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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1915
Page
4
Scientific Farming Experiments show alfalfa varieties best suited to New England soil. Reports from 122 plots indicate Grimm alfalfa often superior in spreading roots and persistence, with inoculation and lime enhancing results. cost and seed supply cited as factors.
A country deacon complains to his wife after being called a liar by a neighbor. She asks why he did not demand proof, and he says he did but the neighbor failed to provide it. The exchange ends with unresolved tension.
The note lists Church of Christ and Methodist services with topics led by Claud B Frampton and Rev Thermar G B Brownlow, including times Sunday School and prayer meetings. Beebe School Report shows two week vacation, enrollment 41, daily attendance 1250, tardiness 0, with Laura M Gossett as teacher.
On Sunday October 17 the Ann Arbor Railroad will operate a likely last Toledo excursion for 1914 season. Michigan people can witness the Championship Football Game between the Toledo Maroons Ohio Champions and the Ann Arbor Independents. See agent for time of train.
Junior Scouts will meet Saturday morning at seven o'clock on Roller Mill Bridge for a hike to breakfast, with a return planned at nine o'clock.
J. D. Helman, the popular auctioneer, is in demand for an auction annex this fall. Parties wishing to secure his services should contact early to arrange dates through the Record.
Prosperous Gratiot County partner recounts a cross country journey from Salt Lake City toward Los Angeles. He describes roads, desert hazards, water and fuel prices, and a Truckee Carson Irrigation Project with rivers, dams, and vast farms. He notes McGill copper ore operations, Sierra Nevada passes, Donner Party monuments, and fruit-rich Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys before heading toward Los Angeles.
Notice announces a meeting for applicants to The Business Institute located at 163 169 Cass Ave Detroit Michigan and mentions a September 16 1915 filing with Erie Laycock County Drain Commissioner. The notice invites young men and women to consider the school and its employment opportunities.
Erva R. Laycock, Gratiot County Drain Commissioner, announces a public meeting at Wood's Store Forest Hill on October 7 1915 at 9 am to decide if a proposed drain is necessary and beneficial. Landowners liable for assessments or whose lands will be crossed may appear for or against.
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