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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
7
A notice seeks students to earn part or all of their board by work. It lists Albers P and Cook as secretary contacts for more information. The item notes opportunities for both boys and girls to secure board through employment.
Alma Michigan council approves purchasing 8000 feet of No 6 cable and 3000 feet of No 8 for street wiring from Gratiot to Prospect and Prospect to Arbor along Superior and State streets. No opposition voiced as Aldermen Willard Caple Palfrey Cook Kehn and Minker vote yes. City Clerk PD Adams signs.
Alma Michigan reader testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills relieved backache and kidney troubles permanently. He recalls severe pain and urinary issues, bought at Rhodes' Drug Store, and urges others to use the product sold by Voster Millburn in Buffalo.
Alma Mich September 7 1918 list of advertised letters includes Mrs Floyd Bacon Karl Evane Mr O H Feegter Mr J R Frost and Mr James Wilson. If not called for by September 9 they will be sent to the dead letter office. Charles F Brown Postmaster
An American hair dressing promises to cure dandruff in two weeks by killing the dandruff germ. It stops hair loss and itching, adds softness and gloss, and is non greasy. Guaranteed to be as advertised with money back. Made in America by Giroux Mfg Co Buffalo NY. The girl with the auburn hair appears on every package. Price 50 cents.
A Washington dispatch reports the parcels post law, effective January 1, will allow articles up to 11 pounds to be mailed at low rates. City service starts at 5 cents per first pound with a maximum 15 cents. merchants expect boosts in patronage and deliveries of groceries and produce.
Parcel post charges are one cent per ounce for parcels up to four ounces regardless of distance. For parcels over four ounces rates are per pound and vary with distance under the new law.
An advertisement dismisses common stomach talk and promotes MI ONA Stomach Tablets as the best prescription for stomach distress. It claims instant relief for gas sourness heaviness heartburn and post dinner distress and urges regular use until the stomach is strong. The ad notes a 50 cent large box at Chas Rhodes. It closes with a local railroad excursion update mentioning trips to Grand Rapids Saginaw Bay City and Detroit with good patronage as the train left Alma.
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a tonic that ends scalp itch and dandruff while making hair lustrous and healthy. It claims quick results, with 50 cent large bottles sold by Charles Rhodes under a money back plan. The rest of the page includes club notices and probate court postings from Michigan and Alma Record items.
Market quotations show grain prices for Wheat No 1 white 1.01 No 2 red 1.02 oats 28c shelled corn 50c ear corn 10c beans 2.40 red kidney beans 2.20 rye 63c live stock prices include pigs 7.50 per cwt heavy hogs 8.25 beef cattle 3.00 to 5.00 sheep 2.50 to 8.00 lambs 5.00 veal calves 8.00 dressed hogs 11.00 veal calves 10c lb poultry hens 12c broilers 12.3c reef hides 9c calf skins 10c tallow 4c butter 25c eyes 20c per dozen
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