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Newspaper

The Alma Record

Location

Alma, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1912

Page

6

Annual tax sale in Gratiot County Michigan notice

The filing seeks a court decree to enforce delinquent taxes on Schedule A lands in Gratiot County Michigan. It outlines that lands have remained unpaid for years, with amounts of taxes interest and fees due, and describes sale procedures for tax collection, including public sale on a specified date and place at the county treasurer’s office, with parcels offered separately for full payment or be bid off by the state if unpaid. It cites the Circuit Court of Gratiot County, the honorable Kelly S. Sears, and Hugh Hughes as the register, with publication of the decree and sale schedule.

sicHud Grito Gratiot Oiamiel Wehalt Mid State Jenlipatt Michigan Anid Ald Lim Aeart Siail Sta Kelly Sears Kelly & Searl Seal Circuit Reb Hughes Register County of Gratiot Owamel B. Fuller State of Auditor General Aining Alould Prazod Petri Onamel Bo Fuller

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Fragmentary OCR text provides no clear event, persons, or organizations to summarize into a full newspaper card with a factual lead and supporting details.

Fragmented Property Description from Village Ledger

Fragmentary OCR shows a village land ledger with plots and lot numbers, references to Village Hall and Mile distances. It lists parcels in Middleville and northeast blocks, with lot and block identifiers, and partial measurements and owners or names obscured.

Gentle Rexall Orderlies Promoted for Children

A local notice urges careful medicine use for children and promotes Rexall Orderlies as a safe, gentle remedy for constipation. The ad claims they are candy-like, cause no diarrhoea or griping, and are sold at 10, 25, and 50 cents with a money back guarantee at The Rexall Store in Alma.

Rexall Alma FO. Grover Central Deng

Sumner Center Social Notes From Jackson Visits

Mr and Mrs Louis Densmore visit Jackson while Mrs James Gargett and Mrs Bert Gee travel to Ann Arbor to see hospitalized husbands. Leroy Kress and two children visit Theron Kress family. Stunner Center Aid Society to meet with Mrs Fred Fes Thursday. Miss Cora Wixson wed recently. Anna Kress visits Leroy Kress in St Louis. Kress visits Free Methodist parsonage. Dan Voge and wife visit her parents in Shepherd.

Louis Densmore Jackson James Gargett Bert Gee Ann Arbor Leroy Kress Theron Kress Stunner Center Aid Society Fred Fes Cora Wixson Anna Kress St Louis

Brainerd Hospital News Highlights Local Guests

The Misses Fern and Wilkinson visited Saginaw friends over Sunday. Ray Grover, ten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ton Grover, is hospitalized with typhoid fever. His mother, hospitalized for three weeks, is improving slowly. Mrs. Sarah M. Taylor, longtime Alma resident, has entered the Masonic Home to make her future home with her sons W. B. Taylor in Standing Stone, Pa., and Eugene Taylor near Alma.

Fern Wilkinson Saginaw Ray Grover Ton Grover Sarah M. Taylor Alma W. B. Taylor Standing Stone Pa Eugene Taylor Near Masonic Home

Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Free Trial Offer

An ad promises Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets free if customers are not satisfied after a reasonable trial at home. It promotes mild, regulative action on the bowels and notes three sizes 50c 25c and $1.00 at The Rexall Store Grover Central Drug Store. A horse sale at the stock yards drew a large crowd with strong prices.

Rexall Grover Central Drug Store M. Stock Yards Grant Smith Mr. Pleasant J. T.wing Ann Arbor Clerh Ewing Classical Club Elith

West North Star community notes include visits and events

Mrs Mlvin Barnes of Ithaca visited Earl Barnes last week. A farmers effort for Grangers and Gleaners is being organized in Ithaca. Effie Hoxie and son Jeff attended T. J. Hoxie’s funeral. Ivis Prine of St. Louis visited her parents in Alma. Farmers prep sugar bushes. Lydia Merton visited Henry Gibbs. Lewis Howes holds a school permit while working for Ben Hass. Hugh Bowling is ill. C Conklin family moved in with Chilton Elliott. Roy Miner cut his foot last Thursday helping. Stanton cut wood and is improving. A box social at District No. 4 school yielded twenty dollars and forty-five cents.

Mlvin, Barnes Ithaca Tire Earl Barnes Wthaca Effie Hoxie Jeff T. J. Hoxie Ivis Prine St. Louis Herbert Preston Lydia Merton Henry Gibbs Lewis Howes Ben Hass Hugh Bowling C. Conklin Alma Chilton Elliott Roy Miner Stanton

Change of time affects AOA RoR passenger trains

Beginning Monday April 11 the AOA RoR trains will discontinue the northbound service from Alo at 7:98 a.m. and the southbound service at 9 p.m., making Mt. Pleasant the division terminal. Motor car service starts next Sunday with a new timetable.

AOA Alo Mt. Pleasant

Card of Thanks and Obituary Notice

Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends for care and flowers after the death of a husband and brother. T. J. Hoxier of Fulton township Gratiot county dies March 7 after short illness of pneumonia born in New York lived in Ohio then Gratiot county. He and wife celebrated their golden anniversary last May. Funeral held in Fulton county church on March 9.

Nettie Strou Henry Strous John Str T. J. Hoxier Fulton Township Gratiot County Pheumonia New York Ohio Fulton County Church

Francis King Named as Candidate for State Senate

The 25th district comprising Gratiot Isabella and Mecosta counties may see Francis King as the preferred candidate to succeed N O Ward who will not seek re election. King, a well known Alma resident, has consented to have his name placed on the coming primaries ballot with a platform of a good clean business administration.

Gratiot Isabella Mecosta N. O. Ward Stanwood Alma Francis King Fran Ward

Record praised as advertising medium by former Pine River resident

John E. Schick, formerly of Pine River township, writes Alma Record-Dear Sir to express appreciation for the newspaper as an advertising medium. He notes a farm sale in February promoted in the Record drew a larger crowd and earned several hundred dollars more than expected, with J. D. Helman as auctioneer.

John Schick Pine River Township Alma Record J. D. Helman John E. Schick

Woodmen Negree Host First Dancing Party

The Woodmen Negree team held the first in a series of dancing parties last Tuesday evening. Fifty two couples attended with music by the Davis orchestra, and aprons gowns and petticoats displayed a gingham theme at Baker's venue.

Baker's Woodmen Negree Davis Orchestra

Local Happenings in Alma and Nearby Areas

Bay City visitor B. Chafield stops in Alma while Miss Mary Lilly visits Shepard. Sharrar & Moore advertise farm sales as the state notes properties for sale to cover fines. Union Telephone Co. manager R. C. Saxton travels to Breckenridge for company interests and other locals visit or entertain kin. The Horton farm near Alma sells to A. Stark of Lansing, and Janina Horton returns home to Breckenridge. The college library adds stock room space on the second floor and receives new books weekly. J. W. Peirson raises 700 dollars for the work. Henry H. Soule awarded the contract. The Detroit Times covers E. A. Coddington, former Michigan educator, visiting Detroit after returning from the Philippines.

B. Chafield Bay City Alma Mary Lilly Shepard Sharrar & Moore R. C. Saxton Union Telephone Co Breckenridge D. Gary Saginaw O. W. Swisher Holton W. K. Spencer Ionia Union Dorothy Judge Grayling Thomas Judge Wm. Peffler J. W. Peirson Stanton Henry H Soule Detroit Times E. A. Coddington Michigan United States Bureau of Agriculture Philippine Islands Manilla Detroit Lenox Coddington University of Michigan United States Bureau of Education Department of Agriculture

Tuberculosis Cure Booklet Promotes New Treatment

Hundreds report being cured of tuberculosis and asthma by a treatment called swell ture's Creation. A free booklet explains the discovery and may be obtained by writing Charles A. Barnes, Dispenser, Chamber of Commerce, Detroit.

Swell Ture P Retsing Chas. A. Barnes Chamber of Commerce Detroit

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