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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1914
Page
3
Local items record residents visiting Ithaca and Alma, moves to Montana and Saginaw, family updates, births, illnesses, and travel. Notables include the Potter and Dixon families, the Bissell and Renner connections, and a death in the Sheldon family as neighbors share life events across Gratiot County.
The report covers January wheat injury by region with 66 southern, 23 central and 41 northern counties reporting yes. Snow days protecting wheat ranged statewide from 19 to 22 days with average snow depths from 4.19 to 5.87 inches. Wheat marketed in January totaled 192,419 bushels across mills and dealers, with August-January six month total near 4,000,000. Livestock condition is listed as horses and sheep 96, cattle 4, swine 95. Frederick Martindale, Secretary of State.
Henry D. Sanders of Cavendish Vermont suffered pneumonia and threat of consumption. He praises Dr King's New Discovery as the best medicine for coughs and lung trouble. The remedy is recommended by Wheaton Sons Rhodes Drug Store and Rexall Drug Store with prices 50c and 1.00.
A Detroit based life insurer, The Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company of Detroit, is cited for public confidence and progress. The record invites attention from all readers and stakeholders in the community.
The 46th annual statement highlights the companys high asset quality and prudent management. It notes steady growth, broad public esteem, and a policy of absolute protection at low rates as the basis for future progress and usefulness.
Paul Mathulka of Buffalo New York calls Dr King s New Life Pills the king of all laxatives and a blessing to his family He keeps a box at home Get a box and get well again two cents at Wheaton Sons Rhodes Drug Store and The Rexall Store F O Grover
Gratiot county pastor Hurd Allyn Drake of the First Presbyterian Church of St. Louis has accepted a call from Napoleon Ohio, a Henry county seat with 4 population 4 Holling school rooms and 350 member church. He plans to move next month to serve a larger field.
Feel miserable out of sorts back pain and low spirits? Electric Bitters is pitched as a guaranteed liver and kidney health restore. It claims to cured Robert Madsen of eight months liver trouble after four doctors gave up and promises safe dependable results for 1.00 with local pharmacy endorsements.
Mrs. Mary Smith of Muir visits relatives while Seymour Orris and wife return from Detroit. Mrs. Butcher spends Sunday in Alma with Mrs. C. A. Bolton. A sleigh load of youths roller skate in Alma. Greta Hoxie returns from Ithaca and is ill. Mrs. Addie Walker and Mrs. Stella Follick are badly burned. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Andrews travel to Sidney for a death in the family. Pearl Smith returns from Mt. Pleasant where she cared for Aunt Rose Cahoon who is very ill.
Wheeler School notes show Ethel Dancer Beatrice Rich absent last week while Grace Hale skipped Wednesday. Several pupils returned after short absences including Clarence Hall and Rollo Allen. Primary room hosted a Valentine program Friday with all rooms invited.
Two women discuss Harmony Hair Beautifier and Harmony Shampoo advertised as non oily and color safe. The copy claims instant glossy results, easy styling, dandruff control, and quick use. Sold at Rexall stores and Grover Drug Store with money back guarantee.
Thomas C Blaisdell president of Alma College will deliver an address on That Boy at the Saginaw County Institute held February 25 to 27 at the Auditorium Thursday evening February 26 The Courier Herald notes his background as a Syracuse graduate with a PhD from Pittsburgh a former Pittsburg Normal school professor and Michigan Agricultural College faculty member He has led Alma College for two years and is known as a popular educational lecturer from New Jersey to Nebraska Last week a power outage left every pole along Superior Street owned by the Michigan Telephone Company down.
By resolution of Alma Michigan Common Council adopted February 10 1914 it is proposed to pave State Street north of Superior Street with cement or other material and to defray costs by special assessments on lands abutting the street. A hearing will be held March 3 1914 at City Hall at 7 30 p m for objections or comments. D W Adams City Clerk. Wm H Caple has gone to Battle Creek for treatment at the Sanitarium.
The attorney general states a saloon cannot be entered on Sunday even to fix fires or prevent frozen pipes. A resident reported the issue, citing a prior supreme court decision that a man entering Wissalgon on Sunday for an umbrella while raining violated the law.
Mrs. F. B. Perkins of Ann Arbor state lecturer for the W C T U will conduct a three service institute in Alma at the M E church Friday February 20. Morning afternoon and evening sessions feature a state wide speaker drawing Alma citizens to hear her.
Where the Trail Divides will be the centerpiece attraction at the Realty Opera House this Saturday evening drawing local residents and visitors to a staged performance.
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