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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
6
A Pacific storm battered Manila Bay as Atlantic fleet ships endured twelve hours of violent winds and rain. Vessels raised storm steam, and Rear Admiral Sperry ordered six battleships under way to safer positions near Cavite while crews rode out the fierce squall.
Philadelphia marks Founders Week with dawn bells and church services. The celebration includes grand pageants, a national scope, and praise for the city’s history linked to American development. The piece notes cooler weather aiding trade and building momentum in industry and housing. Also mentions Dr. Cook’s Arctic expedition and last contact on May 7 with hopes for his return.
General markets list grain softs and livestock prices with references to future contracts for corn oats rye oats cattle and sheep. Notable entries include Spot and January futures for corn and oats. cattle prices for fat cows fat heifers butcher stockers and lambs. hogs and pigs shown with ranges. A late note mentions an author sending an Epistle to Poverty to Voltaire for critique.
In Saginaw Michigan on October 2 the Democratic state convention adopted a largely state issue platform. After a lengthy resolutions committee debate the ticket was chosen on first ballots with Will Williams named as lieutenant governor and Frank T. McDonald of Saulte Ste Marie as secretary of state. Widespread acclamation approved attorney general and superintendent of public instruction posts. James F. Ohara and Mark Norris vied for the supreme court vacancy, Norris winning on the first ballot.
Detroit reports confirm Carl W. a Black man shot Edward Powers a pressroom foreman at a Griswold Michigan avenue corner. Powers wounded through right lung, hospitalized. Lena Wethington Allen and husband Allan Wethington detained as sharp contradictions follow the fatal shooting after a store visit. Police and prosecutors prepared to probe who fired and when.
In a fragmentary note the text contrasts Europe and weaving, claiming those who make wealth in America cannot reach heaven. It presents unclear logic about money, morality, and travel between continents, with no concrete facts or identifiable individuals or organizations.
Mrs Almira Wood longtime resident northwest of Riverdale Michigan died last Saturday night after a short illness. She came to Michigan with her husband O M Wood over fifty years ago settling near Riverdale. He died two years ago. Survived by six of eight children including Alice Pfifer Annie Loranger Nettie Brown Maurice Mary Wright and Alfonso Wood. Funeral Tuesday conducted by Rev Bartlett of Vestaburg. Various local notes follow including visits and farm duties.
Elm Grove residents report family moves to St Louis as Atwater and kin relocate. Mrs Nailor hosts a sister from Jackson. Mason Ward and spouse visit Minnesota. Jay Gulick rents the Atwater farm and departs. Judge Brow and mother from Upper Sandusky visit local friends. Mrs Walls travels to St Louis for treatment. J Berry and wife visit North Wheeler friends. Linnie Robinson’s sick child returns home improving. Pine River Farmers Club to meet Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Moltson.
A Riverdale item highlights Moble & Co. selling stoves at low prices with visible stock and quality. Other notes mention Lodier W. P. Cash at the state convention, W. D. Owens’s nearly finished new house, C N Warren delivering beets to St. Louis sugar company, beet crops awaiting rain, John Waldron’s poisoned hands, Mrs. W. P. Cash’s Paris visit, Henry Tucker visiting Detroit to see a sick brother, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Rowland at Shepherd, and Jack Moblo’s trip to Grand Rapids.
An old ad promotes Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil as vital nourishment for men women and children. It claims to restore energy ease heavy labor and brighten life while saying food loses value when digestion fails. Readers are urged to mail the ad and four cents for a world atlas.
Willie Lynch aged nineteen slept beside his father, a sixty five year old man, unaware of the death until he shook the corpse. The pair had come from Chicago on a business trip and were staying at the Hotel Phoenix. The death was due to a chronic heart ailment.
Central Pine River items report John Kernen visiting Ithaca relatives with family. Ed Payne improving after a week in the pen. Roy Cumberworth relocates to Alma while James Mills reports beets progressing well. Mr. Hamlin moves to War Sloan’s tenant house to work this fall. Drary and wife welcome a baby girl. Mrs. Gee Robinson and Miss Bessie Rogers visit Roy Crossette. Eugene St Johns not gaining fast. Merle Boyer and wife visit grandparents near Breckenridge. Mr Maurer from Merrill visits his sister Mrs James Edwards.
Two hundred fifty merchants signed a petition seeking a pardon for Fred L. Hoffman a prominent real estate man who was recently sentenced to ninety days in the Detroit house of correction for assault on George Barton an associate of Marcus Young over disputed land. In a separate item a nineteen year old Gertrude Shaver reportedly swallowed carbolic acid and doctors say her chances of recovery are uncertain.
Miss Iva Kress is sick with typhoid fever. Amy from Brainerd hospital is caring for Iva. Mrs. George Rockafellow and Mrs. Theron Kress are on the sick list. Miss Laverne Davis, teaching Sumner school, returned to Elm Hall last Friday. Gallop phoned Theron Kress last week. LeRoy Kress visited his parents Sunday. Ed Gee and Havel H. Potter called at Theron Kress's home.
A compact line contrasts earth and heaven via paradox, noting heaven’s distance from and proximity to earth to evoke spiritual reflection. The aphorism treats place and transcendence as intertwined concepts.
Miss Mina Woodman visits North Star relatives while families of Levi Whitman and Morris Bagness quarantine for scarlet fever. Fred Perry visits with uncle Wil Godfrey as others attend gatherings. A quiet wedding unites Eva Bamber and Harry Hart with immediate family present. couple leaves for their home Sunday evening.
Weather mild after winter days as Bert Kemp and wife visit Lew Martin's. Jay Gulic moves to Atwater fort for next year. HL Rundall sighted first time in thirteen weeks. Art Spore returns to Allegats lant Friday. Munroy Hever and Bever visit from Alma over Sunday. Mrs Perec Lake hosts from Alma. Old Mrs Faulkner visiting Alex and Seville. Lillian Markham returns home last Sunday. Wood Lake heads to Chelva for work. Westerbury ball team loses to North Star 17 to 7 amid a good game. Fred Creech ill at start of week. M L Pertigo buys a fine automobile from Detroit.
Obituary notice expressing thanks for support after a death, noting a kind father and major family figures. It mentions Mrs NK Straven MK and others, with a sentiment that only single ones like them can understand the loss and appreciation for prayers and support. The text includes unclear fragments about marriage and a pipe remark.
Elwell Jottings notes Geo and Sandal traveled to Detroit on Wednesday in a car load of sheep. The brief item records a local trip with livestock and mentions the two individuals by name.
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