03 Dec 1897
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1897
Page
1
A fragmented inventory lists wheat and corn products, beans, pork, beet, and dairy items. It mentions dressed meats and poultry, live fowl including chickens, turkeys, and ducks, plus hay and livestock terms. The handwriting appears archaic and partial.
The article traces Alma’s growth from forest town to bustling center and describes the new Pollasky block on State and Superior. It details brick and sandstone construction, modern windows, steel ornament, two light systems, and ten office suites with a central court and a tower. It lists key principals, architects, builders, and trades, and notes expected high tenancy for drug, dry goods, clothing, boot and shoe, and grocery firms.
The Gratiot county Union convenes at the Presbyterian church Friday evening December 1 and Saturday forenoon and afternoon. Speakers include Dr B K Spencer of Adrian president of the Michigan Co. Union and Dr C Bronson of Saginaw with papers by J H McGreaham Rev J Clisbee A F Broske and R Ely. Miss Eda Blanchard will supervise children exercises and Prof A W Beckner leads congregational singing. An informal reception follows the Friday session.
Alps Sayi Taaiea Co seeks foot hardwood of any description, offering top cash prices.
William W. Secord, formerly a newspaper man in Alma, likely to spend his remaining days in a state asylum after being picked up near Delis by a Michigan patrolman on a Saturday for attempting to lag trains. He claimed to be a French Second whet syndicate representative seeking capitalists to finance a Eure River canal via Portage Lake reservoir and claimed to have invented a perpetual motion gas engine. He anticipated completing his plan by June.
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