24 Jul 1907
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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1907
Page
1
The Auditor General Bradley has finished the apportionment of state taxes for 1907, detailing how the revenue is allocated across departments and regions. The completed plan outlines final figures and distribution methods for fiscal management.
Michigan's Great University and care of the insane set main portions of state levies for 1907 and 1908, with 55 funds this year and 45 next year distributed by county valuations. The largest item is university funding at 453000, while schools, asylums, and prisons see varied increases and decreases. Total current expenses rise by about 443000 for the five state asylums, with overall education funding still shadowed by care costs for the insane and feeble-minded and related reformatories.
A horse bolted through Beery's area dragging two boys and a girl before overturning near a wagon. The children escaped unharmed though frightened. The horse bolted again, with one rider and horseman pursuing, but no serious damage occurred.
A blaze at the G. T. Milter farm in Emerson damaged buildings and stock, with estimated losses around 1400 dollars. Assets including trees, logs, and carriages burned or damaged. the fireextent required assistance from local authorities and the Gratiot and County Twenty-Six Company.
A Cadillac News and Express summary notes the upcoming General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore in May 1968. Discussion centers on returning to the itinerancy with a possible four year limit, not exceeding five, and unifying benevolent societies under three branches Home missions Foreign invasions and Educational. The article also mentions election of bishops later.
A Plymouth Salem head on collision killed over thirty, injured many as a Pere Marquette local freight crews ignored orders giving the excursion train right of way. The wreck occurred around 6:13 as seven six cars derailed, passengers and railway employees among the dead and wounded. An official Detroit report blamed the freight crew for the disaster.
Probate notices record actions on the Hover and Royce estates and others. Will petitions, admissions to probate, administrator accounts, hearings set for July and August, and appointments of executors or administrators appear for Morilay, Royce, Stanchard, Robinson, Maun, and related estates.
Voter notice announces a Republican nomination contest for a constitutional measure to be voted August 1 1907. The candidate outlines long service in Alena Ubeaid district and pledges to support the people and the westward expansion of duties if elected. The notice references mortgage needs and local figures such as D Serie IF and PW Creamers Nn-Do.
Alma residents awoke to news that City Marshal Button was arrested by two detectives hired by Superintendent C D Bell. Bell says he received threatening letters urging him to leave town and funded a decoy package to expose the writer. Button faced two armed men near the Goble home and was detained before release on recognizance. The suspects were identified as Thomas Foley and Daniel Samery, later named as John Bineated and Richard Roe. They were bound over in 500 dollars with Bell acting as surety.
F B Dusett of Port Huron and S R Durkan inspect county chicory crops. Despite dry weather the crop is in good condition with about 3000 acres between Vassar and Port Huron. Gypsies near Vassar. Dusett says chicory stands all tests, yields ten to thirteen tons per acre at six dollars a ton. Company may build a branch factory this fall at Vassar for shipping and root supply.
Articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state and county clerk for George Times Printing Company of Mt with capital stock of 15000 11000 paid in The company aims to operate a general printing and publishing business The principal members listed include W C Bulline formerly of the MA Witassuat Chane and others The notice references the Republican newspaper in Teabetla county and outlines intent to conduct business and raise capital amid local publicity
A baby weighing 19 ounces was born at Prewaltit on Cowes Island and died shortly after. The incubator nurse reported the child as the smallest talent ever born, with measurements and description noting a fragile frame. George Brows of New York City is named in connection with the birth.
A Wilmington dispatch reports trustees announced by Park Miles that tobacco will not be employed on the $200,000 Young Men's Christian Association building in Wilmington. Architects Philadelphia firm Philadelfista cited construction delays and ordered no smoking on site. Strict enforcement was promised during progress.
The St Johns News notes state tax commission figures show Alma taxed at 27.59 per thousand, St Johns at 6? 2g.42, and Benton Harbor at 15.57. It lists Lansing 20.40, Grand Ledge 23.00, Albion 10.50, Battle Creek 18.87, Kalamazoo numbers, and cites 1905 tax data with several city rates in central Michigan.
Ovid Regster Minion reports a steady rise in paper fiber and labor costs pushing for a higher weekly paper price. The piece notes newsprint, body type, and labor costs have surged since 1889 and an annual $1.00 price may move to $1.50 within six months to cover production deficits.
The United States saw 1,255,344 immigrants land in the fiscal year ending June 1907, a near 6 percent rise from 1906. Most arrivals occurred in the final six months, with 743,952 entering, up 16 percent from the prior half year. Debarments reached 5,962 in the last six months, and 152,185 of arrivals came from Russia.
The Saytiaw circuit court reinstates the injunction delaying the New Limberger drain project for over a year. The canal, partly in Hibs totnehtp and Sagisiaw, is a key improvement for area property owners on the Tine. Construction halted after Ajweedon secured Sagidew parties, now set to proceed under court guidance.
The Irma Comic Opera offers a money back guarantee if attendees are not fully satisfied with the show. Contact the box office for refunds, with exchanges available for other performances. Performances run Friday September 96, under manager.
A political notice urges voters to select ninety six men from districts for a constitutional revision convention. It stresses need for lawyers and balanced representation from agricultural and business interests, urging registration by August 4 and participation on election day in September.
The railway department has sent a circular inquiry to all state railways seeking if their rate schedules are ready to sell tickets at two cent fare once the law takes effect in September. The department aims to learn whether any railroads plan court contests and awaits replies with interest.
A legislative act creates a commission to examine delinquent tax lands and other waste lands for a comprehensive reforestation plan. Charles W. Garfield leads the effort to extend statewide tree planting. Governor Warner names members including Robert D. Graham and George B. Horton. the group will serve without pay, with expense reimbursement available.
Since the Qwosso Citizens Savings Bank with board of education sanction started the school savings bank in Owosso, interest has grown among pupils and parents. By year end deposits topped $1,077.50 in the just closed school year, with 600 depositors and about $4,800 on hand. The program began in Owosso in March 35 Igor and has expanded nationwide, with 199 schools reporting 191,909 depositors and $416,000,000 in deposits as of January 1, 1905.
Highway overseers are charged with destroying all noxious weeds along United States highways twice yearly and to ensure brush within highways is cut. Landowners must keep Canada thistle and wild weeds from spreading, with penalties for noncompliance.
In Lansing at the October state constitutional convention the State Republican notes that seventeen of thirty-two senatorial districts will nominate delegates by primary, while the rest use the old caucus and convention method. The law says if a party nominates its senatorial candidates by primary in a district, both parties must use the same method to name delegates. Delegates must be chosen on or before August 10. Districts under primary include Wayne county four senatorial districts, Kent county two, and several others including the 6th, 14th, 16th, 75th, and 9th among those in the southern and western portions of the lower peninsula.
In a cryptic report the Rivendale court set bail at 1000 after an investigation into an attempted murder and threats to kill. The defendant appeared before Justice Jobs Mart Tast Thunday with examination waived, bound over to the circuit court for trial. Bond could not be furnished, though officials expect arrangements to be made.
The new wife desertion law in Michigan increases the motive penalty to three years from ninety days. A notable provision requires the jailed wife of a deserting husband to contribute $1.99 weekly via the prison’s poor fund, with allowances for dependent children under fifteen. Rev. Clapp departs for three weeks in the east, then Jamestown Exposition. Rev. Wolf of St Louis fills a vacant pulpit. a union meeting features Capt. Lamb of the Salvation Army on prisons rally work.
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