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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
4
The Alma Record argues law and order rest on citizen duty over harsh enforcement. It cites Underwood tariff data from 1915 and comments on broad commerce, then notes Theodore Roosevelt avoiding ballot placement and Attorney General Fellows announcing a 1925 Supreme Court bid.
Mins Troia Adgate visited at her Mt Pleasant home. L. B. Jackman displayed a 17 inch around 18 inch long Record and Parsnip from his garden. A W Shaw placed third cock and second cockerel in Buff Orpington at Grand Rapids show last week and second cockerel and third pullet at the Lansing show.
Close aides of the president warn German American voters may sway the 1917 election as Republicans face a split. Senator Gallinger criticizes commissions while Kenyon questions army posts. Hitchcock quips on Wilson quotes as leaders debate preparedness and policy.
A long list of Democratic presidential hopefuls is discussed with focus on Maryland politics and Republican prospects. The piece notes how the Senate offers few strong candidates, while figures like Judge and Colonel Washington are mentioned, and threads of party strategy, fundraising, and public sentiment are explored amid Washington intrigue.
Roy Miller of Miller Bros and Carl Harry manager of Cash grocery have bought the Mrs. Ray 0. Smith property on Michigan avenue Euclid and will erect a store building to house a first class grocery. They plan to add a restaurant and Mr Harry will oversee the business.
The article explains that granite, though flexible in thin sheets, absorbs moisture. A dry yard of granite immersed in pure water would absorb about four gallons after a short time, per the United States Geological Survey.
Letters to Michigan congressmen accuse Postmaster General Burleson of bias toward southern states. Rural service criticized as inefficient in the north with growing ill feeling between Senator Burbank of Alabama and Burleson. The rural program’s expansion cited, but farmers report poorer delivery despite statewide growth.
At a recent Elm Hall Grange gathering, officers were installed by Ovid Seamen and Mr. Henry Seamen. W. M. D. Parks and W. O. J. W. Mathews were named, with Evangeline Niel St and Walter French as secretary and president respectively. Other roles filled include Anna Parks treasurer, Peter Britten secretary, Nellie Markham chaplain, Ola Hamp Ceres, Anna Looker Flora, Mrs. Humphrey Pomona, Mrs. 8. C. Harris L. A. S., Otie Hamp gate keeper. A supper followed the ceremony.
A shabbily dressed man with a clever dog performs a street con act tossing stale bread into the gutter. The crowd pretends charity, tears arise as the pair roll in dirt for the bread, the dog vanishes, then returns with the owner to repeat the ruse.
Central State Normal and Ladd Creamery Supply Co authorize $3.40 to $4.00 milk and cream testing kits for schools. Nonbuyers can borrow by paying transport costs. Training and safety directions provided. Also offered San Jose scale specimens and literature for seven cents to aid identification and control. Contact Department of Agriculture, Central State Normal, Mt Pleasant, Mich.
The body of Mrs. Péter Beltinck, missing since January 10, was found Sunday, frozen in a cake of ice and washed ashore a mile below the city. Ice was thawing away as a coroner’s inquest is planned to determine if foul play occurred. Her clothing remained intact save for one missing slipper.
The ad promotes Doan's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys backing it with a long- standing claim of 50 years of use and 10 000 endorsements. Alma resident Mrs Charter Vine of 425 E Downie St testifies the pills relieved dull backache and kidney pains. Price is 50 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is listed as producent.
Church notes list A B Bowman and J Frank Jackson as pastors with multiple services each Sunday including 10:00 morning worship 11:00 Sunday school and 5:00 vesper. Topics include The Sabbath Day Custom of Christ and The Call of Sour Desciples. Bible school 11:15 C E prayer 6:00 and evening services at 7:00 with sermons The Source of Life and He Satisfieth the Longing Pera school. Midweek prayer Thursday 7:30 and 4. m communion sermon by Lester C. Doerr. You are welcome to attend at both churches 802 traitor address appears miswritten.
Alma Michigan January 24 1916 list of names for week ending January 24 1916 includes Mrs Mollie Chism Mrs Lew Enderson Miss Tillie Elbert Lucretia Davis John H Dillman Bert Goodrich Emil Holaheuer Walter Pelphrey Pred Perry David Russell. Unclaimed letters to be sent to dead letter office February 7 1916. Also a health ad touts Hollister s Rocky Mountain Tea for digestion and bowels with a prompt call to begin tonight.
Ernest Gould of Vestaburg, previously involved in a tittle cheek incident, was brought to Alma on Tuesday for examination on a larceny charge regarding a check. He was released and immediately rearrested for embezzling a $65 check. John T. Matthews of Ithaca is his counsel, with Prof Att. Smith as representing circuit court bond set at $300.
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