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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1912
Page
7
The Alma Record, serving Alma and Gratiot County, prints Thursday afternoon editions. The notice mentions subscription details and a postal service context for mailing the newspaper as a second class publication.
In Baltimore the Democratic platform calls for free trade while citing past protective tariffs as constitutional. The piece argues a Democratic victory would usher in free trade, countering claims of evasion and urging voters to judge by record. It also presents Frank H. Dusenbury’s personal political record as a progressive candidate for Michigan Senate.
The Banner Register urges sellers to actively seek new trade rather than wait for customers. It argues that stores relying on past success fade away while adaptable merchants who advertise to show better values attract customers from rivals. Advertising is key to building new business.
A political appeal questions F H Dusenbury of Mt Pleasant about direct democracy and the initiative referendum and recall. It frames the issues as a test of citizens power against corporate influence and calls voters to decide if Saul will be a mere figurehead or an active factor in reform.
Geneste contends with Ewers over escape tricks as a 60 gallon milk can is padlocked and fitted with four locks. A Vandette audience challenge led to this stunt where Geneste will submerge in milk next Thursday night and attempt to free himself within two minutes.
A health article stresses the liver as the body's key gland, warning that a sluggish liver fuels gloom and diverse ailments. It urges immediate remedies when blues and despondency arise, linking bile secretion to digestion and toxin elimination and noting potential impacts on gout, indigestion, heartburn, and more.
Rexall Liver Salts are described as pleasant laxative effervescence aiding liver related ailments. The ad promises prompt bowel action to restore the system and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Sold exclusively at Grover's Drug Store The Rexall Store.
JOAN T. MATHEWS announces her candidacy for the office of Judge of Probate in Gratiot County on the Democratic ticket. Dated July 15, 1912, she asks for the consideration and votes of fellow citizens.
Advertised list for the week ending July 20 1912 includes Mr Guy Levitt and Pettitt. items if not called for will be sent to the Dead Letter Office August 5 1912. Charles F Brown Postmaster. Mayor J M Montigel announces a car load of buggies direct from the factory with a 30 day bargain offer.
Real estate transfers show A Stewart to O J Duryee and U Sweet to J Hissin, plus multiple other parcel changes in St Louis Hastings New Haven and Alma. Entries list grants by block and lot numbers, streets and towns, with figures at tale end. Names include W Wallace W Leonard L Thornton T Gates VO RAGE and G Jessup among others.
In a letter from Seattle, C H Webster writes of illness limiting activity, weighing one hundred seventy two pounds more than when leaving Alma, noting no cure yet gaining weight. He mentions Bart thriving with the N P R R, and describes being near Pacific avenue Wright park the court house and armory. He smiles at mild winters and green grass year round.
Twenty farms listed in the Holstein cattle belt offer 50 to 90 per acre with clay loam soil near market towns. Several properties include houses barns silos and good road access within a few miles of county seats and churches. Terms around five percent and prices start at fifty dollars per acre. For further information address...
William Robb markets bananas and fresh roasted peanuts in a California setting. The text references Luchini Bros and hints at available products and offerings in a small local trade context.
The gathering weighed Sunday labor against divine law with speakers Creaser Holmes and Crouser presenting negative and affirmative positions. Judges A P Cook H Moore and Carl H Washburn ruled 2-1 for the affirmative, urging future debates to engage public thought.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Follick and Mrs. Ida Ferris thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during Mrs. Ferris sickness and death of their darling babe. They also thank the minister for comforting words. L. L. Conn of Owosso spent Sunday in Alma.
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