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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
7
Henry Zimmermanns ie Commissioner certifies that Hank of Riverdale in Gratiot County Michigan complies with the General Banking Law and is authorized to commence the business of banking in Coraline Michigan. The document is dated the tenth day of May with officials Iskat and Lanntis signatories.
The thirty fifth annual Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society meeting will convene in the senate chamber Lansing June 2 and 3 with prominent speakers addressing historical questions. Sessions open Wednesday. officers reports, memoirs on Gen Byron McCutcheon and Peter White, and talks on Detroit amusements and Aborigines of Michigan feature the program.
A Clinton county association for the study and prevention of tuberculosis was organized at St. John. The aim is to popularize facts, educate on prevention and care, and recruit members across Bland avn and the county, seeking farmers and citizens to join.
Riverdale hosts Memorial Day observances and unveils new businesses while town life expands. A local clothing store opens in Phelps building, Bank of Riverdale becomes state depository, and a new life in town is celebrated with a baby arrival. School enhancements include summer classes and a high school drama of Silas Marner. The Pere Marquette Railway lines discuss improved grades to ease freight, with district activities featuring baseball and a field meet.
The Fox highway bill, passed by both houses before adjournment, consolidates over 100 country road laws into a single uniform system. It sets survey and monument rules, restricts field drainage near roads, empowers condemnation for gravel pits, dictates road widths and bridge capacity, and requires harmony between township overseers and the highway commissioner in spending.
Comrades of Col. Ely Post No 154 will observe Memorial Day in Elm Hall area with services at Elm Hall M E Church Sunday morning led by Rev A J North and special music by the choir. Monday features a 1 PM gathering for tributes with Key A E North delivering the address and school pupils' exercises. Grave decoration details Sunday forenoon at Riverdale Vertaburg and Sumner cemeteries and Elm Hall graves Monday afternoon. Commander Gorge Oliver of Elm Hall urges attendance and orderly services.
Warning against mercury contains ointments for catarrh and urging prescription use. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. L. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as safe, mercury free, taken internally with blood and mucous action. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists. Price 74 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
There are more than 20 tulip varieties growing in the country around Florenne. The earliest is a tall scarlet flower seen among the corn. Also noted are a crimson, white, and yellow mix with varied tones, a deeply orange petaled form, and a Tuscan style variety.
A proposed influenza remedy urges copious draughts of pure milk, frequent window ventilation day and night, and a diet of ripe apples and bread only. The suggestion reflects early 20th century health ideas emphasizing simple dietary measures and air exposure.
Judge Frank B. Knappen ordered three dry trustees of Climax village to attend meetings or face jail after they had boycotted sessions, halting village business and blocking saloon entries. The trio vow to appeal to the supreme court. first such case in Michigan.
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