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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
7
Notice of four months from May first for the estate of Lester H. Hayt in Pasadena California. Proceedings list executors and final action by the court. The probate judge Tsac B. Be presides, with a hearing set on August 4 at ten o'clock in the forenoon. The notice bears the date May 6, AD 1920.
The Grand Rapids train will depart Alma at 8 40 in the morning and return from Grand Rapids at 6 15 in the evening.
A fragmented antique notice promotes Renne's Pain-Killing Oil as universal remedy with prices 25c 50c and $1.00. A Jackson Michigan user testimonial touts years of use and savings on doctors, urging households to keep the product at hand and follow directions. Sold by Wheaton & Sons, Drug Dealers.
The gaekwar of Barod in the United States on his way to England brings gifts for the new king of extraordinary splendor and value. He is one of the world’s richest men with a jewel collection said to be unmatched including a Mamond necklace of 200 brilliants worth over a million dollars. A carpet four yards square woven with rubies diamonds and pearls supposedly valued at 4 000 000 represents three years of skilled work. Also noted is novelty in equine headgear on New York’s east side a hat resembling a tennis racket designed to shield the brain and fasten to the bridle.
Luther W. Charlton of Washington has invented an envelope that cannot be opened without detection. A spoon shaped tongue, cut to the envelope’s tip, remains attached by a stem. The under flap contains two folds that lift the tongue’s shoulders when the envelope is sealed.
The Record presents the station timetable for passenger trains with arrival and departure times. The schedule started on Sunday June 26 but the public was informed only after some delay.
By J A Edgerton 1910 a lengthy overview of early aviation advances. From Hamilton at Mineola to Wright brothers feats in France and America, the article traces propulsion, control, and dramatic aerial stunts. It notes spur of patent protection and growing commercial promise as aviators push records.
An editorial extols the Wright brothers for solving the aircraft puzzle with flexible wing tips and a sustaining plane design. It credits Langley and Chanute as theorists but credits the Wrights for actual flight and plans against Curtiss in a patent dispute while noting their early Kitty Hawk experiments and Dayton secrecy.
A New York World verse by J Lampton portrays a farmer named Jett returning to rural life away from urban ringside crowds. The poem celebrates simple farming, rain, plowshares, and a hopeful absence of racial slurs, contrasting with past city life and boxing imagery.
Mrs Richard Henry Savage widow of the famous author and soldier died in New York at sixty seven. She was born Josephine Schuble in Potsdam daughter of a court chamberlain and a confidante of European royalty. For thirty years she championed women’s rights and lectured widely following marriage to Richard Henry Savage in 1872.
Miss Helen Fales, sole female graduate this year from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will study food conditions among the poor in major cities like Boston New York and Chicago. A Vassar alumna, she entered MIT to pursue chemistry of foods and earn a bachelor of science degree. Her philanthropic aims will focus on aiding those lacking training to improve their own circumstances.
A. F. Crowell former deputy state horticultural distributor in Spokane and Stevens counties Wash submitted a plan to the national apple show to erect a mammoth monument to Adam and Eve in the northwest apple belt. The trustees led by Toward Elliott president of Northern Pacific Railroad discussed a substantial prize for the best design to be chosen by popular vote at the third annual Spokane show the week of November 14.
In Chancery at Thwew on May 15 1910 a bill of complaint was filed by named complainants against multiple defendants to quiet title to lands in Gratiot County Michigan described as the northwest quarter of section 35 township 12 north range 3 west with a 48 acre southeast corner exception. The court notes nonresident defendants and unknown heirs or representatives, urges appearance within five months and service within twenty days, and orders publication in Alma Record for six weeks to notify absent parties.
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