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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
4
The notice opens with advertising rates and a discussion in Alma Michigan about decluttering home life. It contrasts modern living with old parlor treasures and suggests a moral about simplifying possessions. The piece critiques consumer culture and promotes parlor modernization.
The article urges Alva citizens to vote in the upcoming primary, stressing the need for trusted leaders to manage city affairs, ensure value from expenditures, and support women voters in exercising their franchise. It calls for informed, civic participation and responsible critique based on facts, not hearsay.
Local column records visits and greetings among Alma Ithaca and St Louis residents. Mrs Mebel Leland’s birthday celebration, a Sunday service well attended, and a church program tease for next week. An ad touts Chamberlains Tablets as an ideal constipation remedy.
The continuing forum session highlights move to revive the Alma Growth and Lumber Company after earlier failures. Mentioned are efforts to regain favorable relations with headquarters and improve executive representation. Aged business leaders, including Joseph Winslow, are noted for their networks and credibility as key to broader civic support.
The ladies of the Methodist Episcopal church ran the banquet, praised as among the finest in some time. The forum committee included Chas. H. Goggin, Mes. C. A. Miller, A. A. Chick, Joseph L. Biggerstaff, and Mrs. J. C. Chick. Tickets may be remitted at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters for those unable to attend.
A citywide welfare effort unites women’s groups to cut, mend, and distribute garments and supplies from City Hall headquarters beginning next Monday. Donated items should be clean, laundered, and in good repair. Alma Welfare Association coordinates welfare work to prevent duplications and omissions. needy cases to be reported to ward committee chairs.
Eliza F T Mes died at a residence in Alma after a life spent across Pine River township Saint Johns and Riverdale. She moved between farms and towns including Alma Graf ton avenue and a farm near Riverdale before residing with Mr Kin south of Alma. Funeral services were held at Mes. Gilkiy on Thursday at 2 o'clock Rev Le R May officiating with interment beside her husband in Riverside cemetery.
An old advertisement fragment claims Doa's Kidney Pile cures acne backache dizziness and nervous kidney disorders. A testimonial from Mrs. Homer Dunham of Alma mentions back pain after stooping, dizziness, and fatigue improving after using the product bought at Peer Drug Store. Also notes notices and a stockholders meeting for Alma Home and Improvement Co and a Brown-Ward Co coal ad.
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