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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1917
Page
4
The Alma Record notes advertising rates for church or lodge social notices and obituaries. Obituaries up to 125 words are free. overage billed per word. Card of thanks charged per word. The notice mentions mailing at the post office and second class matter status.
The Alma Record asks readers to call with items for publication. It notes items are desired from both city and country residents and mentions availability by telephone on both ends.
The document lists candidates on the Republican ticket for statewide offices including supreme court justices and university regents, a state superintendent, and other boards with names such as W. Stone, Franz Kuho, W. L. Clements, James Martin, Brad J. Keeler, and Thomas W. Nadel. It also outlines a proposed constitutional amendment about state highway planning, construction, and funding limits, with details on bond powers, oversight, and a five-dollar-per-thousand-valuation cap for road taxes, plus procedural notes from the Secretary of State. The notice closes with an obituary: Mrs. A. Eckert, aged 88, who died at her daughter’s home, leaving eight children and grandchildren. funeral held with Rev. Priest officiating.
Notices to electors in Arvada and Pine River townships Gratiot County Michigan set April 2 1917 for general election and township meeting. Proposals include annexation to Alma City of specified portions of Arvada and Pine River townships. Public notices appear within a periodical with local notes and ads.
The department of agriculture says Michigan's constitution blocks the highway commissioner from originating road plans though federal aid offers 2 186 766 over five years. A joint legislature resolution seeks voter approval in April to amend section 20 article 8 to fix defects and advance the road program. Frank F. Rogers, State Highway Commissioner.
Notice to Alma voters for the April 2, 1917 general election. It asks whether to detach portions of Pine River and Arcada townships in Gratiot County and annex them to Alma. The described tracts include the Pine River areas and Arends township parcels, with boundaries in townships twelve and eleven north, range three west. City Clerk Carl H. Gallagher signs the notice.
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