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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1911
Page
6
A historic note examines the possibility of a 2000 foot New York office tower far surpassing current heights. It would require a 200 by 200 foot base, 120 stories, housing about 40,000 workers, with elevator logistics and safety limits discussed amid rising real estate value.
Johnson county farmers rush to register unique farm names under a new law allowing a $1 deposit with the county clerk to prevent others from using the same name. Names like Pioneer Place Westmoreland Place Sanny Slope Oak Grove Farm and Pair View fast became tied to specific farms and owners as demand outpaced supply.
A letter from W J Barnum of Freeville reports a dreadful fever sore that plagued his wife for years. He used Busklen's Arnica Salve and says it healed with scarcely a scar. Advertises heals of burns boils eczema cuts bruises swellings corns and piles for 26 cents at Rhodes Drug Store and Wheaton & Sons.
Paul Mathulka of Buffalo New York says he always keeps at home Dr King’s New Life Pills and that they are a blessing to his family. They cure constipation headache indigestion and dyspepsia. Only 25 cents at Rhodes Drug Co Wheaton and Son.
A competitive examination under Civil Service rules for Clerk Carrier in Alma Michigan will be held September 30, 1911 starting unknown time. Applications must be on prescribed forms from Elihu L Brows at Alma post office or the secretary. Applications must arrive by 4:40 p.m. on September 21.
William J. McGreer Clarno stockman rode eight miles east of Antelope to fetch help after a rattlesnake bit his right arm between wrist and elbow. He described severe systemic pain, arm swelling, and rapid deterioration before doctors and nurses saved his life with bloodletting and transfusion.
The dean and chapter of Winchester presented W. R. Walker, a diver from Messrs. Siebe, Gor man & Co., with a silver rose bowl for six years of work beneath the cathedral. Operating in about 20 feet of water he removed peat and sealed gravel with concrete bags and slabs. The preservation scheme, costing over $500,000, has been carried out largely in darkness and is now near completion.
In Chico California threshing of 400 varieties of grass completed at the government plant introduction gardens. Some wheat varieties yielded about 80 bushels per acre, roughly double California's average. Frieter and Chul wheat led in production. H F Blanchard supervises the experiments. Propagation and budding of deciduous fruits are under way, with corn breeding also progressing.
An old time advertisement claims Electric Bitters cleanse the blood to fight germs like white cells. It asserts they regulate stomach liver and kidneys, expel poisons, and build health with rich red blood and stronger nerves. Endorsed by C. T. Budahn of Tracy California, priced 80 cents at Rhodes Drug Co.
In Gratiot County Probate Court at Ithaca the estate of Amanda M. Hicks is before Judge Seaver. Lora Hicks petitions to appoint CA Hicks or another suitable administrator. Hearing set for August at ten in the forenoon with public notice to follow for three consecutive weeks in a local newspaper.
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