Local Alma Recoup Postal Form Lists Republican Ticket
The Recoup is entered at the Alma post office for second class mail, listing candidates for state and county offices including Charles K Townend and Newton Ward for state senate and representative, Francis Dodus for state governor, and local officials such as George W Long, Charles H Goggin, Edwin W Redman, and Will K Ludwig among others.
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Alma
Heritt
John IL Pasriail
Richard Be.hugies
Ieurer— Adelaert
Plane Register of Deeds
George W
Long Prosecuting Attorney
Charles H
Look Back at Ancient Days in New York Sun
A nostalgic reflection traces long ago fashion and social quirks as McLandburgh Wilson writes about grandmothers in crinoline skirts and the vagaries of ladies fair, evoking mirth and despair in a comic historical vignette.
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Ladies Fair
Grandma
McLandburgh Wilson
New York
Woman Leads Wet wing in West Virginia fight
Mrs. Livia Simpson Poffenbarger, editor of the State Gazette and wife of Judge George Poffenbarger, leads the wet faction against the drys in Mason County West Virginia. The county battle centers on liquor policy and a senatorial contest, with the seuate N B Scott favored against W P Hubbard, marking the first time a woman fronts major party forces in the state.
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Republican Party
West Virginia
Mason County
State Gazette
Poffenbarger
Senaitor
N. B. Scott
Willam P. Hubbard
Subscription plea and pardon petition noted in Cadillac brief
A Cadillac News and Express item urges subscribers to pay arrears to avoid service interruption under strict postal rules. It then comments on the Walsh Chicago pardon petition, noting its vast list of supporters and its implications for jail sentencing and public opinion on crime.
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Uncle Sam
Walsh
Chicago
Cadillac News and Express
Apple Orchard Triumph at Muir Area Forty Acres
Brad Hayes, owner of about 1,400 acres near Muir in Tonia county, built a Northern Spy apple orchard that experts say is the best in America. The forty acres, once dismissed by friends, now yield strong No 1 and 2 stock and netted $6,000 last year with forecasts to top $10,000 this year as spraying and careful care paid off. Hayes anticipated the crop for future generations despite initial doubt.
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St. Johns
Brad Hayes
Muir
Tonia County
America
Hayes
Michigan
Dr Kings Dew Life Pills Said To Prevent Appendicitis
A historical advert claims Dr Kings Dew Life Pills prevent appendicitis by stimulating stomach liver and bowels to avoid clogging. It links constipation headaches biliousness and chills to the disease and pitches the pills as a cure all.
Plants Die of Fevers Says Leclerc du Sablon
A French observer explains how plants may fever and die much like humans. Wounded potatoes heated to fever temperatures show a sharp rise in carbonic acid output, then recover briefly before entering a weakened state akin to convalescence after a long fever.
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M. Leclerc du Sablon
Lilliputian dynamo built in Paris Academy display
A miniature electric dynamo weighing a quarter ounce was shown at the Paris Academy of Science. French technician Trevet built it, measuring three-fifths by one-half by three-fifths inches, with a quarter inch coil and five and a half feet of silk insulated copper wire. It indicated 3.5 volts at 0.2 ampere, but its power could not be measured. The toy emitted a bee like hum while operating.
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Paris Academy of Science
Trevet
Anklet watch appears in London fashion debate
A London crowd welcomes a young man seen at Folke stone wearing a gold bracelet with a watch attached. The trend sparks talk of the wrist watch as good form, while critics in England favor handkerchiefs in cuffs and watch styles from Atlantic City are watched for a challenge.
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London
Folkestone
Atlantic City
Bettie Opening Easier Knife Patent Mention
A New Jersey man patents a knife with a semi circular recess in the handle near the end to hold the blade tip. The design promises easier bottle opening and a compact knife form.
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New Jersey
Michigan Republicans affirm Taft era progress and Townsend nomination
The Michigan Republican platform honors Taft, calls for primary reform, taxation equity, and conservation. It praises Chase Osborn as governor candidate, pledges efficient government, and endorses Townsend for U.S. senator while stressing honest administration, reduced public employment, and exposure of wrongdoing.
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Detroit
Mich
Republican Party of
Michigan
Republicans of
United States
William Howard Taft
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Repnublican Party
Commonwealth
Chasea Osborn
Igch
Charles E. Townsend
Republican Party
Party of Progress
Beware of Ointments for vatarrh Containing Mercury
Warning against mercury based treatments for catarrh. Advocates Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Promotes genuine product and testimonials, price 75 cents per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Toleo
Ohio
Local notes from Sumner small town
Sumner news item lists residents and visitors with multiple Alma and Ithaca connections. Names include A Botton, Mrs. 11, A Clow, Raymond Dufkeld, Wm Merry of Middleton, Wm Murphy of Carson City, Clinton Nelson, John Robson, Lott Perris, Clifford Gee, Arthur Fowler, Ralph Holcomb, Jon Kenneth, Marie Darling, Bodine, Nettie Schlappi, Harry Graham and family, Lottie Crow, George Schlapi, Greta Hoxie, Mary McCullough, Frank Reed, C A Button, H A Crow, Bert Crow, John Giles, and Floyd Bartlett with travel to and from Alma, San Francisco, Dakota, and St. Louis. Free Methodists held meetings. district elder Bodine visited.
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Little Dols Evey
A. Botton
Alma
A. Clow
Raymond Dufkeld
Wm. Merry
Middleton
Wm. Murphy
Carson City
Clinton Nelson
John Robson
San Francisco
Val
Clifford Gee
Sumner Center
Arthur Fowler
Pefineula
Ralph Holcomb
Jon Kenneth
St. Louis
Marie Darling
Dakota
Free Methodists
Bodine
Nettie Schlappi
Harry Graham
Gerald
Lottie Crow
Maple Rapids
George Schlappi
Orchard Lake
Clare
Greta Hoxie
Mary McCullough
Frank Reed
C. A. Button
H. A
Bert Crow
Ithaca
John Giles
Floyd Bartlett
Sidney
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Gratiot County
Republican
Charles K Townend
Kenatar—zoth Dlatrres
Newton
Legislainre Cuivton J
Chambers County
Lilliputian Dynamo
Taft
Unond
Townsend
Crandall
Crandall & Scott Gratiot’s
Sumner
J. B. Howard
Otto Sanderhoff
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