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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1921
Page
7
In a critique cribbed from St. John News, observers warn that August shows rising costs and weak earnings on railroads while building adds and inflation climb. False optimism masks contraction signals as business leaders fear a delayed downturn. Prepared firms preparing for the city’s rebound may gain advantage as conditions shift.
Ulysses S. Grant tracing a life from birth at Point Pleas ant to West Point, Mexican War service, marriage to Julia Dent, Civil War commands, Vicksburg victory, Appomattox surrender, presidency from 1869 to 1877, and later scandals including Credit Mobilier and whisky ring.
A retrospective piece recalls events from a decade ago focusing on Alma and nearby towns. It mentions the first savings banks in America, early banking milestones, and notable moves of residents, with scattered references to local streets and institutions. The transcription is garbled but preserves key names like Alma, Odinp, and Reaton, alongside mentions of early financial enterprises and emigration.
This essay uses the doughnut hole metaphor to urge optimism and hard work in peacetime. It recalls wartime unity, rapid effort, and perseverance, arguing a constructive program to rebuild business and industry while avoiding pessimism and destructive talk. The piece contrasts past resilience with present complacency and calls for diligent productivity.
Alma residents see Swift and Company as a major cooperative plant with twenty four and a half million dollars invested by over 21 000 employees. Their holdings total nearly 250 000 shares with a par value of 100 dollars each. One in three in the plant, office, and branch houses works with and for the company, aligning personal gain with improved products and efficient distribution.
The piece argues good roads are vital and Gratiot County, though wealthy in agriculture and with a $54 million assessed valuation, has received little state reward funding. It warns that $50 million in bonds exist for statewide road work and, without timely local preparation and matching funds, the county will lose its share to other counties. Now is the time to act.
Detroit Free Press comments on the Arbuckle preliminary hearing, criticizing public fascination and alleged lewd behavior in the courtroom. The piece argues women gathering for testimony create an entertainment spectacle and calls for restraint, suggesting possible courtroom decorum measures.
The Latin tongue has enormously enriched our language, contributing precision and the power to draw distinctions. It sharpens expression and clarity, a fact noted by J. M. D. Morkle from The Art of Writing English.
A reflective note on a child described as innocent before growing into a boastful figure. The character Friend Mather questions how far to an orphan asylum while the town folks head downtown, pestering friends with claims of paternity and brightness, shaping a sharp social vignette.
A meteor is defined as a sudden luminous phenomenon like a star or bright body moving rapidly through the air. It is produced by a small mass of matter perhaps from space and heats, dissipates, or burns as it streaks through the atmosphere before reaching Earth.
The account portrays Ulysses S. Grant as a self-made leader who rose from modest paths in the quartermaster service to supreme command. It notes his moral courage, persistence, distrust of friends, and later scandals, with reference to Appomattox and postwar politics.
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