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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1889
Page
4
Friday notes President Harrison will emphasize the tariff in his term. After new collectors are named, copies of the Senate tariff bill will be studied against other bills to assess impact on business. The results will guide his Congress message, possibly in an October extra session.
The Grand Rapids Leader, sole Michigan paper to oppose the salary amendment, fears Governor Luce would earn 4000 per year for the rest of his term. It warns this extravagance could corrupt the governor’s conduct and criticizes the paper’s own stance as backward and untrustworthy.
The piece argues suffrage should be restricted by education and length of residence for immigrants, asserting foreign influence threatens the republic. It endorses the Rhines voting machine for accurate counts, claiming it prevents multiple ballots and offers visible totals at closing.
A Lansing Republication notes that the voting machine has achieved greater success in other states than all others combined and is urged by workingmen and city voters for secrecy purity and accuracy of ballots with broad support in its favor.
Hose Companies No 1 and 2 will meet at Firemen's Hall Monday evening April 22 to nominate a suitable person for Chief of Fire Department. The notice is by order of Village President James G Kiess. Also mentions Michigan convention and other civic items.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindly assisting us during the sickness and death of our infant, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kennen express gratitude for support and kindness.
Gorge Pateh agrees to accept a challenge dated April 3 if he delivers funds to G. S. Ward at the Alma bank. Ife states the money is ready and difficult to measure, noting the amount is very high.
Challenge issued to race Diamond Joe against Waterloo for fifty dollars a side at any trot outside St. Louis. The race must occur within fourteen days and the challenger requests two weeks plus five days notice. Wat, SLUAN.
The schedule lists missionary offerings and receipts for home and foreign missions. Names include Seton Atta and Dreher, with quarterly disbursements and totals. The document notes funds left, largest and stallest amounts, and mentions medical giving and five stages of the year.
The Chicago Tribune outlines Japan's 1890 constitutional shift from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional government. It notes the imperial edict, the imperial rescript, Count Ito's constitutional draft based on Germany, and the creation of a House of Peers and a 300-member House of Commons. It highlights universal male taxpaying suffrage, parliamentary powers, and civil liberties as Japan moves toward representative rule.
Inside a comic scuffle of a newspaper office as foremen debate which cuts to use for a sensational woman bear story and other assorted illustrations. The scene shifts to a chaotic plate room where cooks vanish over a mystery baking powder, with a final quip about faults kept in the background.
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