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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
7
George Rhodes accepts overseer post at Ashley pickle house while Ray Vanhorn buys a new horse. Numerous residents visit Vestaburg including Hazel Waterbury and Mazel Stites. The new school dedication features Prof. Straight and Dr. Dow. Ball game Vestaburg defeats Riverdale 11 to 1 at Elm Hall.
Ernest Lewis of Flint visits friends this week. Mrs M A Pomery has a brother from Oklahoma visiting. Bonesteel returned from Detroit trip. George Wick hosted brother from Illinois. Bert Norton family visited relatives. Newell Bradford in Midland several days. Ruth Ransford of Caro visited with uncle A Johnston. Amor Freeland of Middleville visited Smith Clark over Sunday. Mrs Bert Wilson hosted embroidery club Friday. Hynes family motored to Flint to visit brother Will Hynes. Wheelock visited daughter in Breckenridge. A Johnston and Care fair trip to Care. Howard Youngs in St Louis Friday. Mrs Boss of St Louis visiting daughter Mrs J Youngs. B J Youngs reported State WCTU convention at Lowers Memorial.
BEAVER GREEK. NMS Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Philips, August 21, a six pound boy, also a girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Moffitt, August 17. Andrew Hudson attended the reunion at Mt. Pleasant Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Amos Crittenden visited her sister, Mrs. George Brownridge on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Howe were Alma shoppers Friday. George Laupaugh is moving from Ferris Center to his farm which he bought last spring. Andrew Norstrand of Grand Ledge is visiting friends here for a few days. Mrs. Roy Coonrod and daughter of Elm Hall spent Sunday at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smith. Arthur Fisk has rented the D. M. Smith farm and expects to move there soon. Jade Moffitt had the misfortune to have one of his horses drop dead Friday while en route to Riverdale with a load of pickles. Jim Wiltshire attended the big barn dance at Riverdale Friday evening. Miss Myra Greenman is spending a few days with friends near Shepherd. School will commence member 2 in district bg Mrs. Geo. Lampaugh as teacher, Miss Eva Baker will go to Alma High school this year, while Ernest Hudson and Willie Crum will attend school at Riverdale. Mrs. Guy Welch and children Sunday visitors at George Wiltshire.
Amos Crittenden and wife and Roy Austin and wife visited Elm Hall on Sunday. Farmers in the vicinity are hustling their new silos to completion, promising substantial improvements for the area.
North East Ferris notes corn crop looks fine but blight devastates John Bronto’s fields. Cucumber picking underway as residents visit West Ferris for blackberries. Several locals, including Miss Merta Maynard and Miss Ethel Maynard, visit relatives in Grand Rapids and Orange Beach. Oliver Birdsall returns home after summer illness at Brainerd hospital. Community gatherings and family visits fill weekend, with multiple trips to Rock Lake and Bass Lake.
Local tidbits report calls and visits across town. Mrs W J Wilson called at J P Throop's. families and relatives from Cedar corners to Saginaw and Lansing are noted. Birth announced for Ralph and Mrs Hall's daughter Aug 24. Ward’s Alphonsus Ward Jr arrival.
Esther Bassinger of Shepherd called on friends here Saturday. Elmer Post entertained Mr and Mrs Win Beverly and son Wyclif of Alma and Miss Inez Bage of Jackson Sunday. The text notes local social visits and family travels without a single dominant event.
Advice for dairymen on buying a dairy bull by pedigree and dam traits. Emphasizes start with a strong dam, close ancestry, and avoid distant famed sires. Highlights associations of 47 dairymen owning 1000 cows and the prevalence of grade bulls in herds.
Advice for herd owners on bovine abortion disease. It recommends disposing of cows that abort more than once if they fail to conceive after subsequent breeding, using disinfection, and isolating cases. It notes some cows develop immunity, that outbreaks subside in time, and urges preventing introduction in clean herds. Abortion cases are treated as suspicious until proven otherwise and contaminated stalls or pastures must be disinfected.
A lengthy notice records numerous property transfers and deeds across Ithaca Alma St Louis and Breckenridge including W A Seaman to K Nale drett and J E Helton to O Redman with multiple lot and block references and sums. Other entries show M E Hunter to A B Angell G W Torbert to C Weirman plus W O Wilkinson to J Simpson among many parcels with various sizes and prices disclosed.
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