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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1907
Page
5
An OCR fragment lists canned goods and staples: J cans large pet cream 25¢, 6 small 2c, pies, granulated sugar 1.00, fancy mackerel heads and tails off per lb 66c, fancy No. 1 white fish per lb 12c. Offers are presented with two phone numbers.
Classified notices list several Alma properties including an 12 room house for 2100, a good business lot on Woodworth Avenue, a 8 room house with one acre for 1000, a 5 room house with storage on both ends of a lot for 750, and a residence with furnace heat for 2300. Also offered is a 60 acre farm near Alma, 640 acres grazing land in Southwest Texas valued at 3200, and an offer to exchange for equal value. Listings request cash and easy terms, with other properties for rent, sale, or exchange and 40 acre farm requests under 500 cash balance terms.
The piece notes high wages lure young artisans to Panama Canal work but fears malaria persist. It touts Electric Bitters as a safeguard against fevers and malarial influence, claiming benefits for blood poison, biliousness, weakness, and stomach, liver, and kidney troubles. Guaranteed by a local druggist.
Local residents and visitors are listed with numerous business trips and social calls in Alma and nearby towns. Names include Elmer Post, J. P. Swigart, Win Demuth, Dr Brosky, Geo Pink, M J Montigle, Andrew Obail, Landlord Seaver, Mrs R E Moble, Geo E Sharrar, Walter Mallory, Carolton Briggs, Wm Gig, John Dunham, Larry Hudson, David Cavercle, Helen Scattergood, Bernice Grainerdaw, Alverson Jr, Dr N F L McClinton, and many others amid a flurry of transactions in Alma, Ithaca, Saginaw, Detroit, Mt Pleasant, and nearby locales. The piece also notes real estate and business movements, visits, and social events, including a wedding and community changes.
Local catalog notice promises special prices on Teamster coats and jackets with a large selection and right price. Promoter Messinger markets a broad line and favorable discounts for readers.
Woolen underwear at the red price and a full line of coat sweaters for boys and men at Messinger's. Also noted is a lost terrier named Stoker from W A Adams of Dina Mich, a coal stove for sale due to furnace upgrade at 412 Hastings Street, and improved land with good buildings near a school offered by Mrs D Hammond, Box One Elwell RF D No One.
A plumber notes that satisfactory results come from careful attention to late stage details often deemed trivial by the trade. Focus on precision, ordering, and finishing touches to ensure durable, well executed plumbing.
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