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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
2
Corrected Thursday market quotes cover grains hay and straw livestock and dressed meats with prices for wheat corn beans rye barley buckwheat hay pork and beef figures including hay values per ton and per load. Mineral and byproducts show prices for hides tallow calf skins and poultry eggs potatoes and butter with unit measures and ranges.
The roll of the special assessment for paving on East Superior Street East Euclid Avenue Michigan Avenue Wright Avenue and the drive way to Alma Manufacturing Co plant is on file for public inspection. The council and board of special assessors will meet September 2 1918 at 7 PM to review the assessment and hear objections from interested persons. Objections must be filed in writing with the city clerk Dated Aug 18 1912. D H Adams City Clerk.
A terse want ad describes a city home filled with discarded furniture rugs stoves and even a wheelbarrow. It suggests offering a few cents for the item and promises a buyer who needs precisely what lies rotting in the garret. The owner benefits while cutting the cost of living.
A colorful pitch for the 1913 Michigan State Fair highlighting vast exhibits in agriculture livestock horses and poultry plus auto races air conquest and grand circuit racing with top drivers and $40,000 purses. Features include evening horse shows music special attractions fireworks a tented city accommodations and rest facilities with premium list available from 501 Bowles Building Detroit.
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A long list of individuals and households connected to Alma Ithaca Breckenridge Hindabow Fisher Breck enridge Forest Hill and other towns appears. Names include Agatha Wilson C M Putnam William Anderson Mabelle Page Miss Flossie Campbell Fred Keppler Mrs Keppler and many others with multiple family links and spouses. The fragmentary item reads like a social registry or directory entry.
State of Michigan Gratiot County. Complainants Anna Greenswike and William Dine file to quiet title on lands described as the south forty rods of the west one hundred rods of the southwest quarter of section twenty two in township nine range three west. Defendants Chester Underwood Adelaide Johnson A Willis Fellows unknown heirs. Court orders appearance by November 20 1913 with publication in Alma Record for six weeks or personal service. Judge Kelly S Sears presiding.
Notice of a July 1 1918 resolution by Alma Michigan City Council to construct a sewer on State Street between Walnut and Superior Streets with maps plans and estimated costs on file at the City Clerk for inspection A public hearing on objections will be held September 2 1918 in the City Hall Council Room between seven and ten PM before City Clerk D W Adams, to consider the improvement and a portion of the cost to be defrayed by a special assessment on lands within the sewer district including parcels fronting State Street between Superior Orchard and Walnut Streets and certain parcels west of marked lots.
Paul Mathulka of Buffalo New York endorses Dr King s New Life Pills as the king of all laxatives. They relieve constipation headaches indigestion and dyspepsia and are a family blessing. Get a box and get well. Price per box 85 recommended by Wheaton & Sons Rhodes Drug Store and Rexall Drug Store.
Farmers are urged to use The Recon Business Liners to publicize farm stock tools and equipment for sale. An advertisement can quickly connect buyers with horses cattle hogs or farm implements.
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