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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1908
Page
2
An 1908 Alma Record page fragment shows a listing for J. Baerwon and partial garbled text about a postal or commercial matter. The unreadable lines obscure clear actions or dates beyond the stated April 15, 1908, reference.
Official call from the Republican State Central Committee for Michigan detailing the May 3, 1908 convention at Majestic Theater Grand Rapids. It covers delegate elections, electors nominations, and committee appointments, plus procedural instructions for county and district representations.
Sumner Grange No 50 met Saturday evening April 11 in Gratiot with thirteen officers and thirty two members present. Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Committee reports on applications for Frank Black Jefferson Long and Homer Hont were appointed. likewise for Pearl Black and Rhea Seaman. Members reinstated include Charles N Black and Emma Black. A bill for dues and postage was approved and paid. The resignation of the keeper was accepted and Austin Lang elected and installed to fill the vacancy. Several candidates were elected to membership and a patriotic program planned for May 20. A ten minute recess preceded degrees for Pearl Black Rhea Seaman Frank Black Jefferson Lang and Homer Hunt. A new eight member degree team was formed from Leone Lang W N Baldwin Hunt Alice Lewman Artie Lang Jos Henumger B Chant B A Baldwin and Batwn. Maggie Church and Lana Bates attended the meeting.
BeBows Corners reports Mre A H McCall improving after a week confinement. EM Wagner of St Donis and Mark Caywood visit farm folk in St Louis area. Highway Commissioner F P Shook plans rebuilding old bridges nearby. Mrs Silas Baley visits Mrs Hatley and her mother Mrs George Hatley. Mrs J E Gilbert in St Louis caring for mother Mrs ML Wagner who is confined with illness. KM Wagner loses a yearling heifer during husking season.
Ferris town notes report residents by name while updating on electric line progress and local election posts. Officials listed include Supervisor A L Stearte Te Olerk S Bollinger Treasurer Jolly Mare R Highway Con E Bane. Olive Osterhout and Blow Bailey were notified at a Saturday gathering.
Mrs J Holmes Parkinson visited Lyman Cobern and wife near Alma Sunday while Arthur Foglesum, hospitalized in Ann Arbor, is expected home soon. Sunday school saw good attendance though visiting folk could have boosted numbers. Ladies of Parkinson Mt church plan a box social at Enos Parteos home next Friday night. Zelpha Steele travels to Mt. Pleasant for a summer school term.
West Pine River reports Fred Ford and his Mt Pleasant wife visiting relatives last week. A few residents attended a party at E Owens Forest Hill. Mire F M Kyes was called to Alma by illness of her husband. Frank H H Newcomb and family are visiting at Dudley Hoyt. Pat Whitcraft is painting at Bowen. Charles Plowman and wife visited Glen a few days ago. The Adams are settled in their new home.
Wright Grange No 207 met at Forest Mill with Worthy Master Eva Russ presiding. A bill voted and ordered paid, two old members reinstated, Mrs J L Lamahaw introduced, and a short program with music and readings. Next meeting set for April 7 at the Grange Hall.
Elliotts and Maynard of Elm Hall relocate their wood working operation to Riverdale and plan a two story cement building at Street 00390 with expansion of plant and facilities, signaling growth in local industry.
The village eyes a dam water rights and mill rights project half a mile south of Riverdale with plans to reinforce the dam and install an electric plant. The venture may lead to electric street lights. De Frosh of Milwaukee visits family here as possible relocate. Postmaster Hendley settles in a new cement building with front store space. G Wygott builds a large three story cement store and general shop. Libby pickle station forecasts a good year with nearly 200 acres contracted and growers paid 70 cents firsts and 20 seconds, up from last year. Nell-Litty company loses sow stations in several towns including Flemlock Ashley Marion. Ash Wy acreage to rise.
Fragmented local items report a Wallis related night purchase, a reference to a nightclub or bar, and mentions of a doctor’s watchful care with coumadin. It notes A Henry expanding a barn, Jinks Sebtel selling a teas of botwen to Fielda in St. Lonis last Saturday for Ha.
Forest Hill reports a busy week with Easter exercises at the Christian church on Sunday night, April 1, and a series of visits and social gatherings. Mrs Belle Sullivan visited Mrs Will Vanderteek, Lady Macenbox hosted a basket event, and Mrs Anna Katenhas visited relatives. The Ladies Aid served an election dinner, Dan Hayes attends Warrington College, and the Grangers plan disposal of a new project. The Forest Hill baseball team hired Warren Creech as manager, Warren bought a new driving horse, and multiple local residents visited kin including the Robisons, Gullicks, and Creeks. The Wright and Pine school spelling contest was postponed.
Harry Lyons son of Mr and Mrs Henry Lyons of Edmore died at home last Tuesday. His remains were brought to Elm Hall for interment in Elm Hall cemetery. The Lyons family long resided in Elm Hall and express thanks for the sympathy shown by the community. The funeral was attended by many from Elm Hall and Riverdale areas.
OCR scrambled notes record numerous deeds between various individuals and couples across multiple townships. Names include Bailey, Swartout, Tood, Wheeler, Iraker, Taylor, Stone, McCrall, Robinson, Day, Bell, Rossncrans, Fountain, Rogers, Danley, Mobh, and others with references to sections, townships, and parcels such as northwest and southwest quarters, park places, and blocks.
Alma College lays out a busy spring through June with baseball and track schedules. The baseball list includes 19 games against Mt Pleasant teams, Kalamazoo, Ferris Institute, and others, with home games at Alma. Track events feature weight, distance, and dash specialists aiming for first in the ML, plus a June A.A. meet at Alma.
The weekly advertised letters include Mrs Maud Barrett Bert G Davis Mr Jack Langford Mr John Miles Walt Mixdannel Willie Murphy Miss Olive Robart Mary Shape Mrs James Sinaabaugh Mrs Verna Taylor. Unclaimed letters will be sent to the Dead Letter Office on April 27 1908 per CF Brown P.M.
Regular Sunday trains on the Ann Arbor line are reinstated between Toledo and Frankfort. Trains Nos 1 and 2 will operate daily Sundays after restoration, following a January discontinuation. Mention of Kodol, a Georgia purchaser, and a 1908 testimonial note appear among unrelated text.
Helen L Kneelean transfers property to Delis Frank in a noted wig of well arrangement. Gusses W Adi conveys to Debi W Tune 4 100 in the Wheeler area.
The spring term opening lecture by Acting President Professor Frank N Notestein covered the history and development of astronomy from Copernicus to Newton, praising observational progress and mathematical methods. He noted the era of discovery, late 19th and 20th century strides, and the ongoing quest to understand the heavens with renewed vigor.
The article extols Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets as the original liver pills whose superior curative merit sustains long time popularity despite imitators. It claims benefits for torpid liver, indigestion, headache, bad breath, loss of appetite, and nervous debility, urging readers to try the candy like doses and noting the pills’ enduring leadership in the market.
Market notes list prices for wheat corn oats rye and oats butter pork beef and poultry etc. Includes flour grades and by the ton and bushel prices for staples like buckwheat meal and seed crops with varied per unit figures reflecting daily commodity values.
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