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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
9
A fragment from a New Yorker style column cites Sylvester Urban lamenting the effects of labor saving devices on humanity. The dialogue questions civilization, progress, and fear of atrophy amid mechanization, referencing media depictions and urban life. Industry, modernization, and daily routines are debated with satirical tones.
The New York Sun reports on ambulances redesigns and rebranding as fleets shift away from medical service toward new roles. Visible insignia and rear benches indicate former medical use, with vehicles now used for storage and other functions amid ongoing changes.
A substantial hydroelectric venture in Newfoundland aimed at a 2700 thousand dollar expenditure over two years, tying to regional operations and employing hundreds in the woods, promises major resource expansion for the island. The plan surfaces amid labor and industrial talk, with references to a permanent conference board for labor dispute settlement in Paterson New Jersey.
A Brooklyn Standard piece laments aging Philadelphia jokes and comments on joke writers’ fatigue. It argues old targets like city stereotypes and marital punchlines lose freshness but remain a daily grind for humorists. The author urges removing worn gags yet acknowledges the challenge of changing tradition.
April De Hueator discusses the table as a social and artistic focal point in home life. She argues the dining surface binds households, reveals intimate traits, and forms a court for discussing family, community, and national matters.
A seventy year old man, Bankston, faced a church audience after marrying a man about half his age. Elders pressed him on the haste of the second marriage, to which he replied he must be in a hurry in all things at his age. The tale reflects town sentiment and moral scrutiny of late-life unions. The notice also covers a USDA bulletin on stumpwood distillation and pine oil’s ore flotation use, plus a 1922 report on waterproof sandpaper for automotive painting and varnish work.
Bill Hart in Three Word Brand Strand advertises a figure for the government’s ordinary operating costs this year totaling nearly 1.7 billion dollars. The note reflects broad fiscal scale and promotional wording in the entertainment piece.
Michigan State Fair adds cattle barn space to house 1000 head. W Dickinson notes dairy cattle prominence and outside beef exhibits. Albert B. Stevenson's board role cited. Gov. Ge W. Dickinson leads department with long-standing fair ties and support for youth programs.
Local residents visit relatives at Forest Hill and Elsie while many travel to Alma for a funeral and social events. Names include Elwell Slingluff Murphy Tubbs Peck Bailey Yale Vibber Hutchinson Roach Co Olmstead Gee Tofft and others. Threshing begins as community life unfolds with occasional returns from Saginaw Lansing and Breckenridge.
Sumner H A Clow visited Riverdale as a business caller. Charlie Davis and family and son, Jee and wife, spent the week with relatives near Pare. Mr and Mrs Vance Woodard called on Alma. Carl Fisher huckleberrying near Houghton. Lucy Pare visiting nephew Carl Fisher north of town. Dr Highfield of Riverdale attended as a professional caller. Mrs Cahoon of Alma caring for Bert Crow who is very ill. Mr and Mrs William Price entertaining daughter Mrs Geo Rowland and daughter. Mrs W Price in Riverdale on business. Charles Davis family entertained relatives from Pare Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Phillips in Alma on business. Dr Graham professional caller Tuesday. Arthur Porquer returned Friday from Ee Higgin's lake fishing trip. Dr Furgeson of Carson City on professional business Tuesday. Mrs Della Compton of Detroit visiting her brother William Phillips and other relatives. Clyde Smead went to Houghton for berries. Helen LaVoy has returned home after visiting relatives at Elm Hall. The grist mill is closed this week for repairs.
Mrs Charles Stafford dies after long illness at home in Sumer. Detroit visitor Guy McGunn attends with parents as funeral conducted by Snyder at Spencer church. Interment in Spencer cemetery. surviving husband two young children and relatives.
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