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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
3
A brief Alma Record entry notes a post office transaction at Almator involving an emission and a miscellaneous matter. The readable fragment details are limited and there is no clear outcome or named individuals beyond Alma Record.
In April local option will be voted in many Michigan counties. The temperance wave spreads as reports favor temperance and urge relentless activism. Saloon interests fear reapportionment and propose limited fashion resorts, but the duty remains to curb liquor traffic and enforce laws. Gratiot county reports better business and healthier society under local option with more hopeful outlook.
A garbled mix of remarks on fencing land and field posts, art and sculpture musings, portraits of a living man, and scattered quotes. The text also references Annette viewing a painting, an offertory moment, a complaint about paying fares, and a Newark minister urging reform by mental suggestion, all presented as disjointed snippets from a historical page.
Distinguished men from all parts of the world gather at sacred shrine to honor a real American. President Roosevelt will deliver an address and salaries will be pronounced by other voted men. Across the country schools and churches will include orations and exercises commemorating Lincoln and other great figures born in 1809 such as Poe Mendelssohn Darwin Chopin Fitzgerald Tennyson Holmes Gladstone.
The New York Gas Cane decision refunds about 9 million dollars to gas consumers from funds held by U S Commissioners. It holds that utilities may charge only rates that cover the capital actually invested, not inflated stock values. The ruling supports legislatures fixing utility rates and may curb stock inflation.
In Lansing last week Senator N. O Ward and Representative GO J Chambers received committee assignments. Ward was named chairman of the home for the feeble minded committee and joined counties and townships and school for the Mind and forestry panels. Chambers was named to ways and means elections and horticulture committees.
A Buc cess Magazine excerpt argues credit stems from character rather than capital or cleverness. It states reliable individuals with ability can obtain credit to start a business, citing Robert C. Ogden and John Wanamaker’s former partner.
In Tacoma Washington a banquet drew 400 attendees, many former Michiganders now residents, to promote Tacoma as a gateway to the Alaska Yukon exposition. Speakers urged visitors to Seattle's exposition next summer and consider rail fare discounts. The Southern Pacific route from Portland to San Francisco highlighted scenic Willamette Valley and Mt Shasta.
A damaged OCR fragment reports Congress asking President Roosevelt to prove insinuations about the secret service. The president’s reply deflects, and the piece notes reaction from Congress and the public, with references to Taft era figures and poll outcomes.
A fragmentary notice marks centenary celebrations in Kentucky on February 18 at Lincoln County’s old cures group. It praises Abraham Lincoln as a seminal emancipator and references Willie's homestead, a grandma’s lament, and Dr. Thomas as a household remedy figure amid a century of commemorations.
Congress approves $800000 for relief as King Victor Emmanuel oversees rescue work in devastated Messina and Rog gio with refugees pouring in. Death toll estimated around 200000, fires limited, naval aid arriving, American ships to Naples, Roosevelt order supports Mediterranean relief plan. A Lansing, Michigan case of a son shooting his abusive father ends with tense hospital scene.
A noisy fragment touts Bucklen’s Artemic Salve as the greatest healer curing skin eruptions sores boils ulcers felons and more. Claims quick relief and many testimonials from readers, with odd phrasing and unclear details about location and date.
A Michigan reader recalls a year long cold that left his daughter frail despite three doctors. He credits Warner's White Wine of Tar as the cure, claiming countless cases end in consumption. The note promotes a local job printing service and patent tension sheets for sale.
A nineteen year old American Express employee Floyd White was accidentally shot while alone with fiancée Miss Maggie Belle Btreker in a Michigan parlor. White took a revolver from his pocket to the table, then retrieved it and discharged it, the bullet entering his head. Authorities deem it an accident.
Fragmentary OCR shows a calendar sequence listing days and numbers for January 1909 with weekday headings and scattered digits. It reads Sen Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun and a row of dates 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31, plus stray digits.
Washington style. Warner and other state officers took their oaths on New Year’s Day 1910 in Lansing at Capitol Square before Supreme Blair. Battery A fired a 19 gun salute as Governor Warner pledged full cooperation with new officers to advance the state’s welfare.
Henry Potter Jr, vice president of People's State Bank and former Pere Marquette railroad controller, died at his home 666 Jefferson Avenue after shooting himself. Police reported he had shown no obvious recent personal crisis, and his death occurred after he retired to his bedroom. Mrs. Potter discovered him in the doorway of the bathroom the next morning.
Detroit on January 5 reports Anthang J. Selolte a former county cashier was placed under arrest on a charge of misappropriation of state funds. Authorities allege shortages amount to a substantial sum as the case proceeds through the legal process.
Owosso Michigan January 5Edward Brendahl Jr., a young seed of my years and married, was killed instantly while guiding a team from his home near Bennington to Laingsburg with a load of showp. The wagon slipped on a steep hill and Brendahl, walking beside it, was dragged beneath the wagon where a hoof crushed his head.
Chicago, Jan 6 The news by entertainers and chorus girls riding on automatics and Italian relief day was organized to swell the fund for relief in the Italian earthquake zone. The Chicago Red Cross has telegraphed $19,268 to Washington, bringing the total so far to $28,32. Some $20,000 more is expected.
Goods valued at $1,000 stolen from Mt Clemens residents Matthew Slush and G Brast are found in a room at the Arlington hotel in Detroit. George Lacey, said to have brought the items, was captured at the Stugh home and is held at the Mt Clemens station.
Guna, president of the Guna Paraiture company of Grand Rapids, one of the old time signature manufacturers, is reported in Paris Dispatches as having been fond in Paris. The dispatches reach Grand Rapids Jan 5 with details of the deed.
A fragmented item notes a divorce granted by a western judge amid references to temper and treatment. The text mentions King's New Life Wille and a recovery office auction, with assurances of satisfactory service. The readable fragments hint at domestic dispute and legal action without clear names or dates.
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