22 Jul 1904
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1904
Page
1
Fragmentary list of flour types and grain products including Alma Patent Arends Bakers Rye Flour Buckwheat Flour Whole Wheat Flour Wheat Grits Corn Meal Cracked Wheat appears from a historical newspaper OCR snippet.
A call to residents to patronize local merchants and institutions to boost town growth. The piece argues outside mail order towns drain value, jobs, and roads funding, urging loyalty to home stores and enterprises as essential to property value and public services. It emphasizes unity, sustained employment, and community welfare.
Final steps in dissolving the partnership of Sharrar and Mulholland in Alma reveal the drug firm will continue as Geo Be Sharrar. Both men are noted as first class pharmacists with a strong local trade and growing reputation built since Ada Normal University days. Mulholland leaves to become western representative for Alma Manufacturing Co.
The Record reports rising subscriber numbers in five weeks, claiming county reliance on its reliable county news. It highlights home delivery, market reports, and a wide reader base in Gratiot county, citing solicitors and local correspondents to stress its community reach.
The next Sunday excursion to Toledo over the Ann Arbor Railroad will depart July 21. A special train leaves Alma at 6 12 a m. Fare for round trip children under twelve years half the adult rate.
The writer praises a local paper for its comprehensive weekly coverage and thoughtful leading articles. It highlights attention to state national and telegraph news and notes lively advertising columns offering good suggestions for trading while keeping readers entertained with readable theme.
A new stone culvert is being built over the creek where it crosses Park Street, making seven culverts the city has installed. The street department’s work is commended, and once the culvert under the sidewalk on the north side is finished, a long awaited improvement will be appreciated by all.
Wilbur Neon Wit, graduate with honors from Newton Theological Seminary Newton Center Mass, has been called as pastor to a New Jersey suburb of New York. Ordination will occur July 20 in Alma within the Saginaw Valley district after preliminary exams in Saginaw Tuesday. Rev K M Blanchard and Rev H S Higgins served on the examining board. Rev J Bo Smith of Kalamazoo will preach. Public invited.
Mae Village fathers meet in special session extending tax payment by thirty days to August 21 and raising levy from one to four percent. Amos Bodine appointment rejected leaving no nightwatch. Alma Record chosen as official paper. Street sprinkling deferred to city team near fire hall. Fire department invited to Pontiae state fair September 12 to 15. referred to fire committee.
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