29 Aug 1906
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1906
Page
1
Alma Sugar Company announces testing of beet samples to identify highest quality beets. Farmers urged to mail or deliver samples with name and address, designate multiple samples, and include contract number if possible. Reports mailed back to senders. weather favors early start.
A man keeps passing a silver dollar around town and even to a mail order store, where it disappears forever. He spends it at a butcher, a merchant, and in his native town, yet the coin always returns until the mail order send it away for good.
Miss Katie Mae Baumgarten wed Clay W. Mott in a ceremony at William Spurgeon home Newark. Bridal party included Jessie Parker Alma. Rev Wilcox Ithaca officiated. The bride taught in Alma public schools and the groom taught in Gratiot County. They left for their Chicago home at 5315 Jackson Ave.
Clifton J Chambers asks voters to support his campaign for county treasurer while noting Birton Lee as a contrasting choice. The item presents a brief political notice style plea urging support.
A feature from Gratiot county and central Michigan highlights Jochem Allen and his assistants as the acre potters of the Alma Sugar Company plant. Allen, Agriculturist since the company's formation, leads a team responsible for acreage, crops, and year round farming in Otis City. The article touts an optimistic fall outlook for the plant.
State Highway Commissioner Hurle recounted a late night Soo Junction to Houghton trip where every berth was filled. He demanded a refund for two dollars paid out for a seat and urged postal authorities to reimburse the treasury as he pressed for fair rail rates in the Upper Peninsula.
A local notice urges voters to support W. P. Steinhaeuser in the upcoming Tessday election for the office of State Representative. The brief item emphasizes civic participation and the candidate’s stance on key issues.
A brief political item urges voters to support Clifton J. Chambers for State Representative. The note stresses his candidacy and urges cast of vote in upcoming election as the preferred choice.
A fragments filled verse narrates a penniless man with worn clothes who shuns crime and misfortune. He advertises repeatedly in a newspaper, sells ashes in sacks, and seeks pity from a paper reader while drifting toward California in April.
Friends of J. Citizens endorse Chambers for State Representative promising strong public service record. A native of New Haven Township he taught school learned carpentry and turned land into a productive farm. As township treasurer and supervisor and county clerk he proved fitness and integrity in public life. Support urged for next Tuesday primaries.
Rev C E Scott formerly of the Presbyterian pulpit writes from Holyoke Mass that the ship carrying his goods to China struck a rock and sank with fifty eight boxes including a valuable library piano wedding gifts and a collection of Holy Land curios. The pastor and wife had changed their passage plans and expected to pass Albion Monday en route to the Pacific coast. Mr Scott has many Alma friends who sympathize with him. War County Treasurer vote Loston Gee.
An August 1406 letter from Miss Velma Sharp describes finals of a voyage from Antwerp to Cologne and on the Rhine, with scenes in Dover Antwerp and Cologne. The writer details encounters with travelers, shipboard life, carriages, and visits to Cologne Cathedral and Rhine landmarks. She notes a German companion and plans to reach Vienna, sending a confirmation upon arrival.
The Gratiot County Fair opened yesterday in Tilea drawing a food crowd and lively events. A free-for-all trot drew a sizable entry as three contestants vied for top honors while speakers like Han Berry and Chanthys listed candidates and addressed the audience each afternoon.
A村 letter urges farmers in the Eleventh District to support A B Darragh in the Republican primary on September d citing his wartime defense of sugar beet industry and opposition to the Philippine tariff bill. The note casts him as a steadfast ally of farmers and beet growers urging turnout and voting for Darragh to avoid defeat.
The Friends of Prof. E. N. Transeau announce his marriage to Miss Gertrude Hastings on Thursday August 23 in Meadville Pennsylvania. The couple will be at home after October 1 in Huntington Long Island New York.
Henry K. Moench, supervisor from North Shade, announces his candidacy for County Treasurer in the upcoming primary election to be held on Tuesday, September 4. He has served as treasurer four years, highway commissioner three, and justice of the peace eight years in his home township, noting North Shade has not been represented on the county ticket for about twenty years.
The candidate announces his bid for the office of Prosecuting Attorney in Gratiot County with a pledge to devote full attention to duties if nominated on September 4 and elected.
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