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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1908
Page
7
The School of Music Vocal and Instrumental and the School of Art China Water Color and Oil Painting along with The Commercial School may be entered at any time. Instruction is individual. You begin when you please stop when you please and pay for what you get if you please.
A collage of old advertisements and notices highlights laxatives and tonics offered by local druggists, praises for Bucklen's Arnica Salve for feet burns and cuts, Electric Bitters as a general remedy, a note about a late physician's grave, and a notice about the Ann Arbor railroad excursion fare for September 20th with preparations urged.
A flood of notices details new construction and purchases in Alma and vicinity. Phoebe Clark buys Charles Clark property on Woodward addition while Fred Elwood sells his Elytreet house to J A Rowley. Steven Bennett installs cement in his confectionery store cellar as O F Brown renovates a Woodworth Avenue residence with a modern porch. Other transactions include leases, sales of farms and city lots, and major yard improvements at the Alma roller mills. The Almas Grain & Lumber Co builds an elevated capalo to service beans. several property owners plan summer occupancy and improvements with Otis Sprague handling several deals. The piece also notes veneer wood usage and waste questions from a National Conservative Commission inquiry.
A historical analysis notes the global lumber market with 1906 figures. The United States supplies about 20 percent of imports, Austria Hungary 18, Russia 16, Canada 13, Sweden 18, and Finland 1. Britain, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and other western regions rely on imports due to limited forest areas. Major importing regions include the tropics and southern lands lacking forests, such as Egypt and Spain, with Australia and Argentina also dependent on imports.
Real estate transfer items list multiple conveyances among individuals and households. Names include John H. Rowley Nora i Shong William M Turner Tauro Howitt Gov Arthur White Ralph Mortwogh Jane Morrison and others with parcel directions and sections noted from various towns and counties.
Jesse B Marr age 2? Lafayette and Nellie Nelson age 24 Lafayette lead a list of marriage licenses. William Hills 30 Ithaca and Myrtle Gallant 20 Newhaven follow. Charles Acton 4 Bethany and Grace Hearn 1 Bethany appear. Peter Monson 42 Alma and Minnie Wilson 18 Alma complete the entries.
Washington notes 500 manufacturers of explosives pulp wood and related products have been asked for uses of savelust. The commission surveys waste in veneer manufacture, noting veneer output exceeding 1.1 billion square feet annually and describing the veneer making process from log to peeled sheet.
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