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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1903
Page
15
The Record urges overdue subscribers to settle balances before January 1904. It explains simple steps to check amounts owed, including how many weeks remain and yearly rates, and promises neatly printed receipts to clear accounts for the New Year.
The Record discusses an upcoming city ordinance banning spitting on sidewalks and tossing papers, urging enforcement with police support and noting sanitary benefits. It praises the ordinance but warns it must be strictly enforced to be effective. The paper also mentions Christmas advertising, issue expansion, and reader distribution as it promotes value to advertisers and readers.
Fragmented remarks recount the 1904 Republican National Convention site selection at Washington. June 21 is set as the date, with discussion of delegates and rivalries, plus notes on other political and civic items from Secretary Shaw to Theodore Roosevelt and regional fair plans.
Market note shows wheat core and rye prices corrected for June 1 1903 with minor advances and a stale week. Live stock figures indicate a drop while poultry remains steady amid mixed commodity signals.
Pere Marquette offers round trip tickets during the annual Canadian holidays to many points on the Grand Trunk, Intercolonial, Canadian Pacific, Michigan Central, and Wabash lines. Fares are low for the round trip with tickets on sale December 17 to 20 and valid for return until January 0, 1904. Tickets available via ticket agents. inquire for routes and rates.
A garbled local school column reports on a meeting of the debating club attendance and stated activities. It notes students entering various grades and schools, a planned literary meeting, a sleigh ride to St Louis, and staff visits, with several misspellings and corrupted phrases throughout the text.
Alma Michigan adopts rules banning expectoration on sidewalks and waste paper or refuse on streets. Violations incur fines from one to five dollars and possible imprisonment up to thirty days. notices and receptacles to be placed along sidewalks and streets.
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