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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
8
A Missouri editor refuses obituary notes for nonreaders, arguing news value is lost if the paper is not subscribed. Others urge learning trades, self sufficiency, and honorable work with hands, citing domestic tips and cautionary tales about waste and prison labor.
The document recalls the Alma Ladies Ro R Aid Society and the town’s railroad project linked to Alma becoming a world citizen. It notes founding figures like Mrs Scott, the first Sunday school, and efforts to promote religious and civic progress amid frontier life. It honors Mrs Scott as a guiding spirit and describes social deviance and reform through faith, music, and education in Pine River township.
In Albion and nearby towns fond tributes poured in for Mrs. Scott as friends sent many joyful messages and tokens of esteem. Her final days bore an otherworldly calm with orderly preparations, including tithes for church boards. Her son preached on January 24 about the heavenly heritage as she entered her rest.
A Plainview man recounts his wife suffering lung trouble for over fifteen years and spending over a thousand dollars on doctors without relief before Oleys Honey and Tar restored her health. He urges others to try the remedy, signed Geo F. Sharrar.
The Rhono prints the second installment of A Soldier of Commerce by John Roe Gore. The tale, already popular, is serialized with two or more chapters per issue, continuing across future pages.
A historical overview traces the telephone’s rise from modest origins twenty years ago to a pivotal role in daily life. It cites the American growth trend, the expansion of exchanges, and projected savings in time and cost, noting billions in value and widespread adoption across the United States.
Reports from St. Petersburg Ekaterinoslav and Grong describe ongoing labor unrest. Police fired on strikers in a tavern killing one and wounding four, while workers resume work in Windan Courtland Aureta after employer concessions. Printed details from Ekaterinoslav note printer strikes and newsroom closures amid broader iron works activity. A mob of about two thousand ninety struck in Grong, destroying a post office and telegraph line and looting a wine storage.
Grand Duke Vladimir uncle of Emperor Nicholas and commander of the Imperial Guard grants AP interview at the palace in St Petersburg. He rejects foreign press claims of Russia’s brutality and says reforms will come under autocracy, with the people allowed to have a voice in government. He argues America has been Russia’s friend and defends the regime’s actions during January unrest.
The 1905 Michigan Municipalities League gathering opened with Mayors from major cities in attendance. President John F. Bible urged a uniform charter and public ownership of utilities while backing state control of the telephone as a natural monopoly. Prof. John S. Lairlie reported growth in league reach to twenty seven cities and three villages. Warden Fuller of Ionia presented a paper against convict labor on roads. An evening talk by Prof. G S Williams discussed water purification with a sand filtration method gaining traction in large cities.
Ray Johnson, a draftsman for Welch Motor Car Co, was killed in a crash with an interurban on Barinaw street. Two young women, Elsie and Lucy Clark, suffered minor injuries when their cutter collided. Johnson was thrown against the car, sustaining a fractured skull, as the group returned home along Autumn avenue toward Saginaw street.
Charlotte Michigan February 1 Teri Lambert of Lansing convicted of criminal assault was sentenced to life imprisonment in Jackson penitentiary by Judge Smith. Lambert is a married man.
Bay City Mich Feb 1 Senator Heine a proponent of abolishing the state board of health is reported to be down with smallpox. The push to disband the board grew amid criticism of health officers handling of the smallpox case. Heine's illness comes as the reform effort faces scrutiny over health policy.
Charlotte Michigan February 1 P A Shaw a Klondike miner has remarried his former wife Mee Colin Farrett. Shaw left his wife twenty five years ago, she later divorced, married Narrest Her. Her second husband died about four years ago and Shaw, having a stake in the Klondike, returned here months ago, renewing the old attachment. Mrs Shaw has been a prominent resident for years.
A blaze at 2:30 AM gutted the beiler room of a Jackson corset works. The fire caused about 22000 in property loss with 14000 covered by insurance. A loan of 10000 was remitted to Reliance Corset Co as adjustments are arranged before operations resume.
Cobert Hulzenga of this city died from a concussion after a horse ran away while returning from a dance at a nearby roadhouse. He and companions were thrown against a telephone pole in Grant Haven Michigan on February 1.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William Melvin living on South French street in May City Michigan in February choked on several match heads and attire them in her mouth. She wheeled convulsions but may recover.
Alma College held a Monday evening oratorical contest in the Presbyterian church with six speakers from Zeta Sigma and Phi Phi Alpha. David A. Fount won the gold medal for his oration on Christianity and Social Unity and will enter the state contest in Allion on March 4. Second place went to Israel Himelhoch of Zeta Sigma for “America's Greatest Need,” criticizing graft and urging reform.
Levi J. Butler attended the Executive Committee meeting of the State Ecputorical Association in Jackson Saturday. Ten college girls hosted their sleigh ride and supper for gentlemens friends at Wil Sloan's home west of town. Dr Knske traveled to Saginaw Wednesday to preach the funeral sermon of Rey T. M. Oxtoby DD who died Monday morning in Saginaw. Two of the most pleasing talks given by a troupe from the chapel players were well received Tuesday morning by Kes LL Palmer and Superintendent John Stewart of Bay City schools.
An audience attended a Tusier group event featuring music selections including Seootl Marurky and Love the Melior. Speakers included Miss Linnie Muelle and Charles Moore with orations on Strife of France and Germany and The King can do no Wrong as part of a Classical Study program at Rose University.
An old Rexall advertisement touts 93 Hair Tonic as a cure for baldness and dandruff claiming a positive, risk free trial. It asserts prior failures in hair restoration have ended and offers a money back guarantee with bottle return. Price listed as fifty cents per bottle.
Rexall 93 shampoo is a scented toilet preparation offered in large capped jars. Priced at twenty five cents per jar, it promises stronger cleansing than competing products and includes a guarantee.
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