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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
3
A local butcher announces on August 5 1608 that starting Monday August 3 he will stop taking orders by phone or door delivery. He explains meat prices rise due to added trade costs and promises to reduce prices by one quarter to one third if customers collect their own meat, listing forthcoming price comparisons.
Pricing fragment shows per pound charges for porterhouse thirteen instances of steak types and rounds. It references surloin and round steak with different price points per pound, but exact amounts are unclear due to garbled OCR.
A Chicago party of four on Lake Michigan boat ride near St Joseph ends in death as the craft capsizes. John McCarthur drowns after trying to reach shore. James Brown, Mat Sculley, and Pat McCarthy survive clinging to the hull. Separate reports tell of Peter Linder’s heroics at Ontonagon river, O J Shupe’s drowning at Lake St Clair, and Walter Childs’s fatal fall from a dock. A drought report from East Lansing notes crops damaged but not severely. William Moran of Ludington decapitated by Pere Marquette train at Sweetwater. a Port Huron layman details a drowning during fishing, with attempts to assist failing.
A fragmentary notice announces Wright Grange events and a candidate Wright Grange for the Gratiot County Republican primary for County Treasurer. The document lists a meeting at Forest Hill August 8 with speakers J D Helme and Michigan Patron editor, music and supper, and notes general Grange activities and a medical ad at the end.
U S Senator Wm Alden Smith entertained Vice-President Chas W Fairbanks and Mrs Fairbanks at dinner in the Grand hotel Calumet Mich Aug 3 Among the guests were Dr Wylie of Washington D C Mr and Mrs Pashe of Rock Ledge Fla and Dr J B Bradley candidate for governor Baton Rapids Mich Aug 4 Mabel Mor RAD aged twenty one burned to death in an explosion near Calumet after extinguishing a lamp her clothes caught fire and she perished Also notes hay crop in Michigan will be 26 percent above 1907 and a plug for Dr King s New Life Pills at Geo Sharrar s drug stores
W Tr Aldrich of Chicago, staying at the Sanitarium, bought a new Ford from Burdette Forquer. The car has up-to-date features including gaslighting and a pressco tank, and Aldrich is pleased with his choice after careful comparison of automobile makes. The sale enhances Forquer's reputation in local auto retail circles.
Doct ors mistakes are rain often to be buried six feet under ground. But many times women call em their family physicians suffering as they imagine one from dyspepeia another from heart disease and nervous tension. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is praised as a tonic for delicate systems, restoring strength and aiding nervous symptoms.
The article describes Horatio S Earle starting a statewide speaking campaign from Detroit after a Walash Jine west event. He aims to visit about 40 sites, delivering speeches from a special train while urging economy in government and urging newspapers and public figures to assist.
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