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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
2
An Excowm item was registered at the Quma post office for classification as second class mail. The record indicates processing as a standard postal matter in the period and location.
Republican slate lists CHARIS Townsend for national duties and JOHN ROSS for state posts among a wide field of nominees. The ticket includes treasurer ALBEMY SDREPER and auditor general FRANS REUN with several county and circuit roles noted. Names and districts indicate broad statewide party slate with multiple local officials and legislative candidates.
Subscribers in arrears are reminded that postal laws restrict mail at the pound rate. The Record asks prompt payment to avoid service interruption and to provide funds needed to continue delivery.
A fire at the Shepherd canning factory began around midnight Thursday and destroyed part of the building. City Engineer Al Wellman sounded the alarm as flames raged inside. firemen fought the blaze, and the incident is noted as another case of heroic firefighting. The cause remains unknown. A Tacoma dispatch also reports Rep J W Fordney of Saginaw has made a fortune in fir timber lands over 15 years. In 1893 he bought large timber tracts in Chehalis valley with A F Coats, forming the Coats Fordney Logging Co on October 1 with a $1,000,000 capital and a logging railroad linked to the Hill Harriman Milwaukee railroad.
It boasts unmatched ability to heal cuts burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers eczema salt rheum sore eyes cold sores chapped hands and sprains. Sold by Wheat on and Sons at 250 per unit.
An Upper Peninsula man, Charles S. Brown, lauds Chase Osborn as one of Michigan’s most efficient leaders, citing his railroads administration and public benefits. Brown, a veteran traveler and former Roosevelt appointee, predicts a strong Osborn administration if elected. The piece also references banking statistics from 1889 to 1910, detailing state bank reserves and investments.
The Michigan state banking system shows dramatic expansion from 1889 to 1930. Banks increased from 92 to 387 plus five trust companies, with deposits rising by 220 million and loans by 200 million. Capital and surplus grew, and depositor numbers climbed from 306,000 to 745,000 in twenty years. Examining costs, the state moved from 2 examiners for 92 banks to ten examiners for 730 banks, reflecting efficiency gains.
Chase Osborn spoke to more than 500 Republicans at the fourth annual Berrien county banquet in St Joseph. He defended equal taxation for Michigan railroads, recalled rail fare gains won under his watch, and urged unity against Hemans while praising GOP progress and efficiency under Taft era budget reforms.
A fragmented record of real estate transfers listing numerous grantors and grantees including A. A. Chick, Messenigen, E. C. Phillips, W. Shaw, G R. Townsend, D. Shaw, H. McCormack, Langworthy, and J. Pepple. Transactions cover multiple lots, sw, se, nw and sec 21 at New Haven Ithaca Alma Elba Lafayette Sumner St. Louis Wheeler and nearby locales with varied lot numbers and sections.
Arcada Farmers Club schedules its October meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rockefellow. Readings by Stadleburger Hutchinson Murwin Walston Irish Fink Peck and cor comm by Mrs. Henry Fuller as secretary.
Alexander D. Axford rode to Edmore last Friday and became intoxicated on the train. Conductor instructed him where to alight. aided by unknown friends he reached a barn. City Marshall Wright jailed him, took his baggage containing groceries, and he pleaded guilty to drunk and paid a fine and costs.
The court ruled the respondent living alone was unfit to manage the two quart bottles of whiskey and seven pint bottles of beer and assumed official responsibility for removing them. The Grand Rapids Evening News reported Hendrick Gibbs, a country schoolteacher near St. Louis, was lured into a car by Arthur H Lett and H Haller, insurance men from Saginaw, and during a high speed cross-country ride Gibbs attempted escape. He left the moving car and fled. The pursuers stopped, Gibbs vowed not to be taken alive, struck a fence with a club for emphasis, then seemingly calmed and took out an insurance policy.
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