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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
4
A garbled message hints at a frontier conflict with a looming siege. Names, places, and clear facts are unreadable, leaving a shadowed outline of clashing factions and potential strategic moves amid a tense period. The fragment suggests danger and political strain without specifying dates or protagonists.
Arrangements completed to nominate Republican congressmen in the second third and eleventh districts via the primary. In two or three other districts the primary method is under discussion and likely adoption. Direct vote nominations exist already in the first district. Democrats’ criticisms of GOP sincerity are refuted.
Rup City February 22 1906 the Republican Congressional committee for the eleventh district met at the Al Liege club rooms to unify support for applying the new primary election law to nominating a congressman A. B Cogger C L Bailey J M Harris W W Smith J N McCall Ben Barker and others endorsed enrollment of Republican voters and petition circulation to submit the primary nominating method to the district voters in the spring election and convention debate led by Congressman Darragh.
A county newspaper explains that publishers extend delivery beyond paid time to avoid implying subscribers’ credit is in doubt. It urges readers who do not want the paper to notify the office and send the due amount, noting the paper is not forced on anyone and comparing it to a dry goods sale.
G A Baker of Carney Michigan describes his daughter’s year long illness and weakness. After doctors failed to help, Warner's White Witte of Tar was used and cured her, a claim echoed by others in similar cases. The Central Michigan Produce Co announces an ice house project adjacent to their plant and notes positive prospects for the season.
Reports to the Methodist Board of Foreign Missions describe rioting at the American mission station in Nanchang and the escape of several American missionaries. Rev Edward James and wife from Wisconsin, Dr M Charles and wife from Ada Ohio, plus four American women Gertrude Howe Genevieve Hughes Alia Newdy and Kate Ogdorn Ponting Mich are named. Gertrude Howe, nearly sixty, who narrowly escaped death, is known in Lansing where she trained.
Reports from Willemstad, Curacao, dated February 26 say Fidel Castro vows to humiliate France, break up the Monroe Doctrine, drive out the French from Venezuela, then target Americans, English, and Germans as worse than Chinese. He would clear the country of foreigners, and Americans are accused of pursuing dominance. Venezuelan elites urge immediate U.S. intervention for humanity. A separate note from Cincinnati reports Bessie Cole, 10, died after a ten hour bout of sneezing and a ruptured blood vessel caused her death.
Alma resident M A Ransom recalls chronic kidney trouble since army days with backache and urinary issues. After using Doan's Kidney Pills in Dennison and at Charles Rhodes' drug store, he reports prompt relief, reduced back pain, and fewer urinary problems, though at 80 he accepts lifelong vulnerability. Sold for 50 cents, Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
J A Baker announces weekly visits to City Hall every Friday through March 1 1966 to collect city taxes. Local residents urged to bring payment and receipts for assessment records.
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