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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1909
Page
3
Clothcraft promises pure wool suits and overcoats at 10 to 25 dollars, claiming savings from factory processes allow better woolens and tailoring. The ad asserts honesty of makers and strong future of the business while urging shoppers to investigate before buying elsewhere.
A local insurance firm urges homeowners to secure fire insurance to guard against property loss. The message emphasizes fast policy coverage and reassurance amid rising fire risks in the area.
An ad style fragment promises heated furnaces and urges readers to ask those who installed them about the product. The language is fragmented but centers on marketing a new air furnace to customers.
Charles H. Newell owner and editor of the Coldwater Courier, a well known Michigan newspaper figure, has installed a Mergenthaler junior type setting machine. The paper, issued three times weekly, reflects financial prosperity and will please its numerous friends across the state.
A Jefferson dispatch reports the Missouri lower house approved a resolution to submit a prohibition constitutional amendment to voters in November 1910. If approved by the senate and the people, the amendment would take effect and end sales of intoxicating liquor, closing saloons breweries and distilleries in the state.
Isabella county farmers faced penalties after a State Dairy and Food Department inspector took samples from 26 cans at a local Michigan Condensed Milk Company plant. First offenses carried a five dollar fine plus costs. repeat offenses would be dealt with more strictly. Analysts can detect skimmed milk even when only part of the cream is removed, enforcing honest prices for pure milk.
Michigan State College bulletin No 25% on apple care outlines steps to rehabilitate neglected shale orchards. Hartman of Athens describes three old orchards totaling 52 trees, their varieties, and potential acre coverage. First year yields and costs show net $107.08 after 16 days labor, with plans to invest in irrigation and equipment to boost future returns.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion for easy ingestion and absorption, urging readers to buy and send four cents for a Handy Atlas. A separate agricultural note details pruning and spraying costs on orchards, with a light crop year but better foliage, calculating total season expenses and net balance of 14.97 after sales to neighbors and a Chicago firm.
Toronto doctors plan free clinics in Gratiot county May 3 and 4 at the Wright House. Dr Severean and an English German and American team offer consultations for many diseases, including appendicitis, kidney, skin, nervous, and female ailments, with no charge before May 4.
A fragmented 19th century report details a group in Menominee county led by Joseph Klopeck living as couples under a belief that marriage is not sanctioned by the Bible. Six couples formed a hidden community at Birch Creek, prompting arrests and a broader police inquiry into their beliefs and practices. Naval maneuvers on the Great Lakes are planned with multiple state militia units and the Nashville expected to lead a summer cruise from Boston to Chicago. Louis Finney dies in a kerosene kitchen fire. his wife and son injured. Burglars loot a Harrisville savings bank, escaping with $5,000 while leaving $2,000 behind. a separate accident claims James H. Sheridan near Croswell. Joseph Stevens, 16, is accused of liquor sales to a minor.
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