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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
5
A registered package containing 5000 in currency vanished from the mailbag and stumped investigators. Special detectives and postmasters have pursued the case for weeks without a clue, though hope remains to locate the missing funds. Almas postmaster C F Brown filed a $2000 bond with Uncle Sam.
Alma and surrounding towns report visits by Prof Cook and others, multiple residents travel to Ithaca Seattle and North Carolina, club meetings and notices at the Presbyterian church and local schools. The Alma Lyceum's last 1905 06 program featured Reno Welbourn and a busy week for the Alma Steam Laundry.
George S. Young spoke on the egg business during a Lansing address. He noted cull eggs were kept at home for 30 years and claimed his wife sold up to 60 eggs daily from 75 hens in March and April, with no extra pay beyond the merchant’s praise and egg disposal.
The article argues sugar beet farming uses wind and water, discusses soil fertility effects, and advises crop rotation. It notes in Gratiot county oats and barley often follow beets, but corn is not recommended immediately after beets due to soil residue. Suggested rotation: beets then clover, then oats or barley, repeating the cycle.
Tre A. Smith died at his son Perley M. Smith’s Alma home on February 28 1906 at 9:80 p.m. He was 81. Born in Chester Vermont in January 1825 he lived in Worcester Massachusetts before moving to Alma Michigan to be with his son. He married Dorathy Neal Hoyt then later Mrs Fannie Davia Abbrow. He is survived by Perley M. Smith and Jennie E. B. Smith. He was a contractor and builder, then worked in wood working for Worcester street railway. A staunch Republican with broad liberal religious views he supported universal salvation and lived by the Golden Rule. A short service was held. he was laid to rest in his native town.
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