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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
4
A fragmentary 1913 notice lists a notary public Joan D Spixxry Gratiot County Michigan with commission expiry March 2 1916 and an inquiry to F W Hooper about renting coal sheds scales for sale or rent in an excellent location.
A vesper service will be held at Alma College Chapel on Sunday September 28 at 415 PM with music readings and an address by the President. The Baptist Church outlines Rally Day events for the same date including an 1130 AM sermon on The Steadfast Christian Life a 630 PM B P U meeting and a 780 PM union service.
Local markets list corrected Thursday morning quotes for grain and produce. Items include Red Kidney Beans Rye Barley Buckwheat Timothy hay Clover straw mixed hay and meats with per hundredweight and per pound rates for beef pork veal and poultry as well as hides tallow and dairy prices. Prices shown include heavy hogs at 8.40 per hundredweight and beef cattle at 4.00 to 84.00 per hundredweight along with butter 27 cents per pound and potatoes 65 cents per bushel.
Mr. Martin Muscott of Burt has been engaged as manager of the Farmers elevator here. He comes well recommended with years of experience at Saginaw Milling Co. The community notes several marriages travels and local events including a quiet wedding in Alma, a move to Adrian, and a reception for the new pastor Grey at the Congregational church. The paper mentions visits, arrivals, and church duties in the area.
Jewish New Year falls October 2 and 3 with shops J Cohen Bro and Lerman Bros closed. Miss Shirley Bellows teaches fall term at the Allen. Mrs Grace Gamble at Beebe. D Baker repaints his house. Henry Lewis adds porches. J D Helman paints his house. Carl Eichhorn’s barn nearly finished. Edward Daymore to move into new house before cold weather. Birth: nine pound son to Mr and Mrs Ernest Knapp on Sept 14. Marshall Morse of Detroit visiting Emerson. Elmer Royce back from Saginaw. Mrs Jake Sipe home from Ann Arbor after operation. Mrs Short back from Greenville last Monday. Wm Liestman entertaining father and sister and husband from Illinois. Mr and Mrs Joe Hetzler of Piqua.
Ohio visitors visit Grandma Sanders and other relatives. Bert Nicholson and son Roland return home from Detroit after visiting friends. Mrs C K Overmier entertains her Lima sister. Arthur Knapp installs a new furnace. Melvin Sanders rebuilds after tearing down a storefront. Mr and Mrs Olston bury their fourteen year old son Pred from infantile paralysis. a year ago a child died from the same disease and another child is ill. The community offers sympathy.
Forest Hill notes residents visiting relatives out of town and attending events. A. W. Rock visited Detroit to see his son. Coon family staying with Mrs. Austin Campbell in Owosso. Cage Wood and Mack Wood with Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Campbell in Alma. Several residents travel to Detroit, Alma, Vernon, and Boyne City. others move about for family care and visits.
Alma Michigan city council session notes small-town governance details. Aldermen Peery Caple Ward Kehn Fraker present. sidewalk petition referred. street sprinkling approved. water statements printing referred. multiple claims listed under GENERAL, HIGHWAY and WATER FUNDS with payables to local contractors and suppliers.
A city ledger lists payments to laborers including Otto Sanderhoff and John Blank, with several names and amounts such as 6.00 11.00 9.80 and 8.00. The entry also notes cemetery fund line items with markers and a dray, plus signatures of City Clerk D. W. Adams and Mayor J. M. Montigel after Alderman Caple adjourned the council.
Arcada Farmers Club reserves September gathering due to busy period. October meeting set at Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Peck’s home with committee members Mrs. Waldston Mrs. Irish Mrs. Peck. City of Alma to review state sewer special assessment October 7 at 7 pm in council rooms. objections in writing to City Clerk. Dated September 11, 1914.
In Chancery Court of Gratiot County J L Raines files to quiet title to the south half of the northeast quarter of section ten township 11 north range 2 west Michigan. Defendants include Andrew Swick William Swick Sylvester Swick Hatta J Paul Harriet P Peet Fannie Hart Pauline S Smith C M C Cook L A Collins Mrs L A Collins John Jeffery and F Byron Cutler all unnamed heirs devisees legatees or assigns. Order requires appearance within four months publication in Alma Record or personal service. Judge Kelly S Sears. Solicitor Charles H Goggin Alma Michigan.
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