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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
6
Antoine a former miner known as the good father leads a new Belgian sect with about 100000 followers. He lives in seclusion in Liege, rarely leaves his home, and conducts silent healing ceremonies in a church built from his own funds.
Rhode Island tops population density with 508.5 persons per square mile while Nevada sits near the bottom with seven tenths. Massachusetts 4184, New Jersey 887.7, Central 281.8, New York 191.2. Pennsylvania 171, Ohio 117, Delaware around 100.7, Wyoming 1.5, Arizona 1.8.
A French chemist investigates a claim that gold boils when heated in an electric current. He outlines a theory that the metal reaches a boiling point around 2,400 degrees, prompting further tests and discussion in scientific circles.
The Kansas Bato Agricultural college shelved the potent milking machine after tests showed it unsuitable for small herds. Professor O B Reed said its high operating cost and labor for cleaning rubber tubing made it impractical for farms milking twenty to thirty cows. The device, a patent Scottish invention, could be powered by gasoline, treadmill, or other means, but failed to deliver suitable returns for limited operations.
Aiden Freeman of East Orange New Jersey, heir to Joel Francis Freeman, plans an independent theater and free lectures to educate on religion morality and wealth. He aims to use wealth to promote radical ideas through free schools and lectures and independent drama unbound by special interests.
John Bull resists arming police with revolvers despite recent burglaries and a near repetition. The piece notes England’s police are highly restrained yet authorities oppose arming them, contrasting with global practice and suggesting self defense needs.
In Lombville Kentucky Jason Williams found the body of a buzzard marked with a bell set fifty years earlier in Nicholas County. The bird was captured young and unable to fly and was jet black. many feathers are now gray. The bird died in a recent blizzard.
Saxony’s silver mines shut down after years of rich yields reportedly totaling over 2.348 billion marks, with operations halted as officials cite economic pressures and political tensions affecting continuation. Local miners and the Saxony mining administration await next steps and potential reopenings.
Michigan Governor Osborn supports maintaining the current fare level for northern Michigan railroads and favors reducing north of the Straits to 2 1/2 cents per mile. He proposes a 20 cent per mile rate for northern roads and urges all state railways to switch to all steel coaches, with four wheeled cabooses removed.
Farmers in Bay City area consider a partial strike against sugar companies. A vow binds growers not to sign contracts until the Michigan Sugar Beet Growers Association sets the price. Monitor township farmers demand 7 dollars per ton. a bid for a cooperative sugar plant was discussed but not actioned.
Palmer of Manistee wins appointment as Insurance commissioner in the new state administration with a total package near six thousand dollars annually. Gov. Osborn and legislators express surprise at the office salary and the fees connected to the post.
Stephen B. Elkins known as Big Steve and longtime West Virginia senator died in Washington after months of septicemia. He remained conscious until shortly before death as his wife, daughter and four sons—David, Richard, Stephen and Blaine—gathered at his bedside.
Grant Fellows of Hudson has been named special counsel for U S cases arising from condemnation proceedings at the Soo. He will lead the effort to straighten the tangled issues in land condemnation for the new canal and the government action driving the Chandler Dunbar company from the rapids. The A F Anderson planing mill in South Boardman burned, causing $40 loss. Union Telephone Co raised farm rate to $15 yearly on Jan 1. Women League of Iter Creek adds charity to literary work and has installed a visiting nurse system with wheel chair access for patients in need. League is nonsectarian and led by the city's leading women.
A period of idle time between holidays prompts Alma College to urge a winter enrollment in commercial studies. The program trains bookkeepers, stenographers, and typists using practical methods, with emphasis on shorthand, typewriting, spelling, and business law. Tuition is modest at about fifty dollars, covering all essentials for the winter months. Catalogs and information are available from Principal George T. Churchill or Secretary Albert P. Cook.
Corrected market quotations issued Thursday list prices for grain including wheat oats and corn beans rye buckwheat clover seed and timothy hay. livestock beef cattle sheep lambs veal calves and hogs with prices per cwt and per pound. dressed meats poultry hides and tallow. produce butter eggs lard and honey with per unit values and ranges. Notable items include wheat near 90 cents per bushel oats 10v shelled corn 48c beans 1.80 per bushel and hay Timothy 10 to 12 dollars per ton.
Mrs Densie Crouse of Grand Rapids visits her brothers Ben and Cloyce for a few days. Melia of Blanchard guests of Miss Florence Tevens Sunday. E J Miner and wife entertain a party of thirteen Sunday. Mrs Artie Beard entertains her mother Mrs Roe of Wyman last week. Miss Lalu Reed at teacher's institute at Mt Pleasant Monday.
A local meeting praised Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy. The ad-style note claims the product treats catarrh by affecting the blood and mucous surfaces, offering a $1000 reward for any failing case, and urges readers to contact F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio for circulars and testimonials.
Forest Hill reports Mrs. Anna Ratenhus of Coleman visiting several days. L. E. Camfield visited Roe Huffman at Farwell and Bert Huffman of Evart. LB Leonard hauled burr saws to Bert Kemp and neighbors held a wood cutting bee. Geo Peterson and wife visited Shepherd. Alonzo Phillips plans move to Canada. Mrs. A Sheldon and daughter from Lake George visited. M. B. society revival meetings are thriving.
A historical notice promoting Bucklow's Arnica Salve as a quick cure for burns and wounds. It claims relief from inflammation pain and skin eruptions, advising purchase at Rhodes Drug Store and Wheaton & Sone for 26 cents. The fragment frames fire-related death as a context for selling the salve.
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