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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
4
A long wartime era editorial voice in Alma invites citizen aid to sustain the town newspaper. It praises local merchants, pledges loyalty to Alma’s economy, and condemns advertising by rival towns. It weighs political tides, notes national figures, and comments on industry and canal schemes with a satirical tone.
The text notes prior large exports and fears, then mentions a $250,000 reserve and calls for $15,000,000 in American bonds. It frames this as a strategic, potentially stabilizing move, praising Republican sagacity and the arrangement as a test of trust and fiscal policy.
A dated note details a recent appeal for funds to the Bryan campaign reaching 65 dollars before deductions. After a 12 percent collectors’ commission, a net total of 4.37 dollars remains. A Nebraska gentleman questions the prosperity claimed and labels the article as dubious.
Witnesses allege a private seance at W K Ludwik in the Steeles Webster block Ithae cs Michigan on a January Lord day 10 0. They describe a staged cabinet with Glen Waterbury hidden in a wardrobe and LP Mitchell simulating spirits while lamps are dimmed and a form appears at a curtain. They claim props include a handkerchief and cloth used to fake facial color, and Mitchell briefly pretends to undergo a trance before leaving the room. The affiants assert Mitchell is the real medium in the alleged appearances and urge readers to judge whether he can materialize departed spirits or is a fraud.
Michigan Horticultural Society heard OC Bassett of Allegan discuss sugar beet experience while Prof GC Smith of Michigan A and C cautioned careful soil selection and timing. Beets yield with humus rich muck soils, businesslike thinning, and fall plowing to curb worms. A six week college course on beet sugar production was announced. Beets feed hogs well, boosting growth with less corn. The Alma factory closed season. 21407 tons and 1190 pounds of beets yielded 8207 pounds of sugar. Sam Grant reports 1.75 acres of beets netting over 16 per acre and plans to plant again.
At St Johns church Sexagesima Sunday includes 7:30 am celebration, 10:80 morning service, 11:50 Sunday School, 7:0 pm evening service. Christian science services 11:00 am Sundays in Adams Hall. Baptist church topics for next Sabbath Morning Seated on a Mountain Evening The Mighty Queen. Presbyterian morning Building of Character Evening Christ the Law Giver. Sabbath school 11:40 am Endeavor 6:00 pm. Fitz James Lodge K of P meets tonight. Woman's Club meets with Mrs W A Bahike next Monday afternoon. Bay View Reading Circle at Mrs D Adame’s home next week. Epworth League social Feb 1 at G A R hall.
A brief catalog item lists a pair Hose pair Sox Glove Buttones Pearl Collar Buttons 2 Fancy Hat Pins 1 doz Pearl Buttons 1 pr Corset Steels 1 Curling roll 1 pr Dress Shirtit. The fragment suggests a shop or vendor offering sewing notions and apparel components.
Dr. A B Spinney of Detroit becomes new proprietor of Reed City Sanitarium and visits for one day offering free one month treatment and medicines for chronic diseases. He claims vast experience and promises surgical care for the poor with a written guarantee and a special department for hospital patients. Dr Spinney will be at the rent House Alma on Friday February 16 from 0:00 a m to 4:00 p m.
A newspaper ad urges 500 new subscribers by renewing a five year Run with Farm Journal, offering the Record and the Farm Journal for 81.10. It invites old subscribers to clear arrears and prepay one year, praising the Farm Journal as practical, progressive and widely circulated. Free trial copy promised to entice readers.
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