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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
4
Smith, owner of a modern Alma confectionery shop, has started wholesale operations. Over the past year he has fulfilled large orders from Saginaw and Bay City candy houses and recently secured orders from nearly all wholesale stores in those two cities, signaling rapid growth.
Elmer Hanna formerly of Alma Record Co. starts a Birch Run Michigan newspaper with a partner directing the project. Local businessmen promise strong support for the eight page venture near Saginaw as Hanna assumes editorial duties.
A mass meeting at the Taylor opera house in Trenton urged the creation of a supreme court of nations to settle international differences. Speakers included John Hays Hammond Henry Clews Dr John Wesley Hill Senator Lawrence Y Sherman and former Representative Ira W Wood. The resolution called formation of such a tribunal the only rational basis for peace and warned against civilized warfare.
L Y Sherman joins Illinois Senator in urging a global peace campaign. The two lawmakers advocate public backing, organized events, and educational outreach to advance international harmony and curb conflict through diplomacy. Proponents emphasize bipartisan support and civic involvement.
In Saginaw Michigan Herbert A Hari a former secretary and college professor is believed to have abducted his seven year old daughter Elizabeth. A taxicab chase by police ended with the taxi allegedly distancing the pair. Warrants for non support and abducting the child were issued. custody papers may show in North Dakota court.
A destructive fire destroyed the Register and Leader building and the Des Moines Tribune plant in Des Moines Iowa causing about 200000 in logo damage with most covered by insurance. Publisher Ter Gardner Cowles planned immediate rebuilding and temporary offices were secured at the Des Moines Daily Capital offices.
Helena Montana state senate approved a prohibition measure with a substitute bill directing a 1916 referendum for the people to ratify or reject the legislative enactment. The action falls within the statewide drive on prohibition and sets the stage for a public vote to decide the matter.
Panicked claim advertises Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a universal cure for chronic constipation and balky bowels. It touts a single dose guarantee, a refund if unsatisfied, and wide retail availability through druggists, urging long standing digestive troubles to try it despite unverified efficacy.
Probate court in Gratiot County Ithaca sets four months for creditors to present claims against the estate of Seth A. Tubbs with a hearing scheduled for July 16 at 10:00 a.m. Public notice to be published for three consecutive weeks in the Alma Record. Judge J. Lee Potts presiding. Belle Jenne clerk.
An elderly Scotchwoman famed for prize fowls becomes the target of a prank. A neighbor orders her finest turkey as a Christmas joke but finds it stubborn to carve. She quips the bird is still a first prize winner from seven years of shows.
A traveling troupe stirs town interest as minstrels gather for a simple game of marbles in a boarding house. The landlady, overhearing voices and dice, interrupts with sharp scorn claiming grown men playing a kid’s game.
The article traces the seventeenth century English origin of horseshoe luck symbols guarding homes against witches and spirits. It notes horseshoes nailed to ships remain common in Ragileh regions and that an odd number of nails signals luck. A man about to wed who finds a four nailed shoe foresees a happy marriage.
Electricity on the farm is expanding as experts say farmers will soon deem it essential. Tungsten lamps aid uptake, and a farmer with a small station powered by a gasoline engine or a dammed stream can light a house economically. Electricians foresee central generating stations for farming districts replacing individual plants in the future.
Heavy horses for sale describe a pair of black geldings aged years, weight 2000, sound and all right. Enquire of Fred Rowland Alma. For sale cheap house and lot with barn in Alma, down payment balance monthly payments. Inquire of R G McFarland Ithaca. Wanted at once a man to represent Singer Sewing Machine Co in Gratiot county. No experience needed we teach you. Address Singer Sewing Machine Co Lonla Mich 1878-1 wk.
London public libraries report lending more than seven and a half million juvenile books in a year. The juvenile readers account for a major share of the circulation, with volumes borrowed by youths surpassing daily averages, highlighting strong engagement among young readers.
A complaint about a man named Blinks who was paid 75 cents to obtain a marriage license and never returned. A Chicago boy in a country town boasts that Chicago has more people in jail than the town has total.
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