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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
2
Secretary of State Martindale sent circular letters to all candidates filing petitions for primary election places urging haste. The law allows petitions until August 22, but many offices face contests and the large number of candidates will strain review and certification if more time is needed. Hurry in your petitions.
The state fair grounds are described as in excellent shape with lush shrubbery and well-kept lawns. Secretary J E Hannon expects all concession spaces to be sold by August 1, amid a flood of slogan contest entries and high public anticipation for Wright brothers aeroplanes at the fair.
The Michigan Primary Reform League formed in Grand Rapids with A H Vandenburg of the Grand Rapids Herald as general chairman. The platform pledges strict support for Republican primary integrity, demands that the statewide winning U S Senate candidate be the party nominee, and seeks pledges from Republican state legislative candidates to vote with the party.
Public notice style advertisement urging support for kidney health through Doan's Kidney Pills. Endorsement from R. R. Purvis of Alma, Mich., cites backache relief and improved kidney function after using the product. Sold by Charles Rhodes' Drug Store and all dealers, price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, NY advertises as sale agents.
Congressman John A. Martin of Pueblo accuses the sugar trust, Attorney General Wickersham, and the bureau of insular affairs of moving to seize control of Philippine friar lands. Secretary of War Dickinson and the insular bureau head to the Philippines to investigate while U.S. rule persists and a congressional inquiry committee is formed.
The Colorado congressman accuses high officials of evasive explanations on the Friar estate sale. American Sugar Refining denies any Philippine land interest, noting one director bought land personally. The dispute centers on the 1902 organic law limiting private land to forty acres and corporate holdings to 2,500 acres, amid broader debates on friar lands and insular policy.
A fragmentary editorial text extols an active U S senator candidate, highlighting a self made origin from a poor farmer family, schooling as a teacher then law, a Jackson County official and congressman, Roosevelt rate bill sponsor, Taft railroad bill introducer, and a record of private pension legislation. It urges a progressive canvass of Michigan readers and ends with a merchant advertising King Bee overalls and jackets from W B McCauley in Alma Mich.
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