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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
4
In Alma a ragtag mix of items covers politics, local humor, and oddities. Notes on Frank Hixwa, Roosevelt, and a renewed baseball war mingle with weather, crime, and a faux science line about music repelling mosquitoes.
A mixed batch of notes covers plentiful hocktenerums and scarce cereal, reunions in Detroit, the aging tragedian Sacvini in Italy, and the Vanderbilt family dynamics. It notes a mortgage action on Michigan Telephone debt, land sales in Ogema county, a school site in Menami Park Saginaw, and leadership changes at Michigan Central. Also mentions a Denver storm, Schwab’s fatigue, a Detroit grand jury, and public works. It closes with the McKinley monument drive, western farm labor needs, binding twine shortages, and an upcoming Sunday excursion to Toledo from Alma.
Sunday morning at the M, KE, church Rev G W Kline preaches in the absence of the pastor. Epworth League will lead the evening service. All are invited. Next Sunday at St John’s church the sermon is Working Out Our Own Salvation. No evening service. Presbyterian church morning lesson The Beat of Reasons for Belief. Evening The True Side of a Christian. Baptist church morning We Shall Be Like Him. Evening In Whom To No Guile. All are welcome.
Officials from the American Equity Association of Owosso visit to explain a plan where members pay higher premiums early in life, decline with age, and draw one tenth of coverage yearly after age seventy for ten years, aligning with earning capacity and mortality data touted by the group.
A brief note from Tia to Alma residents expressing gratitude to nearby friends and neighbors. The message mentions thoughtful thanks and appreciation for support during a recent season. No additional events or names are clearly identified due to garbled text.
A Springfield Republican writer condemns excessive aboard dining on transatlantic ships. He cites colossal breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and piles of sandwiches in the smoking room, with gobs of waste streaming from the galley to the Atlantic, urging cheaper plain fare.
Train departures from Alma on Sunday July 19 at 8 40 am rate 1 25 with posters or agents for details also Saginaw and Bay City on Sunday July 26 from Alma at 10 20 am rate 65 cents and posters or agents for particulars
Notice announces village tax collection starting on an unspecified date at the office of Tinker & Hannah with daily work sessions for tax collection. It references travel details to Colorado with train routes and rates, mentioning W. Mansi and Trene, a $30.00 amount, and multiple cities including Chicago Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo.
Notice declares the dissolution of Bivins and Rhindes, dissolving the business in Alma Michigan. Creditors must present claims for payment, with the sole receiver responsible for settlement. Dated Alma Michigan, July 5, 1808.
A historical note explains tumbleweeds originate on western prairies and spread from a central stem, forming a flat head. When touched or dried, the stem breaks, the head blows away, scattering seeds and debris across the prairie until it is stopped by obstacles, sometimes piling up high against fences.
A comic exchange between Tom and Dick revolves around contacting a telephone operator named Philadelphia Prost. Dick recalls a prior caller crowding the line, then mentions his ecard reply reading Busy, Please call again.
Reassuring exchange shows a woman telling George she shopped downtown and kept costs low, admitting only car fare was spent while she charged purchases. The tone remains cautious yet casual as they discuss expenses and finances.
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