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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
4
The fragmented note mentions a post position at Alton or Washington with an unclear date and place. It references Kilitor and 20, 1R09, suggesting a dated record or ledger entry. The legible bits point to a local archival reference rather than a complete event.
A proposal to build a new Alma court house sparks a fierce row among county residents. Delegates from Alma proposed a central site with 60,000 to 100,000 dollars in cash and bond-backed funding, while Athaca counters with a county bond plan to finance the project and head off government relocations. The piece details local opinions on geography, rail facilities, water, drainage, and the future seat of government, and notes a forthcoming public discussion. It also briefly items Hastings marriage cases and a local theater production by Cummings & Alexander in Alma.
Sugar beet growers report good stands led by George Parsone and Samuel Wilcox as Michigan Sugar Co. restarts its pioneer factory on Oct 5, boosting capacity from 200 to 600 tons daily. The plant now slices 500 tons of wets per day while workers rush to beet sheds and first shipments reach markets. In Santa Maria valley two hundred laborers can find two months work, with growers eager to hire at any price amid labor shortages. Tramps and unemployed locals are urged to seek work. fatty two hundred workers may secure two months of employment under current conditions.
Alma won the season opener on campus by 12 to 10 over Mt Pleasant. The game drew a large crowd from the Synod of Michigan and Alma locals, with key plays including a long drive and a late touchdown after a fumble, as Alma led most of the match and held on before dark.
Buyer assured of risk free purchase from Bivins and Rhodes with refund if not satisfied after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Public claim calls it the most successful remedy for bowel complaints and the only one that never fails. Described as pleasant safe and reliable.
Abnw Sugar Go officials and county officers visited Alova last Tuesday, arriving on the 12 45 Ann Arbor train to tour the beet sugar plant. They were hosted at the Wright House for dinner, then shown the plant and its machinery, inspected the Alma Electric Light & Power works, and departed on the 4 20 train, expressing pride in Gratiot County’s business institutions.
The county clerk issued marriage licenses this week for multiple couples including Charles Iate and Al Mine Wor, Henry B Goadtrey and Bann Paghor, HR Lanna and Phebe MF owle, Wesley Srtin and Mary J. Sampron plus others. Also a For Sale notice: 40 acre Bigewood Farm two miles northeast of Alma with improved buildings, box 1 024 St Louis Mich.
For Sale or Exchange a good Round Oak heating stove nearly new offered by Luijuire at teat denve ofl. A Ey seeks exchange for three foot wood.
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