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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
3
A clothier touts CLOTHCRAFT CLOTHES with bold claims of unbeatable style and fit. The ad emphasizes strong value, urging customers to judge the garments by appearance and actual fit, asserting nothing compares at any price.
Clothcraft suits are advertised as all wool with a maker’s guarantee, promising savings of about a third in cash. The ad emphasizes a bright factory, sunlight, and fresh air, urging customers to buy today before stock is gone.
A historical notice lists Detroit Trust Company figures including Davies Dean Holwin and George Peck Edward H putler along with several others in a formal designation. The fragment characterizes a roster or organizational listing tied to the trust company.
The world’s bergamot comes from a small Calabria season on the coast facing Mesatna. This singular harvest controls nearly all known supply and highlights the region’s unique climate and production.
An historical notice describes a September effective act prohibiting adulterated cigarettes and tobacco access by minors. It sets fines up to fifty dollars and jail up to thirty days for selling to or furnishing tobacco to under twenty one, with enforcement by officers on public premises and possible suspended sentences for informants. It also restricts parental rights and guardianship limits on private premises.
A Bay City National Farmer weekly note reports Gratiot county beets as the best yet with good stands, easy labor, and wide acreage. The county’s rich soil and diversified farms show agriculture thriving with land values nearly doubling in the last decade, sugar beets as the principal crop.
Advertised letters listed with names including Miss Teckla Baumann D Byars Eugene Downs CW Howitt W S Jenny Nellie Jurfey George Landon W A Mc Neill Mrs Mamie Mey M G Murnky Sue Ogle Fred Pond John Wilson Smith Fed Weeks. Letters uncalled for will go to dead letter office July Ath 10 C F Brown P M. Also an ad seeks trustworthy person in each county to advertise receive orders and manage New York license mail order business offering 15:00 weekly permanent position no investment required address Clarke Co Wholesale Dent Park Ave New York. 1574-1084
The text notes that someone who is unpunctual becomes a nuisance and people tire of him. It also states that a New York tea merchant ward reports 360000 pounds of tea sold monthly throughout the year.
Prevalent in Washtenaw County and elsewhere, new naturalization laws trigger doubt among foreign born residents and second generation Americans about eligibility to vote or hold office. County figures estimate 609 to 1,000 men affected, many unaware they lack full status, risking challenges at polls. Also notes rail fire safety enforcement and naval militia inspections planned for Great Lakes maneuvers.
A. J. Doherty of Clare heads a new public domain commission and the Park Congregational church in Grand Rapids, once pastorless for a year, hires Rev FW Melcy from Oak Park Chicago at 4000 dollars a year the highest clergy salary in the city. Dowagiac man Thomas Topard sues in Indiana courts to recover 200 600 dollars worth of lands sold by Potawatomi Indians claiming land rights due to unapproved death records. The body of H E Halford, a drowning victim from Goguac lake near Battle Creek, will be cremated in Detroit and ashes sent to Bradford England.
In a playful office tale a group of girls dream of summer in a country house offered by a boarding house owner. The Typewriter Lady announces a country stay, but misgivings rise as faulty purchases and misadventures reveal how the plan collapses into urban camp and improvisation. The group reels from ruined porch chairs, bath fixtures, and the loss of a promised summer idyll.
A Rural New Yorker writer notes that early French Canadians came from Normandy and Brittany, with cattle closely related to Jerseys. Quebec established a herd book in 1886, declaring pure bloodlines. French-Canadians show iron constitutions, similar size to Jerseys, and high butter yields per unit feed, per Pan American tests.
Farmers are advised to let breeding ewes roam the farm after harvest and through winter for exercise, with clover hay as preferred roughage and corn fodder as a secondary option. A grain mix of shelled corn oats and bran is recommended, with bean meal to maintain condition. Early March lambs are best for market, and using pure bred rams improves lamb quality and growth, offsetting costs.
The guidance stresses picking cucumbers as they ripen to prevent seedier, weakened vines. By inspecting vines carefully and removing large overripe fruit, the plant remains strong, encouraging new cucumbers and a steady supply.
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