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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1911
Page
3
The Alma Record notes that any merchant in Alma relies on their newspaper to reach residents. Advertisers praise the paper for low rates, high circulation, and strong results in Northern and Central Gratiot.
Late items report residents visiting Saginaw Alma Owosso and Arcada township sales. Farm purchases, church sermons, a fatal fire at Ashley wreck, and local obituaries including Joseph Fowkes. Also noted are a farewell dinner, plans for summer business, and the Millea family funeral in Seville Center.
Mt Pleasants correspondent reports a fatal tragedy near Shepherd one mile away as Mire Witham Evewltoo, age 1?, dies after a gunshot wound and self inflicted wound by her husband. Neighbors heard screams. Sheriff and coroner say it appears as arremped murder with the killer dead by a pistol shot.
A vintage ad claims the Arnion Salve by Wheaton & Sons and Rhodes Drag Store offers astonishing cures for sores ulcers eczema burns chafes sprains and many skin conditions. It boasts millions of grateful users over forty years and markets itself as the best salve in the world.
A dated column urges women to declutter wardrobes and de-clutter homes to reduce nervous strain. It recommends discarding out of date clothes and unused furnishings, embracing a few well fitting outfits, and highlights the relief of simplified living. It notes trouser skirts trend and Paris fashion sightings, plus cooking as a tool for suffrage outreach.
The deal fish or trachypteridae is a three to four foot slender, nearly transparent creature with a burnished silver white body and two blotches. Its head resembles the oarfish, with small teeth that cannot bite. A large streamer-like dorsal fin sits atop the head and a long slim tail fin projects upward from the backbone. The Monterey Bay specimen from 1907 was sent to Stanford University for study.
A garbled excerpt describes a game where captains select players by lot then throw a knotted handkerchief while calling one of four words. A wrong response or speaking out leads to elimination. The piece shifts to an old graveyard tale about a lady buried with stones, a mysterious seed, and a Roman treasure jar found by Mr. Banet near Benpas France. The text also mentions a Chains of Thought exercise and a child’s toy dream of building a castle reimagined by a mouse.
A London Telegraph letter notes high prices for rare luxuries. An orchid sold for 250000 dollars in Amsterdam. Rothechilde cigars in luxury wraps fetch 1.60 dollars each. The author, a long-time property owner, cites 400 years of rent arrears losses totaling over 49000 pounds and recalls that tenants never paid even two shillings once moved out.
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