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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
4
A local social week features a sewing circle at George Titus home with many attendees, and multiple visits among families such as the Clarks, Alversons, and Barnhills. Arcada Grange No 500 held a March meeting with seven candidates and an all day session planned, plus a social gathering at a friend’s home with a large turnout.
Seville reports Tim Chapman, previously in danger, is improving after ten days. Dr McLaughlin of Biwell supplies a new sanatorium and expects to care for patients soon. March weather shows thaw by day, cold nights, aiding conditions. The fragment mentions a hired girl and a quoted slogan about action.
The N. 8. Quarterly meeting was held at their church Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Rev A A Bowman and B Clapp of Alma attended. The Lawlies Aid Society contributed $10 instead of $7 at their social. Many local notices, movements, and small town happenings follow, including store bets, livestock, and residents changing homes.
Church notes list Sunday services including Catholic church Masses and sermons. St Louis low Mass at 10 30 am with sermon. Alma hosts Friday evening March 19 at 7 30 pm featuring Stations of the Cross and blessing intervals.
Mrs Bart Miller displays an attractive remy stock for women including suits skirts raincoats automobile coats silk and lace waists and shirt waists with many popular silk shades and weaves. She invites the ladies of Alma and vicinity to inspect the line and she will show the American Lady comets. A visit promises both profit and entertainment for those who enjoy fine ladies wear.
Mrs. W. 8. Humphrey announces a spring millinery opening on Thursday March 25 inviting the people of Alma and vicinity to inspect a large handsome line of spring hats and related goods.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease and offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. The notice also lists various local business items and a deputy sheriff activity, mentioning a stable and hotel barn with horses and brood mares, and a patent tenaton steel shears for $1.25.
Early signs point to an active sap run this year with sugar bushes already tapped in many areas. Merchants report strong demand for sap buckets as farmers rush to collect and boil sap into syrup and sugar. Farmers with ample supplies anticipate selling surplus in town, while some maples on city trees also show sap, reviving memories of boyhood days in the sugar bush.
The Republican electors of Alma city are called to meet at City Hall on Thursday evening March 4 at 7 40 to nominate city officers and conduct other proper business. Each of the four wards is entitled to ten delegates. Dated March 1909 by order of the City Committee.
A list of marriage license entries showing numerous individuals with names ages and locations such as Arthur Coakley and Ethel Johnson in Ashley and Lafayette, and others like Elmer Russell in Lafayette Carrie Cole in Ithaca John J. Speray in Lantayette and Floyd Beattie in Washington, indicating a compilation of licensure data with scattered town names and ages.
A sequence of transfers shows HW Cartix and others to LD Pepple in Ithaca and Pine River parcels, with multiple grantees including Mary J Leonard and Otis Peichten. Entries note sections and townships such as Pine River Arcada and Kimervo, naming hundreds of dollars in sums and property descriptions.
The week ending March 1909 lists Miss Mary Bishop Miss Rebecca Boyce Mrs Emily Korvin Shan Rees J Teed and Miss Winifred Ward as advertised letters. A tale recalls Irving challenging critic W E B Henley after his adverse Macbeth remarks asking how he would play the role if on stage.
Market notes corrected by Miller Brow list grain prices for wheat corn and oats, hay and clover, seeds and hay, livestock and dressed meats, poultry and hides, vegetables and fruits, butter eggs lard honey. Prices include hogs cattle sheep lambs veal and various per unit measures.
The market section notes cattle prices and grain trends with mixed firmness in hogs and dairy terms, while Delaware reports a record whipping day with eighteen culprits lashed at the workhouse for larceny and related offenses, totaling 286 lashes across bare backs. The note adds a broader tally of 2,296 stripes from the genuine nine-tall enforcement practice.
An advertisement touts Mi o na as the remedy for indigestion and stomach ailments. It claims to cleanse the stomach, improve digestion, and enrich blood, promising quick relief from belching sour tastes and vomiting. Charles Rhodes sells large boxes at cents a box with a money back guarantee.
The piece argues that long municipal terms prevent reform and that Alma should consider re electing Mayor Francie King. It notes other states favor extended service for effective policy work and questions why citizens accept short two year terms. It asks voters to weigh keeping proven leaders in office.
A village dispute over banking prospects ends with two banks planning branches in Winn. One bank is already operating business on Thursday last week, while the other expects to open soon. The report notes local committee activity and upcoming events in Detroit.
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