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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

Tc the Stockholders of the Alma
Building 4 Loan Association
You will take notice that in pursu-
ance of the application in writing of
seven stockholders of said associa-
ton. there will be held a meeting of
the stockholders of the association at
the secretary's Office at 100 East Su-
perior street, Alma, Mich, on Friday,
the 10th day of November A. d. 1916,
at the hour of eight o'clock p. m. of
said date. The object and purpose of
such meeting Of stockholders is to
vote upon a resolution which will
then and there be offered for adop-
ton or rejection to change the name
of said corporation to "The Alma Saw
ings 4 Loan Association" and to
change the date of the annual meeting
of the corporation to the second Mon
day IN January; to increase the CAPT
tai stock of the association to $780,
900; also to re-enact the bylaws of
the corporation i'm accordance with
draft of the same submitted TO the
board Of directors at its stated meet
ing in October inst, and now on file
with the secretary for your inspection,
IL effect changing the plan of the
association from "Serial" to per
manent"
Every. member of the association
is earnestly requested to be present
either in person or by proxy.
Dated AT Alma. Michigan, October
25th, 1916. -. l.. Johnson.
62-2t-c Secretary
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02

II wa were In business where we
sent out bills 20 customers the first Of
every month. We should make II point
always TO 'nclose self addressed en-
velope for the return remittance. This
practice involves small expense 10 the
creditor. and II makes II q little harder
for the debtor 10 find an excuse for lay
ing aside the bill for few days. We
notice In our own small Affairs q ten
dency TO pay first the bills whose pay
ment requires the least trouble. and we
suppose other people are correspond
ingiy lazy. Paying bins Ia hard enough
work at beat, and ought 10 be made n
easy as possibie-Ohio State Journal
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02
Estate of Emily Case
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION

STATE OF MICHIGAN. The Probate Court
for the County of Gratot.
At a session of said Court. held in the Pro-
bate Office in the Village of Ithaca in said
County. the 5th day of October 1916
Present j. Lee Potts, Judge Of Probate.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of Emily Case.
deceased.
Elizabeth Il. Case having filed in said court
her petition praying that "A certain instrument
in writing purporting to be the last will and
testament of said deceased on file in said
court be admitted 10 probate and that the
administration Of said estate be granted 20
John Hamilton Marchmont and Elizabeth II.
Case. 10 some other suitable person.
II is Ordered That the 6th day OF Novcm-
ber next. at ten o'clock in the forenoon at
said probate Office be and is hereby appointed
for hearing said petition and
That notice thereof be given by publication
of this order. for three successive weeks pre-
.ious 10 said day of hearing. in the Alma
Record newspaper printed and circulated
in said county.
j. LEE POTTS.
4 true copy Judge.
Madge r. Barncs
Register CO. 81
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02
TAFT EXCOR|ATES
HIS SUCCESSOR
Asserts the Democratic Party
and Its Candidate Are Seek
ing Vote to Power by
0isingenuous and
Unsound Pleas.
LEFT CLEAN SLATE FOR
WRITING MEXICAN POLICY

Verrsr President DeoIsreo That the
Passsss Under Duress OF tho Adam
con Bill Was One Of tho Greatest
National foundations TO Which Our
Country Ass Ever Been Subjected.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02

ORDER FOR PUBLICATION

STATE OF MICHIGAN The Probate Court
for the County OF Gratiot
Al session oi said Court. held al the Pro.
bate Office in the Village of Ithaca IN said
County, on the 18th day Of October 1916
Present Hon. j. Lee Potts. Judge of Pro-
bate.
Ia the Matter Of the Estate Of John +
Inncs. deceased.
Mary AnNrom having filed in said court
hes petition praying that the administration
OF said estate be granted 10 John ID Spinney
10 some other suitable person
II is Ordered. That the 9th day of Novem-
be- 1915 ~ ten o'clock in the forenoon, al
said probate office. be and is here by appointed
for hearing said petition
II is Further Ordered. That public notice
thereof be given by publication of a copy OF
this order. once each week for three sue
cessive weeks previous To said day of hearing
ia the Alma Record. newspaper printed and
circulated in said county
A true copy. j. LEE POTTS,
Attest: Judge of Probate
Madgc +. Barnes.
Register of Probate 64-4t
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02

Frederick the Great employed archi-
tects to build a library. but they fought
with true professional etiquette over
their designs. The monarch who had
braved the might Of Europe was not
to Be defeated by parcel OF nagging
professional men. "Confound you"
said the king. don't waste any more
umsI This cupboard opposite me Is OF
very good design: copy that" They
lid a. they were ordered.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02

Humphrey Homro. Medicine Company
lh6 william street. NCw York.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02
ELECTION OF HUGHES MEANS
PEACE WITH HONOR-NOT
WAR. NOT PEACE WITH
INFAMY.

+ we have heard "a recent days .
+ that the alternative OF the policy
+ ~ the present Administration Is
= war thine the alternative OF .
!. the present Administration Is :
peace with honor am man :
+ devoted 20 the pursuits Of peace :
+ We cherish the Ideals OF peace. :
= We entertain no thought OF az Z.
+ gresSion. We are not cOvetous. .
+ we are not exploiters. but we are .
+ Americans. and American rights :
+ must be maintained throughout I
+ the world That is the corner .
= stone OF our security: that is the :
+ essential basis OF peace We are I
= not counting struggle but do :
= say In all seriousness that we I
+ have been living in a period OF 4
4 national humiliation .
+ "Our citizens have been muir
+ dered. their property destroyed 1
= and our commerce interrupted.
y The alternative OF weak and 4
= vacillating policy is not war IT 4
+ is firm insistence on known I
= rights in a world where all ma 4
= lions desire our friendship and I
+ we desire the friendship OF all. I
+ and where only inexcusable blum 4
= dering could drag us into strife" 4
= Charles +. Hughes at Union 4
: League Club Reception in New 4
= York City, October 3. 4
Z (. + z (. + 4. + Z Z + Z + = = z Z !
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02

Ia be a real friendT'
II don't think so. He's always will
ing TO lend money TO you II you need
II but he isn't afraid 10 ask you TO pay
II back II you don't show any signs Of
ever going 10 do so."-Detroit Free
Pre6s
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02
LOOKING Ahead

Here's my I. O. T. for SO"
"But You only borrowed So"
"Oh. that's all right. IL ! don't Dor
row the difference 10y next week 70
mind me- Puck
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-11-02

The President has kept us out of
var but would you like 10 have him
boss the Job II some one should force
Vaeor us
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-30

There goes another married man
@a-1 the sIrt q The candy counter
How do you ku8wz aesraa fr.
cashier
He used 10 buy q lhraa-r1ana r0-
OF candy twice a week an4 rou &.
buys half q pound once a mo8tr -
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-11-30

THERE are folks narrow enough 70
charge q church is wrong when one Of
its ministers slips and is UHfroCkcd-
The fact is that the minister Is wrong
and the church right II fhe church
wasn't the offender would continue in
the harness.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
HOW PEN MAY HELP F0RGER
HabituaIIy Used, II Is Said to Become
Imbued With the Spirit of a
Signature.

"Did it ever occur to yOu," said a
treasury official, "that a forger has
half his work done when he can get
hold of the identical pen with which
the owner Of the signature habitually
writes? A great many men, company
directors and the like, use the same
pen for their names only, for year or
two without change.
"a pen that has been used by a
man in writing his name hundreds of
times, and never used for anything
else, will almost write the name Of
itself. 1t gets imbued with the spirit
of the signature. In the hands of a
fairly good forger it will preserve the
characteristics of the original, The
reason for this is that the point Of the
pen has been ground down in a Pc
culiar way, from being used always by
the same hand and for the same combi-
nation of letters. It would splutter
If held at a wrong angle or forced on
lines against it's will. 1t almost guides
the sensitive hand of the fOrger when
he attempts to write the name"
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
REFUSED TO Be CONFINED
HoneysuekIe Escaped From Formal
Gardens and Parks to 5estow
Its Fragrance on Ali.


Years ago japan sent to this coun-
try vigorous green vine which won
favor through its lavish display of
fragrant white flowers in late spring.
For time the vine and flowers were
kept within the bounds Of gardens,
lawns and parks. Then it ran away.
Today you'll find 1t roaming along the
roadside, climbing stumps and hedges.
1t needs no gardener, the Philadel-
phia North American says, for 1t can
take care Of itself. It is the honey
suckle.
The japanese variety which ran
away Joined some of its American
cousins, who are just as pretty and as
fragrant. There's the coral honey
suckle, for example, famous porch
climber in the Southern states, with
trumpet-shaped flowers, red outside
and scarlet within, In England they
have the woOdbine-a eolOred,
fragrant relative Of the hOneysuGkle,
Recently there came new variety
from China, where it was found on the
tops of mountains 5000 feet above
the sea. It's foliage is almost ever
green, and the flowers are a reddish
bronze. Another variety has red
flowers, with yellow and buff mark
ings.
There's no need to hunt for the
honeysuckIe. It's fragrance will an
nounce it before you're near enough
to see it.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
Old. but New to snmenne

A farmer of Madison once went to
town to buy a horse and on meeting
a ranchman said: "DO you know where
l can buy a good hoss"
II have a horse I'll sell for $38.56
cash, SIR" replied the ranchman.
"Will she plow corn?" inquired the
farmer.
you'd be surprised to see that
horse plow corn" the man answered.
The farmer thought this a great bar
gain and bought it.
The next morning he took the 'hoss"
out and hitched her to the plow. She
wouldn't bulge, willingly nor by
force, SO, after trying for fully FIVE
hours in the sun, he took her back to
the ranchman.
II thought you said this boss would
plOw corn," growled the farmer.
mo, didn't" returned the rancher.
II said you would be surprised to see
her plOw, and bet you would, too."-
Indianapolis News.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
Exterminate the Rat.

Safety from many diseases lies in
the exclusion of rodents, not only from
habitations of man, but also from the
ports and cities Of the world. Those
who dwell in rat-proof surroundings
take no plague. The day is past when
the rodent served a useful purpose as
the unpaid city. scavenger. Rats will
not come where there is no food for
them. Municipal cleanliness may be
regarded as a partial insurance
against plague. The prayer that no
plague come nigh our dwelling is best
answered by rat-proofng the habita-
tons of man. Modern sanitary science
has evolved a simple and efficient
weapon against the pestilence which
walketh in darkness and striketh at
MONDAY, and the United States public
health service has put this knowledge
into practical operation and thus
speedily eradicated plague wherever
is has appeared in the United States.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
Cutting Bullet Out of the Heart.

DR.. Maurice Beaussenat, who had
already extracted a piece Of grenade
from the right ventricle of a mans
heart, told the French Academic deS
Sciences of a second similar operation
performed with success.
A corporal wounded at Eparges had
been treated for peritOnitis and then
had been operated on for appendicitis.
He continued to suffer in various
ways for more than a year, when a
radioscope revealed the pressure of a
shrapnel ball, moving in time to the
beatings of his heart. SuppOsing this
to be in the pericardium or sac about
the heart. Doctor Beaussenat 'went
in," as the surgeons say, and saw that
the ball was actually in the right ven
tricle, near the lower end.
The heart was drawn out; its wall
was cut open between two loops Of
wire; the ball was removed and the
heart was sewn up again. Six months
later the heart had healed so perfectly
that there was not a sign of irregu-
larity about it's pulsations.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
No Useless FormaIities.

Travelling with Sir Arthur Mark
ham on one occasion, the conversation
with the present writer turned on the
limits of self-defense. 81 shot man
once" said Sir Arthur. "And what
happened" I inquired; twas there
trouble?" "No," came the reply,
"there might have been elsewhere, but
it was in wild part of Russia. The
man was trying to enter my bedroom
window at night, and shot him. He
fell outside. A small patrol Of Cos
sacks was passing within reach of the
sound of the revolver. They came
along, secured the wounded man,
asked a few questions, and disposed
of the whole business by hanging my
burglar on the nearest tree. heard
no more about the matter" This
method of dealing with very plain
business seemed to be thoroughly in
accord with Sir Arthur's wish to have
things done without any bothering red
tape or formalities.-Westminster Ga7
zette.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
Love Reuets Love.

Then the great question comes: Is
not love a perfectly free and capri
cious agent? Can control my feelings
for others or their feelings for me?
The answer is, Certainly you car"
Love is just exactly as much matter
of cause and effect as are learning or
health or building house. Loving and
being loved is a perfectly pliable mat
ter that lies in your own hands; and
its accomplishment consists in the con-
slant practice of kind and affectiOnate
thoughts and words and deeds. It can
be accomplished under the most SEEM
ingly adverse circumstances. If you
think over your own life, over what
you believe to be your spontaneous af-
fectlons, whom is it you love? Undoubt-
edly someone who does not make much
of your failings, but encourages your
good qualities; someone who sees
something admirable in you; someone
who overlooks the roughness and ex-
crescenceS and finds the beauty under.
neath.-Delineator.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
Basque Language.

The Basque language is like no 9TH
er at present spoken in the civilized
world, though it has many features in
common with the languages of the
North American Indians. OF it Baron
Alexander Won Humboldt once wrote:
THE words are spelled Napoleon and
pronounced Nebuchadnezzar The
Basques, so far as history treats of
them, have always been a quiet, pas
toral and agricultural people. Even in
America they are known as good herd
ers of sheep and mixers of kline. Cole
lum, non amman, mutant qui trans
mare current so we find that the man
whom this story concerns, when about
twenty-one years of age, crossed the
seas and under new skies took up
once again the customs of his race
and became shepherd, and later 9
isheep-owner md rancher.-
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
UTILIZING All the Ground.

This country is so new and so given
to thinking of farms as huge areas
for cultivation that the idea Of utiliz-
ing every bit of land as Europeans
do, makes little headway here. Inten-
sive cultivation is practiced, but on
the outskirts of eastern cities, where
some farmers are making good liv-
ings by intensive cultivation of small
tracts of land there are other tracts
Just as good lying idle which at least
could be made to yield vegetable sup
plies for several families and at the
same time pay small rental if cul-
tivated by few workmen in their
spare time. School children's gardens
on vacant lots in various sections of
this city show the possibilities of such
ventures. The old American idea that
every family with access to a bit Of
land should have its own garden was
an excellent one. It would be good to
have it revived.-New York Tribune.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
SEEMS HARD LAW OF NATURE
Most Advanced Types Of All Living
Things the Hardest to Preserve,
Multiply, and Develop.

The understood and ugly bronchos OF
the southwest endure readily the strain
of conditions which kill bigger, strong.
eF and more tractable horses. It is no
trouble to raise mOngrel puppies, but
often the larger part Of valuable litters
from the most admired stocks Of the
best breeds Of dogs cannot be saved
by veterinary skill.
The most advanced types of civil,
lied man suffer from numerous bodily
ills which seem never to touch saw
ages, immune in their filth and their
ignorance. 1t is not easy to develop
the brain beyond the average limits
of human growth without impairing
physical vitality and efficiency.
All the way up from simple vegeta-
Bile forms of life the law Of nature is
that the most advanced types shall be
hardest to preserve, multiply and de-
velOp. 1t is a vast handicap upon prog
reSs which often seems to mock the
endeavors of mankind. 1t is as If eff
fort more than achievement were the
foremost purpose, the chief goal of
man.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
PROUD OF LITTLE BEARcAT
Mr.. Gap johnson Naturally EIated at
Small Sons Linguistic Ability in
an Emergency.

my least boy, Bearcat, showed OF
some at the cantata In the schoolhouse
luther night" relates Mr.. Gap John
son Of Rumpus Ridge, according to a
writer in Judge. 'Mongst other things
they perpetrated a tableau called
Empty is the Cradle; Baby's Gone =
They had a table on the platform,
and Bearcat, all trimmed up in a white
robe with wings on the back, was lying
In it, with belt around his waist un-
der the gown and wire running over
q hook in the ceiling and out through
a hole in the winder pane.
''The Glee club was going to get off
the song, and at the proper moment a
bunch Of boys outside would pull the
wire and haul Bearcat up'ards, per
doocin', it was estimated, a solemn and
moving spectacle.
"But they wanted to have the tab.
leau along towards the last, and as
the platform was small and they didn't
have any scenery they put Bearcat in
the cradle and set 'em back of the
teachers desk before the crowd came.
He is only four years old and nacher'l
enough he fell asleep, and when the
Glee club turned loose it didn't wake
him.
1.-THE first thing he knew he was
climbing heavenward out of a dream
with something pulling at him, For.
getting where he was he gave yell
and grabbed the cradle. Up they went,
Bearcat, cradle and all. The load was
heavier than the boys outside ex-
pected, and they buckled to it right
ably. So when the kid dropped the
cradle about three-quarters of the way
up, the reaction caused the boys to
yank him against the ceiling with
a fury that like to have busted the
poor little feller's crust You never
heard such ousslng out Of a four-year,
old in all your life. Although he's my
boy, I had no idee he was half so
fluent"
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
PAID LOCAL ADS.

Get your Gents Furnishing and Shoes
at W. N. DoNovAN's.
FOR Wagons and Dearborns.
]. G. GREEN.
DR.. Warren S. P. Combs Dentist.
Successor to the late DR.. J. C. Sites.
Try our Emery Shirts and Lion Brand
Collars. W. N. DONOVAN.
FOR SALE.-One organ in good con-
dition. Apply at this Office.
For Shoes and Gents Furnishing, call
on w. N. DONOVAN,
West Main st.
FOR SALE:-Long Fur Coat, almost
new. Less than half price. Can be
seen at Mrs. ]. Allen Johnson's.
LOst.-2 bay mares, and IL years
old. $50 reward and no questions asked if
returned to EDWARD P. CLAYTON,
Townsend, Del.
Carpenter and Builder. Repair work
promptly attended to.
CHARLES CoHEE,
Phone 268-2l Warwick Md
Are agents for the Haas Tailoring
Co., of Baltimore. Suit Made to
Measure. Fit guaranteed.
w. N. DONOVAN.
FOR SALE. -One Six Cylinder coax
land'' Automobile, been run 8, 900 miles.
Good as new. Price right. Apply
SHALLCROSS GARAGE,
Middletown, Del.
Georges Creek Bituminous Coal for
threshing purposes, Send your teams
to suit you convenience. Also Peach
and Truck baskets. Phones 5 & 48.
JESSE L. SHEPHERD,
FOR SALE CHEAP. One nearly
new rubber tire York carriage and sew
eral other carriages New rubber-tire
put on cheap. Also new tops, curtains
and glass put on automobiles.
F. DUGGAN,
Odessa, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa'
per Syndicate)
HEALTH AND SALARY

Good health is not always gift OF
nature. Like other commodities, 1t
may be acquired or earned.
Seventy-five per cent of our ailments
are self-made or self-induced.
Nature intended to start us in health
and to keep us well, and most Of us
can have the health we want If we
will, unless we are prenatally handi-
capped.
Nature does her part, is forever CIV
ing us health, and attempting to dispel
disorder. But nature alone can no
more guarantee good health than can
glassware insure itself against break
age.
Business has not time or inclination
for sympathy. It is its province to
make money, and it cannot, under pres
ent conditions, tolerate either indif-
ference, ineficiency, incapacity, or ill
health. 1t demands the best there is
in us If we would succeed.
If one cannot meet business require
ments in the main, it will have nothing
to do with him, and will relegate him
to the scrap heap. It is just as much
your duty to keep in good health, If
you can, as it is to be on time at the
Office in the morning and to work faith
fully during the business day.
Your employer has a right to de-
mand health of you, as well as faith
fulness. While he may sympathize
with you If you are suffering from
some ailment for which you may or
may not be responsible, he cannot de-
pend upon you, or promote you, or
give you full opportunity unless your
physical condition is up to normal or
strong enough to permit you to do your
duty with a fair degree of efficiency.
Statistics show that poor health is
second only to dissipation and extrava-
gance as the cause of commercial dis
aster.
The physically weak man who takes
care of himself is often better able to
work than is one Of robust health who
is dissipated, extravagant, Indifferent
and careless.
You cannot make a normal success
of business unless you are normal both
physically and mentally; your brain
cannot do it's full work unless it is
supported by a healthy body, and your
body cannot be in good condition un-
less 1t is given as good care as that
bestowed upon the heartless engine or
the nerveless loom.
Late hours, overeating, lack Of exer-
else, and every form of mild or other
dissipation predisposes one to physical
downfall, resulting in mental inca
pacity and in the inability to accom-
plish.
To abuse your body is robbing your
self and your employer as much as
you would be doing if you deliberately
cast your savings into the sea or
emptied his cash drawer.
Your body has been given you as a
sacred heritage. It has been placed in
your care and you will be held re-
sponsible for it.
Health stands for comfort, pleasure,
peace of mind, and prosperity
If you are strong, keep yourself
strong; If you are weak, take all the
more care of yourself. Look upon
your body as not mere physical as
set, but as an investment, to be hus-
banded and to be protected more than
you would the family jewels or the
savings of your lifetime. You can lose
money and regain it. If you lose your
health, you may not be able to find it.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
Tame Performance.

ibid the speaker make much Of an
impression on your
mo-"
"But I understood he threw some
mud"
"Well, If he did, it was free from
bacteria and guaranteed not to soil the
clothes. ."-Birmingha Age-Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
Man Eats Much Meat

Mankind at large uses in the neigh
borhood Of 100000 pounds Of meat
a year.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
HeIp Wanted.

The Canary-"Gee, 1 wish Houdini
would show me the tricks he showed
the jailbirdsl"
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
TWO Kinds Of Fool.

Many man makes fool Of himself
getting married and another getting
divorced.
Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
ouchI

Men of all races speak a common
anguage when they bump their shins
On a chair in the dark.