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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
2
A fragmented Alma Record piece laments taxes and campaign costs while discussing possible bids for state offices. It voices speculation on Patrick H. Kelly’s gubernatorial aims and debates Senator Dickinson’s plans, noting county senatorships and regional political balance.
Difficulties face the state tax commission in valuing telephone plant for taxation under valoren tax law. Varied city conditions cause wide cost price ranges for parts. Commissioner Hoyt Secretary Lords and Expert Parker travel to Chicago to confer with manufacturers and dealers on apparatus costs.
A newspaper exchange cites a quirky definition of the automobile as a large iron and rubber device turning gasoline into speed and luxury. It describes a leather carriage on fat rubber wheels filled with complex machinery, boasting speeds over 100 miles per hour and a cost of £1,000 a minute, capable of moving from porch to bank or courthouse gates faster than any other method.
A. A. Chisholm of Treadwell New York describes long lasting indigestion and debility. After failing with medical treatment he used Electric Bitters and recovered his health. Twelve bottles restored his strength and enabled him to attend to daily business.
St Louis Happenings notes several local items including fishing trips near Houghton Lake and Pitishang Des Lodiam, Grace of Geneva Ind and the Henry Davidson farm three miles north of St Louis, plus Mrs Roy Sins narrowly escaping injury while lighting a kitchen fire after kerosene spill. Truman W Whitney’s body arrived in Alma aboard the Ann Arbor Railroad and was met by associates. Clyde Arnold of Elwell passed a forged check at Tuger department store, later sought by the sheriff. Arnold has a prior record for forgery and theft.
Frank Disherry of Kellite writes that a terrible cat bite on the levee could have been fatal. He notes Bucklin's Aroion Salve to treat wounds, boils, and skin eruptions, praising its cure power. A 20 cent tin of the salve is offered at Coy Brown's mountain shop.
A state dispatch reports Wesford county supervisors approved submitting the onion prohibition issue to voters next spring. The county has about 40,000 registered voters and 2,100 signatures backed resubmission.
Six people drowned Sunday in Michigan while swimming. Reports mention enrollment at a state normal school and various local incidents including a census supervisor appointment, a wife chased to Bay City, saloon-hour protests, thefts by youths, bumper ginseng crops near Eaton Rapids, and a large peppermint farm in Saginaw county. Also noted are rail and transport updates, legal actions, and local society notes.
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