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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
8
A West Window display features overstuffed suites in blue velour mulberry velour and deep luxurious springs. The show emphasizes plush comfort and rich fabrics likely attracting shoppers seeking high end seating options.
An article urges women to invest time in hair care citing how healthy strong hair enhances personality. It notes many factors beyond neglect cause dull lifeless hair including illness poor circulation dandruff eczema and other conditions, emphasizing scalp health.
Fragments mention Bethe hay-2R DeLuxe candies titles Charlie Chaplin Idlehour and a question about who committed a cinema murder. Additional notes list various local people ill at home on Gratiot avenue and on business trips, plus community events and sales ads.
Local church notices list St Marys Catholic services with varied masses, First Church of Christ Scientist reading room hours, St Johns Episcopal Parish events and meeting, Ev Lutheran German services and pastor’s schedule, Mid Presbyterian Church activities, Baptist and Free Methodist services, and a Sunday obituary for Mrs Lotte Helle Oliver. Includes funeral details from Salvation Army connection.
The item notes that February 1920 contains Sundays on the 1st, 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th, a February with unusual day alignments not seen since 1880 and not to recur until 1948, plus banker holidays in the month and civic reminders about Washington and Lincoln birthdays. It ends with an ad wink about washing powder avoiding hard water.
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