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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
8
The Lee Mercantile Co presents the largest Toys collection in Gratiot County in Alma’s Santa Claus Kingdom showroom. Rubber to glass toys await, spanning many materials, with prices claimed as the lowest ever in the area. Visitors are invited to judge the display.
Three planters report the Norway poplar as a hardy fast grower with straight grain wood suitable for lumber. It develops strong windbreak potential and better form than other cottonwoods, according to United States Forest Service studies. Availability remains limited as true cuttings are scarce, delaying wide planting. subscribe for the Alma Record.
A Canadian Pacific steamer Mount Temple carrying 600 passengers ran aground on La Have Ironbound ledges 16 miles off Lunenburg Nova Scotia during a December snowstorm. Passengers were being transferred to small steamers and taken to Bridgewater and Halifax. The ship, built in England, is 6,661 net tons and was bound Antwerp to St John New Brunswick. conditions remain dangerous and salvage efforts ongoing.
Alma Minnesota resident Mrs ER Griffith recalls kidney trouble with dull backache and head pains. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she recovered within three weeks and urges others to try the remedy. Sold at Charles Rhodes' drug store for 80 cents. Foster Milburn Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember Doan's. Variety store sale on November 2 and 11.
Miscellaneous wants include a missing brown fur collar reported Saturday evening, with contact to the Record office or 714 State St. Rental ads list properties on Superior Street near the Presbyterian church and a 200 acre tract for lease. Also notices for church events and local store promotions appear amid classified snippets.
William J. Taft leaves Moscow after attending a dinner in honor by Governor General Guerschelmann with the governor’s staff. Other items note a fatal derrick collapse near Walbridge crushing two Lancaster carpenters, Thaw murder trial delay, and assorted local ads and notices.
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