coat every particle of the tree. This is the standard San Jose scale remedy, although some orchardists prefer to use the soluble oil sprays now on the market.
PYRETHRUM, OR PERSIAN INSECT Pow- DER .- It may be dusted on with a pow- der bellows when the plants are wet; or one ounce of it may be steeped in one gallon of hot water, and sprayed on the plants at any time. It is often used on flowers, in greenhouses, on vegeta- bles, etc.
BISULPHIDE OF CARBON .- This is used to kill weevils in beans and peas, etc. It comes in liquid form and may be had 01 druggists. When exposed to the air it quickly vaporizes into a poisonous and explosive gas which is heavier than air and which will destroy all insect life. (Caution .- Do not inhale the vapor, and allow no lights near.)
Tobacco stems, tobacco dust, kainit, soot, freshly-slaked lime, dust, etc., are often used as insect preventives-in the soil around plants to keep away grubs, worms and maggots, or dusted on to discourage the visits of cucumber bugs, etc. (Note .- The first four arc excel lent fertilizers as well as insect pre- ventives.)
Crows and blackbirds frequently pull up planted corn. The best preventive is to tar the seed, as follows: Put the seed into a pail and pour on enough warm water to cover it. Add a tea- spoonful of coal-tar to a peck, and stir well. Throw the seed out on a sieve or in a basket to drain, and then stir in a few handfuls of land plaster (gyp- sum), or air-slaked lime.
A NEW FUNGICIDE .- Some orchard- ists are now using the following self- boiled lime-sulphur spray, instead of Bordeaux, claiming that it is less liable to spot or burn fruit and foliage: Put eight pounds of unslaked lump lime in a barrel; add enough water to cover. When the lime begins to heat, throw in eight pounds of flowers of sulphur. Constantly stir and gradually pour on more water until the lime is all slaked; then add the rest of the water to cool the mixture. About fifty gallons of water, in all, are required. Strain. Two pounds of arsenate of lead may be added, if desired, to the finished mixture, which then becomes a com- bined fungicide and insecticide, and may be used in the same manner as advised for Bordeaux-arsenate of lead. (Special note .- The self-boiled mixture is not the same as the lime-sulphur advised for San Jose scale, which is too strong for trees in foliage.)
If you do not care to bother with making spraying mixtures at home, they can be purchased, already prepared, of seedsmen. For only a few trees or plants, the extra cost of these factory mixtures is not great.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
NAME
Andersen, Christian
BUSINESS
Gen'l Mdse and Farm
TOWN
PAGE
Baker, H. L ..
Implts
Jeweler and Optician
Greenville
250
Beardslee, Don L
Agrl Implts, Seeds, etc.
. Greenville. . Front Fly Leaf
Bohrer, Z. C.
. Department Store.
Greenville
4
Bower & Geller
Hardware, Tin, etc.
Carson City
276
Bristol, Claude
Potato Buyer, Grain and
Beans
Gowen
276
Carson City Gazette
Newspaper
Carson City
286
Caswell, F. S.
Furn. Und. Sewing Ma-
chines
. Carson City
249
Central Michigan Land Co. Real Estate
Greenville
2
Christiansen, John, Hard- ware Co.
Hardware, Agr'l Implts,
Furnaces
Trufant
2
Citizens Telephone Co.
Greenville
249
Clark, E. S ..
Dry Goods and Womens
Wear
. Greenville
268
Clemens & Gingrich Co.
Ensilage Cutters and Agr'l
Implts
Grand Rapids
240
Collins, W. H.
Dry Goods, Gen'l Store ..
.. Howard City
276
Coral Auto Co.
Automobiles and Garage .. . Coral
250
Coral News, The.
Newspaper
Coral
245
Cornell's Department Store
Sixlakes
.Back Fly Leaf
Crystal Mail, The
Newspaper
Crystal
8
Daily Call, The
Newspaper
· Greenville
250
Deuel & Sawall.
Brokers
Grand Rapids. .. Front Fly
Leaf
Edmore Times, The
Newspaper
Edmore
272
Elliott, Eugene
Plumbing and Heating.
. Greenville
1
Elliott Sales Agency ..
Acetylene Lighting.
Grand Rapids
... Back Fly
Leaf
Farmers & Merchants State
Bank
Carson City
2
Felice Bros.
Restaurant
Greenville
248
Ferris Coffee House
Tea and Coffee
Grand Rapids
4
Gleason, Fred A
Real Estate.
Greenville
6
Gobleville Nurseries.
Nurserymen
Gobleville
268
Greenville Independent.
Newspaper
Greenville Lumber Co.
Lumber, Bldg. Material, Ce-
ment, etc.
. Greenville
16
Haight, H. B ..
Real Estate
. Howard City
247-
Howard City Record, The. , Newspaper
Howard City
260
Hubbard & Fuller
.Druggists
Greenville
260
Johnson, Fred A
Physician
Greenville
248
Kipp, Isaac, Co
Butter and Eggs.
Greenville
237
Lakeview Enterprise, The. Newspaper
Lakeview
276
Larry Hardware Co
Hardware, Agr'l Implts,
Automobiles
Howard City
272
"Luman'
Photographer
Greenville & Stanton .. 280
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Grand Rapids
16
Brown, Alfred J., Seed Co. Seeds and Beans
. Gowen.
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Back Fly Leaf
Greenville Hardware Co. .. Hardware, Crockery,
Stoves, etc
Greenville. . Front Fly Leaf
Greenville. . Back Fly Leaf
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NAME
BUSINESS
TOWN
PAGE
Madsen's Drug Store.
Drugs and Jewelry
Trufant. ..
Back Fly Leaf
Moss, L. H.
Druggist
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Sidney
268
Neal Institute, The
Drug & Liquor Sanitar-
ium
Grand Rapids .239
Nielsen, N. P.
Automobiles, Machinery &
Agr'l Implts.
Trufant.
Fourth Cover
North Side Cafe
Restaurant
Greenville
272
O'Donald, R. H.
Banker and Real Estate.
Howard City
236
People's Mutual Fire Ins. .Co
Ionia
1
People's State Bank.
Edmore
6
Petersen's H., Son
Gen'l Store.
Sidney
260
Peterson & Hansen
Gen'l Store, Agr'l Implts,
Cream Separators.
Sidney
6
Poulsen Bros
Gen'l Mdse
Trufant
242
Rasmussen, Emil A.
Cattle and Swine Breeder Sheridan
4
Rasmussen, N. P.
Produce Buyer.
Trufant
260
Sixlakes Elevator Co.
Beans, Grain, etc
Sixlakes
238
Sixlakes Overland Garage. Automobiles and Garage. . Sixlakes
241
Skeoch & Sons, J. E.
Horse Breeders and Pro- duce Dealers.
Coral
234
Slawson, W. W.
Druggist
. Greenville 8
Staffen, Frank & Sons.
. Cattle Breeders
Howard City 286
Stanton Clipper . Herald .... Newspaper Stanton
280
Starr, Harry.
Real Estate
Greenville
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State Bank of Carson City, The
Carson City. Back Fly Leaf
State Bank of Montcalm County
Coral
.Second Cover
State Bank of Sixlakes
Sixlakes
272
State Savings Bank
Stanton
286.
Stokes, E. A.
Cattle, Horse and Swine
Breeder
Gowen
Second Cover
Story & Grosvenor
Insurance
Greenville
250
Temmink, J. H., & Co.
Hardware, Plumbing
Heating
Greenville. . Front Fly Leaf
Thomsen, V., Estate
Gen'l Mdse and Farm
Implts
Gowen
Third Cover
Towle, Delos A ..
Abstracts and Real Estate. Stanton
234
Trufant Exchange Bank.
Trufant
8
Urie, John S.
Auctioneer
Carson City.
235
Vane Deinse, Peter
Druggist
Greenville
Weeks Monument Works,
The .
Marble and Granite.
Greenville
Third Cover
White, W. B. Cattle, Horse and Sheep Breeder
Carson City 8
Williams, G. C.
Optometrist
Greenville.
246
Winegar Furniture Co. Home Furnishers.
. Grand Rapids 280
Winter, Claude L. Hardware
Greenville 243
Winter, Floyd E. Attorney
Greenville.Back of Fly Leaf
Winter Inn Hotel
Greenville
244
Zank, J. E. Merchant Tailor, Cleaning and Dyeing 15
Greenville
268
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MONTCALM COUNTY
Greenville Lumber Company
Dealers in
مركه ..
- Lumber, Lath, Doors, Sash and Interior
Finish. Building Paper and Roofing. Brick, Lime, Cement and Plaster.
Citizens Phone 116 Opposite C. M. Depot
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515 E. Grove Street GREENVILLE, MICH.
"Seeds of Quality"
"THERE is no economy in sowing the lower grades of seeds even if you can buy them at half price. Pure high-grade seed of strong vitality is always the cheapest in the end. All seeds grown and handled by us are carefully tested as to purity and germina- tion before sent out and we know they will grow and give the best of satisfaction. Having had over thirty years' experience in growing seeds combined with the latest and most improved methods of handling them, we do not hesitate to say that we can serve you quite as well as anyone in the seed trade. Farmers in Western Michigan have no need to send away for their seeds as we can supply the best that grow.
Alfred J. Brown Seed Company ESTABLISHED 1885 Grand Rapids, Michigan, U. S. A.
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Main Street, Greenville, Mich.
GREENVILLE
ABBREVIATIONS .- a, means acres; bds., boards; B. tel., Bell telephone; 4 ch., 4 children; H&L, house and lot; O, owns; R1, Rural Route No. 1; ret., retired; T, tenant; 4h, 4 horses; 2c, 2 cattle.
Names in CAPITALS are those of Farm Journal subscribers-always the most intelligent and progressive people in any county. No Tumbledowns, for no farmer can keep on reading the F. J. and being a Tumbledown, too. Many have tried, but all have to quit one or the other.
Abbott, Mrs. Ida E. 510 S Clay St. Ackerman, C. H. carpenter 207 S Web- ster St.
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Ackerman, Mrs. Elizabeth 3 ch 207 S Webster St.
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Ackerman, James bill poster 207 S. Web- ster St.
Ackley, Eli (Delilah) G D Ry O H&L 708 N Irving St.
Ackley, Glen (Cora) carpenter W Grove St.
Adams, Jay (Freda) laborer 625 N Franklin St.
Adams, Otto laborer 625 N Franklin St. Addis, Addie student 901 S Franklin St. Addis, Arthur student 901 S Franklin St. Addis, John (Carrie) 4 ch salesman 901 S Franklin St Citizens tel. ADDIS, JOHN B.
Ahlstrand, D. M. (Dora) 1 ch grocer 111 S Irving St Citizens tel.
Albertson, Joseph (Euloh) 2 ch sales- man 212 South St.
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Albro, A. W. (Mabel) 2 ch barber 108 W Benton St.
Allen, Alfred L. (Emma) ret 109 W Montcalm St.
Alletson, Robert (Agnes) hardware clerk 308 S Webster St.
Amidon, Bessie teacher 718 W Grove St. Amidon, Ethel tel operator 218 W Mont- calm St.
Amidon, Frank (Bertha) 3 ch factory foreman 218 W Montcalm St.
Amidon, Fred (Ella) 6 ch carpenter 718 W Grove St.
Amidon, Harvey carpenter 718 W Grove St.
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