Blakeslee considered for Jackson warden amid prison reform debate
Alma Record reports on E M Blakeslee of Galion proposed by wardens of Ionia Marquette and Detroit prisons for warden at Jackson. Wardens note his suitability while critics question delays tied to current investigations. Editorial comments urge a clean, radical reorganization free of Armstong era taint.
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Blakeslee
E. M. Blakeslee
Galion
State Board of Pardons
Ionia
Marquette
Detroit
Jackson
Sr. Blakeslee
Board of Control
Wenger
Lunarog Republican
Saginaw Industrial Exposition Promises Grand Display This Fall
The Saginaw Industrial Exposition expands with new armory space and a vast arena to showcase factory and merchant products. Ferullo's Italian Band and a grand pipe organ promise lively entertainment as officials aim to attract visitors October 1 to October. The event seeks broader regional pride and aims to set a model for other states.
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Armory
Mammouth
Saginaw
Ferullo
Michigan
The Irishman's Wit
An Irishman wanders into a church yard and reads a grave inscription about life and death. He mutters, then pens a countering line in his notebook, joking that he will follow only after he learns which way they went.
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bin Nocket
Open Shop Graveyard Tale Leads to Union Ironies
A Chicago open shop cemetery story recurs in verse and satire. A union burial mocks anti union sentiment with a jape about union doctors, horses, and a non union soul seeking heaven then hell. A separate ad promises a free Columbia Bicycle with magazine subscription.
Woman Testifies In Saginaw Divorce Case And Dry Campaign
In Big Rapids Mrs. Ben Sharp testified her husband shot a man who coveted his wife. She described relations with Louis Powers and said she met him at a dance and traveled to Muskegon as Mrs. Powers. Meanwhile Michigan moves to erase saloons with large prohibition demonstrations in Saginaw and plans for continual water wagon activism ahead of next fall’s election. A Montague woman used a broom to quell two wild west cowboys, while Wayne County prosecutors pursue a doctor in the Millman case and a state official resigns at the state employment institution for the blind amid broom corn price pressures. New Bay City railroad plans seek to connect to Caro via Pontiac Oxford & Northern. Drastic notes on local roads and old logging lines are examined as regional development moves continue.
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Ben Sharp
Big Rapids
Louis Powers
Powers
West
Muskegon
Saginaw
Michigan
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Peter Anderson
Montague
Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
Ashey
Might
Belumatts
Judd
Judi
Blind
William S. Bateman
al Bion
Dean's Kidney Pills Earn Local Endorsement
Alma residents commend Dean's Kidney Pills for lasting kidney and back relief. P A Mack of 910 Pine Avetestifies the remedy provided permanent aid and she no longer needs kidney remedies. Pills sold by Charles Rhodes drug store and Foster Milburn Co Braffle NY sole US agents. Remember the name Dean's.
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Dean
Alma
Mia
P. A. Mack
Pine Avenue
Michigan
Charles Rhodes
Foster-Milburn Co
Braffle
New York
United States
Signing Money Signatures and Strange Bank Rules
A girl recalls signing a bank book and address slip for fifty dollars and being told the signatures did not match. She protests that she would not steal her own money and notes the cashier required identification. The exchange ends with a wry line about September.
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Madge
Jack
Ecushier
Prohibition Adage Warns Against Alcohol in Love Notes
A Missouri man jailed for marrying thirteen wives is labeled not a criminal but a fanatic. The piece urges water-tight restraint by Prohibitionists and extols praise for daily companions, claiming love and common sense beat patent medicines without alcohol.
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Missouri
Cure for nausea via brain cooling proposed by physician
A physician argues that nausea originates in the brain and can be relieved by cooling the base of the brain. He cites cases including sick headache and bilious colic, claiming success with ice applied to the back of the neck, wrapped in a towel, and notes a testimonial from J. A. Carr and Son about Ries Condition Powders for horses. An amended line adds a quip about fools and money.
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J. A. Carr and Son
Lansing
Mick
Harvell
F. Brown
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