Alma Evaporating Works to Employ Fifty Workers
It Pays the Highest Market Price for Apples and will operate day and night. S. T. Fish & Co of Chicago, through E. Trescott, announces construction of the Alma Evaporating Works on the river flats west of the railroad grounds. Capacity starts at 600 bushels daily, rising to 1,000. two buildings erected. product to Germany and France. about fifty hands employed. operations to begin Saturday. J. W. Boehm of Chicago to assist management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Trescott
S. T. Fish & Co
Chicago
Alma
Mr. Trescott
M. H. Mandelbaum
Trescott
Germany
France
J. W. Boehm
Treacott
Ringling Bros Great Shows Draw Crowd to Alma Streets
The largest crowd in the county since Barnum visited Alma gathered for Ringling Bros. Circus. Early Friday a flood of visitors arrived by wagon train and on foot, filling streets for the parade and pageant. The treasurer reports 85,441 tickets sold for the day and evening shows plus concerts and sideshows, with about 18,000 in Alma. Wilhelmina, set to be crowned Queen of the Netherlands, sent her private portrait to Mr Bok for The Ladies' Home Journal's next issue.
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Barnum
Superiorat
Ringling Bros
Alma
Wilhemmina
The
Netherlands
Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hollander
Lazy
Holland
Michigan
Wright House
Dick Small
S. L. Bennett
Special School Meeting Sparks Legal Debate Over Free Textbook Law
Voters in Alma's school district called a special meeting to reconsider the 1880 free text book law action from July. The gathering adjourned after a controversial decision to repudiate the prior vote, amid claims the meeting and motion were illegal and the law remains contested. Also reported are multiple runaway horse incidents in Alma and a review of Farmers Institutes Bulletin No. 4 detailing statewide institute activity and attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institutes
Farmers’ Institute
Agricultural College
Chas. W. Garfield
Board of Agriculture
Sid Paid-Up Member of Our County Institute Society
Otto F. Mey
Purest Hill
First Annual Free Street Fair and Jubilee in Saginaw
The Saginaw Press Club organizes a September 27 and 30 street fair in Saginaw with headquarters for state press members. A program and premium list will soon be published, promising liberal prizes. Also a notice restricts bicycle riders on village sidewalks in Alma, with enforcement by the village clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Alma
Kisew
Desiratic House to Rent in Modern Location
A desiratic house to rent for one to three years by BSopt ist. Modern new house with thirteen months of occupancy, furnace, laundry, bath and closets. Features a good barn in a desirable location. Reasonable terms to the right party. Inquiries to R. 1D. Lemen.
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Tonce
cAlna
Wasowr
Ion
Beavun
Ithaca
Turek
Ward
General Banking
Whole NO
Ba Seas
Chas. KE. Pettyjohn
Opera House
Alma, Mich
Vermeulen’s
H. J. Vermeulen
Dave Wilkinsos
Aluin, Mich
Chas
W. R. Purmort
Pollasky Block
W. Kelly
Losey
E. H. Weston
Itty
Ringlings
Farmers’ Institute Report
J. L. Miller
Mds
Dingman’s 94
Cash Store
Dingman
Vermeulen
L, H, Hayt
Big Rapids
Mus. P. J
Grxonica
Mich
Vinal Shoe
Bert Hayes
Adams Block
Louis N, Baker
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