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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
3
Fever relief and bile balance urged by DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. The pills ease bowel movement softly, furnish tonic strength, and claim to cleanse and renew body vigor. Burdock Blood Bitters promoted for pure blood and overall health, with mention of physician remedies and moral admonitions.
In Saginaw three men vie for Michigan governor. Incumbent Aaron T. Hies seeks reelection while Lorenzo T. Dirend stands as the Democratic nominee after Judge George Ho Durand’s retirement due to a stroke. Martin Cooney, a local furniture maker and former Sage mayoral candidate, runs as the socialist labor candidate.
Selected site allotments for the state buildings at the world’s fair included Michigan. PTL Bellare spoke for Michigan, accepting the site amid enthusiastic reception. The Wolverine state is well represented and expected to compare favorably with others at the exposition.
The Valley Electrical Company buys Pine Creek village and 12,000 acres for about $40,000. A dam near Otoe Creek will carry eight feet head and power 2500 horses for an electric line between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. The town site will be cleared for a vast gain as Pine Creek village is removed. The note mentions Lansing in October with railroad earnings of $4,250,900 in August.
Michigan rail and streetcar earnings for the year ending September 1 show total receipts of 2047 dollars, up from 2027. The Michigan Control Charter repeal lowered fares to two cents per mile, yet passenger earnings in Michigan this year exceed the prior period by 140000 dollars. a crash at Candy mine involves Chris tofvon and six catchers, with fatalities and injuries as described.
Whatesate Wime Maklaw Lawton announces a 600 ton Concord grape conversion into juice at a new mill in Lawton. Output planned at 10 000 gallons from currently picked grapes. Another project on the association plan with $0 capital will be published at Lake Com Pomous Peach Shipment Grand Rapids Oct 6. Peach prediction favored a million lash els shipped from Grand Rapids this year, per railroad reports. Bread price war near Lima ends with bread still selling at five cents after several days of three cent loaves. Train collision in Parkersburg tolls five dead and three injured in a tunnel near Cornwallis on the Baltimore and Ohio line. Cattle cars damaged, livestock killed or injured.
The New York Democratic State Convention nominates Governor Bird and Coler for Gov, Thilger for secretary, More for comptroller, Morestan for attorney general, Sherman for state engineer, Finch for treasurer, and Gray for Court of Appeals judge. The platform endorses Jeffersonian principles, attacks trusts, supports public ownership of anthracite coal mines via eminent domain, and cites wage and price concerns.
Det. William Nelenn Cromwell, general counsel for the new Panama Canal company, says he delivered to Attorney General Knox a complete claim of title dating to 1878. The record asserts the company’s power to convey the canal, plant, concessions, and property to the United States free of any liens or encumbrances.
Honolulu dispatch reports William H. Wright, treasurer of the territory of Hawaii, accused of absconding with about 917,000. He is believed to have stowed away on the Alameda, which departed last Wednesday noon. Secretary Henry E. Cooper was appointed temporary treasurer.
An explosion at the Washington Colliery near Mack Diamond, Wash, caused a major fire that swept through the mine. Rescue teams battled flames all night as workers reported twelve dead with three more injured, including one seriously hurt. Authorities warned of risky conditions as officials continued to search for missing miners.
A six mile from the Canadian Sea area man named de Noach Hale shot and killed his son Pronk and attacked his wife with a gun butt. He then beat the wife, who fled to her son’s house and later to her daughter’s. The wife suffered a broken arm and multiple head and body wounds but is recovering. Hale was previously arrested for threatening his wife and is thought to be insane.
City Treasurer Thorpe reports on October 1 a cash balance of 1,519,159.08 in free depositories, signaling Detroit’s finances. Alpena fair draws 14,900 visitors over three days, the event yielding a surplus. Weather was superb.
An odd advertisement style item touts skin eruptions remedies and a tobacco era tonality. It promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets from Bivins Rhodes drug store with claims of curing bowel issues headaches and constipation. It mentions fake product names and humorous lines to sell tonic products.
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