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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
4
Forest Hill notes many busy townsfolk with travel to Lake George and Mt. Lebanon. The Maccabees announce a play Friday evening March 14 at the town hall. Several residents visit relatives and tend illnesses, with 14 candidates recently baptized at St. Louis parish.
Central Pine River notes list residents visiting relatives in Petoskey and Flint. Several farms change hands as Damon, Estes Ti Henry, and Udelle households rent fields near Alma while Glovd White returns from Flint to help relatives. Tistr Baxley and Henry Sherman plan moves. A sick child on the Vanderbeck farm is reported.
The February 2 entry notes Elwell celebrating its sixteenth anniversary with a noon County Gane dinner for about 190 friends. A 4 pm program followed with songs, music recitations, and a seake-walk by charter members, who impressed attendees with their performances.
Parkinson Alfred Holmes travels to Lake George to lead events. Mr and Mrs Mattson and daughter Hailie visit friends in Him Grow Friday. Tedrow conducts business in Amen Indiana. Shire Raine and Harry Markham attend near Mr Pleasant. The Mt E church Aid Society plans to act with Mean Se Jomph Tedrow March 210 00. Saginaw and Flint electric railway maintains regular Thursday service with connections to Detroit via D A R later daily.
Dyer, accompanied by Dr and Mrs Shaffer, left for Ann Arbor Monday morning for treatment. Local events included a Riverdale Sunday school convention with large attendance, and multiple aid society gatherings. Dr Shaffer and Mrs Shaffer returned Tuesday. Rev Birdsall was a weekend visitor. town notes cover farm moves, school activities, purchases, and a new manufacturing start Monday after a four week delay.
Notes from West Pine River and Alma show Mrs Win Bartholy hosting a small gathering for Min Reed. Mrs Dudley Hoyt visits Alma while Frank rents George Wook’s place and will move soon. A neighbors and friends party with a fine supper was enjoyed by Johnson and wife last Tuesday.
Edwin Lester sells his Coe township farm to Nathaniel Johnson and plans to move to Saginaw. David McFall purchases Owen Eddy farm on No 4 and takes Ho season. George Koehler moves onto H J Hyde farm on No 1 EA Rock. An old settler on the county line rents his farm. A former schoolmate visits Mailing Clerk EB L Brown after twenty five years. Peter Dibert moves from No 6 to John Murphy farm No 4. Farmers begin maple syrup, a popular product. A sack of mail with stamps from several cities and the name Mailing Clerk Brown appears, illustrating kindness across Uncle Sam’s domain.
The Alms Hiewator Co announces a second annual 10 day coal sale with especially low prices and a promise to pay you to feed their supply.
A citizen critiques the new cash road law as an improvement over the old system. He questions the benefit of statewide reforms, cites local inefficiencies, and argues that supervision and local oversight are crucial for effective road work. He defends township officials and urges cash payments for labor while criticizing the statewide approach.
A contract is awarded to add a large pulp dryer at the St Louis See Company. The project, costing about $100,000, will occupy a forty by eight foot space and feature German manufacture components with coal and steam powered systems. A six hundred horsepower boiler and a fifty horsepower Corliss engine will power a new separate plant.
Cattle prices fell by about 38 lower with steers and heifers mostly in the 4.50 to 5.00 range and cows around 3.00 to 3.50. Hogs and lambs showed declines from last week while wheat and barley futures moved, and a local story notes a Muskegon visit by Mrs. John Mahon to see her son jailed for oats theft. The piece also mentions Cooper Sharp trial coverage in Nashville and factory improvements with crystalizers planned amid growing acreage and optimistic outlook for growers and manufacturers.
Grain prices listed with Wheat at $1.18 for No 1 white and No 2 red, oats at 2e, new corn at die per bushel, old shelled corn at 4bo, hay values for No 1 Timothy and Mixed, clover seed and timothy values, live stock prices including beef cattle lambs veal calves, dressed meats prices for beef, mutton, and veal, poultry and hides pricing, vegetables fruits and dairy items with specifics such as potatoes apples cabbage butter eggs lard honey and other market items.
Shepherd taxpayers will vote on March on a proposition to bond for 5000 dollars to complete the electric light plant and power house. The bonds will be 500 denominated with 5 percent interest payable semi annually. Interest and principal payable at People’s State Bank Detroit Michigan with each principal due November 1 starting 118 and each year thereafter through 199%. The California cars to be here Tuesday and Wednesday March 11 and 17 are well recommended to us and there is more to see for 16 conta than at many higher priced shows.
Hyomei advertised as a steamed antiseptic balsam from Australian eucalyptus promises to treat catarrh and inflammatory conditions. Sold by Charles Rhodes for £1 with a moneyback plan, citing Mrs Cutler of Battle Creek Michigan and Mr Cutler's 1904 cure.
A long line of property transfers lists from multiple parties with names such as W Johnson Anna Wright WT Baur Emerson Loney Lippert and many others. The entries reference various tracts of land by lot and section including areas around Newark Seville and Fulton with several estates and heirs noted along with amounts and parcel descriptions.
A garbled ad asserts that Appenticitis, a merciless murderer of many, is prevented by Dr King’s New Life Pills. The product supposedly stimulates the stomach liver and bowels, preventing clogging and curing constipation biliousness chills malaria headache and indigestion. Beat P Brown’s.
Advertised list names Mrs Liew Anderson Mr H Heincel inn Mr George Kirby Mrs Dollis Miller Mrs John Pratt two Mrs Morris ay. If not called for they will be sent to the dead letter office March 16 1909. C Brown PB M
Free 400 page treatise and stable reference on the treatment and care of horses cattle sheep dogs hogs and poultry. Humphreys Veterinary Specifics advertises mailing application from Humphreys Homeo Medical Co corner William and Ann St New York 1605tt.
Last Wednesday night a portion of fur was stolen from M. Pollasky's house and later recovered. A sack of fur was found near the Ann Arbor freight depot and another on the tracks north of the town. The thief was identified as John Mitchell after a police search in Owosso. Mitchell pleaded not guilty. the case was adjourned as authorities held him in custody. Pollasky recovered all stolen fur.
A Mrs A Harvey of Alma stays with her father A D Hilla. Dated auction sale held Wednesday with stock sold in large volume. Budd Dickenson departed Wednesday for Washington to remain years. East Korrin telephone association elected Geo Wilson president W Sherman vice president Vern J son secretary and A M treasurer. M Blair named lineman. Mrs Arother of Spencer neighborhood died Thursday at her home after long residence. funeral at Spencer church.
Gleaners of central Michigan plan a gathering in Owosso on Saturday March 20 for admitting about a hundred candidates brought by Detroit arbor EB Tyrrell. A school of instruction will be held with degrees conferred by different artefacis, and Lucia Pellamy of the supreme arbor will oversee drilling and floor work. A banquet is planned for 800 attendees. Also listed is a Jersey bull for sale by W Abbots.
Millions have passed through the Stanislaus County Exhibit Cars and now Dr J N Day of the city will lecture on tuberculosis in St Louis. The first talk is to be given under the auspices of the W C T U on March 16.
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