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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23
RETURNED MISSIONARY
Rev. and Mrs. Cook Have Spent
20 Years In India Guests of
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Miller

Rev. A. T.. Cook and wife of Richore,
India are visitors in Alma this week,
guests at the home of ]. l.. Miller. Rev.
and Mrs. Cook, for the past twenty
years have been serving as missionaries
in India under the Missionary Board of
the Methodist church.
Rev. Cook is a brother of Rev Will
liam T. Cook, who was pastor OF the
Methodist church in this city in the
early 90's. Mr.. and Mrs. Cook visited
his brother in Alma in 1892 before leav-
ing for India, and are now on their
second visit home in twenty years, hav-
ing been back TO the United States ten
years ago. He is now located in Richore,
India, and belongs to the South India
conference.
Mr.. Cook tells many interesting stor-
les Of his life in India, of the conditions
existing in the country, the discourage
ments met in his work and the remark
able results Of the work which has been
done by missionaries during the past
forty years.
OF the conditions which he found
upon his arrival in India Mr. Cook
says:
There are a great many religions and
a great many castles in India. The re-
ligions presenting the greatest difficulty
to the missionaries are Buddhism, Brah-
manism. Mohammedanism and Theoso-
ply. Because Of the castles the upper
classes are practically beyond the reach
of the missionaries until the lower class
es or laborers upon whom the weather.
people are dependent are first convert
ed. The growth of Christianity, with
its accompanying standards OF higher
education. general usefulness and in
dustry is rapid
OF the 100000 people in India,
only 23,OO0OO0 are able to read or write
though there is an increasing desire
among them to learn the English Ian
guage
In Richore. with population of So
600, there is not a pump in the city, all
water being drawn from wells with ropes
and buckets. The Standard Bearer
Society of Alma, a young ladies' or
ganization of the Methodist church is
now planning to put in the first well in
the city.
Rev. and Mrs. Cook will return to
India in the fall.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23
PAGE
NOTICE.

To Lester A. Sharp and all other per-
sons interested, Take Notice
That the Roll OF the Special Assess
ment heretofore made by the Board of
Special Assessors of the City of Alma,
for the purpose of defrayng that part
OF the cost which the Council decided
should be paid and borne by special as
sessment, for paving State street in said
City from the north line of Superior
street 10 the north line OF Elwell street,
is now on file with the City Clerk for
public investigation. Also that the
Council and Board of Special Assessors
Of said City will meet al the Council
rooms in said City on Tuesday evening,
May 5, A. d., 1914, commencing at sew
Ell o'clock +. NJ. on said day and con-
tinuing in session until nine o'clock p.
NJ. on said day, for the purpose of re-
viewing said roll and OF hearing all OBJ
jections filed or offered thereto.
Dated April 9, 1914.
1926 ID. W. ADAMS.
City Clerk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23

We take this means through the Alma
Record, TO express our most heartfelt
thanks for the many kind acts and SYM
pathy during the death of our wife and
mother. We. especially wish TO thank
the members of the X. n OF A., who
were with us during our grief, and for
the beautiful flowers
David Marlin,
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Manley and
Family
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Manley.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Carts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Manley,
-Ernest Manley,
Mr.. and Mrs David Marlin Jr., anC
Family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23
Locey School News

Miss Delcia FislSe spent Saturday night
with her sister, Mrs. Alfred Anna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Litchheld Cooper, Mr..
and Mrs Arthur Fiske and Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Anna spent Sunday with
VIM. T. Fiske.
The party at Charlie Hanks was well
attended and all reported very good
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Romano Fiske and
Mrs. Lydia BeLillc and Edith and Willie
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23
BASE BALL SCHEDULE
The High School Team Has Eight
Games Arranged For

The Alma high school baseball sched-
ule to date is as follows:
April l8-Ithaca at Ithaca.
April 20 Bay City Western AT Alma
May st Louis at Alma.
May 9-Open. pending Mt. Pleasant
May l2-Ithaca at Alma
May 23-Open. pending Owosso.)
May 29-St. Louis at ST. Louis.
June 6-Arthur Hill at Saginaw.
The Indian team is also negotiating
for a game to be played on a week day.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23

BeLille of Saginaw spent Easter Sun
day at Henry Fiske's.
Mrs. John Anna has quite a severe
attack of the grippe.
Mr.. Carl Harry OF Alma spent Sun
day with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. VIII
Harry
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Alma Mich, April 20, 1914.
Advertised list for week ending April
10Th, 1914
Mrs Chas. Baker,
Mrs. Ella Barrett,
Mr.. Floyd Haar (two),
Mr.. William Turner.
The above if not called for will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office, May 4th
1914.
V. p. CASH. Postmaster.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23
Spring Laxative and Blood
Cleanser

Flush out the accumulated waste and
poisons Of the winter months; cleans
your stomach, liver and kidneys OF all
impurities. Take DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. nothing better for purifying the
blood. Mild, non-griping laxative.
Cures constipation; makes you feel FINE.
Take no other-25c. Recommended by
Wheaton & Sons, Rhodes Drug Store
and The Recall Drug Store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23
ERRATA.

Through a misunderstanding of facts,
the item in last weeks Record referring
to Miss Munger's injury stated that the
accident happened the previous Sunday
afternoon. whereas it really happened
Saturday afternoon.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-04-23
PROBATE COURT.

Estate OF Charles H. Morse deceased.
Frank Miner and II. III. McWilliams APP
pointed appraisers.
Estate Of Vim. III. Culver. deceased,
Frank Bailey and j. Stewart Newell APP
pointed appraisers.
Estate OF Permelia Culver, deceased,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
 THE MEXICAN CLIMATE AND
 ITS EFFECT ON OUR TROOPS
0EoPLE WHO saw the boys of the army

WN EOPLE WHO saw the boys of the army after their return from Cuba in 1898 never question the saying that war hell. E The grisly yellow Spallor of those faces was 8 picture that does not die out of the mind Cu-. ban malaria killed more soldiers and involved more pensions than any Spanish bullets
 In case the war with Mexico is pushed to the limit, one of the most important factors is the effect the climate will have our forces. try Yet most of it's territory lies at such high elevations that this conception is far from cor rect.
 Along the seacoast there is good deal of malaria. Net it is evident that the Mexicons' are not going to conduct much offensive fight ing within reach of the long arm of our war ships. I 5
 One Of the very most important things to be reckoned with, in fitting out our men, should they be sent to Mexico Gity,is the remarkable extremes of heat and cold At noon on these |uplands, temperatures of 90 are common At night the thermometer is very apt to fall to 35. This ra pid alienation is strain on the ten- derfoot Travellers always speak Of the pierce ing bitterness of this cold morning air in a country in which stoves and furnaces are rare.
 The peons crawl sout of doors at dawn to catch the first rays of the sum- which they. call the sspoor man cloak Uncle Sam's boys should have coats nearly as warm as would be required for campaigning in the winter at home
 Tn the naain the Mexican uplands offer few Iclirnatic perls. Some New York business men have been quitting the stifling heat Of their Northern city in summer, for the highlands of Ithese nearly equatorial lands, with the feeling that the change is tonic Certainly the forces tof natupe are much less adverse to our soldiers than they were in Cuba.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
NO MORE AUDITORIUMS NEEDED UNTIL
 THOSE CITY HAS ARE IN USE.

A N ESTEEMED contemporary suggests that E in due season there should be a branch library in the West, East, North and South ends, 8 sentiment with which few will differ
 When it suggests a new central library, the case is different. The present library is cen trally located, and is more convenient to the great mass of book and periodical readers than any site that is likely to be selected can be-
 The temptation of big auditorium in which lectures can be given is not sufficient.
 Bridgeport is full of public auditoriums in which lectures can be given, and will soon have a splendid NEW auditorium which can be de- voted to such uses.
 We ref 5to the big. assembly hall which Is planned for the new high school.
 The schools run daytimes only It IS this very contemporary which has explained that these school plants are useless half the time
 Use the auditoriums in the schools for the lectures and other entertainments. For specially important lectures use the au- ditoriam in the high school? What is the ob- jection?
 But one occurs, which applies with pecu- liar force in this city Every additional un- used or partially used auditorium will enable just 50 much more public money to be expend- ed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
roo GOOD FOR iris GIRL TORS.

NHE BOARD OF Contract and Supply hasn't
 been aa ideal institution, but it has. been too good for its erestors Hence the effort to abolish the board, and to substitute pur- chasing agent in it's place
 Owing to the efforts of men like William F Kirk the board has been up to this time, largely Independent in it's work. M
 1t appears at least to have drawn the line at the purchase of exceedingly costly automobiles for public employees.
 Ii will be interesdn ng to watch develop fnenfs-s 1t is said the aldermen will purchase for the director of public works the costly lux l,s5o,ls vehicle he desires and will at the same lime attempt to legislate the contract board out or office. # @
 The principle of concentrating purchases in single head is attractive, but dangerous to a municipality. Especially to municipality conducted by and for politicians and public utility services.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
{ EVERY GAME MUST BE PLAYED ON THE S0IIAREs OR IT'S NO GAME.

N VERY GAME, even game for amusement, 1z< is supposed to be played according to rules The winning ball team is not permitted fo win anything to win" It must play ac- eording to rule and win according to rules otherWfs no game
 The rules that safeguard elections are much more important than the rules that protect baseball games baseball game may be 11n- fairly and illeeall ss won ithout damaging any thing but baseball.
 But when elections are unfairly conducted and improperly wons the whole social fabric IS injured Everybody is hurt Elections must se fairly conduct ed according to the law or they are not elections at al.
 Even where the most rigid rules are ob- served some cheating will take pace: Note the arrests for illegal voting in New York, where District Attorney Whitman has arrested four men for illegal voting.
 The opportunities to sbeat the game e' in the bonding election sof Saturday were too nunerr os1s to recount
 There never must be such an election as that again in Bridgeport
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
EXHIBITS OF BAD TASTE.

gm.HERF IS being contuctad at the Modern
 ist studios in New ' Yorl, what is call ed an Exposition of bad taste It contains, typical styles of house furnishing Of 5 or more years agos.s Vhere are shown horse hair furni- fure. wax flowers. home made paintings ornate china eccentric statuary. God bless our home notices. etc.
 The preceding generation had many very srotesque ideas about Furnishing home. Yet many of the people who laugh at these pecu-| liarities may select home setting that will seem just as ridiculous in another quarter cen fury.
 Probably our children will laugh at the. fake oriental rugs that many wealthy people are now spreading on their floors. The idea has gotten abroad that anything bearing the fa7isrnaraic name of soTae Persian or Turkish city is blessed by sweet and flowing harmonies of color.
 As fact the oriental rug business is very much comm ercialized to-day. Many of the old CT rug makers had wonderfully true sense Of color harnones- They produced article that had artistic feeling and also wore q life time.
 Now the rug makers are running work shops and making rugs for wealthy American homes to order at high prices The most gar fsh and strideni combinations of color are hash ed together. Very likely the product will wear ne better than a we'll made American factory rug
 There has been a violent fluctuation of fur niture style from the scroll saw period to the angular severity of the mission type. On the whole. the change to simplicity was welcome. But it has made many living rooms look as bare and angular as a business office.
 If furniture is simple. so as not 10 catch dust and if it is comfortable, inviting and honey the s.nodernists will never get much chance to laugh at it. One good test of the good taste of a purchase is whether you make it to use or to look at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
THE COIJRANT'S LONG RANGE VIEW OF
 OUR ILLEGAL BONDING ELECTION.

NNHE GOURANT, in another of it's long dis 1 lance judgments, considers the bond ing tangle in Bridgeport and concludes that the result is in dispute because paper ballots were used instead of voting machines. sI Thatsis a good guess for long range guess, but not quite to the mark.
 True the ballot should have been by ma chine, but the paper ballot would have been 1ln- obiecfionable, had the election been held with the proper safeguards and unden the ordinary rules laid down by the election laws
 The fact was otherwise A ballot was used which was not official. This ballot was not protected as the law requires but was circulat- ed in illegal ways.
 The secrecy of the election was entirely done away with No booths were provided in which the voters could mark their ballots. Tn some cases ballots already marked were hand ed to the voters. Voters were required to mark their ballots in the voting booth unGer the scrn- tiny of the election officials, of other voters, and of hostile bystanders some of whom were mere adni mi stration hacks, who were hanging about the polling place to influence the result
 ballot so provided, so cast and so count ed is practically worthless, especially when the procedure is in utter defiance of those legal safeguards which the wisdom of generations has found necessary.
 The threat is no so much in the circum- stance that more than million of public mon Icy has been appropriated in this utterly uncon- |conscionable manner, as that this election may form a precedent by which many other mil lions may be railroaded through.
 It may be- however, that the method Of this election was coarse enough to defeat the pur- pose of those who organized it.
 This remains to be seen
 course the ought not to adyanes along the until picture
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
WHEN DISASTER COMES Crude Relief Methods Now Replaced By Scientific
 Plans
  The survey PressB Bureaul

only few Of the disasters Of recent Calves  5h se the ssn and the vour1o the wasninsan Plass Mississippi Hood ands the property thousand million dollars And though the disasters mentioned the greatest  expehded. supplies s1a.oooooo. when these occurred all out to possible value of ths
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  agreed to lend trained social to the Red Cross concernIng is complete which  following great part
 
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05

is proposed Q pass aboIening the rnuffler es5f-o1st from could ist attract attention get the speed which his machine Is getting?
 course editor is expected to inform the pub fsferenee the e1aet distance in miles rom Vera <nz the height ef that city above the sea
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
[ luggage of Unusual Kinds

EVer pack up tO go anyWheTel mn a T1shg ITaT out trunk of old fashioned design, gather your belongings and start to put them in Squeeze things into corners, crowd in every thing you can and ten to one, leave out hat you want most. No such misery as that for anyone who has the right kind of a trunk, an Indestrueto Wardrobe for in- stance. There's place for everything, hangers, for suits and dresses, drawers for underwear, 1setceteras.' z
 Trunks for men or women. Special Dress and Hat Trunks. Steamer Trunks, s'Berth- highs0 and ssRite-hites"
 Indestructo COwhide Bags
 Black or Russet, sizes l6, IT and IS inches,
 $3.95 special Regular price $500. F Fourth Hoor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05


 which has beend ded
 of the organization of
  ele mentary home
  standards effective On the occasion of the Q Cross
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
Fine Dress Material


Imported Henrletta Cloth of high grade. In the following colors, wistaria navy and old blue mahogany, rose, reseda taupe and tango. It is an exquisitely fine weave and the color shades are reproduced admirably
 Forty-two inches wide S5 cts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
Long Cloth, 100 Pieces

Just placed on sale. Our regular IS ct. Long Cloth, soft, white and easy to sew, in 12 yard pieces. Forty inches wide. $1.5O a piece.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05

home in IIewittville. N. T.. at the aEs of 1os years
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05

The arnlored cruiser Tennessee left Phi1adeiphia for the New York Navy. Yard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05
Cbe D D! Read
 Est46klskef A&Sy
There's a Chance To Buy a Good I aiIored Gown Now at a Very Small Price

Reductions on all Spring Tailored Gowns Lucky the woman who has waited until now season without suit, but there's this about it. there are times when tailored suit is the very thing wanted and nothing else can take it's place A clever English writer says that economy is 'do- ing without something now, nthe hope that some time you may want something you probably won't want at all. =
 steds, in navy blue, old blue reseda, tan, small checks, and black.
 One group of Suits priced $22.5O and S2500
 now $l5.00
 Al1Suits that were above $25OO
 now $25.00
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-05

or course the troops not advance along Mexico City their rnachines set up
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-10-30

FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-16
To Put On Flesh
And Increase Weight
A Physicians Advice


Most thin people eat from four to six
pounds of good solid fat-making food
every day and still do not increase in
weight zone ounce, while on the other
hand many of the plump, chunky folks
eat very lightly and keep gaining all
the time. It's all boSh to say that this
is the nature of the individual. 1t isn't
Natures way at ALL
Thin folks stay thin because their
powers of assimilation are defective.
They absorb just enough of the food
blance of health and strength. Stuffing
won't help them. A dozen meals a day
won't make them gain a single stay
there" pound. All the producing
elements of their food just stay in the
intestineS until they pass from the
body as waste. What such people need
is something that will prepare these
fatty food elements so that their blood
can absorb them and deHosit them all
about the body-something, too that
will multiply their red blood corpuscles
power.
For such a condition I always recon-
mend eating Sargol tablet with every
meal Sargol is not. as some believe a
patented drug, but is a scientific com
bination of six of the most effective
and powerful flesh building elements
known to chemistry. 1t is absolutely
harmless, yet wonderfully effective and
a single tablet eaten with each meal
often has the, effect of increasing the
weight of thin man or woman from
three to five pounds a week Sargol is
sold by Geo. A. Gorgas and other good
druggists everywhere on a positive
guarantee of weight increase or money
observation-disclosures
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-16
PENBROOK MANS
COMPLAINT ON CAS-
Declares Dauphin County Com
pany Has Refused to Give
Service

A complaint was filed with the Pub
lie Service Commission to-day by NJ.
L. Ludurick, of Penbrook, against the
Dauphin County Gas company. He
alleges that he signed contract to
have gas service for heating purposes
and that the pipes were to enter ms
residence from the Candy street side.
The company now refuses to give him
the service unless they can enter the
residence from Main street, which the
complainant says will spoil his front
lawn and entail more expense in lay
ing the pipes.
The Eddystone Manufacturing COM
pany complains against the New YORK
Central & Hudson River railroad and
the Philadelphia & Reading, contend
ing that discrimination is intended
in a proposed tariff, to become effec-
tive June 20, which increases the rate
on bituminous coal to Port Richmond
for harbor delivery. The discrimina-
ton would be in favor of parties hav-
ing all rail connections. A complaint
of a similar character was also filed
by the Spreckels Sugar Refining COM
pany, and involves a dozen or more
roads, including the Pennsylvania and
Philadelphia & Reading, engaged IN
the transportation of bituminous coal
from various points in the State to
Philadelphia for delivery over their
piers to boats consigned to destina-
tions in the harrHr. The effect or the
proposed tariffs. the complainant says,
is to decrease the differential in favor
of coal dumped over the piers from
Csc to 1Sc.
A hearing was held before the COM
mission this morning on the complaint
of Thomas c. Baldridge against the al
| legged excessive tolls charged by the
Mex eesport & Duquesne Bridge com
, pany. Senator William E. Crow and
| e. l. McCale appeared for the respond
ent and +. b. Vail for the complain
ant
| Argument was heard before the
commission to-day on the complaint
| of Joseph Thompson and Others
against the Erie County Electric COM
pany. The complainant contended
that the rate charged by the respond
ent under the contract is greater than
/ is charged from other persons and
corporations under like circumstances,
and that it is unjust, unreasonable and
unlawful. Uriah P. Rossiter appeared
for the complainant and John 5. Rill-
ing for the respondent.
Everett Warren, of Scranton, re-
quests that the commission permit the
delaware, Lackawanna e. Western
Railroad company to make special
rate for the transportation of charity
patients from Scranton to summer
home for convalescents, located at
Erasci in the PocOno mountains.