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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1919
Page
6
The Alma Record lists subscription prices including one year for $1.50 and three months for 50 cents, with partial text indicating legal notices and advertising rates. Proprietors are Babcock and Grosskopd, and the paper is printed in Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan.
A long feature extols Andrew Carnegie as a self made financier who rose from poverty to wealth. It highlights his thrift discipline respect for his mother and belief that opportunity favors the diligent. The piece ties Carnegie’s example to national ideals and urges self improvement through education and responsible citizenship. It also touches on Chautauqua programs and current public concerns about government and the cost of living.
Excerpted remarks from Governor Shaw argue against government ownership of railroads. He contends the state should not perform functions citizens can handle, cites examples from Germany, France, and U.S. states, and warns of higher taxes and political control if railroads become public. A dog license notice closes the piece.
The text records that the first specimen of a chrysanthemum was raised in Rihope with ties to a London station. It mentions the Mowers rising into favor and a society in Stoke Newington hosting a diet exhibition of exams in 16, serving as a model for world cultural cultivation.
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