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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
3
Detroit Trust Company announces certificates of deposit with attractive interest rates. The institution is authorized by law to act as Administrator Executor Trustee under Wills Guardian and related fiduciary roles.
Advert sees homeowners urged to consider insurance against fire damage. Emphasizes protecting property and family with reliable coverage, urging quick action to secure policy terms and rates. Notes availability of agents to explain options and tailor coverage to home value.
A brief Alma Record item notes a post office transmission matter entered for Alma by mail. The text is fragmentary but indicates a sealed or closed matter processed through the postal service.
Republican slate lists Charles A. Blair and John W. Stone for Supreme Court. Regents include W. L. Cements and George P. Codd. Supt. of Public Instruction Luther L. Wright. Board of Education member William J. McKene. Board of Agriculture Roy Waterbury and W. H. Wallace. Other candidates: Robert D. Gratuia, Alford J. Doherty, William J. Oberdorfer, William J. Carpenter for various terms.
A home brew remedy using Fluid Extract Dandelion and other compounds is touted as an inexpensive cure for rheumatism and urinary troubles. The column also reports on a 19 year old girl Vena Boutin who died by suicide, the coroner’s jury ruling melancholia, and notes on state land tax sales, prison labor, and Gov. Warner’s stance on private contracts in state prisons.
Local merchants nationwide protest mail order house advertising in newspapers arguing it drains readers and ad space from home dealers while farmers order by catalog and post office money orders. The St Johns News notes business methods change and urges newspapers to sell space to those who want it, especially locals.
One key educational bill aims to aid country youths by allowing districts without a central high school to fund tuition and transportation to the nearest high school. It requires boards of education to levy taxes sufficient for tuition and travel for eligible eighth grade graduates, with parent consent by late June.
The Round Up drew 10 046 attendees, beating earlier tallies and surpassing the Tonle round up. Mt Pleasant also reported a record gathering, praised for educational value to agriculture. Observers say the event inspired farmers and instructors alike, with a large, attentive audience.
Jonas Clean, a prominent farmer of Washington township, has purchased the canvas glove manufacturing business in Perrinton and will relocate the plant to Ashley. He also bought the Spargne store building from A. M. Derry & Son and will move operations there next week.
A surge in Michigan Sugar stock is noted with prices rising from 18 to 83 4, while bids of 85 for bulk blocks appear. Insider buying is reported, including a prominent investor accumulating blocks totaling around 12000 dollars. Little is known about the firm’s finances, though surplus funds rose from about 1.25 million at end 1907 to between 2.55 and 3.0 million.
Lincoln Farmers Club to meet at the home of Mr and Mrs Goo Wilson on Friday March 12 1900 at 10 80 a m Otentog Song Club revocation Chaplain welcome address by Mr Wilson response by Mr L P Meads music and dinner roll call with quotations select reading by Mr Wm Zinfelt instrumental music by Miss Belle Miller secretarys report and business meeting recitation by Miss Francis Meyer toast The Centralization of the Township Schools panel by Mr E T Cameron county commissioner of schools general discussion Question Box by L A Carrier closing song by Carrie Brownridge One of the club members F B Easley left for a long trip through California and will make Pasadena home Mr Bailey sold the Farmers hardware store three years ago and has since shifted focus to California business interests now transferred to H J Polevor St Louis Independent.
A string of terse items covers local deaths and public concerns. Miss Jella Skinner, 68, dies on her Windsor township farm. Glen Miller, 7, dies of diphtheria with three cases reported in South Boardman as a quarantine tightens. A Muskegon hermit Buckshot Dan McPhail is buried, his simple slab noted. Genesee county credit for Ara G Edson I Pressorer and a strong tax roll highlight local governance. Other items include an industrial worker’s eye injury near Cot, and a Jackson prison warden recommendation by Flint town officials.
A historic advertisement promises cures for la grippe in 48 hours with Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup. It claims to thoroughly treat symptoms and prevent fatal outcomes, asserting the remedy relieves coughing and never fails to give relief.
The article describes building a warm ventilated brooder box for chickens without a hen. It covers dimensions, materials, a hinged chick door, a central heater in a smoke pipe system, fresh air intake, a wooden run, and a heat reflector, with detailed measurements for pipes, chambers, and finishing touches.
A fragmented note highlights tasks for the day focusing on flour as a primary objective. The text appears to chronicle daily duties and the effort expected, with emphasis on finishing the flour-related work by day’s end.
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