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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR scene mentions a tale and a wall with a quoted line about Mike, noting obscure names and a cryptic sequence. It is a damaged snippet with unclear events and minimal readable facts.
A fragment from the New York Mail discusses youths earning money through planting and wood cutting. It urges careful seasonal work, notes selection of current-year wood cuttings, and cites successful experience by a writer who claims to have funded twelve years of effort through propagating plants and other tasks.
Cloves from Java Sumatra and other regions are described as small brown flower buds dried by smoke and sun. In the seventeenth century the Dutch aimed to control prices by destroying clove trees except in Amboyna where the essential oil remains.
The item notes the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor offering thorough music courses with a large voice choir and a 50-piece symphony orchestra. It also advertises Electric Ritters as a medicine for stomach and liver troubles with a testimonial from Mrs. John A. Youn of Clay, S. about rapid relief and cure, available at 50 cents per bottle. Charles A. Bivk, A. B., secretary, is mentioned.
The article honors writers and scholars who endured pain and hardship to craft great work. It highlights Professor Finsen, J Green, Mia Browning, Heine, Sir Walter Scott, and others, noting how illness and poverty fueled their enduring contributions across literature, history, and science.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a woman accusing a tramp of leaving, while he responds blandly that he has no intention of taking the house. The exchange hints at mounting difficulty in a task referenced by Beott without clear context.
In the estate of George Edmonds Lavina Edmonds named administratrix. Stone Brook and Henry Havens named appraisers. In the Ly Kenrick estate license granted to Sith administrator to sell real estate privately. Will of Koily Ki Marrow filed for probate hearings set for August 20. In the Geen Crnptiedd estate Wmn Herald named administrator August 4. Hilda Stefner adopted by Daniel Bionge renamed Ruth Glenedena Baorge August. Elaine estate hearing claims allowed and creditors to be paid by August 5. Bartlett named guardian for Robert J. and Monae Bartlett minors.
A fragmented local notice lists names and ages including Oales 22 and Florence Suffin 14 of Wheeler, Irving Tubbs 2 of Alma, Francis Hanmond 15 of Ovid, Frank Ankney 22 of Elwell, and Carrie Chareh 1 of Alma. The text suggests a social or family record with multiple individuals across several towns.
The list records diverse property deeds and transfers in Ithaca and Alma involving multiple individuals such as Chas J Apple, Owen Andrews, Phillip Vrise, Jeremih Dancer, Benj Wheeler, John Markham, Lyman C Cohoon, Stephen Sprague, Jennie A Soule, Henry H Soule, Cyrus Lepley, Amanda Fowler, Jack Matthews, and Jas I Gibbs. It mentions lots, blocks, and sections like Woodward's add, Park Place, and Midfletens with various lot numbers and sections.
Pere Marquette offers Sunday August excursions with trains from Alma at 8 40 am and 10 8 am. rates vary by destination with complete details available at posters or from agents. Northern Resorts excursion on August 29 lists tickets at one fare plus round trip with valid return through late August. routes include Ludington Elk Rapids Petoskey Traverse City and others with agents at original offices for sale.
A garbled ad warns readers about food poisons and urges purchase of Dr King’s New Life Pills from Sharrar’s drug store. It claims the pills cure sickness from undigested food and offers discounts on cloth maps and paper maps at the RecoOND office in Gratiot county.
The August issue highlights American Boy Day celebrations at the Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland and in Bedford Massachusetts, with vivid photos of boys and friends. The image gallery and article emphasize pool breezes sandy shores camps boats and woods in the summer scene. Subscriptions are 1.00 five a year.
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