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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1914
Page
8
Burglars entered the Rivendale office building by a rear window, drilled the large safe, and escaped with jewelry worth 400 dollars and stamps and money totaling 200 dollars. Postmaster Young had burglar insurance. Police are pursuing the case.
The Methodist church invites all to morning and evening services next Sunday at 10:00 and 7:20 led by the Gideons. Bible school at 11:30 Epworth League 4:90 led by Vida Greig Prayer meeting Thursday at 7:30. Rev Thomas G. R. Brownlow is the minister at 724 State St Union contact 43.
Alma High School staff report 18 players vying for the first team as practice tightens for the September 26 clash with Mt Pleasant. Key backs Handley captains a unit building on a sturdy line with Campbell Muscott Wood and others competing for roles. The schedule remains unsettled, with publication in the Record anticipated.
The First Presbyterian Church outlines next Sunday's program with William H. Mason preaching on False and True Measurement. A Gideons union service precedes a evening union at the M. E. Church. Sunday School led by Frank McGonkey and Ladies Class taught by Prof. J T Ewing invite all women and youths to participate. East End and Arenda Sunday Schools hold sessions with superintendents Notestein and Bacon urging involvement.
Forest Hill reports Leslie Ward on a business trip to Wheeler. Alma welcomes attendees for the Alma H. 8 this year including Edna Sins Ava Creech Clara and Dora Hamilton Dewey Failing Mack Wood Kenneth Owen and Ralph Tinkham. Roy Mills and family move into the parsonage. Mrs. Leslie Mills spent the weekend in Alma. Gratiot Co Sunday School touring company spoke on S. 5. work at the church. Bert Hamilton and wife visited relatives in Farwell over Labor Day. E Sias improves his property with a new cellar and wall. School opened with teachers Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Brewer. N. W. Welch and children visited relatives in St. Louis. Minnie Parsons returned from Grand Rapids. David Currell of Farwell in Alma. J Justin of Owosso visited Alma. G Archie Brown and wife spent Sunday in Ithaca. Hazel Pritchard in Elwell. B Berman in Saginaw. Benjamin Burton of North Star in town. J H Owen spent Thursday in Vestaburg. Mary Linten of Ithaca visited on Etwell street. Oysters for sale at Anderson restaurant Alma. Jonny Smith Hugh Smith Myrtle Jones Maxie Coleman Mischier are new pupils in room.
Mr Hutchinson a 28 year old threshing crew worker from St Louis farmed near the John Henry place was hurled into belts and thresher suffering multiple injuries including a broken elbow ribs and lung injury. He bled internally for days but is improving and may return home in a week or ten days.
Sunflowers along the yard edge give summer shade and winter food. If a hen is unprofitable, dispose of her at once. Some hens never lay well yet eat as much as the best. Keep henhouses cool. Overcrowding in heat leads to disaster. Do not judge hens by appearance. The best layers may look poor. Molting is not always the cause when feathers shed. Feathers rot in July if roosts are overcrowded at night.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. White diarrhea affects very young chicks with mucus-rich droppings and kidney secretions. Treatment is impractical. prevention is emphasized. Remedies include medicated water, worm extracts, turpentine-oil mixtures, and thymol for roundworms. Tapeworms and other parasites require areca nut, male fern, kamala, and purges. Poultry ration and feed composition are discussed for egg production.
The College Heights addition to Alma was auctioned by Louisville Real Estate Land Development Company of Kentucky. The Cohoon estate on West Superior street was subdivided into forty five lots with two avenues Yale and Harvard. A parade, prizes, and speeches accompanied the sale. Notable items included a solid gold watch, a plush rug, and cash prizes. The Harvard avenue buyers faced building limits set by the city council.
Northville resident Reed Stimson, formerly a Republic shortstop, enrolls at Alma College. Multiple local residents, including Mrs. Catherine Bower of St. Louis and Howard Youngs of St. Louis, were in Alma on Tuesday or en route to other Michigan towns. Obituary note for John N. Day Sr. mentioned, with death announced at Traverse City and body expected today.
A Christian Science lecture will be held at the Opera House Friday evening this week. The event invites the public to attend and hear a speaker discuss spiritual healing and daily life.
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