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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1914
Page
2
The Alma Record notes a Thursday afternoon edition from Alma with J BROWN as business manager and a yearly subscription price of $1.00. The brief item identifies the newspaper's publishing details and key staff for the period.
Former Illinois congressman Frank O Lowden told a Peoria audience that harmony in the republic hinges on two nearly equal parties acting as checks. He urged reunion of Republicans and Progressives under the old banner to restore prosperity and a strong protectionist tariff while facing wartime and foreign challenges.
The list records birth details for several cabinet members including William J. Bryan born in Illinois on May 19 1860 and Josephus Daniels born in North Carolina on May 1 1862 Secretary of War Lindley M Garrison born in New Jersey 1854 and others with birthplaces and dates in varied states including Georgia Texas Prince Edward Island and Scotland for a snapshot of origins shaping early federal leadership
Alma resident Mia Josephine Vannermar reports years of back rheumatic pains and kidney disturbances improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. She notes relief from dizziness and nervous spells after use, urging others to try the same remedy advertised by Foster Milburn Co.
The Gratiot County Normal alumni announce a Puritan Tea at the Normal Rooms on Saturday May 2 to raise funds for commencement expenses. Speakers include David Frye and Edna Shellhaas with vocal numbers by Frances Church Brown and Mariel McEntiefor. Proceeds support the upcoming commencement.
Prizes ranging from 1 to 1000 dollars are offered to college and other students for essays on topics including ship subsidies and price maintenance. Professor J Laurence Laughlin of the University of Chicago chairs the contest committee. Submissions due by June 1, 1915. Undergraduates may win first prize 300 dollars or second 200 dollars. nonundergraduates compete for 1000 dollars first and 500 dollars second. The University of Chicago leads with five winners. Northwestern Cornell and Washington & Lee follow with four each.
Complete information on fertilizing, masiting, cultivating, harvesting and marketing onions. Issued as a special by the Michigan Experiment Station. Many muck areas are adapted to this crop and can be made to return profits. Write for a copy to Director H. S. Shaw, East of Michigan.
The Ithaca region reports several items including a marriage in St Louis, a verdict of insanity for Mrs. Isaac Smalley, a UM alumni supper at Hotel Seaver with Dr A S Warthin as guest, ministerial meeting in Sunfield, and multiple court actions for assault and battery. Also noted are a Perrinton death from apoplexy, Roy Seaver’s tuberculosis death, school prize visit by Ithaca business men, weathered social club meetings, and forthcoming lectures by Dr A S Worthin on Social Purity.
The local Camp Fire Girls and guardians from Ithaca entertained Alma girls last Saturday. About fifty traveled on the 3:39 train, gathered at the M. I. church in ceremonial costumes, photos were taken, and lunch served. A parade up town followed then a joint ceremonial meeting. Charlotte Hamilton earned a National honor bend for making a button mold girdle to be worn with her dress.
A vintage advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a spring tonic that increases appetite and relieves indigestion. It claims the remedy helps with stomach, liver, and kidney troubles, pledging better digestion and the ability to eat normally again.
The column reports many residents visiting relatives across Alma Forest Hill Arcada Ashley and Saginaw with travel to Ver non Grand Rapids and St Louis. It notes a wedding Miss Hazel Webb and Jesse Ermine at St Louis home and birth day party for Claud Burtton. Also mentions moves, sickness, and a school tally in Brick district No 7.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach troubles and cleanser for the whole system. Mr T D Peeble is cited as a satisfied user and the product is sold at Rhodes Drug Store and Rexall Drug Store with a one dollar price.
San Francisco announcement reports Transcontinental Passenger Association agreeing on rail fares to the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco and the California expositions in 1915. The plan allows one-way round trips from west of Chicago with routes through Oakland San Francisco Los Angeles and San Diego. Visitors can see both expos on one ticket with Alaska-Yukon Pacific rate parity.
A new fare schedule sets a three month return limit with no return after December 31 1915. From Missouri River points Omaha Kansas City St Joseph and Atchinson round trip is 50 dollars. Other centers set at St Louis 57.50 Chicago 62.50 Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo 45 Peoria 59.25. Proportionate rates apply from unlisted points.
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