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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
11
A dated editorial urges Michigan women to study issues and candidates before voting, warning against sentimentality and indifference. It stresses that suffrage is a trust requiring informed, ethical action by women, and calls voters to judge candidates by statesmanship over politics.
A column challenges the phrase high cost of living, reframing it as the High Cost of Loafing. It argues Americans overemphasize pay and hours, urges return to honest labor, warns against Bolshevism, and calls for productive work, thrift, and national self-reliance.
Washington March 18 The Republican Party denounces President Wilson for mismanaging diplomacy. It cites appointments to Russia Petrograd and Mexico and the Versailles Peace terms as evidence of failure, claiming Republican Senators saved American diplomacy while White House actions brought ridicule worldwide. It also attacks policies toward Germany and Huerta, urging acknowledgment of Republican diplomatic successes.
The Alma City Commission announces a hearing at City Hall on Tuesday April 20 1920 to consider vacating abolishing and setting aside all streets avenues and alleys in the Old Fairground Plat Addition to Alma Michigan except those in Block 20 objections may be filed with the City Clerk before April 20 1920.
Alma City Commission votes to vacate and abolish streets and alleys from the Old Fairground Plat except Block 20 as part of replatting to Shadow Lawn Addition. A public hearing is set for April 20 at 8 p.m. in City Hall Chambers. Jessie Wolford, City Clerk, notes required notice per city charter. Also includes an ad for Doan's Kidney Pills with testimonial from a Stanton, Michigan resident.
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