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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
4
The Alma Record, published Thursday afternoon by C. F. Brown, editor and proprietor, serves as the local newspaper record for Alma and surrounding community notices and news items.
A fragmented account shows a freight solicitor’s routine at a rail office. The dialogue centers on delivery timing and routing, with remarks on price, quality, and service as core selling factors. The piece argues a solicitor’s role in guiding shippers through carrier choices to secure prompt transport and favorable routes.
The freight solicitor’s role is seen as a mixed influence on transportation matters. He is often treated as a good fellow with time to spare, yet behind charm lies a subtle effort to sell information and push business opportunities to his employers.
Michigan Sugar company Alma plant may delay its fall run until Christmas or later due to incomplete summer repairs and uncertain weather. Beets growth remains light from dry conditions. heavy rain could hasten growth and sugar percentage, affecting start date.
The Mint pebble industry provides work for many women and children along the Havre to Dieppe coast. Pebbles near Havre are valued for spherical shape and used in cement making and copper mining to grind and polish. Pebbles from Pecamp to Calais aid porcelain manufacture and tint production. A floating tale relates a Massachusetts captain debunking Friday superstition with a ship named Friday, which vanished after a Friday voyage.
The annual bound meeting of the Gratiot and Clinton Fire Insurance Company was held by order of the president and secretary on September 4 at St. Johnie to spread the Wasone ments for the year. Members present included all except W B Castertine at Elwell. Business of importance was transacted and a report will follow. The company is in excellent condition with a near ten million increase in both counties.
A meeting of the Alma branch of the women's committee of the National Hughes alliance will be held in the parlors of the Wright House on Monday afternoon September 7 at three o'clock. All women interested in the best candidate for president are urged to attend with good speakers and literature to take away. No subscriptions asked. Tell friends and join in a real demonstration for Charley Hughes.
W. C. Mallory thanks Gratiot county voters for primary support and affirms backing of the Republican nominee. Local notices mention condolences, floral tributes to Mrs Benjamin Ray and others, Alma merchants promoting local groceries, Redman's Wholesale Grocery offering price matching with Grand Rapids and Saginaw freight savings, Nave Or Hess' Ply Chaser claims, and Brunner's Drag Store advertising dairy cattle care products.
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