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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1899
Page
4
The National Congress will back a practical highway program uniting wheelmen and farmers. It argues road costs justify farmer gains from lower transport costs and faster market access, while noting past enmity has faded. Officials discuss rail disputes, boundary issues, and party platforms shaping road policy.
For sale a driving mare with carriage harness and harness gear. Also includes a saddle, robe, blankets and related equipment. All items offered cheap and available at this office.
The article outlines the Ann Arbor railroad line from Frankfurt via Toledo with through day trains to Frankfurt and connections to Menominee Gladstone and ferry service to Kewaunee and Manitowoc. It highlights lower passenger fares to Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula, with sleeping car service and reclining chair carriage aboard.
Readers under contract to raise beets for the Alma Sugar Co. are invited to receive sample copies of the Recokn. A new column will offer beet growing tips and articles of value. Fill the coupon in the ad and claim a year’s free subscription by giving your name.
Sugar beets emerge as a major U S crop in California Michigan and Nebraska with new factories. Diseases from fungal growths threaten yields including leaf rust root rot and beet scab. Dr Duggar notes soil dryness and ash applications reduce disease while Halsted cites Bordeaux mixture as a remedy and rotation as key to control.
Beginning Monday June, the Grand Trunk Railway launches a new wide vestibule sleeping car line between Detroit and Montreal. Trains depart Detroit at noon daily and arrive in Montreal at 7 20 the next morning. Tourist guides to Muskoka, St. Lawrence River and the seacoast available from E B Hughes in Chicago or Ben Fletcher in Detroit, officials of the Grand Trunk Ry System.
The 13th commencement ceremonies were praised as nearly perfect with a well written oration memorized and delivered and music reflecting credit by the music department. Alumni banquet followed, with a reception in Knights of Pythias hall and a large spread in Wright Howe, featuring toasts and lively oratory from the host and guests.
Edmore and Alma battled to a ninth inning tie in a ragged closing game as Alma fielded substitutes due to losses. Key hitters included Saltebary for Edmore and Schweeder Robinson for Alma. both pitchers struggled but kept the score low amid frequent miscues.
Farmers in the Alma vicinity are invited to have wool carded into rolls or spun into yarn and blankets. Prices: carting, 5 per lb. carding above batting 10c per lb. spinning doubling and twining 15c per lb. Leave wool with A. W. Brock in Alma.
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