Alma Mayor-Elect Koog Wins Tight Race in Low Turnout
In Alma, Francis Koog secured the mayoralty for the third time with a narrow 15 vote lead over Democrat Charles R. Murphy as a light turnout produced modest margins. Ralph Goggin lost the justice race by 2 votes to Democrat candidate. Adams and Carl Galagher ran unopposed for treasurer and clerk, with Nick Seed and Fred Bradford contesting the second ward supervisor seat. Mayor King and new alderman Smith headline a blended council as May approaches.
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Smalles
Francis Koog
Alma
Kog
Charles R. Murphy
Murphy
King
Ralph Goggin
Mich Rogers
UW. Adams
Carl Galagher
Nick Seed
Fred Bradford
Edwin McDougal
Prank Tyuth
Mith
Melton
Smith
Aderman Adame
War Lectures on Camp Sanitation For War Camps
Professor Stearns delivered two lectures on general science applied to war conditions at the college. The talks stressed insect control, sanitation, and disease prevention in camps. He urged appointing an entomologist to army camps and detailed camp layout and water supply as key to health, noting continued discussion on page five.
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Bi Wg
Com Joon House Ay
Red Cross Drive Seeks Old Newspapers for Alma Branch
A group of five Urbana hustlers plans a donation drive next Tuesday afternoon to collect old newspapers from Alma homes. Swift & Company and Republic Motor tracks will aid by providing trucks to haul the waste paper, which will be sold to raise funds for the Alma Red Cross. Residents are asked to place papers on their front porches by noon for afternoon pickup.
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Alma
Red Cross
Collins
Ager
Swift & Company
Aave
The
Republic
Almabrah
Wil
Griffin Convicted in Embezzlement Case
Willam G Griffin former manager of Alma Grain and Lumber was found guilty in circuit court after a days long trial. He faces sentencing before Circuit Judge Moinet today with possible appeal rumors noted as Griffin seeks to rectify his affairs before the court.
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Willam G.griffin
Alma Grain & Lumber Company
Moinet
Griffin
Griffis
Mobiet
Good meeting with Gonner Depew speaker at Pitot Presbyterian
A substitute speaker Louis f'Hardklay from Belgium addressed a large audience at Pitot Presbyterian Church on Europe wartime torture and German cruelties. William A. Bohrke urged support for the Third Liberty Loan in Alma while Mrs Gill and daughter Minn Cho visited relatives in Saginaw and nearby.
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Gonner Depew
Pitot Presbyteriaen
Louis f'Hardklay
Belgium
Europe
William A. Bohrke
Liberta
Alma
Mra. FA. Gill
Minn Cho
Saginaw
Growth prompts vote for eastern district school
Tonight the school board plans to set a date for a special voters meeting to seek a 46000 appropriation for a new ward school on the Imwood site in the eastern city. The two story fireproof building would be 110 by 72 feet with classrooms, toilets, and a large auditorium. The eastern end shows higher attendance, amid rapid city growth, increasing need for space.
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Imwood
Ity
8. C. Butterworth
Lansing
Tater
Murphy Ding
Asia
Alma
Bridge
Grover
State Street
Oae
Tucker declares Republican bid for Register nomination
Bird J Tucker announces candidacy for the Republican ticket in the August primary seeking the nomination for Register. He thanks supporters in a brief closing note.
Alma Record to Publish Special Industrial City Edition
The Alma Record will issue a feature edition on the City of Alma later this month. A special solicitor writer has been secured to help ensure a premier issue detailing Alma and her business, homes, schools, and churches. The edition will include at least eight extra pages and many extra copies. Orders for extras should be placed promptly.
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Alma Record
Alma
The
Record
Alia Record
Liberty Loan Drive Opens Saturday in Gratiot County
County Chairman J W Robinson leads a county wide push for the Third Liberty Loan starting Saturday the anniversary of war against Germany. L A Sharp chairs local efforts with A K Wheeler and Gaylord Nelson as vice chairs in Alma Ithaca and St Louis. County and city committees pledge active canvassing, targeting subcriptions to reach the county quota. Alma reports strong early subscriptions including a $1000 bond purchase by the Episcopal church, likely the first in the state.
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J. W. Robinson
Third Liberty Loan
Germany
Robinson
Cairmen
L. A. Sharp
A. K
Alma
Epicopal Church
Sunday School Association Campaign Reports
The Sunday school report urges rapid submission of March campaign results ending Easter and the number of decisions on Decision Day. Includes sketches from other counties noting gains and tempo, with appeals to Gratiot and Rally Day at Ri dale next Sunday. Mentions speakers Mr Washtarn Mrs Mohr MG Skinner See and urged worker participation.
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Ewch
Huce
Lake
Lake County
Grand Traverse
Gratiot
Ridale
Mr. Washtarn
Mre. Mohr
Skinner
Announcement of Sheriff Nomination Campaign on August 27
An earnest solicitation of friends announces candidacy for sheriff on the Republican ticket at the primary on August 27, 2018. Support requested. Also notes Idlehour theater listings and entertainment ads for The Guilty Man and The Modern Musketeers.
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Tam
Adv
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Willert
Alma Corps Promoted After Record Plant Recruiting Run
Corporal Boston earns sergeant rank after directing Alma Central Auxiliary Recruiting Station to 82 enlistments in March and 104 over two months. Orders recognize Boston for leading, with new enlistments listed including Bates, Waldo, Doyle, Davies, Shores. Also notes nationwide coal distribution and a pending Michigan winter shortage urging early coal stocking.
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Alma
Boston
Alpia
Tom Boston
Ton
Muskexon
Lansing
Kalamazoo
Battle Creek
Cadillac
Ludington
Niles
Grand Rapids
Grand Rapid
Beaton
Washington, D
Mich
Luvin
Corp
Thomas Bon Jston
Infantry
H. M. Pales
Army
Gerald D. Bates
Bilsie
Clarence Waldo
Leonard Doyle
Charles Davie
Arthur Shores
Westabe
Red Cross Benefit Goes On Stage Rosemary at Alma High
The Athena Society of Alma High School presents Rosemary at the high school on Wednesday April 10 at 8 0 pm. Proceeds go to the local Red Cross. The setting is Civil War era Boston. Admission is 24e. Cast includes Rosemary North Carolina Winifred Fookes Aunt Hephibah Boston Bev Watson and others with names from Vermont and more.
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Athena Society of
Alma High School
Rosemary
Red Crom
Boston
North
Caroline
Vermont
Lorette Smith
Ceandria Enderly
Beulah Strong
Kate
Kether Rhodes
Laura
Augustus Vera Archer
Wright Opera House Leased to Alma Masons for Lodge Room
The Wright Opera House, longtime center of entertainment, has been leased for five years to the Masonic Lodge of Alma. They will remodel the building into a lodge room and relocate from the church block to the Wright Opera House block within about sixty days. The change ends the venue’s era as a public theater.
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Wright Oper Mouse
Masonic Ludge of
Alma
Masons of
Masonite Lodge
Weight Opera House
Opera House
Apera
Alma Realty Company
Masonic Order
Wright Opera
Banquet for Alma’s Retiring Mayor McKinney Planned
City Clerk Carl Gallagher hosts a banquet tonight in Paris enfu for Tra H. McKinney, Alma’s retiring mayor. Guests include city officials such as aldermen City Engineer Smith City Treasurer Montigel and Deputy Clerk Grow, plus other officials.
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Gallagher
Paris
Enfu
Carl &, Gallagher
Tra H. McKinney
Alma
Smith
Montigel
Grow
Idlehour Secures Victor Gipe as Piano Player
Idlehour theater announces Victor Gipe of Cadillac will play starting Sunday with years of film experience. He is considered among the best in the state and will receive a top salary, reflecting the policy that nothing is too expensive for patrons. Music will accompany matinees with next Friday featuring Jack Pickford in Huck and Tom.
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Idlehour
Victor Gipe
Cadillac
Mer. Gipe
Gipe
Deetroit
Grand Rapids
Idlehbur
Jack Pickford
Huck and
Tom
Alma electorate backs city commission plan amid gas rate defeat
Voters in Alma approve a city commission form by a large margin, while rejecting a Gratiot County Gas Company rate increase. The gas proposition also carried in Ithaca and Breckenridge but failed in St. Louis and Alma. Nine charter revision candidates were elected alongside the referendum, with light overall turnout. A Breckenridge and Ithaca win contrasted by St. Louis and Alma defeats. Police department report notes eight city and eight state arrests, plus nine juvenile burglar investigations under probate jurisdiction.
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Charter Division Commission Wross
W. Robinson
J. EL Mitchell
H. Montague
A. PL. Cook
Faisia
Ithw
Breckenridge
St. Louis
Alina
Ithaca
Bo Breckenridge
Oscar Wibber
Alma City Rubbish Collection Notice by Street Commissioner
Alma city teams to gather rubbish from April 15 to April 30 including tin cans broken dishes and other refuse. Place piles at alleys or street lines and box or turret rubbish for easy removal. Noncompliance means residents must haul their own rubbish at their expense. By order of street commissioner ST H Voller.
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Alma
ST. H. J. Voller
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Ublicate
W. G. Griffin
Gunner Depew
Sincerely Yours, Bird J. Tucker
Ima Record
Sunday School Association
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Douglas Fairbnks
Ady
Michigan
Lower
Ohio
Kasiier
Kentucky
West Virginia
High School Society
Gwen
Verathy Jackson
Lucilla
Wright Opera House
Alma Masonic Lodge
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