State Railroad Commission Visits Alma for Station Upgrade
State Railroad Commissioner and officers from Pere Marquette and Ann Arbor railroads toured Alma on the Ann Arbor line. Local officials and civic groups outlined unsanitary conditions and inadequate seating, urging the commission to require plans for an enlarged or new station by March 20. Cement platforms and approaches were recommended, with a follow up to the Alma Council. The U B H Ald Society will meet February 29 with Mrs. Mary Emaley for an all day session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Commission
Alma
Ann Arbor
Pere Marquette
Board of Trade
City Council
Civic Improvement League
First State Bank
John Knoertzer
Bablke
Knoertzer
Aires
Jahlke
St. Louis
Dickinson
Jeter
Alma Connell
RH. Commission
Statoo
Autede
Civic Improvement League Meeting Planned at Mrs Francis King Home
Notice announces a Civic Improvement League meeting at 1101 Orchard St Friday at 4 o clock p.m. Officers and committee chairmen will report and plans for the coming year will be discussed. Members urged to renew. nonmembers invited to join and support the league. Annual dues noted as twenty five cents.
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Civic Improvement League
Francis King
Orchard Sr
Mar
Alm
Teague
Banik
Alma Manufacturing ships McVicker engines nationwide
Alma Manufacturing Co. continues making Clipper and Alma Junior engines while McVicker engines are shipped daily nationwide. On February 10 a car left for Louisville Kentucky and another for Los Angeles California, with six sent to Germany and four to Denmark, illustrating strong demand.
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Alma Manufacturing Co
Alma
McVicker
Louisville
Kentucky
Los Angeles
California
Germany
Denmark
Reformer Arnold to Speak at Methodist Church Friday
Arnold, superintendent of the Northwest Society for the Prevention of Vice, will address the Methodist churches social in the city Friday evening. He is described as an eloquent speaker and all who wish to hear about the society’s work are invited. No admission fee. All invited.
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Arnold
Northwest Society For the Prevention of Vice
Methodist Clares
Liver Work Disputed Among Physiologists
Physiologists largely agree the liver is a major gland but differ on the exact amount of work it performs. Rexall Liver Salts is promoted to aid the sluggish liver and is backed by a money back guarantee if the remedy does not benefit the case.
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Rexall
F. de Grover
Rexall Drug Store
Card of Thanks From Davis Family for Mapp's Passing
The Davis family thanks neighbors and friends for kindness shown during the illness and death of their wife and mother Mapp Davis. Floid Davis Morrie Davis Arther Cohoom Mrs Allen
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Mapp
Davis
Floid Wid
Morrie Davis
Arther Cohoom
of Allen
Professor Bruske’s Steady Rise at Alma College Ends Soon
The Alma College presidency under Dr Bruske has expanded the endowment from 80 000 to 897 082 28 and increased faculty from twelve instructors to twenty three plus three assistants. Board says no successor chosen yet but will canvass candidates to fill the vacancy at the end of commencement week June 12.
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Bruske
Dr. Braske
Alma
Alma College President Resigns Resignation Accepted
The Alma College Board of Trustees formally accepted President A F Buske s resignation effective at the close of the school year. Dr Braske, who became president on June 16 1891, is noted as a leading college president in Michigan and aided the growth of campus facilities from two buildings to multiple structures.
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Alma College
A. F. Buske
Braske
Alma
First Presbyterian
Saginaw
George F. Hunting
Michigan
Braoke
Pioneer Hall
Local Happenings and Dated Notices From Alma Area
Local notes report Masonic Grand Master Dillon visiting Alma last Friday and J H Montague of this city among three Michigan masons to receive the thirty third degree on October first. A Home Rule Charter proposition was defeated in Grand Rapids by a 1282 vote margin. Funeral details follow the death of Wm. Baregood, 77, in Lincoln Avenue, Riverside cemetery. Other items list attendees from Owosso Adrian Flint Lansing Detroit and broader Masonic activity and repairs at the Masonic Home.
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J.H. Montague
Michigan
Boston
Wm. Baregood
Lincoln Ave
Earegood
Riverside
Arthur Hume
Owowmo
G. Roscoe Swift
Adrian
Geo. Armstrong
John 4. Carton
Flint
Z. B. Winsor
Rved Ciy
J. Thompson
Lansing
Red Stevens
Detroit
Alta
Masonic Home
Dr King’s New Life Pills Featured in Local Ad
A Danville reader credits Dr King’s New Life Pills with curing two years of left side distress later diagnosed as indigestion. The ad promotes pills as best for stomach liver kidney troubles constipation headache and debility and lists Wheaton & Sons Rhodes Drug Store and The Rexall Drug Store as sellers at 26 cents.
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W Evans
Danville
Dr. King
Wheaton & Sons
Rhodes Drug Store
Rexall Drug Store
Masonic Home Notes and Local Social Highlights
Mrs Margaret Ryder visits her brother and family at the Home Twit for Alts. Mr and Mrs Herbert Montaguet travel to Grand Rapids for the Shriners convention. Ringling Bros animals feature the parade with Senator William Smith Sybrant Weaselfiethe and Mayor IQis in stunts. Brother E Co Robinson dies suddenly aged years. longtime decorator and paped hanger in Kilwinning Lodge Detroit. He joined the Episcopal church. Purest Hill. Mr and Mrs B Wells visited. Miss Lenny Belle Cansfield attended the C B K convention at Lapeer. Perriga entertaining a nephew from California. Jess Crossett visited Homer Lear wards at Karwell. Davis went to Marion. Revival services at F M church two miles north. Vanderwtirk sells his farm. Mr Barrett of Manderson Ky on business. Bert Hamilton visited parents. Wafer to open a restaurant and confectionery in about a week. Snyder moved to Leonard’s home.
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Margaret Ryder
Herbert Montaguet
Sday
Shriners’ Convention
Grand Rapids
Ringling Bros
Meneuerie
William Smith
Sybrant Weaselfiethe
Iqis
E Co Robinson
Kilwinning Lodge
Jess Crossett
Homer Lear
Karwell
Davis
Marion
F. M
A Case of Appendicitis Prevention Tip
A medical note explains appendicitis often stems from a constipated habit and congested bowels. It urges keeping bowels regular and promotes Dr Herrick's Sugar-Coated Pill as a mild, thorough cathartic for digestion, energy, and spirits, priced 25 cents per box at Wheaton & Son Pioneer Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheaton & Son
Pioneer Drug
Elm Hall Visitors and Family News Card
Miss Inga Conner visits Hireek enridge for a week. Nelson Fullerton of Alma spent Friday with his mother Mrs. Mary Foot. Mrs. Janes Hildreth travels to Grand Rapids to visit daughter Mrs. Mabel Birdsall. Mrs. Mary Foot improves as daughter Mrs. Nellie Optrander cares for her. Lizzie Jones entertains Grandmother Mrs Deverans Thursday to Monday. Eliza Clark goes to Lansing after two weeks with Mrs. Schaffer.
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Inga Conner
Hireekenridge
Nelson Fullerton
Alma
Mary Foot
Janes Hildreth
Grand Rapids
Mabel Birdsall
Nellie Optrander
Lizzie Jones
Deverans
Eliza Clark
Lansing
Schaffer
CROUP ENDS LIFE Inexplicable croup warning to parents
Warning to parents about croup dangers and the need for immediate action during a attack. Advice includes keeping HYOMEL on hand with a 50 cent bottle and using 20 drops in boiling water to ease breathing until a physician arrives. The ad claims Hyomel treats croup catarrh asthma and bronchitis and lists Charles Rhodes as seller.
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Charles Rhodes
Tuberculosis cures and remedies in 1900s advert
Hundreds report cure from tuberculosis and asthma using Nature's Creation with a free booklet from Charles A. Hares Dispenser Detroit. Tom Moore of Cochran Ga praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve for a persistent instep sore. Salve heals sores ulcers boils burns and piles. Harvey Carter recovered well after appendicitis surgery at Plainerd's hospital.
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Chas. A. Hares
Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Mich
Tom Moore
Cochran
Wheaton & Sons
Rhodes Drug Store
Rexall Drug Store
Sumner Center Social Round Up
In Alma and nearby towns residents share visiting and entertaining news. F W Gee and Mrs R A Gee host and visit neighbors including Rockefellow, Wixom, Kress, and Wixson families. Mr and Mrs Dan Haag entertained guests from Elwell, while Mrs M McNamara returns from Lansing. The week features multiple family gatherings and neighborly visits.
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R. A. Gee
Elwell
Cora Wixom
Wixson
Fred Rockafellow
Theron Kress
M. McNamara
Lansing
Local Market Prices For Grain Livestock Produce
Corrected market quotations released every Thursday list grains including Wheat No 1 and No 2, Shelled and Ear Corn, Buckwheat, Barley, and Clover Seed values. Livestock prices show Hogs Beef Cattle Sheep Lambs Veal Calves. Dressed meats and poultry rates cover Beef Hogs Mutton Veal Calves. Produce covers Butter Eggs Potatoes with ranges and per unit figures for each item.
Pioneer Farmer Alfred Finch Dies at 55 Near Alma
Alfred Finch, a Gratiot county pioneer farmer, died Sunday at his home three miles south and two miles west of Alma from chronic Brights disease at age fifty five. He left a widow and four married children. The funeral was held from the residence Tuesday afternoon and burial in Bailey cemetery.
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Alfred Finch
Gratiot County
Alma
Bright
Bailey
Farm Bargains No 180 and 206 One Half Acre Tracts
Two farm listings describe 180.5 and 243 acre properties near a railroad town. The first includes 65 cultivated acres, 16 timber, fruit orchards, a 1g acre grape and berry patch, a six room house, barns, stock, tools, and livestock priced at 6500 dollars. The second features a large 18-room residence with basement, outbuildings, windmill, tanks, and extensive cultivated land, priced at a unspecified amount.
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Railroad Town
Haly
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ROWIL
Royal
R. R
R. R. Companies
U. Bh, Ald Society
Mary Ebmaley
TRE Mggker
Masonic E
Purest Hill
B. Wells
Lenny Belle Cansfield
District C.bk
Lapeer
Aina
Perriga
Elm Hall
Croup
Harvey Carter
Plainerd’s Hospital
New York City
Cushing & Benedict
Khodak Supplies
Kodaks
Kodak Supplies
Chas. G. Rhodes
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