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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Jul 25, 1912

Page

6

Notice To Nonresidents In Gratiot Circuit Chancery Case

In the Michigan 29th Judicial Circuit Chancery suit Crissey v Strong et al filed June 3 1912 the court orders Fred J Strong and Dora F Strong nonresidents of Michigan to appear within four months or have notice published in the Alma Record for six weeks. A copy may be served twenty days before appearance. Judge Kelly Sears and solicitor D L Johnson sign. Complainant based in Alma Michigan. First issue June 201?.

State OF Michigan 29Th Judicial Circuit Jessie B. Crissey Fred J. Strong Dora F. Strong John B. Adams County of Gratiot Michigan Georgia D. L. Johnson Alma Record Gratiot Kelly S. Sears Alma, Mich

Excephonal Dennd Expands Workforce Across City Projects

Excephonal Dennd will hire more men as fast as they can. They have laid curbing and graded from Court Street to the Superior Street bridge and placed curbing on West Superior for paving. George Lowrey Company is using 30 to 40 men daily on brick paving and grading west of the bridge. The city has twenty ten and three teams relaying water mains and sewers, with work progressing rapidly though not complete. At the new school, delays come from slow steel shipments. About 30 men are employed, with more needed as progress continues. The sugar factory faces machinery shipment delays. foundations for machinery nearly complete and the chimney enlargement from 125 to 160 feet requires teardown and restacking. Over 70 men are employed at the factory, with demand rising. Additional city building work includes ten new houses and many residences being repaired or rebuilt. Painting and decorating keep painters busy. Conduit work tile laying is finished. pacing and connections await. Consolidated Light and Power Company wires houses and stores for electric lights and power. Alma Manufacturing plants and other local firms sustain large work forces. Social notes mention Vera Clark accompanying a visitor and local residents with hay-related purchases and activity.

Court St Superior Street W. Superior Street George Lowrey Company Howse Redman Consolidated Light and Power Company Alma Manufacturing Co The Produce Co Miller Saw Little Giant Hay Press Alma

Local North Plains Notes Include Farm Updates and Travel

South Arcada residents report wheat barley and rye cutting underway as fields near harvest. A newborn boy weighed 84 pounds is noted with July 16 reference. Mr and Mrs Barehill visit son Dee Barnhill and family. I L Campbell returns from Detroit to manage farm interests then plans a ten week auto trip to major U S cities. Mrs Fay Palmer returns home to Sparta last Tuesday.

Eying Wi Bradley R. Barehill Dee Barnhill I. L. Campbell Detroit United States Fay Palmer Sparta

Give Your Children a Chance Rexall Brace Ad

The Rexall brace is advertised as a solution to correct tendency, round shoulders, or stooping in childhood. Grover's Drug Store promotes the Rexall Store as the sole seller, urging parents to give their children the best chance at proper posture and form.

Rexall Grover’s Drug Store

Fifteen Day Excursion To Northern Michigan Resorts

The Ann Arbor Railroad announces a fifteen day excursion to Frankfort Beulah Traverse City Onekama Pine Park and Manistee with a special train departing Alma at 11 45 am. Round trip fare is 3 50 and tickets are valid for return on any regular train through August 20. Baggage is checked to stations on the Ann Arbor north of Mt Pleasant or to Manistee and the Northwestern Railroad. Train stops to let off passengers at stations north of Mt Pleasant.

Ann Arbor Frankfort Beulah Travers City Onekalla Pine Park Dnter- Jochen Manistee Alma Mt. Pleasant Manvistee and North Eeastern

Local notes from Ashley and nearby towns

Miss Beatrice Smith visited friends in Ashley last Sunday. M A Medler spends a few days in Detroit. City Marshal Jacob Helman made a business trip to Lansing Tuesday. Mrs McPhee entertains sister Mrs J A McWaters and son Raymond of Vancouver. Ford Gargett and Clyde Weaver start work at Alma Manufacturing Co. last Monday. Clinton Nelson and F W Hooper left for Detroit Tuesday for three or four days of business. A charming maiden arrived Wednesday morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Sheren Holsinger 22 River Avenue. Mrs B K Moore and Mrs W Wright guests of Mrs C J Brown left Friday for Bay View Dr. AL Puller dean of Flint Medical College New Orleans will occupy the pulpit of the Methodist church Sunday morning. Dr and Mrs A F Bruske left Tuesday for their trip. Miss Nenna will spend summer at Houghton Lake.

McPhee Mis J. A. McWaters Raymond Vancouver Ford Gargett Clyde Weaver Alma Manufacturing Co Clinton Nelson F. W. Hooper Detroit Sheren Holsinger River Avenue B. K. Moore W. §. Wright C. J. Brown Bay View AL. Puller Flint Medical College New Orleans Methodist Church A. F. Bruske

New Type of Coaster Sled Built on Bicycle Principle

A new coaster sled design shown in Scientific American uses a bicycle framework and pine wood. The sketch depicts D pieces, runners with iron sheathing, uprights forming a fork, a hinged frame and front fork joined by eyebolts, a board seat with a drop block, and a foot rest on a four-slotted frame.

Scientific American

Feast for Japanese Boys at Kamakura Kite Festival

An excerpt describes Japan’s Boys Feast with paper carp streamers and giant humming kites in Yokohama and Kamakura. It notes festive processions, women under umbrellas, sea breezes bending kite spars, and aerial battles using powdered glass to cut rival strings.

Japan Yokohama Kamakura Ellen Beadwell

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Ko Va Handdhok Onta Hey Secu Habelita Igh Muni & Co Terive ANN & Co New York Washington, D MecCor Mick Deering Milwaukee Bind Ers Zoth J. M. Montigel & Son the Implement Dealers E. Superior Street Perk Marquette Bay City Saginaw Wright & Brown Charles Evans Hughes Vera Clark Archie McFaul James Vincent Palmer Glen Maxwell North Star Fred Crozier Henry Daymon Bo Barnhill W. Crozier Walter Clark E. F. White Fred Roberts Shepherd Hayti South Arcada Beatrice Smith Ashley M. A. Medler Jacob Helman Lansing Uncle Tom Harry Set Nettle Nettie Bobby
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