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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1921
Page
12
The article notes vast federal highway work, with the aggregate length far exceeding the distance from New York to San Francisco. Thomas J. Mavis states the federal share of this large program surpasses the cost of the Minnie era project.
Federal aid reshapes highway building as cooperation with states reaches new scales. The plan funds durable road types and expands state departments, with 60% of federal shares for durable pavement. It aims to place most road projects under state supervision, while reducing local control as federal money grows. Farmers urged to work, curb railroad congestion, and improve silage practices. timeless notes on corn timing and plow preparation appear among broader guidance.
Local items note visitors and travel, shop services, church events, and upcoming meetings. Mentions Alma Tailors garments, Dr E G Stuyter physician, and several residents traveling or visiting. Also reports civic association lecture plans by Prof Shaw and optical parlor opening by J D Webster and H B White with hours listed.
A long petition from local business leaders and residents asks the city commissioners to appoint Oscar Vibber chief of police for the coming year. The list includes numerous signatures from firms and individuals across commerce districts and services.
Garden notes advise sowing hardy annuals and sowing seeds for celery and spinach with New Zealand spinach as a substitute. It warns against Lima beans until soil warms and explains planting distances. The latter portion reports Alma merchants forming the Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, electing officers, and planning by laws and structure.
A scene from The Sport of Kings features a jockey killed during a duel at a Southern race track, to be shown at the Liberty Theatre in St Louis on May 10 and 11. The tale, based on Arthur Somers Roche, accompanies school events and local notices while residents share weekend visits and shifting family plans.
Mr Barber of Edmore, Dr and Mrs Graham of Alma, and many others visited Sumner or nearby towns for business or family reasons from Monday to Sunday. Social events included a successful neck-tie and warm sugar social raising 53 dollars. Residents traveled to Lansing, Flint, Alma, and Riverdale, with club play, meetings, and visits noted throughout.
John Morton Elwell remains in poor condition while Mrs. Catherine Heck returns from Cleveland after visiting relatives. Elm Hall resident William Wilson makes a business call and Riverdale Maple hosts a well attended home talent show. Barn burned on Wm. Bissel farm. proceeds from an ICO F hall social reach about $45 for the church. Digestion article notes half as much food needed when well chewed and Chamberlains Tablets aid digestion and bowel regularity.
Tee Leonard collected 30 wood chucks 8 wenavls 3 crown and 26 barn vals in a day and a half earning 22.15 dollars. Mr and Mrs Will Beard of St Louis spent Sunday at Morgan Leonard's home. Elder Kimberling is undergoing treatments at Carney hospital in Alma.
EMERSON Mrs Peters on the sick list with her daughter Mrs H Tedham of Alma caring for her. Henry Maurer helped Lloyd Mann with hay. Mrs Gladys Rhaines and her daughter from St Louis visited Mr and Mrs J F Peters. Eunice Showers cared for her aunt Mrs Soule. Clarence Hetuman and wife from M A CG visited their parents. Roy Griffith and wife visited Mt Pleasant. Mary Byers and Douglas Hamilton visited Alma. Mrs Hattie Kingsbury and family visited Shepherd. Roy Rogers and family of St Louis spent Sunday here.
Monthly report for Perry School ends April 20 1921 shows 20 days taught 576 total attendance 20 average daily attendance 20 and 1 enrolled with 3 percent attendance. Students never absent or tardy include Madeline Van Dall Adrienne Heylene Lucile Hastel Pearl Hahn Audna Maxwell Shefiy Doyce Daymon Margaret Birmingham Marelle Berry. Lucile Hastel earned a certificate for three consecutive months of perfect attendance.
Denmark leads in pig population claims with quirky figures suggesting one pig for every three people, while another quirky line mistakenly references Dene mark as one pig for two beings. This item appears to mix playful, nonstandard statistics with garbled wording indicating OCR artifacts.
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