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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
5
The notice appears as a historic classified fragment from Alma Gratiot County Michigan. It lists an associate editor and advertises general church and advertising opportunities. Text is garbled but indicates weekly publication and staff roles.
Proponents push capital punishment and other reforms as Michigan lawmakers advance bills to create a state department of agriculture with a 20 member board, add a labor and industry department, and consider a department of conservation. Debate over eugenics, immigration, and crime measures dominates sessions as plans for a state income tax, prison reform, and a three million dollar state building loom.
A reader criticizes national press and film industry for overhyping Clara Hamon’s murder trial. The writer argues front page sensationalism promotes immorality, inflates offers of marriage, and undermines family values, urging media to elevate worthy content instead.
A 1930s Alma College feature recalls the founding by A W Wright and others, praising Christian education and its graduates. It announces an endowment drive of 685000 to stabilize finances and expand impact, urging community support April 4 to 11, noting local enrollment pressures and proposals to ease university crowding while preserving high ideals.
Text discusses translation variances in Aesop Fa, noting some renderings use hen for goose in the golden egg tale. It argues the original may imply goose, while many translators follow the common form goose. Mentions Green text and later transcriptions of fables told by an old slave.
Annie H. Cooley of Iddiefield Connecticut suffered grip and sore throat. She used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and recovered quickly as pains eased, cough diminished, and expec toration became easy, leading her to highly praise the remedy.
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