Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

The Alma Record in Alma, Michigan

We have 4,309,685 pages in Michigan

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1911

Page

8

World notes and high society items of the week

A digest of global affairs and prominent figures: Schwab returns to New York from Europe with cautious optimism. religious and academic leaders work on commandments abridgment. Baron Rothschild's will bequeaths 110 million to charity. Mrs. Medill McCormick plans lodging for working women in Washington. rumors of a German emperor visit to London for a Queen Victoria memorial unveiling. Knox disputes Canada annexation stance. Miss Oden advances in railway administration. Astor Library to be moved to new public building. freight rates cut on Isthmus routes. Wyoming lawmakers seek federal aid to save elk. Oswald of Glasgow asylum declares a potential cure for mental disease. Archbishop Ryan's body entombed in Philadelphia cathedral. Canada reciprocity fate may trigger a new session. notable crime and aviation incidents reported.

Charles M. Schwab New York Mauretania Europe William Mordaunt Fur- Beaux Winchester England Canterbury Albert Rothschild Vienna Laula Schilds Medill McCormick Chicago Mark Janta Washington Germany London Knowlee Taft Philander East Knox Kngo Association of Commerce Canada United States Dalsy Oden Davenport Iowa Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Astor Library John Jacob Astor Firth Avenue Atlantic Pacific Coast Pacifc Mail Company American Hawaiian Steamship Company Wyoming Congress Yellowstone Park Oswald Glasgow Patrick John Ryan Peter and Paul Philadelphia Senate Smoot Utah White House Lodge Root Andrew Englund New Pingland Boston Atrvet Frederick Dennehey Vanderbilt Willem Lackerstein Joachim Wiiham i Vanderbilt Los Angeles Springfield Til Illinois King Alcohol Stillman Valley Joseph Vitoll Rockford Frank Marble Naval War College Newport R. 1 Asquith House of Commons Ireland Simon Haiti Juana Mendez F. Carroll House of Representatives National McCall Orrell Vienna University Thalmia Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway Seabourd St. Petersburg Patrick O’brien de Lassy Pantchenko Mme. Muravieff Vasailli Bouturlin Monaghan Lemon Newport News Helen Gould Fifth Avenue Home Committee On Foreign Affairs Hennet Great Britain Samuel M. Clemens Mark Twain Iun Clemens Dur Fenfe Connecticut Danville Hugo Karos John D. Rockefeller Herbert Knox Smith George J. Id Anthony Drexel, Jr Robert Beresford High Court of Justice

Pan American conference urged unity for American industry

Senator Root urged organization and combination to boost trade with Latin America at the Pan American commercial conference in Washington. He criticized laws against industrial organizations that hinder industrial efficiency in the country.

Hu Root New York Washington

Cordelia Halliwill Weds Leland Youngs at Sumner Township

Geo. Washington's birthday wedding occurred at Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Halliwill's home in Sumner township. Cordelia Halliwill married Leland Youngs in a ceremony by Rev. Traver of Elwell. Best man Alonzo Haltiwill and bridesmaid Inca Youngs. Arch of evergreens and American flags framed the vows. After a wedding trip the couple will live on E. R. Lewis farm, Sumner township, leased by Mr. Halliwill for the year.

Geo. Washington A. A. Halliwill Sumner Township Cordelia Leland Youngs Rev. Traver Elwell Alonzo Haltiwill Miss Inca Youngs

Grand Ledge Methodist Church Wins Wood Contract

E M Wood the local architect receives the contract to design and supervise the Grand Ledge Methodist Episcopal church. The edifice, costing about twelve to fifteen thousand dollars, will feature a forty eight by fifty two foot auditorium, steam heating, a large pipe organ, and a substantial basement with dining, banquet and gym facilities, a reading room, kitchen and vault. The project will take several months and showcase Wood’s decade of notable state work.

E. M. Wood New Methodist Episcopal Church Grand Ledge Wood

Forest Hill Social Notes and Local Moves

Mrs Lillian Babcock and son of Clare visit her parents the Markhams. Mrs Lottie Belcher once Lottie Loomis visits Courters. A farewell visit surprised Mr and Mrs J Gulick. Friday town hall social well attended despite bad roads. Grange disbanded and sold hall furnishings. Ward Creech joined Bower on an Saginaw Sunday visit. Forest Hill folks travel to Ohio on AA train wreck near Owosso. no injuries. Wim Katenhus moves to Alma. Chas Blakeslee improves Perrigo shop. M L Perrigo sells autos. Bailor to Bay City. Eva Bailor visits relatives. E N Post moves to village. Homer Leonard and Summerton visitor. Forest Hill auxiliary of CWBL meets at church. Evangelist revival moved to March 12 from Feb 19.

Thas Ward Creech Bower Saginaw Chas Vandemark 1Geo Fruchey Forest Hill Ohio A. A Owosso Wim Katenhus Alma Blakeslee Perrigo M. L. Perrigo E. M. F. Tilden Bailor Bay City Eva Bailor Shepherd Mt. Pleasant E.N. Post Homer Leonard Summerton L. B. Leonard C. W. Blm Forest Hill Church of Christ

Advertised Letters List for Week Ending Feb 18 1911

Advertisement lists letters uncalled for at post office including Mrs Jennie Clark Jack Dalrymple Mrs Frank Davis Mr Lea Ermann Jas Sennet Mr Wm Tooley J A Triteeh Jr. Letters will be sent to Dead Letter Office March 6 1911 unless called for by recipients C F Brown P M See notice.

Auma Anen Jennie Clark Jack Dalrymple Frank Davis Lea Ermann Jas, Sennet Wm. Tooley J. A. Triteeh

LOCAL MARKETS PRICES AND PRODUCE RATES FOR WEEK

Thursday corrected market quotations list grains hay seeds and livestock prices. Wheat no 1 white 8 9c No 2 red 2 80 old or new shelled corn 4 80 beans 1 70 per sack rye 7 0 buckwheat 1 25 per 100 lb hay timothy 10 50 to 12 00 mixed 9 50 to 10 50 clover 8 50 per ton straw 4 0 to 5 0 clover seed jane 6 50 to 7 50 per bushel alsyke 7 00 to 7 80 mammoth 6 60 to 7 50 per bushel timothy 4 50 per bushel live stock hogs 6 50 to 7 00 per owt beef cattle 3 50 to 4 50 per cwt sheep 4 00 per cwt lambs 5 to 5 00 per cwt veal calves Te dressed meats beef Te per pound hogs 9 00 to 9 50 per cwt mutton Te per pound veal calves 100 per pound poultry hides etc chickens 10c hens 10c per pound ducks young te per pound geese alive ve per pound fat turkeys alive 16c per lb beet hides te per pound horse hides 2 8 00 deacon skins 25c calf skins 10c per pound tallow se per pound vegetables fruits etc potatoes tie per bushel butter we per pound ryge 14 18 per dozen lard 12c per pound honey ite per pound the record for the news

Timothy Jane Alsyke Mammoth

Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Cure All Disease

An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known cure for catarrh, claiming it treats the disease constitutionally by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 to any case it cannot cure and directs readers to obtain testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. and to ask a local druggist for the remedy, with a note to take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Asaee Hall Hull F. J. Cheney & Co

North Arcada Social Notes and Local Visits

Wallace Smith hosts his parents back from the west while Miss Rena Newyens seeks ear treatment from Dr. Bagley. Mrs. Clarence Clark entertains Mrs. Pearl Thomas and her young son who relocated from South Haven to Alma. Vern Bamber visits kin in Midland county and Warren Wilson with daughter Zella call on the Clarks and Miller families in West Virginia and Monday.

Clarence Clark Pearl Thomas Little Son South Haven Alma Vern Bamber C. Hale Midland County Warren Wilson West Va Zella Alvin Millers

Farmer's Club Meeting At Potter Home

The Seville and Sumner Farmer's club will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Er A Potter on Thursday March 2. Program includes songs readings minutes roll call quotations recital by Mrs Handley Canadian reciprocity by W C Mallory discussion led by Cliff Rockwell dialogue by Mrs Ferris and Misa Rockwell and a question box with Ina Youngs assisting.

Seville and Sumner Farmer's Club Er. A. Potter Handley W. C. Mallory Cliff Rockwell

ZEMO Promoted as Cure for Eczema by Grover Bros Drug Store

An advertisement touts ZEMO as a clean external treatment that relieves itching and often cures minor eczema in one bottle. It claims two thousand towns show leading druggists carry the product and urges readers to try a bottle on the store’s recommendation.

Grover Broa Zemo America Grover Bros, Drug Store

Marriage License Notices For Philip Haslick And John Onstott

Philip Haslick aged 18 of Wheeler marries Myrtle Peet 15 of Kent County. John E Onstott 24 of Bannister weds Mable Fern Clark 18 of hame. Leland G Youngs 26 of Sumner listed as party.

Philip Haslick Wheeler Myrtle Peet Kent Co John E. Onstott Bannister Mable Fern Clark Hame Leland G. Youngs Sumner

Riverdale busy week as trade rises after holiday

The past week brought increased activity in Riverdale with merchants unloading spring goods, machinery, hay and potatoes moving, and demand for horses and colts rising. St Louis and Alma sugar factories expanded acreage, bean men boosted business, and the Riverdale Elevator reported strong winter trade. Citizens commented on tax collections, local appointments, and a bank board meeting.

St. Louis Alma Riverdale Amy W. P. Cash Bean Jobbers Association Bergderfer Earl Houck Wm. H. Owen Grand Rapids S. Avery

Also Mentioned on This Page

General News Lillian Babcock Clare B. O. Markham Lottie Belcher Lottie Loomis Thomas Courter C. F. Brown P. M Wallace Smith West Rena Newyens Dr. Bagley Cordelia Halliwell Same Irving Deming Chapin Ida Marie Hubbard Leon Massey Ashley Etta Johnson Farmer's Club John Campbell Seville Township Frances Rosa North Wheeler W. E. Swope D. D. Harrison B. A. Church Ann Arbor F. J. Biakr Elm Hall George Sandell Riverdale Bank Ree Puzzle Ice Bullimen Story & Clark Piano CO N. Jefferson Saginaw, Mich
Search Courier

Search the The Alma Record Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The The Alma Record?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication