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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1897
Page
1
A garbled OCR style list shows various produce and meat items including wheat, white wheat, red items, potatoes, apples, pork and veal. The fragment hints at standard market offerings and pricing notes but lacks coherent structure or complete details.
E. H. Weston offers bicycle braze repairs and sundries with wheel rental services. Local shop features plumbing and heating related items alongside bicycle related repairs and parts.
The Republicans held a large village caucus Friday afternoon with strong turnout and a solid candidate slate. Daniel L. Sharrar for Supervisor leads a field that includes Charles L. Delawan Clerk, John Schwarty Treasurer, Renner Highway Commissioner, Rollin A. Weed Justice of the Peace, Henry Worton Drain Commissioner, J.T. Northan School Inspector, El Hannal on Board of Reviews, and John Greig Hol Hyde Henry Daymon and Joe Ray up for Constables. Local party veterans who had joined the Silver party returned to support the ticket. The meeting featured a lengthy discussion over securities and bank matters involving WS Turck & Co and the Old National Bank of Grand Rapids, with a court ruling granting Turck priority on liens. Separate notes mention railroad work updates and a dramatic rescue story of two Alma College students stranded on the Big Marsh near Saginaw.
Local notices reveal residents attending visits in Detroit Grand Rapids and Saginaw while planning church cantatas millinery sales and Elks meetings News highlights include civic nominations lumber socials and school exhibitions with brief travels of Mrs Bates Thomas and other Almna residents and a record tax settlement by Township Treasurer Rush.
A meeting at the Wright House in Alma is set for Tuesday afternoon April 6 at 4 p m to form a Gratiot County Baseball League. Players urged to attend with their clubs. Officers to be elected and by laws drafted. Managed by L Divisk and H Misamone.
At the Democratic People's Free Silver caucus last Saturday a slate was named with R. W. Gary as Supervisor and C. L. Chadwick as Clark among others including Treasona Will Beverly for Justice of the Peace and Eugene Bogart for Highway Commissioner. Also listed were Eugene Turpening as Drain Commissioner J. M. Montigel on the Board of Review and Bert Wagoner as School Inspector with Samuel Walker F A Leonard A F Eagon and Jake Merchant as constables. Mrs A Invoon of 720 St Alton Ill reports relief from sciatica after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. she asks others afflicted to know what cured her. balm sold by C E Mahan.
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