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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
6
Alma College presents flexible entry across its School of Music vocal and instrumental programs, School of Art focusing on China water color and oil painting, and the Commercial School. Enrollment is individualized with self paced start times and pay as you go terms.
Incidents from Michigan span police warrants at Battle Creek on sale of liquor and a brewing firm arrest. A boy Suffers severe injuries from a barn pulley. Nurses at Upper Peninsula State Insane Hospital strike over new two hour off duty rule, citing no rest or reading room.
A guideline on letter etiquette advises against starting sentences with the personal pronoun I. If the topic requires reference to the writer, the paragraph should be structured so the I appears after the opening line.
A vintage pitch asserts idleness harms health with constipation headache and indigestion. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure to banish liver troubles and restore health, available at C F Bown’s.
A promotional notice touts Harvell's Condition Powders as the best medicinal horse care product. It markets weed by leading Eastern racing stables, claims no waste, and sells at 25 cents per package through C. F. Brown, a drug dealer.
The Second Michigan cavalry veterans plan their Albion reunion. Leola Martin of St. Johns died after a bean lodged in her windpipe at Ann Arbor hospital. Richard Wieberwax of Lansing was seen in town. Deputy Sheriff King of Homer faces whisky delivery charges on a Lake Shore train from Allegan to Homer. William Reed of Battle Creek sues William Duchess for 10 000 over a stop car accident at Nichols and Shepard factory. George F Sherman, 60, died at St. Marys hospital Grand Rapids after pinning a note and taking morphine. he was an inmate of the Home for the Aged.
Sunset Monday dispensaries in South Carolina clone operations with some likely permanent closures and others for about three weeks. Albert Morse of Lansing meets his mother for the first time in 24 years. Trustees Hudson and Chatters seek funds in Lansing with Gov. Warner to support the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind. Chicago attorney A. H. Washington, claiming relation to George Washington, investigates Bottsford Washington’s family and a land claim in Ohio. Mrs. Russell Sage plans Cedarhurst cottages in New York for workers at nominal rents. Flint Justice Ley sentences August Smith harshly after a wife pleads for release for beating his wife and five children.
The West Michigan State Fair runs Sept 15 to 17 with high class free acts. Captain Treat trains seals, Arnoldo brings wild animals, Landauer aerialists and Simple Simon trio perform daily beside racing events. Railroads offer 1.5 round trips to Grand Rapids during the fair.
The Martin draft home trophy will be awarded at Grand Rapids September 14 to 17 to the best draft team over 3000 pounds. Winners retain the trophy until September 1, 1910. four cash prizes go to top teams, non winning drivers receive $2. Contests run noon to 4, with a grand carousel on Grand Rapids Day.
The West Michigan State Fair in Grand Rapids, September 13 to 17, will again prohibit gambling devices and liquor sales on grounds. Since 1906 the policy has remained strict, aiming for an absolutely clean, objectionable free fair.
Local breeders urged to enter superior produce at this year’s West Michigan State Fair to claim prizes. Calls for farmers to showcase top specimens amid a confident forecast of the fair’s record status and potential winnings. The note stresses self initiative and pride in competitive entries.
An Ontario farm describes a scientific stable ventilation system using a below-floor air intake, a long main conduit, and lateral feeds. Stand roof chutes and wall flues create constant, warm air flow with four large shafts acting as feed chutes, improving air exchange and reducing drafts.
In a Baltimore American excerpt on disease prevention for horses the article notes Colic rises in hot weather and can be prevented by feeding practices. Safe feeding includes well cured hay, sound grain, and frequent small waterings after rest, avoiding excessive green feed and cold water when fatigued.
The text emphasizes maintaining strong quality breeding stock to preserve health and vigor. It warns against keeping undersized or inferior fowls in the flock and stresses selecting robust birds for future breeding.
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