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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1915
Page
4
Vestaburg Michigan brief items include church and revival notes, deaths, births, visitors, and local headlines. Names of residents, visiting relatives, sickness, and upcoming events populate the page, with church announcements and community notices throughout the week.
Seville center notices list visitors and gatherings at Elwell with Miss Mayme O'Brien and J Blaum winning first at a Pedro club event. Many residents visit relatives, celebrate a twelfth birthday, and discuss illnesses and travels across Alma Grand Rapids and Riverdale in a detailed social recap.
Local residents report a good school session at home and in town with visits from Ruth Hilding Edmore and Miss Inex Reed. Dewey Hilding prepares for Annapolis naval academy exams, and a daughter is born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hartman. Several residents travel to Edmore Stanton Traverse City and McBain for studies, work, or family reasons while others recover from illness.
A string of neighborhood calls and visits from Alma to Crystal. Mrs George Abbott and Mrs Alex Miller attend Sunday jaunts. Otto Grant and others visit Tabernacle services and funerals. local residents report travel and illness. An editor’s aside promotes Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh as the best remedy for cuts and wounds after a Dryden NY man injures his thumb.
The U S Department of Labor has expanded its employment offices to include branch offices in major cities. Initially serving farmers, the system now assists all classes of workers. Offices in Detroit Chicago and Sault Ste Marie handle district assignments with free government service for employers and applicants. A late lecture by Mr Yeomans of Chicago on landscape architecture concludes the program with a ten cent admission.
Numerous small ads list farms and property in Michigan. Offers include a $1,150 house with 1 to 2 acres near Bell Tel 260 122 Grover Ave and fruit trees. a 150 egg incubator and White Orpington eggs at $1.50 per 15 or $7.50 per 100. 10 000 Black Raspberries 5 000 Cuthbert Raspberries 80 000 Warfield and Dunlap Strawberries inspected by State. 1000 acres of prime cattle and farm lands with varying soil types and prices from $5 to $15 per acre near Alpena rail line.
J P Losey offers complete eye care and eye wear services in Alma Michigan. Footnote shows address 119 Superior Street and emphasizes registered optometrist status and careful eye testing and fitting.
The piece argues the public longs to return to traditional national policies, labeling Wilson's tenure as driven by a psychological state of mind more than actual causes. It notes voters did not choose him by majority and posits his actions oppose the country’s broad wishes, citing past policy failures and disasters.
The piece reflects a nation anxious about treasury deficits and higher taxes, amid idle factories and hungry lines. It argues voters long for familiar policies and a return to pro prosperity days, contrasting with President Wilson's controversial policies and what it calls national homesickness. It notes the desire to retrace past steps away from distress and doubt.
With one exception, incumbents hold the positions to which they have been reappointed. Each official is noted for tested ability and thorough adaptation. The article emphasizes readiness for the diverse lines of state service required.
Nominees of the Republican State Convention are unusually well fitted for state service. With one exception most candidates on the Republican ticket are currently in the offices they seek. Justice Aaron V. McAlyay and Flavius L. Brooke are Michigan Supreme Court justices.
The article endorses Beal and Leland for University Regents and Wallace and Waterbury for the State Board of Agriculture. It lauds Wallace and Waterbury’s past service, Keeler for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Pred A. Jeffers as the new candidate for the State Board of Education, highlighting their qualifications and experience in Michigan’s educational system.
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