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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
4
The Alma Record announces a Thursday afternoon issue from The Alma Record Company with C J Brown as business manager and a subscription price of 1.00 per year. It states the paper is entered at the Alma post office for transmission through the malls as second class matter.
Local churches list service times and events. First Church of Christ and Reading room hours. Frey Methodist schedule. Catholic High and Low Mass times. Baptist plans with Sinai sermon and refresh ing thought. Naval morning service at Presbyterian. no evening service until September. July sermon series titled A Few Other Things.
Long sickness ends as a husband and father passes away, leaving a wife and two married daughters who share in the community’s sympathy. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Free Methodist church.
W. S. Abbott, an old and highly respected resident of Coe, died at his home Tuesday at age eighty four. Funeral was held this morning for the home. Abbott was well known throughout Gratiot County.
Mrs H F Naffziger died at her Sumner Township home Tuesday evening from blood poisoning after a weeklong illness. Born Lizate Heiser in 1863 in Tarawell County Illinois, she moved to the Clinton Nelson farm area three years ago with nine children, oldest 24, youngest at home. Funeral Thursday at two at Riverside cemetery. Mennonite church member since age sixteen with Illinois pastor officiating.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a superior hair dressing that stops dandruff itching and hair loss. It claims deep scalp penetration, non greasy formula, and wide womens’ usage. Includes customer testimonial from Flint Michigan dated June 20 1910 and notes future factory hiring in Edmore Michigan for a June Lith cannery start with 100 girls and 20 men.
In the eleventh district a congressman nominated two cadets for the Annapolis naval academy. De Witt Watson of Breckenridge was named principal and Hubert E Paddock of Charlevoix was named alternate. Both passed with high marks, and one candidate postponed entry a year, allowing both to be admitted. Friends of the candidates are pleased with the outcome.
Tsar Joseph Marek aged 88 was killed Monday night by a freight train on the Ann Arbor road two miles west of Banasiter. Found Tuesday morning by the northbound Ann Arbor passenger crew. Marek, a resident of Ithaca, was divorced two weeks earlier and leaves no children. Coroner's inquest held Wednesday morning.
Elsie Gilkin daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Gilkin of Arcada township died Tuesday morning at 11 o clock of jaundice. Born March 7 1801 she was 19 years old and had many friends. A Yer rington business college graduate she taught two years in Eckert district. Funeral today from the house with burial in Riverdale cemetery.
Local market quotations updated weekly cover grains including Wheat No 1 waste at 0 cents No 2 red at 0? Oats at -0.86. Beans at 1.85 per bushel. Hay bids range from 9 to 14.50 per ton for various grades. Clover seed and alsyke listed by bushel, Timothy at 4.50 per bushel. Live stock prices show hogs at 5.00 per cwt, beef cattle 3.00 to 4.50, lambs 5.00, veal calves 5.50. Dressed meats list beef 9? per pound, hogs 7.50, mutton 7c, veal calves 5? per pound. Poultry and hides values given including chickens 10 cents, beef hides 1.0? to 2.0? per pound, horse hides 2 to 3 per pound, tallow 4 per pound. Butter 18 cents per pound, eggs 10 per dozen.
Michael Koffenberger died at his Mechanic street home last Friday afternoon after a four year illness. Born in Germany in 1829 he came to the United States in 1848 living in Pennsylvania two years Ohio eleven years then Michigan. He resided in Seville township before moving to Alma four years ago where he bought the home of his death. He was admired for his character cheerfulness and patience during his life.
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