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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1921
Page
2
An editorial exhorts Alma residents to buy locally to sustain the town’s prosperity. It frames shopping in Alma as a civic duty and stresses that local merchandise and services can meet all needs at money saving prices, urging 100 percent loyal support to commercial and manufacturing interests.
Isabella county veterinary surgeons, under state supervision, conduct tuberculin tests on dairy cattle. Results vary from clean to as high as 74 percent tubercular. Testing aims to remove infected cows before they spread disease through milk. Over 60 cattle found diseased and ordered killed in the past month.
Riverdale residents and guests from Eaton Rapids to Vestaburg crowded town events during Christmas week. Families including Bellows Hopkins and Williams hosted and visited relatives, with local dances, church programs, and schoolactivities noted. Several residents traveled to Alma, Saginaw, and Detroit for holidays, while others welcomed guests at homes and farms around Riverdale.
Feveer Alma, treasurer Keefer announces tax collection dates at Ithaca National Bank on Thursdays December 8 15 22 20 and January 5 at Alma State Savings Bank on Saturdays December 10 17 24 1 and January 7 and Monday January 9 local residents urged to pay taxes. Advertise your wants in The Rec-
SETHTON Earle Gruesbeek and family spent Christmas with his parents east of Ithaca. J. A. Nimmo, a former merchant was in the neighborhood the past week on a business and pleasure trip. Miss Mildred Morse of Albon College is spending the holidays with home folks. A large crowd attended the dinner and Christmas entertainment at the school house Friday afternoon. Much credit is given Miss Jackson for the splendid order and program given, and Santa Claus delighted the children, Motley Knott and family, and R. R.
An old advertisement features Mr. Fred White urging readers to act against rats with RAT-SNAP. It claims five dead rats after use and references potatoes eaten by rodents. The pitch promotes rat control and credits C. R. Murphy and Winslow Bros. Drug Stores.
Doctors, nurses and many mothers favor Vicks VapoRut for cold troubles as it is non swallowing. For spasmodic croup whooping cough and throat discomfort the product is applied externally and kept warm for relief.
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