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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1919

Page

8

Alma Local News Roundup Highlights Christmas and Community

Alma items report holiday travel and visiting by local residents, plus business closings for Christmas and New Year. Notes include Clarence Goodrich in Alma on business, Miss Ruth Babcock visiting Constantine, Roy Richards in Detroit, and Cadet Tucker home from St Johns Military Academy. City commission gifts of cigars and chocolates. Henry C. Reynolds dies at 72. Ford Garage Sunday hours. Alma College basketball season opener set for Jan 9 at Mt Pleasant with Mt Pleasant Normal.

Clarence Goodrich Elsie Alma H. Myra Hill Sheridan Dee Bourdman Middleton Orville Allen Northern Wheel Company Saginaw E. G. Sluyter State Savings Bank St. Alma Ross Schemerhorn Bad Axe Model Bakery Ruth Babcock Constantine G. W. Ingersoll Roy Richards Detroit Carleton Spooner Ithaca Republic Motor Truck Company Inc Anthony Tucker St. Johns Military Academy Delafield Wis Fred Burt Justice Rogers Ford M. Johnson City Commission Murphy Henry C. Reynolds Grant Avenue Fremont Mt. Pleasant Wood

Territory annexation after Spanish-American War sparks debate

The United States acquired Porto Rico Guam and the Philippines at war's end paying Spain 20 million dollars and granting ten years of trading privileges to Spanish ships. No promises of statehood or citizenship were made for the new territories amid ongoing questions of future status.

Spain Porto Rico Guam Philippines Old Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Co Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company Middle States

Natural Barometer Spider Web Sign of Weather Change

A fragment notes that a spider's web acts as a simple barometer. When wind or rain is coming the spider tightens the web, holding it taut as long as the weather remains unsettled. If the strands lengthen, it signals calmer, settled weather.

Social Roundup in Forest Hill And Nearby

Forest Hill and surrounding areas report social visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Richardson hosted the Plowman family and others for dinner. families and friends traveled to Saginaw, Breckenridge, Alma, and Illinois. A farewell gathering for Mr and Mrs Leland featured an aluminum coffee percolator gift. A Young Women’s Christian Association officer discussed progress in Japan, including women’s education and reform. A humorous anecdote on pig pricing and a phonograph lure to seal hunters appears among the notes.

S. T. Richardson Chas. Plowman Mabel Florence R. O. Hunt Ilinois Toman Sale Cee Wm. Sullivan Saginaw S. W. Bowman Breckenridge Robert Rearick Alma Adames Mrs. Leland

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